Would You Like to Have a Drink

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The Third Prince, Zong Luo, and the King of Beining, Yu Beizhou, have been at odds with each other.

Water and fire were never compatible. Their tit-for-tat confrontation was exhaustible.

Unfortunately, things went awry. After an imperial edict came, Zong Luo laughed facing the heavens. His ink hair was scattered, and he closed his eyes and committed su*cide under the city gate.

However, he woke up again.

Following that, he became entwined with Yu Beizhou once more, till death eventually came upon him.

His enemy’s face was stunning, flamboyant, and sinful. Only after staring at him did he only notice a little bit of light floating within his unfathomable eyes.

“Senior martial brother,” Yu Beizhou said in a low voice, grasped his sword in hand, and touched his eyebrows intimately, “We meet again.”

…….

That night, Zong Luo had a dream.

He dreamed that after his death, the man sewed up his uncollected body, and kept it in an ice coffin for nine years.

Glory, wealth, and world domination that will last for thousands of generations- Zong Luo didn’t want it, but Yu Beizhou got it all.

However, no one knows that after going to court every day, after the tyrant dismissed the palace servants, he would walk into the cold bed chamber alone.

“Senior martial brother, it’s already nine years.” Yet it’s still so cold no matter how warm it is.

“I hate you so much.” He held the body in his arms and muttered to himself.

-Hate is the strongest form of love-

Associated Names
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Can Drink A Cup of Nothing
Can You Drink A Cup With Me?
CDCN
WYLHD
能饮一杯无
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harupin
New harupin rated it
March 26, 2024
Status: Completed
Another novel added to my favs with great enemies to lovers trope that has good plot. Loved the plot, the conflicts and esp the ending so much. I'll talk first about the CP then family, the turn of events and my fav characs (in spoiler tab). Also it was such a great experience of not reading the whole synopsis & tags ngl (bcz it ruined my read before and to add more spice)

It felt slow at the start with repetitive infos but I got intrigued when ZL's plan started... more>> to really move plus the slowly but surely reveals of truth. Idk to others but the amount of plot twists was great for me. The war was also interesting. The CP tho, it was really a big slowburn but paid it off to the final arc, tho NEED MORE EXTRA. What I like about ZL and YB was it really started with real hatred. Others may have not seen ZL YB chemistry but for me, how they showed affection to each other is so them and I like it with more hatred and biting, the tension. (Ngl, they reminded me a bit of Xue Yang and Xiao Xingchen from MDZS)
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I like how they did it in all corners of the Ghost Valley lol and the Tai'A and Qixing Longyuan scabbard usage LOL. I also love how YB saw ZL in modern world tho witnessed his isekai car accident..

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I'll compare a bit with author's other work but the hate in WYLHD was more fleshed out and with big reason and YB got more personality than TLTN's. (Dw I also love TLTN, the ML & jiu ge).

ZL YB as CP, they welcomed each other's wounds and secrets through actions than words and I like how both doesnt back down to each other (just like my other fav CPs), YB got his flaws and weaknesses too even showed his vulnerability despite being a possessive ml. And ZL
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HE AINT COWARD, he let go of his guilt being the crown prince and a wandering soul and be a simple human that loves YB, really pursued YB after realizing his feelings and confessed in his own way but still got that pride yet caring at the same time. 👏👏👏 YB being jelly to PQ tho lmao. YB's death got my eyes a bit watery when he wanted ZL to forgive him and doesnt know whats love and hate. ZL really colored YB's world and always give him a push.

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And I can see that even before they became official CP, these 2 cared for each other (even if they're in denial at that time)

While the CP's relationship was great, how author wrote family was what stood out to me the most.
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Emperor Yuan (my fav 😭😭) the way the hints are dropped slowly that he is caring but still havent revealed the real reason of the imperial decree to ZL got my heart aching. The 1st interaction of current time of EY and ZL, felt pain too when EY revealed that he's hurted that ZL didnt gift his carving for his bday, the heart to heart talk between father and son and EY says he love ZL got me bawling. Lastly, the reveal where EY actually still love ZL even if he's not his own blood yet too late since ZL committed su*cide and willing to revert time in exchange of his life span got me really crying. Idk but all EY scenes are my fav. Rare case where a father charac is my fav.

