Nuptial Chamber Next Door

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Bo Bing is a medical student who went to Japan to pursue further studies, a young girl in a foreign land she met a senior student, Ye Zheng Chen who is also an aspiring doctor in the same university as her. They shared some common factors, become fast friends and gradually fall in love. Ye Zheng Chen love Bo Bing deeply and affectionately call her ‘lass’ instead by her name. However, Bo Bing later discovered that Ye Zheng Chen is in fact already engaged to another girl and was upset she is being lied to. Ye Zheng Chen tried to explain his difficulties but Bo Bing fled back home before he can tell her the truth.

Three years later, Bo Bing’s fiancé is being charged and she is told that only Ye Zheng Chen has the ability to help her. Bo Bing is therefore being forced to trade herself to Ye Zheng Chen in order to save her fiancé. She also learns the secret that Ye Zheng Chen has been hiding from her since their days in Japan three years ago…

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Wedding Night, Neighbour
房花烛隔壁
洞房花烛,隔壁
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  2. light romance | chill read
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06/12/21 Whimsical Reads ss 2 part7
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01/13/21 Whimsical Reads ss 2 part5
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07/16/19 Miumiu ss 2 part3
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07/09/19 Miumiu ss 2 part1
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10/26/18 Miumiu c53 part2
10/25/18 Miumiu c53 part1
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09/28/18 Miumiu c52 part2
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Pink
Pink rated it
February 6, 2018
Status: c25.2
  1. This story tell the price we have to pay in relationship between men and women.... the feeling of love, dependent anxious and proud of FC is really hit my hearth... the author has did a good job in writing those feelings in sweet and realistic way and the translation also did a good job to deliver those feelings to us. After
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    all 25 chapters I read, its a good story with deep feeling of both MC and FC....
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nouhr99
nouhr99 rated it
December 18, 2020
Status: Completed
From the previous reviews it's clear that there are many controversies when it comes to this novel.

Concerning the racism aspect, I'm not defending the author but as someone studying in a foreign country, I usually compare the culture, food, habits of The people here with those from where I come from my country and which citizen would not want to hype his/her country?

As far as the story is concerned, I have to say if was an interesting plot. As I read through and understand the circumstances of each character, I... more>> couldn't bring myself to hate anyone because man is selfish by nature and most people won't want to give up their happiness for the sake of someone else and will fight for what they want.

So whether it's our male lead who was forced into a marriage when he loved someone else and ended up having an extramarital affair, or the ML's wife who made sure to break up the main couple or the FL who returned to her ex (the ML) while being engaged to someone she did not love, at the end of the day all of them wanted to pursue their happiness.

I'll advice anyone wanting to read this to turn a blind eye to the negative reviews and read the novel so you can have Your Own opinion because this is a story that is quite realistic and interesting. <<less
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stony27
stony27 rated it
April 18, 2020
Status: Completed
I usually rate novels I like extravagantly just because I don't agree with the average rating, but my five stars for this are whole-hearted. This is going to be a long rant so feel free to ignore me but I noticed the translator loved discussions and feedback so here goes.

This is a novel I would definitely reread after finishing. I'll admit, I came here because of the racy title and the adultery tag, but the novel turned out to be so much more than dog-blood drama and smut. The translator... more>> came across a gem and shared it with the community. I've read a lot c-novels, but not many are like this. The characters are well-rounded and human. Their emotions felt real and their actions were natural. Most c-novels play into cliches of the shy, coquettish female leads and overbearing OP male leads. In this novel, the FL was a regular girl who had her own aspirations but wasn't shy about giving her first time to a man she loved. This novel was very forward and portrayed relationships more realistically than any c-novel I've come across before.

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TRIGGER WARNING: There is one instance of borderline s*xual assault. Take care everyone.

We read this in the perspective of Bo Bing, and experience all her emotions and actions first hand. She's a flawed character, very real, relatable, yet hateful at times. She's intelligent, but not unbelievably so. She's a normal girl with normal parents and normal struggles, yet she's not boring about it. She's also a nationalistic Chinese who plays into the stereotype of a Japanophobe, and while I sometimes want to strangle her for it, I'm not a Chinese person whose country experienced the horrors of WWII atrocities. Her unlikable qualities are real and make sense, and when she falls in love, you understand why. Love happened so naturally in this book. You see instances where Ye Zheng Chen's actions moved her, and you can relate. They're both mature adults who understand the consequences of their actions, so they're both very likable for it. Their interests matched up and so did their humour. When you fall in love, you do not think rationally. When she found out about his pseudo-marriage, she became emotional and angry that he deceived her, but also wanted him to vehemently deny it because she would rather believe his lies and continue to be ignorantly happy. YZC wanted her to trust him, but he is also afraid of telling her the truth and losing her for it. In the end, they paid the price for their faults and separated. The path to happiness if often filled with bumps, and lucky for them, those bumps were not fatal for their relationship. People tend to take the things they have for granted but cherish what they have to fight for. After all the heartbreak and misunderstandings, BB and YZC finally got the happily ever after they sought.

