Don’t Fall In Love With The Boss

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Qian Wei’s last regret in her life was at the age of 19, when she offended Lu Xun, known as the “Light of the Law School”. She helped her brother Qian Chuan to pry at Lu Xun’s corner and robbed Mo Zixin from him. Who knew that Lu Xun would become her boss one day, and Qian Wei could only work like a cow or horse for atonement. But now God gave her the opportunity to return to the age of 19. Qian Wei said that she will help Lu Xun and ensure that he and Mo Zixin will be together. But … Why did she seem to offend Lu Xun more thoroughly? Help! She just wanted to help the future boss fall in love, not to fall in love with the future boss!

Qian Wei complained a lot about her boss: “Doesn’t Lu Xun have a private life? He works overtime all day, is he not afraid of developing kidney deficiency?”

Until one day, her boss called her to the office:

Lu Xun: Today, don’t work overtime. Come to my house.

Qian Wei: ???

Lu Xun smiled indifferently: A good boss should not let employees always have doubts. Tonight, I will show you personally that I don’t have kidney deficiency.

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Dating the Boss is a Bad Idea
Legally Romance (Drama)
才不要和老板談戀愛
才不要和老板谈恋爱
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throughtheraine
throughtheraine rated it
April 23, 2021
Status: Completed
This novel is not really right up my alley. I’m not a big fan of the ML nor the FL, though I think the plot got interesting because of the twists at the end. Honestly, it was quite confusing how I’m supposed to judge the protagonists because of the differences between the actual and the ‘rebirth’ versions but I’m basing my review on how I felt for most part of the novel coz I’ve considered dropping this a lot of times.

The FL was always attempting to hug the ML’s thigh.... more>> Her tricks in trying to be clever but ending up digging her own grave were funny but sometimes it also got annoying. She was too simple-minded and clueless about a lot of things. At the same time, the ML was a big bully. I don’t approve of how he was beating around the bush and going roundabout ways instead of directly confessing to her. Since he was not actively pursuing her, I didn’t feel it’s nice for him to be showing his jealousy on some occasions. But I did appreciate the fact that he was very devoted to the FL for a long time.

At various points, I was really itching to read the ML’s POV since his actions were mostly ambiguous and it seemed like he was just playing around despite clearly knowing that he is interested in the FL. However, at the end, I realized why it was written in the FL’s POV and felt it was actually acceptable. Well, I’m glad I was able to read through until the end so I was able to dispel some of my unfavorable thoughts about the novel. <<less
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SM3LLY
SM3LLY rated it
February 11, 2021
Status: c94
If you're looking for a well -translated comedic romcom Then this is the story for you!

Featuring:

-clueless MC and kinda underhanded ML most of the drama comes from the ML refusing to be straightforward about his crush and MC just not picking anything up lol (not to say they aren't super into each other MC just thinks he's in love with someone else)

... more>> -Lots of pining!!

-most realistic depiction of college that I've read in a webnovel (which means absolutely nothing the cp is still doing a tango routine at the talent show)

-lots of arguing over s*upid things because 3/4 s of the cast are pre-law and that's what they do for fun

-White-water rafting?????

-a very cute MC and twin brother relationship lots of lovingly being mean

-Genuinely Funny!

Spoiler

admittedly it all kinda falls apart once it turns out she was in a coma for the entire college flashback 😔 but whatever!!!!! Everything before that is worth reading

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AllGoodNamesRGone
AllGoodNamesRGone rated it
November 13, 2020
Status: c95
Can't recommend it enough!!

If you love/like a funny novel with almost minimal drama, sweet characters, loads of fluff, cute angst then this one is absolutely for you.
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DarkAmethyst
DarkAmethyst rated it
August 26, 2020
Status: Completed
The MTL on this novel wasn't hard to read so I gave it a try and man, I really love the FL and the ML like the interaction between these two was epic.
... more>>
Spoiler

I like how even though intially the author had us believe that she travelled through time, that part of the plot didn't go unexplained. And I like how she "came back" to her time, because honestly I find it kind of unsatisfying that everything suddenly go unexplained and unresolved, like its one thing if you travelled back in time cause of vengance but to just leave it all behind? So im satisfied to see the FL resolve her relationship with the ML in her own "timeline"

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overall im really happy with the ending, really hoping for more tho. <<less
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honingzoet
honingzoet rated it
December 20, 2023
Status: --
pro's