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I can say ZL is my 2nd fav

At first, idk where ZL's plan was going, in a good way (i mean I dont read synopsis that much for fun). And bcz of that fun,
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YB being a reborn too and not only that, he is the reason for ZL going back. And Emperor Yuan is too. That made it hard to read their minds and predict their actions as a reader and in ZL's pov

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Sad how 8th prince Ruichen believed in 4th prince. And I knew that 5th prince Yuanwu is a good bro. I love Lord Wu An's death tho despite having that chicken emperor yu, ZL giving him a good death was satisfying. Ye Linghan tho I felt his pain HE NEEDS A HUG. Shen Yixue too deserves happiness.

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BIG LOVE THE ENDING
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EY considers both as his son and proud of them, ZL and YB both got the familial love they didnt had before. EY even approved ZL YB wedding 😭 BASED EMPEROR YUAN. His say to the CP's lovers drama got me chuckle tho

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Really a great great read 😭👏 Author sure do love the surname Zong lol (not sure if the kanji characs r same tho) <<less
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parkjaena9525
New parkjaena9525 rated it
March 24, 2024
Status: c170
I hate this story. Well well, nothing wrong with the story it's good but—i never feel so disappointed with the writer choice. Hmm, if you want to read this I tell you, that's up to you. But before that there's something you should know;

Okay, the male lead is so ann0ying. Nah, he's so real for that lmao imagine you're a Transmigrator and get blamed for everything lol. I thought the male lead would at least feel a little regret for his actions. But you know what? He just acting like... more>> a child lmao blame everything on our MC I cry so hard I just can't. Everyone that give 5 star maybe doesn't know BUT I KNOW VERY WELL. ML never regret his actions ohh he just 💀de4d and that's it. This story doesn't make sense. I don't know anymore, if you want good story with good revenge, not this one☺save your time thankyou. <<less
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YoriMei
YoriMei rated it
September 26, 2022
Status: Completed
It's a really good story that developed in a way that I really didn't expect, both in the general plot or the plot twists themselves. The summary might have you thinking it's one of those typical yandere stories, and it is (sorta) ; but it slowly becomes more of a father-son story with almost a majority of the plot devoted to our MC, the third prince Zong Luo, and his father, the emperor. Zong Luo is honestly pretty nice, he doesn't thirst for power or the throne, instead he yearns... more>> for familial affection and the approval of the emperor. It's surprisingly heartwarming to see how the relationship between the two develops as misunderstanding from the first life get resolved. As for the romance, it's honestly mostly a subplot for about the first 110 chapters and then dragged into becoming the main plot in the last 59. The romance is honestly a true "Enemies to Lovers" plot, because they really did hate each other at first, and for those who hate back and forth/dancing around the issue type romances I would honestly warn against this. I personally ended up loving the pair, but still take note.

As for the bad, mostly I think the author was in over their head with how many people they had in the cast. I could name at least two or three side characters that were supposed to be important but just ended up either fading off at the end or had really weak resolutions. One of them especially had a lot of build up in the beginning and seemed really important only to end up having a really weak ending that was basically a couple sentences. There's also a couple of times where Zong Luo acts very tired and done with the back and forth nature of the love hate relationship with YBH and dramatically acts like he's giving up on them but it never actually amounts to anything and is backtracked in a few chapters (ex: ZL acts like he's giving up on them and then like a chapter later he's chasing after YBH whose leaving the capital). Zong Luo also ruminates a couple times on how he's the prince, he can't be in a gay relationship (for heir reasons), but it's really a nonissue that just gets forgotten/brushed aside and is never really talked about again.

