My rating is between 3.5 - 4. The story direction is generally okay, but the relationship between MC and ML are actually very strange from the start.

In the premise that the MC is just an ordinary intern and assistant, he called his boss, the president, for help in such trivial/unrelated matters ... more>>

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such as borrowing a sport car for his own film shooting!?

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Who in the world would do that!? Even with 10000000x more confidence, no one with a bit of conscience would do that. This doesn't make any sense. I would really thought the MC is actually the president himself if I'm an outsider tbh. 🤦‍♀️ And the fact that he himself said he doesn't want to be a serious entertainer, but still wanted to join in the huge box office movie, and even snatched a very good role with the recommendation of ML. Lol for whatever reason he said afterwards, this is the most hypocrite and ridiculous thing ever. I read until this part and rolled my eyes like hundred times. Didn't he have to work at the company anymore? How come his assistant work is so light? And the description of his politeness and gentleness in every chapters is really uurrg. 🙄 Seriously, he's one of the most pretentious MC I've ever read. Even the characters in system novel that requires a lot of acting could not beat him.

This story really make me speechless. There seems to be so many things happened, but at the same time it feels like nothing has happened at all. The ML is rich and powerful, he handles everything easily, while the MC can basically solve every problem by storming through every incidents with his SUPER HIGH ABILITY. This is ridiculous. Honestly, it may be more enjoyable if I don't know how the company operates and inserts reality into fictional plot. Unfortunately, this story is not for me. I won't recommend it. (But it is alright if you want to kill times though) <<less

This novel is greatly disappointed me. I like the idea and judging by the description this story seems to have an interesting plot with the combination of the second chance and business-related things.

But to the point where I quitted this novel, ML has already become Marti Sue in the worst manifestation. He is the best student, best manager, know martial arts and even the boss of the biggest company loved him from first sight.
What the hell? Why this novel is so lacking in simple logic and all characters kneed (in all cases) in front of the hero?

Sorry, I can't recommend this story. Don't waste time on it.

I guess it's just a bit too fast pace for me.

MC is op. Looks. Talent. Smarts. Money. Background. He almost has everything. But there's no interesting conflict. The MC is a smart and elegant person with no visible flaws. I'm too tired of these kind of character.

There's no clear background or setting in the story. There's a business part but they didn't go into detail. The MC also became a part-time actor. There's also a thriller mystery moment about the death of mc's parents and someone is targeting MC. But... more>> it's slice of life.

The novel is ok but it didn't really make me interested. Maybe because I read mtl and there are parts I didn't fully understand.

There's no drama at all. I was really interested at first but then my interest faded. It's a feel good sweet story. If you don't want any drama and just want to read somthing then this is ok. <<less

It's OK.... not great... but OK.

When reading it.... remember it's genre is 'slice of life'... (I have to keep reminding myself of that while reviewing it...)

I keep wanting the MC to do more and be more exciting..... as it is he reads more like a 'Gary Stew' who simply has everything go his way (at least so far). This is a bit of a buzzkill because there's no real tension or questions about "How will he manage this".

I really like TBaW and ETT, so this story greatly dissapointed me...

MC is hailed as Mr. Perfect but he trully is too perfect to the point it's unrealistic

His luck stat is also too high, the events feels too staged and the ML is too good to the MC too fast

Overall: Average OP/easy-life quality story (the dissapointment is real)

A tip for everyone, please just read it off a raw website and use Google translate to auto translate the website to English. Honestly, Google translate has come so far that's it's a lot better than mtl websites and a lot of the translators for this story since most of them are mtled too. If you do use this method, just note that if something doesn't sound like its correct, just assume it's the opposite of what's translated because sometimes negatives aren't translated properly. I'm still grateful for the translators... more>> for introducing this gem but the quality is kinda lacking.

This is 5/5 star story for me and something I reread once in awhile. Nothing suspenseful and everything gets resolved pretty quickly and smoothly; even their relationship had no bumps. It might be too smooth for most people but great if you want a really chill read. My absolute favorite was the relationship between the MC and Ml. There were no unnecessary misunderstandings and everything was communicated properly to prevent any from starting. I especially love the MC's mindset throughout everything. For example, instead of having his self esteem hurt like most MCs when the richer and more powerful ML reach out his hand to help, the MC was appreciative instead. He knows the ML helped because he loves the MC, not because he looks down on him. Even this was properly communicated which was a breath of fresh air to read!

Please don't let the low reviews and poor translations deter you and give it a try! <<less

What to say about this story.... It was a pretty ok story.

As I started reading this novel I felt it to be bit too plain for my taste. In other words I always felt something missing in it.