    • i absolutely love the fl. cannot stress this enough. her personality is hilarious and I love her interactions with the male lead. she's my favorite female lead of all time hands down. everyone hating on her needs to unclench she's so funny
    • we don't constantly head hop unlike every other chinese novel. by head hop I mean we'll be in one character's head and then suddenly we're looking at the thoughts of another
    • the comedy in this novel is top notch I actually bust out laughing irl at some points
cons

    • the author really drags out the misunderstanding of lu xun not liking whatsherface and it makes no sense. lu xun should've cleared the air years ago
the twist at the end just felt like a twist for twist's sake.
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if she's just remembering things, then whole scenes and events make absolutely no sense. her behavior that stems from treating this as her second life is the reason for every single one of her actions. the entire reason why she's so close to lu xun is because she's trying to suck up to him BECAUSE of future knowledge that he'll become her boss, and this is the driving force for EVERY SCENE they're in. when you remove this, there's really no reason why she'd try so hard to worm her way next to him. she also references events from her past life a lot to talk about how things are different this time around... so what the hell exactly is she remembering? for the events that do kind of still hold up, why isn't she remembering them? as in, being like, huh, this is exactly how I remember this event in my past happening.

the hallucigen excuse is such bullsh*t and it actually makes me angry that the author seriously went with the age-old cliche of "akshually it was all a dream!" I literally used this same exact ending to end my 4th grade essay and I thought it was a banger.

this just makes me angrier the more I think about it. the last 30 chapters are dedicated to something that never even f*cking happened. why should I care if this was all just a dream? the 30 chapters had so many cute moments like him bringing her breakfast to parallel the start of their relationship, him saying "thank you for letting me like you, " "i don't like anyone else, I just like you, " him kissing her in front of everyone and saying that now if they break up everyone will know she dumped him but he won't let that happen anyway, learning to cook for her, confessing to her so many times, "whenever I see you, I just want to kiss you, " his letter declaring his love and how she was the first and last person he'd ever chase and saying: "i couldn't wait to tell you that I liked you for even one more day... I'm willing to try to change and become your type... Whenever I walk together with you, I unconsciously slow my steps because I want to walk with you for even one more second. Even if I warn myself again and again, I always find my eyes following you. Seeing the happy you, the wanton you, the indifferent you... I can't express this feeling in words. It's as if the closer I get to you, the less I know what to do...

'I wish that face you show when you smile could belong to me alone; I wish that your playful and mischievous side could belong to me alone; I wish that the way you perk up when you listen to the early morning bell could belong to me alone;

I wish that I could be the only one in your eyes; and I wish that your smile, your eyes, the arc of your lips, the tip of your beautiful nose, will all belong only to me after you see this letter."

"Nowadays I'm always on edge, and all I want to do is be with you every day. I'm never in the mood to work anymore."

"It's been four hours and 13 minutes since we separated and you haven't contacted me at all."

" don't know how you feel about it, but I only seem to find myself liking you more and more. I feel more and more like I can't live without you, and I always just want to see your face even when I'm not doing anything. Now I only feel at ease when you are by my side. You know, I used to be a person with strong self-control, and l've always been able to settle down and do the things I need to do, but today I just couldn't. I opened a book but couldn't read, I turned on the computer but couldn't even see the screen, the whole time it was as if you were the only thing on my mind. I used to be able to hold back for a whole night without contacting you, but now it seems that I can't. Four hours seems to be my limit. " Lu Xun's voice was a little hoarse.

"I like you too much to describe. Every night before I go to sleep, I need to hear you say good night to feel at ease. Every night I dream about you, and every morning I want to wake up a little earlier so I can see you a bit sooner. I like you more than I can say, to the point that I almost forget myself while drowning in my love for

you."

you see all of that? she dreamed. all. of. it. up. NONE OF IT WAS REAL ARE YOU f*ckING SERIOUS. all this dream stuff also makes it so that I can argue that she's fallen in love with the dream version of the ML she's concocted in her head and not the actual ml.

the ending also makes it so they have their romance when they're both 28 and that just makes me so sad because they missed out on 10 years of being together : (

this twist is also flawed because the author doesn't make good use of it. she should be heartbroken that everything is fake and that lu xun doesn't love her (she doesn't know he does) when she's just spent months dating him and being in love. her world should be shattered - she spent so long achieving so many things, creating her own company, saving li stomachcancer from stomach cancer (HILARIOUS that the author knew people would rage over him so she retconned his death,) li linlin, helping her brother break up with mo whatsherface, getting her brother and friend together, etc etc. she shouldn't be back to normal so quickly.

i think it's pretty obvious the author knew that with the pace she was going she'd have to write at least 40 more chapters and she got bored so she wrapped it up asap through this. the last few chapters before the twist were pretty slow and boring too since there was no conflict anymore. our leads are together and happy. she should've ended it after they got together, honestly, because she dug herself into this hole.

