If you're looking for like, the Ironcast Stereotype of Every Modern Asian Drama Romance, this is it!!!

We have:

• handsome!genius!celebrity!soon-to-be-olympic-swimmer ML who struggles with his feelings for the MC and somehow manages to be an honor student AND olympic swimmer to boot
• handsome!smart!super-rich!investment! second ML with a secret past who hangs out with the MC all the time, literally embodying the "I understand and support the MC when she is down but I will still get rejected" trope through permanent friendzone by the MC
• beautiful!shy!regular-person! reporter MC who isn't particularly smart (other than language/writing skills for her reporter job) but also isn't annoying and sometimes has guts and sometimes takes initiative... super normal seriously.

Add in childhood rescue, some (predictable) secrets and a hospitalized vegetative state person... I haven't read anything more cliche than this...

... more>> (I don't get why these modern romances HAVE to have MLs who are like 10x smarter + wealthier or more capable than the MC? doesn't it ever get fcking boring? geesus)

I guess if you've never read anything else in this genre or you've never watched an Asian drama in your life, you'll like it?

Otherwise, this is good mindless fluff for you to pass your time with (I suppose) if there's nothing else on your list to read and you're dying for BG romance version of sports anime.

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Translator is really excellent, one of the best ones I've seen. Made it a fantastic and smooth read. <<less

Very cute and fluffy.

The ML is a cute youth, who becomes a sly fox when it comes to MC.

MC is a cute airhead but not too s*upid so she's still likeable.

ML's teammates are the best!!!

My, my! I just have to write a review to say how good this is! A female lead whose brain sometimes switches off leading to hilarious situations but without second-hand embarrassment, interesting characters... it made me laugh with every chapter!

The story follows Yun Duo, a new employee at a sports magazine as she goes to report on the national swimming competition and meets some of the key athletes and their relationships from there! There's even a random former (?) stock dealer who's become our FL's lackey and also a "romantic... more>> rival" to the ML (we all know how this is going to end, but it does add tension).

As of now (chapter 11) highly recommended! Still recommended at chapter 42. Can't recommend this enough. I really don't have any criticisms. <<less

Truly a gem💖✨ Really love it!!! 💖 And a lot of love and thanks to translator who really did a good job to translate this beautiful and cute novel.

fluff. Light read. Not much drama. Loved it. It’s a feel good fic.

The pace where the leads became closer, friends until they become lovers was great. The author’s foreshadowing was very easy to see.

2.5/5 ☆ [This site needs a 10-star rating system...]

After finishing the 1/8 of the novel I only realized that I still couldn't care about the characters nor the story.

-It feels like the author likes to throw some information on top of information and didn't spend much time developing a relationship. FL is an excited newbie and ML is the classic perfect-rich-troubled boy... and he laughs a lot at FL. That's it. Not much character oozing from him.

-The description is quite misleading, it makes you think the relationship is already built,... more>> however in chapter 11 they're still on "looking at you from a far" phase.

-I wouldn't mind the cliche and the slowness but I didn't feel like this novel gives much. If there is not enough drama you could fill a bit more fluff in it. There is not much of it either because they are still strangers to each other. So I decided this one is not for me. Dropped.

-3 whole stars goes to the great translator, they have such a cool feature to open explanations on their site! Super functional! <<less

I truly enjoy reading the relationship between Tang Yi Bai and Yun Duo. 💖💖
They're a totally cute & adorable couple.

I love this story although it's not perfect. But I couldn't give this story a full 5 stars for some reasons:

And below are the reasons why I love this story:

I don't know how to describe how good this story, it's awesome, fluff, sweet, funny, interesting, with a fresh theme.

It's told about a handsome, talented and sexy swimmer with his dream to be the best swimmer and a beautiful, cheerful, and cute reporter.

The romance is flow slowly but it's fell warm.

... more>> As long as I read, I didn't found heavy plot like revenge, dog blood drama, cheat etc.

Trust me, if you looking for a light, sweet, warm, funny story, you need to read this <<less

first of all, hats off to the translator!! Seamless flow of the story and detailed explanations, this is one of the best translations i've read in a while.

plot wise, this story is really good; witty and light hearted, but serious at the right moment, all characters are lovable (except for the villain (s), ofc, but even the villains had their own backstory and weren't mere 2D characters). There were a couple scenes where I felt it sudden and rushed, but it didn't really affect much of the plot. I do... more>> wish there was more elaboration on the side characters, I for one would like to know qi ruifeng's ending!

all in all, a really lovely read as both MCs were so cute and lovely. The quality translation makes it all the better! :) <<less

Ahh What a perfect pair =3= very well match no doubt. I love ML and FL's personalities very cute and funny at the same time. The plot is good, I love all the characters except to the two siblings -_-

Anyways, The side stories QAQ IT'S SO WONDERFUL >3< How can I move on >-<

It´s a good light read with a little bit of everything.

Sure, it isn´t outstanding for being original (just some details being truly unique, like little sister teaegg XD) seeing quite a few clichés of the asian popular literature

character wise being:

And development-wise looking at twists like:

But, still the rythm was quite good and entertaining while the story is also pretty fluffy and warm.

Recommend :)

There was a lot of ambiguous moments, cute and fluffy moments, tense moments and angsty moments.

Not my type because it's cliche and angsty in a cliche way. I think it still has it's good points um probably for people who truly like those asian romcoms.

It's like that, so not terrible but I couldn't connect with it for awhile. I skimmed the competitions a lot because reading about nationalism is uncomfortable but it's understandable for swimming I guess. It is cringy to see foreign scenes but anyways it has decent leads trapped in a classic romcom plot. Read it if that's your thing. But I've dropped... more>> it. <<less

Highly highly recommend this novel!! TANG Yibai is one of the most sweetest caring loving high EQ ML I have ever seen.. And most definitely romantic also. I love the couples relationship, loyalty and trust in each other so much..

so good! No too much drama or conflict. Very fluffyyy. I enjoyed reading this one, super cute.

Love this cute and sweet novel! It is a bit cliche, but so what, if you're looking for a feel good light read, this is it. Check out the other novels of this author, they are all cute and fluffy! Highly recommended!

Love it, makes me laugh a lot.