[Chinese BL novel] 钓系美人和偏执大佬联姻了 by 应祁/ Fishing beauty marries the paranoid boss*

(*title is mtl'd)

Summary: Gu Qichi passed through, but he had no freedom of his body. His memory starts from his return to biological parents and ends at the moment of his death. He was reborn many times, but every time he was locked in this body like cage and could only watch with anguish how his life was ruined under the guise of invisible hand. But on this fateful night he suddenly felt like he could move and took over the control. This night he was framed by the so-called good brother, in the end he was despised by his parents for being promiscuos. Instead he bumped into Bo Yu and spent the night and the gears of fate began to turn.

Gorgeous cover and touching story, if you read enough, but the content is definitely not new. This is why I skipped most part and read the finale.

And because I'm this bad, there will be spoilers in the review right off the bat.

At first you might be even repulsed by their possessive and morbid passion towards each other. Bo Yu finds Qichi early on and proposes marriage, at first Qichi of course thought of refusing, but seeing it was Bo Yu he agreed. Bo Yu's possessiveness felt almost perverse when you start reading and it also felt strange as if he fell in love just from spending one night together. But if you read the story behind, you will understand that there is quite a reason for their obsession. Soon enough Qichi also shows his strange side, so they both have these unexplained strong feelings towards each other. And to understand it of course I need to share biggest spoilers, although I say the idea behind it is not new, but at least it is touching and their feelings stop looking too dark.

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Gu Qichi never transmigrated, he is the original Gu Qichi and he is a protagonist of this "world". But the tragic events of his first life made him close off himself and he lived through 17 of such "scripts" before finally awekening. The one who "transmigrated" was actually the fake young master, he used his time from young to adult to become close to the parents and also later frame the true young master and cause his demise. But in that life Qichi and Bo Yu loved each other and Bo Yu spent years to find any ways to "make a wish" for Qichi to be reborn. He grasped at any straw and one of these straws was his pious worship at each step of the temple. In this awekened timeline he did not have the memory of the past at first, but subconsciously he loved Qichi deeply, so they came together soon.

This is why I say the idea is not new, that one person pays what they can to help their loved person return, but it's still very touching reading about such sacrifice and thus their obsession with each other becomes less And I mean it, I read striking like at the beginning.

Funnily, I really remember these moments and the story behind their relationship, but the story itself left my head completely. I really need to write reviews and write down some ideas when they're fresh instead of waiting when I read something different in intermission and completely forget what it was all about.

And I've read half of it, but later kind of let it go. Judging from the chapter names they actually came into view of public and even half of the novel is dedicated to a variety show. Mainly I wasn't as interested at this point and skipped to the ending.

But anyone who is interested can give it a try, if the style will be to your taste.

RATE: 3/5. But the cover is indeed gorgeous, I think I saw similar style, I need to look into it/artist.