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    • the twist made me feel so cheated and honestly I was so miffed that I lowkey had tears in my eyes LOL. i recommend stopping at chapter 62. please. for your own sanity
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ntww12
ntww12 rated it
April 27, 2023
Status: Completed
I enjoyed reading this story! Made me laugh a lot. However, reading the spoilers here did make me rush through the story a bit so I'd advice just reading this novel without going to the spoilers.

FL is an employee under ML. They were classmates 10 years ago and he shot up the ranks quite fast since he's really smart and efficient, and she's also pretty great herself but not to his level. I'd say they're more like colleagues in the same field but coincidentally she works for his firm and... more>> thus, he's her boss. Just in case someone says, ew work-place romance. This situation isn't quite the same.

Anyway, FL thinks ML often gives her overtime, lots of work etc, because he wants revenge on her for helping her brother steal his moonlight love/1st love. So when FL gets into an accident that sends her back in time to when they were law students and met for the first time... She decides to change things and help ML get together with his 1st love (she thinks its his 1st love but its actually not).

Embarrassing moments are PLENTY. FL has a weird mindset, she's just really quirky and funny and so causes a lot of problems. She's just very low in EQ in things related to herself. So it's a funny read! ML tries to be the cold-faced CEO type here but he fails because FL is just too good at pulling him into embarrassing moments too.

It's a really fun read for me despite some 2nd hand embarrassment from the stuff FL does. I love how she thinks though.

Anyway, what spoiled it for me was: (Don't read this before reading the novel. It is a major spoiler)

Spoiler

Finding out from the spoilers in the comments that it's a drug-induced coma that causes her to remember the events from the past in a different way. So the romantic moments that occured between FL and ML DID NOT HAPPEN. Which made me quite upset as I felt it was very sweet and lovely and for ML not to have the memory of all that was very sad. I didn't quite like that anyway.

However, I do love the fact that ML has stayed by FL side for 10 years silently and tried to court her in his own s*upid way lol. The way they got together in the end was also quite sweet. I just wished there was more! More bun extras would've been great too. Oh well.

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Still a good read. Love it. <<less
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booklust
booklust
July 3, 2022
Status: c39
The start was okay it even made me want to read the book but half way through the characters and the plotline made me want to go and bash my head. The characters were good at start but they had literally no character development instead they went on to became worse.

First we have ML who's the same old male character in every book who despite being 19 is good at 'everything'! It felt absolutely unrealistic and downright s*upid to read him being good at everything.

Female lead is someone because of... more>> whom I wanted to bash my head every time. I agree with the someone's comment who said how can someone like her even be capable of becoming a Lawyer.
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The only character I liked was female leads' friend but after 30 even her personality felt on to go worse. <<less
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maiha-sama
maiha-sama rated it
November 16, 2021
Status: Completed
Very typical, perfect ML, good at everything blah blah.. an annoyingly s*upid and ignorant FL. The trope is so overused it feels like all these modern romances are the same.

It was okay... some parts are funny, a lot of fluff. That's about it. Rounding up to 3.
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Naii_Iian
Naii_Iian
September 15, 2021
Status: Completed
love it promise. Another book character has been added to my ideal list of Husbands. Gosh. Why is luxun so cute. Wish I could have one like him. 😊😍
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Code G
Code G rated it
July 23, 2021
Status: Completed
Good story to read can't stop my self from laughing while reading. I find the FL very funny, she is dumb but in a cute way. I highly recommend this book for those who wants to laugh and giggle while reading.
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Queen_of_Chaos000
Queen_of_Chaos000 rated it
March 7, 2021
Status: Completed
First of all, I just want to ask, are there men like Lu Xun in this world? I refuse to believe it okay?!!

Our darling MC is a little adorable, dumb, dense mess, but that is her charm, Sometimes she is so nonsensical that I had to wonder in which fantasy world she was in. In my opinion, although all the misunderstandings were seemingly annoying, I think that was what firmed our lovely couple's foundation.