Half of the story about early 45 chapters were quite plain, there wasn't single element that aroused my curiosity about the story, in other words it was way too plain. I felt all the characters were 2 dimensional, just simply a normal chapter, it was boring.

But after 50 chapters,... more>> I started enjoying the story may be due to ML and MC's more interaction and the start of their romance. It indeed added a taste to the story, and this was the reason why I continued this story.

It was ok on later parts, I liked MC's and ml's love story they were very supportive of each other, they never interfere in each other's choices. they both had so much respect for each other’s choices. And the best part as others said was LC did not rely on YM to achieve his goals or status.

There was no face slapping or revenge, it was a nice story overall. had his own separate identity.

Thanks author and translators for the hard work. 🙌 <<less

First half was done pretty well. Especially the characterisations. Although some descriptions and dialogues were redundant but it didn't really matter much. Also, honestly some supposedly "courteous and charming" lines of MC was slimy and cringe lol. Ie. His lines when he flatters women. But the energy he gives off is still done well and he is really charming.

The latter half though wasn't really up to expectations. The flow of the story came off to me as if unsure how to develop.

Good novel, bad translation.

If I had to nitpick something I was not too happy about; MC had struggled a lot after he is graduated and after years of bad times and unlucky events he is reincarnated to 9 years before he died, when he graduated.

After this point he is too good at everything. He had really bad time before, but this time he is so intelligent, so funny, so intuitive, so socially adept.. You name it; he is good at that.

And not just good. When he is in a social... more>> situation, he is the best talker there. When in a dangerous situation, he is the best at fighting. When in negotiation, he is the best dealer. When in movies, he is the best actor. THE BEST. Anytime the author narrates a situation, he is the best. And the reason is always something s*upid. Previously he worked at a hotel so he knows etiquette and is at home when talking to rich people. He worked in business sector so he knows how to make deals, he was an agent for a time so he knows acting, the movie industry etc. All of these jobs he was fired before, but now he is reincarnated, it turns out he is actually great at anything even loosely related to that.

I wished he was mediocre at one thing or he said ok, this, I don't know anything about. <<less

It was a nice story for the most part. The translation quality hindered my immersion in the story, but the story wasn't bad. The romance was definitely a subplot in the story rather than the focus. At times it was confusing to understand how Lu Chengyu developed feelings for Yan Mu. I've read other novels by this author and enjoyed them a lot, this one just isn't my favorite.

Rarely we meet such a deep and interesting characters like Lu Chengyu and such a pure and still not dull lover like Yan Mu...

This is a very good novel with well developed plot... it’s also well constructed and paced. The development of their relationship and how it changed from a casual meeting -> boss-manager -> love interest -> lover -> deep and stable relationship is very smooth and really natural.
It was a good experience and I found myself enjoying every chapter of it.
Let me tell you... the ending is so satisfying !!! without spoiling I want to say that he is the winner of life while choosing what type on winter he wants to be. I love how he is stable and confident... not greedy for the things he doesn’t need in his life while taking what he want and need...

I like this story (overall) so much that I want to scream! I like the MC attitude and mindset. Not to mention ML is a malewife (?) material.

This novel has it's good points and it's bad. Recommend for anyone who likes slice of life, light romance, and a dash of random drama.

The story was a bit boring at the beginning but the random family drama at the end was too much. The romance was seriously lacking and even at the end I didn't believe our MC deeply loved the ML. Started out as slice of life then turned dog blood drama.

I really liked the MC and the MLs character set ups, just not together. I never felt... more>> like the 2 we're actually a deep in love couple as the "netizens" portrayed them to be.

MC was strong, smart, and a bit shameless which is a nice change. I like that he didn't rely on the ML completely.

ML was cute; strong, cold CEO falling in love for the first time which made him flustered. ML really didn't grow as a character though... except becoming more whipped?

The side characters were okay. The ML's 2 friends were interchangeable, they didn't exactly have their own personalities. I liked how the grandpa didn't understand their relationship but tried to for ML sake. Wish we knew more about the actress that tried to help him and more about his first life attempt.

As for the translation it was... ok. I appreciate the effort. It reads like cleaned up MTL without many explanations. There were some paragraphs that didn't make sense, some sayings used that if you haven't read lots of Chinese novels are difficult to understand and other sayings completely lost their meaning in translation. I mean I got the gist of most of it but there were some places I was just lost.