YZC was very manipulative and calculating, and while I don't condone some of his actions, I understand that they were coming from a place of love. This does not justify what he did, but it humanized his decisions. There are instances where I hated the main characters, but that shouldn't stop me or anyone else from giving the story a good rating. The story itself was very well written, the prose was thoughtful and the flow was natural. The characters made bad choices but they didn't make the novel any less compelling.

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I would recommend this to anyone and everyone regardless of experience with c-novels. However, I advise Japanese readers to take caution as to not get too offended by the anti-Japan sentiments expressed by the MC. I can't tell if the author was projecting their disapproval through their character, but do take care to refrain from cursing innocent bystanders. Not gonna name names but if you know, you know. Please, if you cannot overlook this, no need to try this out and don't take your anger out on the translator. <<less
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coldnovelenthusiasts rated it
December 5, 2023
Status: Completed
This is my first time leaving a review under a novel so I am not too sure how to express myself... For me, everybody in these are a**holes... Our ML is a manipulator and a big red flag. He is proficient in pshycology and uses it to the fullest. Time and and time again he lied, manipulated our MC. He wants her to believe him wholehearted even if our second female lead produced their (ML and sFL) marriage certificate without giving any explanation. He uses underhanded means to always... more>> turn the situation in his favour and our MC falls for it everytime even after knowing the truth... So I guess it works for them. The s*x scenes between our leads feels like r*pe and abuse... One time MC even bled from her nether regions and the bath water turned pink...

Our MC is kinda selfish... She is not hardhearted enough nor kind enough... Personally I would not be friends with her in real life... She always explains that she has dignity, moral values and strong headed but when it comes to our ML she justs goes with his flow. After discovering the truth twice from our sFL and sml, she still is not angry and just forgives ml. To me, it seems that they are only attracted to each other physically and nothing else...

Our sFL uses subtle hints to relay the truth to our MC and she is successful... Overall I would say I liked her more than our MC but many would not agree, , ,

SML has my pity for him. But I still did not like how he used violence against both our MC and ML when he discovers that while still being engaged to him, our MC cheated on him with ML under the excuse that it was to help release our sML from jail... But if a girl discovers her fiance slept with another girl, she would also have hit him... Well the difference in physical strength btw a girl and boy makes it somewhat uncomfortable for me but its acceptable....

Now coming to the author... She/he have really projected her racist mindset through this story... For example, when our ML gets injured while saving a japanese kid, MC gets mad at him for playing the hero for a Japanese as Japanese killed many people in Nanjing or whatever without batting an eye... Innocent civillians are not guilty of anything and I don't think the author has the right mindset... Our MC saw a very beautiful girl in jeans, she immediately knew she was chinese because majority of japanese or korean girls donot have long legs so they don't wear jeans... etc. The author is really racists with the ideals that "chinese are the best" kind of mindset.

Reading the story made me really uncomfortable and angry...

But if you are comfortable with all of this, go ahead...

I hope this review will help someone....

And at last, I want to thank the translator for her hardwork.... <<less
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Zizie
Zizie rated it
January 6, 2023
Status: --
In a way, this was actually a good novel. I almost didn't read it because of the star and some of comments.

Thia novel was actually the deep one, its not too heavy nor to light. Both of FL and ML love each other so deeply. Misunderstanding not only for the FL but also readers if you not read it until finish.

Their live had to through such a lot of things. I don't like stulid and weak FL, but this one wasn't like that. She wasn't weak or s*upid, just being... more>> human. This novel through the conversation made me believe it wasn't like the author tried to stirred us from the first couple of chapter. It's been a while since I dead a love story novel without skipped.

ML was far away from what we think if we didn't captured the author message, because since the opening chapter, it will. Lead us to think he is such an asholle. But it turned out to be the opposite. This is not a romcom novel, its fluffy on its way. The diff one, with more deep story than the usuall light romance novel, but it flow nicely and build up nicely. For me personally, all the twist the author tried to made for the first image of the ML, just made me religiously read every chapter without skipped it, cus I know it wad more to it than it looked on the surface.

It's worth to read. <<less
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DemonGodSimp
DemonGodSimp rated it
November 25, 2022
Status: ss 2 part7
"There is a kind of chocolate that can sweeten your heart in just one bite; there is a song that can sing your heart out with just one line of lyrics; there is a kind of person that you are destined to remember as soon as you meet them."

I just felt a lil disheartened with the negative reviews. I also parked this because of those reviews which I honestly regretted. And I also think its unfair to both the author and translator to leave a bad review without finishing and... more>> understanding the novel at all. So please excuse my humble and long ramblings.

