Unbridled

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Lin Wuyu is the academic god of his high school: calm, confident, and forever effortlessly able to get first place. Ding Ji flaunts his excellent memory and specializes in the art of hoodwinking others through fortune telling. These two people who initially don’t have anything in common meet due to the spinning gears of fate. Lin Wuyu discovers that the seemingly sloppy, careless Ding Ji is in fact outstandingly smart. After a series of hilarious misunderstandings, the reason why Ding Ji is unwilling to be called a prodigy gradually reveals itself. Two equally clever and exceptional teens, with similar yet not completely identical family troubles, slowly grow closer as they deepen their understanding of each other, little by little.

The author’s writing is humorous, with a natural, flowing style. The personalities of these two sharply contrasting teens appear vividly and realistically on paper. Lin Wuyu’s occasional childishness under his cool-headed academic god appearance and Ding Ji’s kindheartedness and liveliness that can’t be concealed by his street king energy are revealed by the author’s various and amusing plots.

Associated Names
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Arrogant
Unruliest
Xiao Zhang
嚣张
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IndusEla
IndusEla rated it
July 5, 2020
Status: c54
Rated 4.0? Seriously? I don't understand how some tr*sh novels get a rating above 4.3+ and a novel like this is rated 4 stars, it's very underrated. After reading the released chapters, I went on to continue reading it through MTL because I have too much time on my hands.

In the first seven chapters, both the leads had a chance encounter and we get to know their backgrounds, relationships, and personalities as they get to know each other. The pace is slow (as everything is explored nicely) and the writing... more>> is very detailed - their smallest interactions, normal conversations, feelings, all of them are written in there. We're literally following their journey as they meet, form a friendship, and more. At first, when I was reading the first seven released chapters, I found it a bit boring (?), not that the writing was bad. But I'm glad I persisted because now, I'm in love with the leads. I feel like I know them personally, I care so much about them. All of the characters are three dimensional, have goals, purposes, and thoughts; it's such a realistic read. The translator did an excellent job, thanks for your hard work. Read this, there won't be any regrets! I recommend this! <<less
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hngyxn
hngyxn rated it
February 3, 2023
Status: c5
Hi! I'm the new translator so I thought I'd leave a review. Wu Zhe is the author (I used to translate another one of their works) and I feel like that says enough about the quality of the works, and especially the banter and dialogue (which is the toughest to translate and even tougher to understand through MTL which is why I want to translate it) since there are a fair share of references.

As I'm reading while I translate, I can't say much about the plot but so far it's... more>> been a pleasure!! Really intriguing novel and incredible writing by Wu Zhe as always.

Hope everyone enjoys! <<less
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keepmeinthisworld
keepmeinthisworld rated it
December 18, 2021
Status: c21
I'M BEGGING THE TRANSLATORS TO PICK THIS UP AGAIN. I love love love Wu Zhe and, despite being broke, would buy an official English translation if it was on the market. It's a pity more of their work isn't translated, and so many that started are left off.

I can't MTL their writing, because it's a disservice to their skill and storytelling. If I could learn Mandarin just for to be able to read this novel, I would. Just 20 chapters has my heart cinched to these characters. PLEASE, help a... more>> girl out and let me know whether I can hope for a future update <3 <<less
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Neollle
Neollle rated it
July 29, 2020
Status: --
It's simple, I see that the author is Wu Zhe and I click and read.

Im not really good when it comes to writing a review but, all I can say is that the story is good and the pace is slow and the first few chapters is somewhat boring but hold on till the end because its actually good. ❤
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periperi
periperi rated it
January 11, 2021
Status: Completed
5 stars

At first I thought the start was slow then somewhere in the first 15 chapters I thought it was too fast, like the amount of things that happened could have been a 50 chapter novel by itself.
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Well, the start was dramatic enough with one MC coming out to his entire school, hinting at very troubled home life (I HATE HIS PARENTS FYI), other MC having equally interesting home life and able to do fortune telling to a certain extent and somehow meeting.

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Then I stopped. But now that I came back and pushed through a bit more, the story really developed and I got so engrossed I finished the book.

At first I admit I thought it was a meet cute with typical romance but it's not. Their friendship is the base of the story and the banter is just 5 stars by itself. There is no
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love at first sight. It starts out purely with friendship and I liked how natural the flow of the story is. The climax of it did get quite dramatic and their relationship was not firm after that but they gradually move closer after that. Ding Ji is a very refreshing character as someone new to romance/relationship in general. I won't even say who is ML because they are both MC.

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It's a very sweet story though of course there is drama towards the back of the book.
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Ya I hate both their parents but esp Wu Yu's parents. Glad he broke it off cleanly.

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Side characters are great too, from their dorm mates to Ding Ji's childhood friend. Ding Ji's granny gets a gold star too.
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Wu Yu's brother was interesting as well.

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Overall, the start is a bit of an overload yet slow (very contradicting) but once you get into the story, it's so very good. A very good coming of age story.

Special mention of
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how romantic Wu Yu's gift is? That "raising chicken book" >///<

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robynPeace
robynPeace rated it
November 10, 2021
Status: c104
So I did it, I couldn't wait anymore and I read the rest of the novel thru MTL and it went better than I expected lol anyway I LOVED THIS NOVEL, it has everything I need from a BL.

The title fits the characters so damn well and I love the fact that like SAYE this book has two MC and not the classic MCML dynamic. Their friendship is the best part of the novel and I actually found myself missing their 'old' friendship dynamic once ... more>>
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they got together and thei relationship progressed to couple

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(it was still amazing tho).

I really hope the translator decides to continue this novel 🥺 I noticed almost all Wuzhe's works are currently dropped right now and idk why, they're some of the best modern BL <<less
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Saipreethi
Saipreethi rated it
August 13, 2020
Status: c99
Soo good. I really recommend this book. If ur a person who enjoys little moments and emotions then U'd njoy this book. If ur not u can still read this and I really think u too will njoy this if ur a little patient with the following of story. The progress is also well detailed and described. Overall the book is good and it bacame one of my fav one.

Thanks for the author for writing and translator for translating this novel. ≧∇≦

Aww too bad!! Thought to give 5 star... more>> but by mistake gave a 4... what a bull!!.. but anyways hope u guys njoy the novel ♥ <<less
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strongandindie
strongandindie rated it
February 26, 2024
Status: Completed
A delightful, heartwarming, mostly feel good and slice-of-life novel with a light dose of angst (much less than Saye). It's a friends-to-lovers romance with a natural build-up and transition (with some understandable gay panic, in relation to coming-out etc.) halfway through the story where the friendship part doesn't feel subpar to them being a couple - it's a wonderful friendship and they're also a great couple.
Like in her other novels, Wu Zhe illuminates some parent-child issues in contemporary China - in this case, extreme favouritism and control urges, children... more>> being raised by the grandparents suddenly being subject to extremely strict and authoritarian parenting to "make up for" years of laxness, and the woes of being a child genius. But Lin Wuyu and Ding Ji aren't archetypes/stereotypes, victims of their circumstances but instead captivating, intriguing characters who've risen above and made the most of what they've been handed. It's great to get to know them and see more and more shades of their personalities appear XD

The MissEvan/猫耳FM audio drama is wonderful and highly recommendable! The BGM is exquisite and the voice actors really make the great banter and also scenes of intimacy come alive. <<less
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