2/25/25 the drama name is Les Belles; I won't be watching it but I'm not mad I read this book. The character(s) are usually NOT my type, but it worked well enough here for me to keep going and rarely skim.
FL is smart but not ... I had to keep thinking "chick is only 14-15..." honestly lowkey ML and his bestie were the only smart ones. Well, and the poor imperial uncle. He was ... mostly smart. Poor betrayed guy. There was a lot that didn't make sense and yet ... it did. SO many ridiculous misunderstandings but ... being petty and arguing were lowkey highkey FL and ML's love language? The fact that they're the same type of people. Cute extras too. And I liked there were various pairings and they were friends [though omfg L2 ... >.<] I also liked that FL had friends.
Solid C+ ~*~*~ How Can One Resist Her Endless Charm
1 FL is Luo LingYu - her younger sister Luo YunHuan is 9 🙊😱😹☠️ the man FL fished up … not only did she shove back into the water, it’s Lu 3 her cousin and ML?!
2 lol how much does/will FL later regret forcing ML off the boat?
4 omfg the like TEN other girls gunning for Lu Yun
5 girl you gotta find a new target
14 srsly girl don’t shoot your shot here. Take your ball and go to another court
20 poor FL :/ no clue real nobles wouldn’t want to marry her & guy continually teasing her. (Did Lu Ying even have kids? It’s weird to call him cousin - since it’s her aunt by marriage… her uncle was the blood relative…)
23 wait WTF FL is reborn?! And what is Lu2 dreaming?!
24 that Zhi Yue maid who serves LuYan is definitely going to be a problem
26 lol I still think Lu Yan is an ass but I appreciate him ~scheming with FL
27 ah Lu Yan is (also/courtesy name Lu Xue Chen)
31 😹☠️ FL & LY really are fated/cursed with water encounters
34 lol FL tricking LY about the pill. But … ridiculous how obvious LY was with Chen wang … but oop that it’s the emperor who wants to kill his brother… (Lu2 is an idiot basing everything on a dream…) Oh lol and the “kiss” - LY saying it was his chin
37 omg wtf with the horse. (But lol to FL’s white lotus act - Chen did start badmouthing her out of the blue first…)
39 FL really is her own biggest pig teammate. (Oof ML will definitely find out she sold the glass bracelet. Though he OUGHT to understand she needs money.)
40 just who is this “Zhou Yangling, alias Zhou Zibo” … oh. Lulz. It’s Zhou YangLing in drag. The daughter of the scholar. FL you dummy
41 LY def has caught feelings though his obsession with her breasts - the author writes it terribly
End 42 lol buddy that’s probably foreshadowing (does he realize he’s caught feelings?)
44 honestly LX is an idiot. Stop thinking dreams must be real dude
45 🤦🏻♀️ kiss ruined by spying LX
😱🙊😹☠️ 48 I ALMOST want to watch the drama to see if they put in the naked bath scene
49 🤦🏻♀️ this girl really … is not bright
50 honestly these stupid misunderstandings are getting really fucking annoying. LX actually needs to drown in a lake because he’s the fucking worst
51 🙊 does she really get what his reaction was/meant? And does HE… actually have feelings when kissing her?!
54 ugh this awful argument. Also 😱 she really is just 14. Poor thing. (😒😡 LY is what 19? Asshole. This makes the kissing super creepy imo)
56 ugh who is this Qin wet nurse And stupid FL. And LY. But FL - JFC you even suspect Zhou is a girl. Grow a goddamn brain
62 Ugh this Fan Qingchen Uhhh super fucking creepy “Intermittently, faintly, the young master’s suppressed, hoarse, half-crying half-laughing gasps and low moans echoed through the cabin.”
65 Stupid fucking cunt madam Lu sending people to inquire about FL & alerting this evil psychopath Fan. That bitch is the one who deserves to be tormented by him
67 I knew it. I knew the 19th of the 6th month was FL’s birthday. Poor thing. Nobody to really celebrate her coming of age. (Was going to say I dislike FL & LY’s kissing & groping since she isn’t even of age. I guess technically he isn’t either but maybe guys in this dynasty get married sooner? Clearly they got married before coming of age in other books) And damn, her tragic past life. That she doesn’t know about. And ugh all these silly (yet largely makes sense) misses
68 why TF does Lu2 still want to go to that prince who tried to kill him’s manor? JFC he’s dumber than rocks. Also duh JUST SEND YOUR FAMILY A MESSAGE?! Literally so stupid it hurts And poor FL and her shitty birthday. I especially empathize…
70 damn does LY truly want to marry FL? And ugh that Fan. And *sigh* Lu2 really is an idiot I also realized I miss the author’s notes. Wish MDL didn’t remove them. (Or do they … heh likely only use bootleg raws…)
72 birthday banquet! And ooo she just realized she caught feelings too!
73 Just who are those 2 men who stopped her ox cart
74 Oh these two: “Lu Yun: “Marriage without love will only end in separation, so why bother?” Luo Lingyu retorted: “Love without marriage, where’s the security?”” 😱 kissing and sucking her fingertips?!