Yu Zheng Chen

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reviews said he's manipulative, I disagree. Regarding the FL's fiance's case, he did not set it up at all nor did he ask someone to do it (a diff person did, willingly) and he did not ask FL to sleep with him in either. He always ask "what would you like me to do? (Regarding the case) " which is true to his promise that after 3 yrs he will do everything FL asks. About the marriage, I cant even say that it's an arranged one. Due to a certain confidential mission and schemes, he did not sign nor agree, but it was applied and approved.

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Bo Bing

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I love her character, mature and weak at the same time. She did not willingly become a mistress and after completing the novel, I cant say that she's one. She was misguided by the b*tch. She slept with ML not bcoz of her fiance but for filial piety. Regarding the prostitution, she clearly mentioned that if evee ML will be jailed, she will not sleep with anyone in exchange for his freedom.

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Yu Yin

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I hate her from the bottom of my heart. She claimed that she fully understand ML but FL does not. I disagree. If she really did, then she should've known that ML's greatest desire is freedom however she slyfully schemed to have ML tied to her. If she really did, then she should've known in the 10-20 years of chasing him, that she does not have a chance.

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So everyone, who love angsty romance like me, give this a try. The author and translator really did a great job narrating the story. <<less
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likeai
likeai
October 11, 2022
Status: Completed
I love it so much.. Mix of sweet moments, sad (some chapter I almost cried), angry and steamy hot scenes

Its different from usual love story.

Yall need to read this one. No regrets ❤️
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Meisheme
Meisheme rated it
April 7, 2022
Status: c09
Omo!! This so so real. It’s a very titillating story. And very well translated. If you can get yourself past the judgments of the characters’ preferences, you would really enjoy the story. I’m so excited to continue reading!!
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jae028
jae028 rated it
March 2, 2022
Status: Completed
One of the best stories I've read. The story is so good that I binged read it for 2 days and after I've finished I thought, "It's over?". It is very well written. The angst will make you want to know what would happen next. It should have been longer but I guess the ending is also a good conclusion for the characters and me (as I have invested time and my emotions on this one).

I have long since became bored of the same plot, and twist of the chinese... more>> novels I've read previously and this book is refreshing to me as a reader.

I feel like I have to leave a review so that I can share to anyone who is still undecided on picking this book up that, this book is worth your while and it should have a higher rating than some of the stories at the top of the charts here in novel updates. Unique story indeed. <<less
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Onymous
Onymous rated it
December 31, 2020
Status: Completed
This is a good read! I love my obsessive yandere MLs. But to be honest, it would have been 4.5 for me. But I made it perfect score since I'm glad for the translator's efforts. Thank you!

Why I took 0.5 stars? Well, it's just preference. I love my MLs to be only obsessive towards MC. And yes, in this story he is. But I still feel like he's such a playboy even though he isn't? Idk how to say it. I guess I just don't like it if my guy... more>> is so kind towards other girls and doesn't even give effort on trying to dissuade the rumors of him being such a playboy. And welp, I just didn't really like the fact that he had a wife. I never condone cheating. Never. BUT the things is, it kind of has legit reasons? Idk. This really got me messed up. Like for me even if you don't love the girl or you were forced to marry but you still married her, so you have the obligation to be faithful and if you can't do that then please try do your best to get a divorce. And welp, in this story, there's a legit reason why it's kind of okay (?) for the ML to have an adulterous love.

Major spoiler below. Do not read if you don't want to be spoiled of the story.

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Why I say legit reason is because it was his duty. He was a military soldier. And he was sent there to Japan to do some spywork. So he was not allowed to say anything. That's why he kept on blowing off MC and lying to her. It was also a military order to marry YuYin as part of his cover. But he still resisted and didn't sign the papers even if he will be put to military court for defying orders. So in his eyes, he wasn't married. But his signature was forged off and thus, he was legally married to that conniving YuYin.

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Anyway, yeah. I see his reasons and that's why, maybe I'm okay with it. Same as with MC, she went and did the deed with ML even though she had a fiancee just so she can free him.

Really, this story has a lot of angst but overall, because of it, you would want to complete the whole story. I love their story really. It was sweet before the whole thing blew off. And I particularly love the fact that ML's first love and first girlfriend was MC even though there are a lot of rumors about him. <<less
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orientalfairy
orientalfairy rated it
October 18, 2020
Status: Completed
I’m easy to please so even though there’s a lot of things I overlooked, it was still a pretty good plot. Was hoping for an epilogue though of their married life and kids, maybe I’m too spoiled from other cn novels lol.

But seriously the story doesn’t disappoint! Right mix of angst, drama and fluff. Love the complexity of the ML and MC :))
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Silkscreen
Silkscreen rated it
August 5, 2020
Status: Completed
I hesitated to read the novel before because of the very low rating but decided to give it a chance. The fact that this did not go on my 'dropped novel' list should push you to give it a chance.