So I really have no big complaints.

As for our ML, damn, he was... he was... just the... more>> best.

I will end it there, it is so damned unfair alright. Sometimes fiction is just unreasonable I want to cry. And throughout the novel, I've never felt so single.

It was really good!!! I recommend it very much!! <<less
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Bookworm_Sueweetie
Bookworm_Sueweetie rated it
February 16, 2021
Status: Completed
This put on the list of my favorites modern C-novels. This was so sweet and fluffy. The plot twist and the reason of her "travelling in the past" was well-explained (**blown my mind**)

I like the personality of our dense FL (Qian Wei), she was so funny and not dumb but shameless and thick-skinned LMAO. I also like our ML (Lu Xun), his versions of 19 yo & 28 yo were so in-love with the FL.

Honestly, this can be shorter if only the ML was confessed his feelings "directly" instead... more>> of waiting. Well, the smut scene was also hot hot LMAO <<less
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Simichan1995
Simichan1995 rated it
February 1, 2021
Status: --
First 20 or so chapters later, I completely hate the female lead. She has so far shown that she has no more than 2 brain cells to rub together.

The only reason she thinks she's overworked is because she became an accomplice to her brother's schemes in the past.. So wouldn't it be best if she didn't meddle at all?? But nooooo... she goes crazy stalker.

And to me it looks like the only reason she's overworked is because she is bad at her job... and lu xun has no option but... more>> to give her small jobs so that she can at least feel useful <<less
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Anatasyatata
Anatasyatata rated it
January 6, 2021
Status: Completed
Such a masterpiece! *Kiss cheff

... more>>
Spoiler

The FL dense as hell in this story, well can't blame it fully because the ML is too perfect and seems imposible to fall in love with her. Luckily the ML said it over and over that he really love her.

Plot twist, turn out the FL not being reborn, but just dreaming and hallucination while she comma. But most of the fate it's same like in her dream.

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Idk why, but I feel like need more their cutest moment. Especially in the end story, just need more extras and epilog you know. Maybe ML POV in their college days, or what happend after their married :) <<less
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sakurasakura
sakurasakura
October 22, 2020
Status: --
Heartwarming romance. At first, I was a bit annoyed at the MC because she was shamelessly following the ML, but as the story progressed, I started to adore her. They are so adorable together. ML's schemes were so apparent to the readers but MC is thickheaded. I love that there weren't much conflicts and matters were resolved quickly. I also loved the plot twist.... more>>
Spoiler

I never expected that most of what happened to her in the parallel world actually happened in the past. Most stories like this would be her trying to court the ML again to curry feelings again because what happened in the other world wasn't real. I'm glad that it turned out he really loved her for 9 years.

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I also loved that his feelings were already apparent from the very beginning. I mean, what kind of boss would go out of their way to prevent their subordinates from having free time and going on blind dates??

Overall, this is a cute and wholesome love story. <<less
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Jhunajane
Jhunajane rated it
August 17, 2020
Status: Completed
I loved this story so much that I want a MAN. I mean, who wouldn't? With Lu Xun as your husband?

This story is so sweet and loving. I find their love so endearing and adorable. MC may be an annoying dumb (I really wanna say bit*h right here) heroine but what can I do about that? That's her chara. So many chances slipped away passed their grasp when in fact it's only within their reach is seriously clichè and frigging annoying. BUT ALL OF THAT BAD FEELINGS VANISHES IN A SNAP BECAUSE OF OUR LOVING ML. Srsly, can I keep him to myself? Where can I find a man like himself? Only in novels, I'm sure. If there's one in reality, he's not coming for me.

Sighs. Our ML... more>> too. I can't say if he's timid or direct with his approach. I mean, the first letter didn't work for him why make a second one? Just say it directly to her face. In our country, we call people like him "torpe". Although, he's not entirely like that.

Sighs. Lu Xun. Lu Xun. Can't I have someone like you? ❤️? <<less
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emmyazzy
emmyazzy rated it
July 2, 2020
Status: Completed
A relatively realistic novel. Like others, I usually don't enjoy reading novels where both the female and male lead have many misunderstandings amongst themselves. But this novel is fluffy throughout the entire novel.

