ML is too much of a stalker for my taste. Everyone else seems to gush about his feelings or laugh at his "doting" actions, but it creeps me out. Poor MC is being tortured. Even his pet is getting tortured. How would you feel if you decisively dislike someone, yet find him RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM WINDOW?! F--- creepy! And how would you feel if your cherished pet is being bullied by his pet? As in, ML PHYSICALLY INTRUDES INTO MC'S ROOM TO PLACE ANOTHER ANIMAL NEAR HIS PET TO BULLY IT!

It may seem like his excuses make absolutely no sense and s*upid at times that even I just couldn't even laugh anymore (i swear that one time he used an excuse like the fog was bad for the skin so he was gonna stay at the ML s place that night cause of that). But this all kinda just clicked at the right place for me especially right after that scene where MC clearly shows that he has feelings for the ML too for the VERY first time (it was HILARIOUS and it wasn't even a bloody confession.... I think? XD, hint: remember the typhoon? :D). But more so than feelings their relationship has a fair share of building on lust and so on, especially the ML since he kinda fell in love at first sight with MC... but don't get me wrong the ML kinda reeeeally dotes on the MC so much that it's so cute and aww. But it got kinda weird that BOTH the ML and MC were virgins tho so there was no "upper hand" in their relationship when it came to"experience" in this *cough*criteria*cough*

you have an extreme tsundere MC, a Gary stu with stalker tendencies, a pick pocket who uses chicken blood to make another character believe that the character violently r*ped him, said character got people to gang bang pick pocket for robbing from him. The story is just a pot of wtf characters and wtf writing. My favorite character was ruined for no reason other than the author needed a villain and I guess ML sister is not villain enough material

Let's start with the basic storyline: This is what drew me in. I loved the idea of the whole - girl wants boy, boy ignores girl, girl enlists brother to help obtain boy, brother falls for boy instead. I mean, YES. Right? Let's do it! Only, what I got was not what I expected.

The story itself was largely unbelievable and frustrating for me. Things happen that literally stopped me in the middle of a sentence and made me go.... "What????" This should absolutely come with a supernatural tag because basic physics is just not present at all. Also, the devoted and doting lovers tags are highly questionable. The comedy is 100% there, as is the smut. Though many of the smut scenes border on the r*pey side, so you should prepare yourself if you are easily triggered. There should also be abuse tags, because there is physical, mental, and emotional abuse in this story. Also, the general depiction of the police in this book bothered me a lot. To build up a single character, it felt as though the police were - essentially - made into a rather pathetic joke. Also! An animal cruelty tag is needed! OMG

Characters:

Yuan Ru. Largely I just found her annoying. She essentially forces her way into Xia Yao's life because he's her "ideal type" and refuses to take no for an answer. Even when he makes it very very clear that he does not, nor will he ever, want her, she persists. It's pathetic really. Like at least have a little bit of self-respect please. But no. She see's a good looking, strong man and just claims him as her own whether he wants her or not. To the point that she does some highly questionable things. But then, questionable behavior seems to run in her family. On the plus side, she does become more tolerable later in the story and I actually start to like her a little.

Yuan Zong. To say that I absolutely hate Yuan Zong would be an understatement. I detest him. In fact, most of the way through the book I just referred to him as the stalker. He's abrasive, abusive, dismissive, and cares very little for how his partner (who he essentially forced into his life because he thought he was pretty) feels or what he thinks. He's twenty times worse than his sister. He solves his problems with either violence or s*x or simply just throws money at it. The fact that he punishes and belittles his lover like a child and uses s*x and mind games against him as a weapon is sickening. Does he have any good qualities? Yes. I think there are some soft points to him. I think he has the potential to be a good man. I think somewhere in his broken brain he actually loves Xia Yao. Sadly for me, it wasn't enough. There's too much bad and it overshadows the good. Xia Yao deserved better than him.

Xia Yao. I love, hate, and pity this man. I love how sweet and big hearted he is. He's the guy you want to be friends with because even if he dislikes you, he will take care of you. I hate that he has no backbone when it comes to Yuan Zong. I hate that he goes back and forth between being a strong, competent man to being a pitiful, idiotic child. I pity him because every time he tries to stand up for himself, all Yuan Zong has to do is force s*x on him (and I do mean force) and he forgets all about it. This is not healthy. It's toxic.

The side characters were true side characters whom I mostly loved. They, honestly, were the only reasons I kept reading.

Loved Xia Yao's father and I wish he'd been in the story more. He seemed to actually care for his son and they seemed to have a somewhat healthy relationship. Absolutely hated his mother. Mother Xia was overbearing to the point that I was surprised her son wanted to be around her at all. And then she just flipped a switch and was like - 'You're own your own. I don't even care anymore.' It was mind-numbing.

Xia Yao's friends had their own toxic relationships but I found myself actually rooting for Peng Ze/Li Zhen Zhen. Xuan Da Yu I absolutely loved but wished he'd been the one that ended up with Xia Yao. They might have had a healthy, loving relationship. Wang Zhi Shui, however, was a little too much like Yuan Ru and Yuan Zong for my tastes and far more annoying. Perhaps if he had grown up a little and gotten over himself, I could have liked him more.

Tian Yan Qi. Honestly, I disliked him. I felt like he was inserted into the story just so that Yuan Zong could have a real love affair without "having an affair". Had they ended up together, it probably would have been better. They were the real couple and felt more like equals. Yuan Zong treated him with respect, valued his opinion, depended on him, and even showed genuine affection and caring for him. These are things Yuan Zong rarely, if ever, did for Xia Yao. Xia Yao, denoted by Yuan Zong's actions, was a pretty, hapless child that needed to be protected and told how to think and how to act and when to submit.

Hei Zi, bless this man, just felt like a missed opportunity. I couldn't respect him as a bad guy because Yuan Zong was so much worse.

The story is nonsense... This stalking thing at the beginning is creepy!!! But the most infuriating thing with it is that a policeman is the one who is stalked by someone and cannot do anything. WHY? He is a f*cking police officer!!!!