**Side note that is probably a cultural thing but I didn't get how EVERYONE was weirded out or disgusted by the MC and ML being a couple. Like really there weren't any who were okay with them being gay? I don't understand why so many basically thought "as a straight man I don't understand" I don't know just seemed like they author wanted everyone against them, even some of their friends/acquaintances. Most Chinese novels have only a couple s*upid people who are completely against being gay. <<less

Tried reading this twice, I still can't go as far as I want. It's pretty boring. MC seems to have had his share of bad luck in his original life but because of how the author has now twisted this to show that he's been having great luck in his new life - it just makes him seem like a gary stu. I'm hardly seeing personality, everything he does will get noticed by passerbys/ML and see him in such a good light. LOL half a year in martial arts class... more>> can make him stop a flying teacup with a folder??? There's also too many conflicting attributes given to the MC e.g. Where he is supposedly "mature", but likes to argue on the internet in his private social media account. Idk, I just don't have a thing for bland, op characters. I can tell that this second-life of his will just be used to just take advantage of what he knew from the past, and use it for personal gain, exhibit a: investing in films that initially didnt get enough support, exhibit b: buying stocks in Hua Ding at its lowest. I was really pulled in with the novel art but the personalities are a shame! Don't even get me started with the ML, he's so stoic and stiff, he's really trying his best yes but this romance dynamic is so so cliche I cannot get myself to continue reading. Cold-hearted ML x wallflower MC vibes. Anyway leaving this here so I stop myself from reading it AGAIN for the third try. <<less

Absolutely f*cking beautiful. As expected, Yue Xia Die Ying never lets me down! MC and ML are both mature and smoothly transitioned from being friends to lovers.

I have to say though, ML's attraction towards MC was rather abrupt, but it was done prettily so I have no qualms about it. ML is willing to do everything for MC, but he will not rob him off his responsibilities or whatever (like buying clothes, etc) because he knows MC can stand by himself. He is a loveable ML. This is what I noticed about YXDY, he can always make the ML loveable (even her scummy ancient ML).

MC is also rather mature. My heart aches for his past life, he suffered so much but, I love how he let others pay back for his pain in his current life. He keeps grievance, even the smallest one but returns gratitude tenfold even if they only did a small good thing for him. He's smart and cunning, a fox. He's also quite clear about his feelings. I love his approach towards ML's confession, not lying but not denying his own and ML's feelings.

There might be initial problems with Ml's side of family, and it might seem complicated at first (even I was scared for the result) BUT they quickly recognized MC's hold in ML's heart and recognized his abilities. So they accept him.

My most favorite scene is the airport scene!!!! If you've read it, you will know. So painful yet so delicious!!

My only problem is that the translations may be a bit confusing and I missed a few points (last translator). I almost had a feeling it was MTL'd but it may be due to the editing. The 2nd translator was an MTL'r but I didn't have that much problem so it's okay.

Anyhows, its still so so so good!!!! 11/10!!

Started off quite interesting - super lucky MC who's using his second chance to live a better life. He's mysterious, he's cool, and he's a super nice person.

However, by the time I got half way through, the novel took a nosedive and turned into a really generic face-slapping 'OP MC who does no wrong and is the best at everything' kind of novel. And all of the twists/surprises in the novel didn't even matter because MC didn't even care about it.

Even when MC got together with ML, it was a... more>> really awkward transition. MC went from "I'm so OP that I don't need anyone" to "I won't ever separate from ML" in a blink of an eye. I'm just like ????

The one redeeming factor is the ML. He's like the perfect husband 👌 <<less

I agree to what the translator said: it may not be as fluffy as others but it is nonetheless sweet. I like the maturity of Lu Chengyu and Yan Mu and the fact that MC/LC did not waste his second chance at life and behaved like a person who has undergone polishing for years (not like some immature protagonists in other rebirth stories).

One thing I like about the MC is that he isnt successful because of his future knowledge but he originally bf regressing had good ideas and discernment like with the air quality plan.

It's cute and enjoyable. Ho w I wish the MC is the seme.

Read 19 chapters so far so here's what I think:

• • Typical rebirth where MC is too OP.
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    MC is mary sue like because of his experience from past life. It makes the story less exciting, since you can expect that everything that will happen to the MC from here on are all good things.

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• • Boss x subordinate relationship but
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    There's not much distinct line between them from the early chapters, considering MC is a new recruit, MC is bold enough to act on his own (not in a bad way though). MC seems he is on equal status as ML and they act like pals. Although ML doesn't mind because MC is proficient in everything, I still think it's important to draw a clear line between boss and employee.

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• • Subtle display of prejudice against ugly people in the earlier chapters.
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    There are instances where
    it emphasizes lookism, and there's a point in the story where it isn't enough to criticize the attitude but they also said, "lack of appearance is considered a defect". ML seems to be inclined to beauty as he judges people based on their appearance. Though, other than that the ML is ok. He's not overbearing nor arrogant. He is actually kinda cute.

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That's all, gonna change my ratings once I managed to read further. There's not much to point out, as there's not much happenings that stands out and worth praising either. Just so-so.