What is unique about this novel would be that the characters have a constant personality and character throughout the entire novel. This may be a con to some or I had certain doubts on the female lead. However, after what happened in the later chapters, I understood why she acted that way and why her character has always... more>> been so constant.
Spoiler

Out of topic, but bluntly speaking, as a person who worked in the legal industry for a year, it's very rare to see someone as dense as the female lead in the industry. Since honestly, in the legal industry, they pick on every single word you say. It may sound exaggerating but it was a fact for me when I was working. So when I was reading this, I felt that it was impossible for the female lead to be this dense when she's 28 and has worked in the industry for many years. It was either she was very sheltered or well there's doubts to the character development of this novel even after she has rebirth. But, it was later explained that it wasn't a rebirth and it was actually a 'dream' somewhat where the female lead's brain stimulated the memories that she didn't take note of much but her brain did, what the male lead has described to her when she was in coma, and with some imagination on her part as well. This was because of the new medicine/cure that the male lead has put in a lot of effort to find for the female lead to wake up. (Since it was said that she may not be able to wake up forever. The male lead then used all his connections to find different doctors from overseas and one doctor suggested this new medicine where the patient would wake up from this stimulation.) This would explain why she was so dense even after her rebirth during her 'rebirth school days'. And it was true that she was sheltered because most details that the female lead has experienced (such as someone putting a bracelet in her drawer and accusing her of theft, the female lead's brother being stalked, the male lead's confession by sending flowers (without leaving a name) etc).

In my opinion, I have to compliment that the author is scarily good because it was as if she took note of this detail in mind when she had written it.


Sigh even though I may be hypocritical but the fact that it was a 'dream' instead of rebirth and the female lead's personality (dense and rather slow witted towards what happened and feelings) isn't really my cup of tea even though it's all cute and the writing is amazing. Thus, I rated this a 4 star.
Also, in case you are wondering, as for the male lead, his personality (maybe except after they dated during her 'rebirth' days) was similar to that of when he was 28 years old because the female lead knew him very well.
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The romance of this novel is quite brief for me. It was mainly on how they resolved the misunderstandings in my opinion and how he courted her. Hahah it is cute and funny though. Plus, who wouldn't like such a passionate male lead?

I think the translation is superb as well. It's hard to translate this novel in my opinion due to the jargons and slangs they have in this novel. So thumbs up for this translator!!

In conclusion, I would recommend this novel if you are looking for a romantic comedy novel. I wouldn't recommend this novel if you are looking for a smart and talented female lead. <<less
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GreenTeaBag
GreenTeaBag rated it
June 8, 2020
Status: Completed
Usually I do not like books that have misunderstandings between the main couple again and again. I believe it represents the lack of communication which is fundamental for a long term strong relationship. Here however the entire book is just one huge misunderstanding. But it was played very well!

The humours side of the extremely oblivious Female Lead and shy and insecure Male Lead was the opposite of annoying and super sweet and fluffy.

A very funny, cute and fluffy read!
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Zureah
Zureah rated it
May 31, 2020
Status: Completed
I love it. Its funny and sweet the ML really loves her. I really recommend this.

Spoiler

The MC misunderstand that the ML loves someone but no, he loves her

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kaitokeiii_
kaitokeiii_ rated it
September 9, 2023
Status: Completed
I felt so many emotions here it's hilarious.

For the first part of the story, it seems that it's pretty intentional that the readers would feel helpless or maybe a bit annoyed at our FL, Qian Wei for being so dense. In my perspective, rather than being annoyed at her for that, I'm more bothered by how unserious our ML, Lu Xun is towards her. Of course, finishing the story made me realize that he was indeed SERIOUS about her. But I was just annoyed at how he talks so big... more>> about "what is my image worth compared to chasing his love" something like that yet he's been so prideful and just won't confess directly 😭

But after a while, I believe by 50 chapters, the confession was finally said 🤧💖

I was so happy they were so cute AAA

And then the plot twist happens omg.

At first, I was bummed out by the plot twist. I didn't like how FL just acted like nothing was wrong. If that was me, I'd definitely be depressed. I died then lived for the second time and bonded more deeply with the people around me for it to all be a dream? Omg my heart could never.

But in the end, the author ended up connecting the dots and suddenly it made sense why it HAS to be a dream. Now that it's complete, I'm just happy for them both.

Overall, I love this story and I definitely recommend. You might want to take note that FL is extremely dense just as how ML is unpurposely leading a lot of misunderstandings so that'll make you feel a lot of things HAHA. <<less
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