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The Yu Brothers' Case Book
Shaodi Yu, an orphan, is adopted as a result of of a murder case involving the deaths of his entire family. Because of some painful experiences, he refuses to speak. However, he has sharp insight; moreover, he becomes under the care of a pair of twin brothers in the police force, who also have a child currently in university. Yu Yin possesses yin-yang eyes, which allow him to see things ordinary people cannot. The two brothers happen to complement each other, and together they investigate various inconceivable incidents.
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October 28, 2023
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I came here to read a spooky story and I actually got it. Though in my opinion, the spooky vibe in every arc is kind of tamed than I actually hope for, but that's on me because I typically have a higher tolerance in horror. For someone who doesn't usually get scared reading or watching ghosts stories, this might not exactly the level of scare I was looking for, but I can still say that I am satisfied with what I got.
This focuses more on investigating cases. Since there are deaths in the crimes committed, that's where the 'ghosts' came in. Instead of a typical crime investigation stories that rely more heavily on the physical evidences, this novel makes the horror element the center of solving the cases. Different small cases in every arc and there's a huge plot of case that connects all of them. I personally enjoyed every one of them and I'm very satisfied with where the story ended.
I'm a sucker for stories with found family, and I was so happy to see it here. Adopting a teenager with a traumatic and brutal past into the warm home of the Yu family, I was already happy with that basic character setting. The slowly developing brotherly relationship between Yu Yin and Shaodi Yu makes my heart melt. Ah Yin slowly transitioning from being an insufferable guy who disliked the fact that his fathers adopted a teenager without informing him to being an absolute protective older brother who's willing to die for him just to take Xiao Yu's pain away. The Yu twins treating Xiao Yu like their own kid and never forcing him to bare his mind and heart out, letting the child move on his own pace, but still there to support and worry about him. There might not be a maternal warmth in the family, but the love and care inside the family is glaringly obvious. And that's actually the best part of this novel in my honest opinion. The supporting characters are also very fun to follow and I enjoyed reading them.
In regards with the plot, I admit that Ah Yin is infuriating at times whenever he's being meddlesome and reckless, acting on his own instead of looking for his two fathers' help, who are both a police officer, and always ended up with a lot of injuries and even on the verge of death more than once. There is absolutely no arc/case where he left unscathed. I totally understand why Yu Xia has the need to discipline him with violence at times (note: not a domestic violence in any way, this is more of a very Asian way of disciplining a child). He never learns and he just go straight into the danger, worrying both his parents and Xiao Yu. I couldn't even count how many times he almost died, the kind of situation where without s split second external help, he wouldn't be able to keep his life. His recklessness is not my favorite part of this novel, it makes me so frustrated. But the thing is, this personality of him is what drives the story forward, so I couldn't say anything more.
Since this novel isn't really a professionally accurate and scientific one, I didn't mind some things that didn't go according to common sense, like the police letting Ah Yin know about the ins and outs of the cases when he is basically an outsider (and a college student at that) regardless of his parents being part of the police force, letting him inside a crime scene, chasing after the criminal even knowing that he's being baited into danger when in fact his parents and the police are just beside him and he could have just inform them about it. I let all of those slide because I enjoyed my overall reading experience.
I'm actually glad to know about this novel. If it weren't for me digging hidden gems in Novelupdates, I wouldn't have known this one. I sincerely hope that more people will know about this. There are some trigger warnings so anyone who plans to pick this up should be aware of it. I will definitely pick the sequel of this once the translation is completed because I need more of the dynamics between all the characters.
I came here to read a spooky story and I actually got it. Though in my opinion, the spooky vibe in every arc is kind of tamed than I actually hope for, but that's on me because I typically have a higher tolerance in horror. For someone who doesn't usually get scared reading or watching ghosts stories, this might not exactly the level of scare I was looking for, but I can still say that I am satisfied with what I got.
This focuses more on investigating cases. Since there are deaths in the crimes committed, that's where the 'ghosts' came in. Instead of a typical crime investigation stories that rely more heavily on the physical evidences, this novel makes the horror element the center of solving the cases. Different small cases in every arc and there's a huge plot of case that connects all of them. I personally enjoyed every one of them and I'm very satisfied with where the story ended.
I'm a sucker for stories with found family, and I was so happy to see it here. Adopting a teenager with a traumatic and brutal past into the warm home of the Yu family, I was already happy with that basic character setting. The slowly developing brotherly relationship between Yu Yin and Shaodi Yu makes my heart melt. Ah Yin slowly transitioning from being an insufferable guy who disliked the fact that his fathers adopted a teenager without informing him to being an absolute protective older brother who's willing to die for him just to take Xiao Yu's pain away. The Yu twins treating Xiao Yu like their own kid and never forcing him to bare his mind and heart out, letting the child move on his own pace, but still there to support and worry about him. There might not be a maternal warmth in the family, but the love and care inside the family is glaringly obvious. And that's actually the best part of this novel in my honest opinion. The supporting characters are also very fun to follow and I enjoyed reading them.
In regards with the plot, I admit that Ah Yin is infuriating at times whenever he's being meddlesome and reckless, acting on his own instead of looking for his two fathers' help, who are both a police officer, and always ended up with a lot of injuries and even on the verge of death more than once. There is absolutely no arc/case where he left unscathed. I totally understand why Yu Xia has the need to discipline him with violence at times (note: not a domestic violence in any way, this is more of a very Asian way of disciplining a child). He never learns and he just go straight into the danger, worrying both his parents and Xiao Yu. I couldn't even count how many times he almost died, the kind of situation where without s split second external help, he wouldn't be able to keep his life. His recklessness is not my favorite part of this novel, it makes me so frustrated. But the thing is, this personality of him is what drives the story forward, so I couldn't say anything more.
Since this novel isn't really a professionally accurate and scientific one, I didn't mind some things that didn't go according to common sense, like the police letting Ah Yin know about the ins and outs of the cases when he is basically an outsider (and a college student at that) regardless of his parents being part of the police force, letting him inside a crime scene, chasing after the criminal even knowing that he's being baited into danger when in fact his parents and the police are just beside him and he could have just inform them about it. I let all of those slide because I enjoyed my overall reading experience.
I'm actually glad to know about this novel. If it weren't for me digging hidden gems in Novelupdates, I wouldn't have known this one. I sincerely hope that more people will know about this. There are some trigger warnings so anyone who plans to pick this up should be aware of it. I will definitely pick the sequel of this once the translation is completed because I need more of the dynamics between all the characters.
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