Lastly this never bothered me but might ended up a problem with some; without spoiling anything the emperor basically favors Zong Luo over all his other sons, he has favorites. I know modern day thinking is "you should love your children equally" but you gotta remember he's also picking the heir to the throne, which is something everyone single one of them wants (except Zong Luo) but instead of bettering themselves and working for the throne they scheme to take out the competition or just act incredibly spoiled thinking the throne is going to be theirs in the end. In that sort of situation and the fate of an entire empire at stake, I don't think its unfair to have preferences.

Overall I really enjoyed this story, the characterization was pretty solid and I honestly loved how it was more family focused than what it seems like in the summary. If you're not into court politics or family drama, you might want to save this one for another day because I'm not lying when I say the romance is honestly a subplot/background event until like the last 50 chapters. Stuff happens here and there but the story gives the most focus on the emperor and Zong Luo's misunderstandings and getting answers for questions in the past life. <<less
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EegiiSolo
EegiiSolo rated it
July 30, 2022
Status: --
I like this novel. Can't wait this fully translated. Also, thanks for the translator to chose this beautiful novel. I really love when ML is crazy dog. This novel's ML is very alike "I rely on my beauty to build country" novel's ML to me. So if you like crazy dogs then read it. Kk also. This novels background world building is deep but not that deep. So its just my cup of tea.

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its our protagonist's third life. And ML is his junior brother. Crazy dogxClean cold MC I guess. If you love this type. Read it

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Sorry for my English. Im kinda bad at English so... Hope someone review this more nice than me. <<less
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Alysx
Alysx rated it
October 19, 2022
Status: Completed
Hmmm I have very mixed feelings for this novel. The starting of the novel is realllyyyy slow and verbose. We can't go a few paragraphs without the MC repeating himself about his past life or transmigration or a description of how beautiful the MC and ML is. It's very unnecessary and I had to skip so many of these parts because it's too repetitive.

The middle of the novel is where that plot picks up and we start getting plot twists. Unfortunately, more than half of them are easily predictable, so... more>> it wasn't really that engaging for me.

Oh boy, the last part of the novel, though, sure hits hard. The romance finally picks up and the plot twists are finally something unexpected. Certain scenes were powerfully written and tugged at my heartstrings. Family love is a theme that is highly emphasised here and is portrayed extremely well

Characters aren't one dimensional, but I can't say they are extremely well-written as well. Certain side characters get build up but weren't utilised well. The MC and ML are unnecessarily obstinate, all for the dramatic 'enemy to lovers' characterization. If you're looking at the enemies to lovers trope, the writer's other work 'Thriller Trainer' definitely did a better job in my opinion.

TLDR; All in all, I would say it's okay for a leisure read but don't get your expectations too high up. Premise of the story is extremely interesting, but the execution is lacking. It's a case of having to wade through murky waters to reach gold <<less
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Mayetoile
Mayetoile
August 22, 2022
Status: --
I have read it to the end and this is one of the books that I highly recommend (for consideration, I am a picky person and get bored quickly when reading books but I managed to finish this one). This book is well written. Well-written characters, and a PLOST TWIST AT THE END!! I was shocked and had to digest it all and finally it made sense from the start. You will be forced to hate someone, but end up regretting it because he deserves the best. While I was... more>> reading it I felt mc's life was too much like a joke and I was also angry with fate cuz fate really played with them. From beginning to end, you will be treated to plottwist, plottwist, and plotwist until you feel is this really the book I read at the beginning? This book is a hidden diamond that I got at jjwxc. Highly recommended! <<less
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ria.green
ria.green rated it
January 31, 2024
Status: c10 part2
Review from my rec list: 5/5 for a mysterious rebirth of a kuudere MC + beauty attack + hate-love relationship where they were enemies and ML literally brought MC back to life because his life was empty without his rival.

