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Everyone else drinking normally.

Every c-novel/drama hero for some reason:


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I was confused about a scene, so I went to check fan translation and found out 'a-jie' was changed into her name 🙄 Seriously?? Can we please stop doing this! I can maybe partially excuse this in subtitles but in official translation, where you can explain it in notes to first time readers, this is unexceptable.

Joke's on you, Chu daren, of course you miss him!

His fingers kneaded at the dull ache on his brow.
Fall ill longing for him? What a joke.
He didn't miss him at all.


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I love how flirty this sounds without the context 😏

"Good evening," he said brusquely. "Unless you've come to warm my bed, you may leave."
"We won't need a bed."


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I love 'there was only one bed' trope 😄


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Their chemistry is amazing!

The ribbon wound around his eyes and ended in a knot behind his head. Su Shiyu's touch was gentle.


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Of course, there's a scene of them hiding from the guards, pressed intimatly together 😏

He loosened his grip and allowed his hand to wander.


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So far this has been so good. For a man who's just faking it, Chu Mingyun is a little too invested into Su Shiyu 😄

"I learnt that he looks good when he smiles like that."


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It's only page 13 and one of them already fake confessed to the other 😆 I think I'm gonna love this book 😄

"In the future, I will prove it to you. Shiyu, my heart does not lie."


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This book skipped the line of my priority tbr because I saw merch for vol 2 and now I need to know if I'm gonna be obsessed with this couple enough to want to order M edition 😆