The author wrote the story quite well and has given ample backstory for the sly behavior of the male lead. Of course if you don't have the urge to know how a sly, capable, wealthy, and handsome male lead was humbled then I suggest you skip the novel.

Regarding the written review... more>> complaining about racism, nationalistic tendency of the novel--it is a Chinese novel so one should expect that already. A lot of American novels are written pretty much the same way.

The review of some scenes looking similar to one being r*ped, please remember that this is from the viewpoint of the main character (FL) so if she was not complaining and even quite eager then it's good to drop the novel and pick up another one. That is the mentality of the MC.

As a fellow writer, I admire how the author was able to bring out the emotions on the reader for all the misunderstanding, confusion, falling in love/Lust, and eventually admitting to themselves their attachment to one another.

I took out one star because the ending was quite lacking, in that there were no sense of maturity on either character. In a sense, I didn't feel any sense of the story being completed. <<less
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Bellablue
Bellablue rated it
June 6, 2020
Status: Completed
This is actually a sweet story once you finish reading and understanding the whole plot. Yes, there are some 18+ scenes but I don’t think it deserve negative rating so dont be put off by that. The translation is also done well.
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heartlessbambi
heartlessbambi rated it
January 28, 2024
Status: Completed
This book reminded me of dark chocolate. It's bitter but you still love it. The ending was a happy one, so it was worth trying.

This novel is a great example of how relationships fall apart because of lies, less communication, misunderstandings, maybe even lack of trust. Their relationship was full of ups and downs, full of uncertainty. The FL and ML both had to make difficult choices throughout their relationship, it was very painful for both of them. After struggling for years, they were able to get together.

Recommended to read!... more>> But to finish, you have to make your heart a bit stronger! <<less
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sansukini0923
sansukini0923 rated it
February 22, 2022
Status: Completed
Bittersweet with a HE. It's like a passionate love between 2 medical students and some secrets. At first, it was frustrating why he can't just say his reasons for lying to her. Couldn't he just say he's married under pressure. All his answers to her were vague and ask her to trust him. Later it was all cleared up why he got a fake marriage, why he can't explain his reasons. He is manipulative in a way to force her to break up with his fiancé so they can get... more>> back together. It all went well. I don't hate the ML. He was bound by duty to his country and lost her in the process but he never stopped caring and protecting her. I wouldn't blame her for leaving him either. It's not a matter of trust but also a matter of principle.

Anyway, it's a good read and a good translation. Please don't be discouraged by the 1 star. <<less
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ggirls
ggirls
December 22, 2021
Status: --
i already bookmarked this Chinese Novel and can not wait to know the ending.

It’s sweet, fluffy and had a nice storyline. Thank you for pick up and translate this novel.
* while I reading every chapter, I think every scene become reality on my mind, just like watching K-Drama 😁
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hpae
hpae rated it
November 18, 2021
Status: ss 2 part7
Interesting steamy story with good translation quality. The angst seems unnecessary but some situations and relationships are like that - the people involved are unable to explain their situation at the time and require the right timing for things to work out.
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citygirl
citygirl rated it
November 7, 2021
Status: Completed
This novel has been in my reading list for a year but I had not picked it up because of the negative reviews. But on a whim, I decided to give it a try one weekend, and was glad that I did.

If you are considering this story, go for it, and don't miss this gem because of a few readers who either judged a story without reading it to the end, or did not read it carefully. Seriously, I puzzled over some of the reasons given for not liking the... more>> story or the characters as it was completely untrue.

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Someone mentioned that the NSFW scenes felt like r*pe? Consent was given every time, so I'm confused by this accusation leveled at the male lead. Don't confuse rough s*x with r*pe!

Another reader said that the FL was willing to be treated as a mistress and prostitute while the ML has a tendency to cheat. Huh? Were we reading the same story? FL left the ML as soon as she discovered he was 'married' and ML never cheated at all. Just because he's kind to others doesn't mean he'd cheat. And his persona as a playboy was explained clearly in the novel, including the reasons for his 'marriage' and his continued pretence after FL left.

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The one criticism that I agree with is the strong Chinese nationalism in this story, and the putting down of other races. I was a little uncomfortable with that, but hey, every country has its war scars and I cannot discount the pain that some Chinese would still feel over WWII.

Anyway, I just wanted to balance the reviews a little, and not let this gem of a story be left unread. It wasn't perfect, but it was very good and I enjoyed it thoroughly - the characters, the love and angst, the ending... <<less
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MissPercy
MissPercy rated it
September 21, 2018
Status: c51
The story is heart-warming, sizzling, and thrilling!

I binge read it l, showing how hooked up I got with the story.
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