Someone just rated this 1 star saying that Shang Jue is a terrible person, only judging him based on after reading only 10+ chapters in the story.

WELL I DISAGREE 😊

You say Shang Jue treats him like crap, manipulating him because he has amnesia. But if you actually read the story, you'd see that Shang Jue just played a harmless prank. He was genuine during the time he pretended their relationship. He never really intended to hurt him because he thought that Lu Yuxing will recover his memories after two weeks.... more>> But it lasted for months. And during those months, Shang Jue had already truly fell for Lu Yuxing and wanted to continue the relationship for real and plans to tell him the truth.

When Lu Yuxing recovered his memories, Shang Jue thought that it was over between them however, Lu Yuxing was only a bit upset but never really planned to break up with Shang Jue. Because he too, had also fallen for him.

Please read the entire story. 😊 Thanks! <<less

So sweet, my tooth is aching!

Doting gong (Lu Yuxing) x prideful shou (Shang Jue)

Shang Jue reaps what he sows and watching him begrudgingly melt from MC's actions is adorable 🥰 Their chemistry and tension is chef's kiss

... more>> Onto the extras!

Edit: Extras is an AU where Shang Jue never said "your boyfriend". They go separate ways and meet again in their late 20s. More introspective and mature than the main story--two lonely bachelors find solace in each other's company.

As someone who was going to drop this novel after reading the negative reviews, I highly recommend giving it a shot and forming your own opinion! This became one of my top 3 novels :-) <<less

*Edit*

To Fluffangstsmut

I read the whole novel before you even posted your review. I didn't feel the need to come back and change the rating, but because you wanted to "call someone out", I decided to clarify. You have a few major and very important things wrong in your review:

1. It is NOT a harmless prank to convince someone they're gay and manipulate their feelings when they're severely injured and trying to recover. LYX came out to his brother. Coming out of the closet can be emotionally painful and sometimes people might even react violently.
2. SJ DID intend to hurt him, that was the entire point of the prank. He relishes in the idea that LYX will be angry, hurt, and upset when he regains his memory.
3. SJ was NOT genuine about the relationship at first. He very much only wanted to piss off and hurt LYX. It doesn't matter what his intent is later. The fact that he didn't think about the consequences of his actions because SJ was thinking it would only take two weeks for LYX to get better doesn't excuse him from any of the consequences. Even if LYX did get better in two weeks, that's still enough time to cause a lot of hurt to someone. Emotionally or even physically if things go wrong while coming out of the closet to friends and family.
4. Later in the story (after I posted my review and read further) you find out that SJ pulled a pretty horrible prank on LYX in high school.
   Spoiler

   Because SJ was given a wasabi flavored candy by a friend and was told it was matcha flavored, knowing that LYX can't handle spicy food even less, he convinces his friend to do the same to LYX. Then when LYX is struggling and about to spit the candy out, he forcefully holds his mouth shut causing him even more pain and embarrassment.

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5. Because of points 1, 2, 3, and 4 SJ is a bad person for his behavior.

I finished it... if SJ had acted a bit better before things began to change, I might have been more inclined to give this more stars. He improves a lot later, but the start... is incredibly ugly. Because of the manipulation, gaslighting, and mistreatment, I still rate this one star. Maybe if the author went back and rewrote the first half of the story to make SJ just a tiny bit more likeable, I might have been convinced by you to give this at least one more star. Unfortunately, that's not the story I read.

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It's a multiple pov story, mainly switching between the two male leads... But honestly, after about 10+ chapters, Shang Jue is a horrible person.

Discovering that Lu Yuxing has amnesia, he starts off convincing him that he's his boyfriend, and then continuously treats him like crap despite the fact that LYX repeatedly tries to figure things out. He manipulates his illness to mock him, forgets about him until he's bored and wants to amuse himself with more mockery, and only thinks of himself the up to that point.

LYX is legitimately suffering, struggling to come back from losing three years of his life. He tries to get his grades on track, tries to reform his relationships with the people around him, and even admits to his brother that he's gay. With all of that... I just felt horrible for him and hated SJ even more.

I'm guessing SJ improves as a person later in the story, but it's hard to keep reading with such a self-centered person. Not even a shred of sympathy for a person that is seriously injured and struggling, just pure malice and amusement at tricking him up to that point.

I kinda don't want to keep reading to see him be "redeemed" later in the story.

If you're looking forward for secret love, then this is not for you!

This is a literal enemies to lovers type trope, in which both ML and MC hated each other very much in the first few chapters until MC got amnesia!

This is a good, warm story.

Despite the fact that at the beginning MC behaves like an a**hole, ML still accepts all his actions - and not because he is weak, but because he accepts him as a person, with these shortcomings.

MC is a little playful, a little cruel, but more like a child who does not understand the consequences of his actions. And although from a moral point of view his actions are wrong, even being a villain, he does not want to cross the line and cause unnecessary pain... more>> to MC.

Don’t worry, this is a comedy, so there is no humiliation or darkness, nothing extreme happens. On the contrary, this is a very funny and kind story, with a great development of the characters' relationships.

For me, the most interesting thing was how their feelings changed from real enemies to lovers.

To summarize: a funny sweet story, where MC is a little evil at first, but gradually changes and it turns out that for his lover he is a cute little thing with claws.^_^ <<less