偷风不偷月

by 北南, Bei Nan

穿越（身穿），he，1v1

1945年春，沈若臻秘密送出最后一批抗币，关闭复华银行，却在进行安全转移时遭遇海难
在彻底失去意识之前，他以为自己必死无疑
……
后来他听见有人在身边说话，貌似念了一对挽联。
沈若臻睁开眼躺在21世纪的高级病房，床边立着一个英俊但冷漠的陌生男人。
沈若臻：“你是谁？”
项明章：“不记得我了？”
沈若臻：“我不认识你。”
项明章：“楚识琛，搞出这么大事故，装失忆可没用。”

见面就给人念悼词/来者不善/大尾巴狼/总裁攻
走进新时代/棋逢对手/美貌民国大少爷/穿越受

Web Novel

First published May 16, 2022

About the author

Associated Names:
* Bei Nan (English)
* 北南 (Chinese)
* เป่ยหนาน23001203 (Thai)

Reviews

[Stacie]

English title is Stealing the Wind but Not the Moon. 128 chapters (no extras that I could find)

After reading and loving The Approach and Tailhook, I wanted another mature novel with characters and plot focused on career professionals. The heart of this novel is about business (banking, tech, etc) with some mysteries to be solved involving murder and betrayals. You don’t have to know anything about the business aspect however I feel like those in this profession might enjoy this more.

🛥️Modern transmigration (1945 to 2020? not sure of the exact year)
🛥️Slice of life with some mysteries to be solved
🛥️Business/bankers/tech
🛥️Boss x employee
🛥️Power couple- both MC and ML are extremely smart
🛥️Fade to black 🌶️ but it’s there!

The beginning was a little frustrating for me with something happening that is one of my least favorite tropes that I’ll put below with a spoiler warning . It led to some behavior I really dislike but fortunately this was resolved nicely. Also, I felt like this could have been shorter. I lost interest a few times and switched to other books but never considered DNFing. I loved the plot twist (didn’t suspect a thing) and how the story wrapped up.


Maybe spoiler….
I am not a fan of the first intimate time involving alcohol and/or amnesia about what happened. It led to some miscommunication and power plays where pride got in the way and feelings got hurt a few times.

[Shu Li · Rating 5 out of 5]

好的爱情是势均力敌，棋逢对手； 争锋相对 惺惺相惜 强强碰撞
聪明人的爱情就是你适合我，我也能拿捏住你。

[Staring At A Star · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful story - it reminds me of a true romance novel in all the best ways. Two strong characters who will always be able to find a solution for themselves even without the other. But who combined, help strengthen each other and shore up the other's weaknesses. A tense chemistry between the two characters that give way to mature, balanced relationship that involves devotion and respect for each other's work. Passion built from truly understanding and respecting each other. And of course, a treacley sweet ending that probably could have been cut in favor of a few more auxiliary extras. I'm sure there will be people that don't like the story because of the "nationalism" in it, but just imagine that it's a member of the army for the thirteen American colonies in 1770 who gets to travel to 1990's. The Mc is just representing someone who has had to live through war, uncertainty about his country's future, and somehow survived a disaster to discover that the future turned out even better than he could have imagined.

One thing that is so fascinating about this story is that it's a transmigration story where the guy transmigrating doesn't try to take over the other person's life. He remains conflicted about "stealing" the other person's identity even as he tries his hardest to repay the favor by being the son, brother, and support the original character could never have been. This is such an interesting take on the genre, and presents so many themes to think about. First, how people tend to overlook and underappreciate what they have (a peaceful country, loving family, loyal mentor). Second, and less explicity, how different environments can raise completely diverse personalities despite the people having enough genetic similarity to look almost exactly the same. Thirdly, if a situation is too good to be true, there likely is a catch. But people can often deceive themselves into ignoring the signs - the Chu family were experts at this with Li, and then with the miraculous transformation of the son.

I love the intelligence of and the power plays between the main characters, especially at the beginning. Watching the Mc prove himself and the ml being manipulative was so fascinating; I was almost sad that the second half of the story went too smoothly. What is especially fascinating is that the Mc is almost too perfectly moral, but still didn't come off as a Gary sue (probably because he wasn't naive and didn't rely on other's help). The ml is pretty capitalist and vengeful, but shows he has a loyal and devoted side as well.

Overall, this story had just enough tension, mystery, drama, yet sugary love to make it a seriously good read.

[Forest · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my rating up to chapter 93. I have to put this book on hold for irrelevant reason, hope to come back to this story in the future.

[cezhouhsn · Rating 5 out of 5]

love it ♥️