This novel nails one of my favorite enemies to lovers tropes - the "I thought I hated you but now that you're dead, I realize you were the only thing that gave my life meaning" scenario. Double regression with MC reborn earlier and ML reborn a little later but with intuition.... more>> Another one of my favorite tropes - manly MC and pretty (but psycho) ML. <<less
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Continue12
Continue12 rated it
June 18, 2023
Status: c46.2
It is the second novel that I read that deserves the tag 'enemies become lovers' after "This Damned Thirst for Survival". Rare find. Most of the time it is just 'rivals to lovers' with some s*upid misunderstanding and after they resolve it they become all lovey-dovey. I can't see it happening here. Honestly I can't see them getting together at all at this point, especially from MC's side.

MC and ML are actively trying to kill each other and their every single interaction ends up in fights to the death with... more>> killing intent.

I really like MC. He is mature and steady, but also not without faults (can blow up, prideful, rebellious). Honestly I feel bad for him, his death was really too pitiful.

ML is simply nuts. He kept MC's body in ice coffin for nine years. (It is in synopsis, so not a Spoiler)
In "The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System" Luo Binghe did the same thing but I didn't have as much of a feeling that 'huh, this dude is really f*cking abnormal'.

This story has a good ratio of politics, family drama, action and whatever the heck it is that MC and ML has. Love- hate entanglement? I wasn't bored when I read at least. There were many twists and turns and MC didn't have everything smooth and easy. I have read from comments above that the end will have more major twists, kinda scared. Side characters are not one dimensional, thank God. But I can't say that I am that curious about them. Only Emperor.
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And MC's mother because this elusive woman haven't appeared at all yet. I sense conspiracy.

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I just realised that there are no women in the story. Not important roles at least. Only in background as servants I think? A bit weird.

Family feels is also important here. I cried a bit when I read Emperor's pov and I read a lot of drama and tragedy, so it isn't that easy to make me cry. Father- son relationship is interestingly described here.

Still this story has some shortcomings. From time to time author will repeat the same sentence multiple times. Like 'that prince is afraid of His Majesty'. It was already stated 3 times. I thought that maybe it is some fancy literature move to make readers pay attention to this and later it will be important. But I don't see how it can become relevant when that prince is just one of many side characters and not the important ones. I haven't read till the end, so maybe there is something to it?

The second - at one point I have to come back here and check for the 'harem' tag.
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Because for a moment it felt like I read those Korean comfort novels where MC is cared and loved by everyone they meet for no rhyme or reason. Old nemesis, friends and enemies. I can't say there wasn't exactly any reason for their behaviour in this story, still kinda... Weird feeling of powerful general MC suddenly becoming shojo manga princess

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I can't say more about anything because I am still at the beginning, but I certainly recommend to read it. Translation is good, they did a good job.
To the point that I think whether I should till they translate everything or just read mtl. <<less
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wenny1234 rated it
February 2, 2024
Status: c110
This novel is amazing, it gets you trying to read faster so that you can find out what happens next.

I like everything in this novel except the fact the author uses this one trope so many times in the story in order to make the side-characters know what happen in MC’s past life. It gets kind of cliche but it’s still good.
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Sara0jan
Sara0jan
January 19, 2024
Status: Completed
A wonderful novel.

One of the few novels deserving the tag “Enemies Become Lovers”, it’s frustrating how many novels have this tag but once you read the story, you become disappointed in the ordinary/dangerous romance that doesn’t exactly contain “Enemies Become Lovers”.

So far, the only novels I have read which really live up to the tag “Enemies Become Lovers” are:

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  1. Thriller Trainee (Which is also the novel that introduced me to the novelty of “Enemies Become Lovers”)
  2. This Damned Thirst for Survival
  3. Would You Like to Have a Drink (Now this novel is added to the list)
I would also like to thank @YoriMei for their review which was actually the one that encouraged me to give this novel a try.