75 lol FL won this little battle Jiang whatever was trying to throw her
76 bitch old madam Lu; I hope LY this time really is steadfast and true. GET ENGAGED YOU TWO
78 I don’t think I’ve ever read such a breast man in a cnovel as LY Or two so physical before anything even formal
Skimmed 79; Lu2 is a fucking idiot & I’m sick of his stupid dreams
80 so … will the grandma agree to LY marrying FL?!
81 *clutches heart* “Through all time I ask one word from you, my love stay unmoved as mountains do. …She wanted his love, yet wouldn’t admit it, wouldn’t say it aloud.”
83 Ok points for ML (lol yes he’s officially been upgraded) for protecting FL from the rose thorns Ugh & all sweetness ruined by L2’s stupid fucking dreams. I don’t even care if they’re prophesies or whatever - GUY YOU SUCK AT THIS. Also, I’m stressed ML is leaving - what about Fan? And ML + FL are not even engaged.
84 Ok this better not come true. I teared up. “These two lines written in blood read— “A word to you through the ages.” “Love unmoved as mountains.” … Love unmoved as mountains. … He was dead, and his love had indeed become eternally unchanged.”
85 I do get super annoyed by L2 but he is doing all this cuz he cares Ugh fuck I teared up again when he discovered the embroidery in the sachet, but FL hosting that party - just how sincere is she/WILL HE SEE IT
86 oh no he’s gone! And the night before he told her not to marry anyone else! To wait for him!
87 STRESSED. Does LY remember he told FL he wants to marry her?! And ugh L2 just deciding FL is pregnant. Idiot.
88 welp. LY went to the Luo family to propose but…😖 she’s not pregnant!
92 ahhh reunion is NanYang!
95 this stupid shitty northern princess needs to die (and oh to her being the reason for LY’s death in Lu2’s dreams) One of my most hated tropes is the “just because you don’t like/admire me I’m going to kill you and anyone you like.” Ugh
96 🫥 she really is too stupid & shouldn’t act on her own. Ugh. Though annoying the princess didn’t die (Plus omfg girl - weapons are top secret you can’t kill all the envoys)
97. Finally some communication and thank God ML is actually smart.
98 oh a repeat/sober proposal now?
99 was so annoying - stupid misunderstandings that are all so deadly
100 I deeply loathe this brother/sister “romantic” business. And ugh to the stupid Lu guards letting FL get kidnapped. 😬😖 to ML’s situation
101 holy shit did the northerners really attack RuYang?!
103 😱😿 where did FL escape to. And ugh I both hate & pity both women who betrayed FL. I can’t imagine I’d do better.
104 … Fan Qingchen is overly controlling but he is absolutely devoted to FL. Slightly mixed feelings. (I mean I don’t want him for her but points for truly physically protecting her) … ok bitch but if you stab the horse’s stomach what if it dies 🤦🏻♀️ this is just so stupid Ok him rescuing her made me tear up, asking if she hates him & his breaking down
105 ugh why not just say she never had sex with Fan - though it’d be more “she was never raped by him or anyone else”
… ok the intimate scenes that are sexy - totally ruined by this “brother” business. I recoiled from the screen and have extreme bitter gourd face
108 hm Fan QingChen really loved her; and was rational in the end. Personal reflection - I don’t mind too much when such a character is ML … but it’s … there has to be affection. Which was the issue here
109 ugh who is that ZhiHan guy
110 yay he’s back! Safe for now…
114 cousin Luo Yan! Hopefully now FL has backing!
115 omg I snort laughed. ML going in drag to seduce the terribly (mayor? Governor?) of LuoYang lol
118 geez how long has ml been in drag Also where TF is Zhou? Will the troops etc arrive first?
🙄 119 Zhou finally appears
120 Jesus CHRIST the southern soldiers are fucking useless. (Although will a single escaped prefect really matter?) Read/skimmed a part of this c - Zhao wang is a fucker traitor who needs to die. Just like the stupid shit emperor. And it’s so annoying how incompetent everyone is except for ML (and general Wei) like WHY ARE PEOPLE IN THE CAPITAL NOT WATCHING ZHAO WANG
121 must be creepy to dream of your deaths. Glad FL found him
124 ok FL wanting to break the engagement & crying made me tear up to. (🤦🏻♀️ this Chen Xue mess)
127 this was so v lovely Starting from the right was “”Through millennia I ask one word from you, may love to be unmoved as mountains”; the response on the left was “Through millennia I return one word to you, love shall be unmoved as mountains”. The writing style was equally magnificent and unrestrained, sharp as if it could break through stone. This kind of elegant yet wild calligraphy, which Luo Lingyu had seen many times, was the style Lu Yun was most skilled at.” But then the c is ruined by L2’s dream
128 their field exchange and promises ❤️ (but ugh brother/sister shit). Wedding!
129 😹☠️ she had ML drink then sexed him to knock him out & went to find out L2’s dream
130 Ohhh a blow job. How rare between leads in a cnovel Poor Prince Liu Mu
131 😹☠️ this stupid couple. Though FL clearly is very thoughtful in ML’s everyday needs
132 these idiots. (Also I will never be ok with the romantic partner using brother/sister)
137 ugh this Chen Xue shit - and did they even find the suspicious refugees? The stupidest plot
148 I hope ML & Liu Shu do maintain their friendship. lol I’d been so annoyed at LS earlier wanting him to get a clue about his shit dad And What will happen to Yue ZhiHan?!
154 e1 awww phoenix dragon twins!
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