Also, most importantly, a wonderful translation. It even included explanations for many Chinese proverbs and terminologies.

As mentioned in other reviews, the plot twists were also really fun to read!

Unfortunately, love scenes are written very vaguely which is a little frustrating.

An overview of the novel (I won’t spoil a lot) :

MC:

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MC is a genius professor who happened to come across a novel and read many comments before deciding to read the first 3 chapters and going to sleep.

When he woke up, he possessed the character, the 3rd prince of the Yuan (?) empire who was to as a hostage to an enemy nation at a young age.

In the original, the 3rd prince:

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He was in love with ML but many years later, he was poisoned by ML in order to start a war

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At the time MC possessed the 3rd prince, he and ML were 7 years old.

MC went alone to learn under a hidden sect (?) in order to get stronger and avoid ML.

Unfortunately, a year later, ML also entered the hidden sect and that is when their enmity started and MC started hating ML more and more.

More things happened after they grew up and MC was emotionally hurt by ML revealing a hidden truth to MC which hurt him so much that his black hair turned white overnight and he came to hate ML more than anything in the world (especially since around that time he was developing some romantic feelings for ML but because of what ML did, MC was hurt more and more.)

MC eventually realized that ML doesn’t know how to love and it’s impossible for him to learn that which made MC really give up on him. Unfortunately, ML got in an accident and almost died. MC ended up giving ML another chance

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ML:

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He is the young master of the family that took care of MC in the enemy nation.

He eventually destroys his own family and becomes an outstanding general in MC’s empire.

He really has a pitiful childhood that forced him to become crazy/psychopath/masochist.

He has many reasons to hate MC, unfortunately, because of his childhood, he never noticed that he was actually in love with MC.

He turned pain into pleasure so he wouldn’t be afraid of pain any more.

Likewise, he turned all emotions into what he was the most familiar with, HATE.

So, till the end, he never knew how to love, only knew how to hurt MC more and more and wanted MC to hate him more and more.

When MC FINALLY came to hate him more than anything in the world, ML didn’t know why he was afraid or why he felt like he screwed up.

When he finally found out he was in love with MC, he was in denial but eventually accepted but also realized that he screwed up because he now didn’t want MC to hate him but MC really hated him.

After almost dying, he became more clingy toward MC and more pe*verted.

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I really advise you to give this novel a try (though, the beginning was a little frustrating because it was slow) <<less
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twobada
twobada rated it
March 18, 2024
Status: --
What a super solid novel. Everything tied up neatly in the end. A lot of angst because of the enemis-to-lovers situation, but it was still so satisfying in the end. I love how nuanced the characters are as they tried to make sense of the entanglements between them. Some side characters were definitely 2D but those that mattered were developed very nicely like Ye Linghan and the Emperor Father.

Most importantly, I love how the writing wasn't weighed down by unnecessary narrations. Readers are given details and it's up to the... more>> readers to glean information from them. <<less
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rattlesnake753
rattlesnake753 rated it
February 18, 2024
Status: c131 part2
Not bad, but too convoluted for my taste. I like a good enemies to lovers trope but their dynamic is a little bland? I cried my eyes out for the situation the MC happened to be in but I can't really emotionally connect with characters. I don't see the "nice" tension between MC and ML more like anxiety tension. The main cp say they don't know when their feelings changed for eachother well I am also freaking confused about that??? It's like it didn't happened at all or there was... more>> a switch? (I mean as a reader I should feel a difference in story flow, or in their intentions) and one moment it was only tiny hint and bam very graphic description that author later give weird explanation for?. I don't think that their emotional bond was enhanced correctly through the story.

The MC is also very indecisive or more like he makes a conviction and a chapter later he goes back on his decision, that happens at least 3-4 times in regards to ML, author broke the MC character quite a few times in order for the story to progres at all.

I always thought that using the ML injury/being in danger to change MC opinion is one of the laziest and cheapest moves the author can do. <<less
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