The latest from Chestnut. I needed to do something with myself, so I read it (it's short). And I'm not in a reading slump, I'm in the slump of life, so I hoped for the easy and uplifting.
Like anything from Chestnut this is very easy-going novel, with a bit of twist to it, but nothing serious or outrageous. Although the topic is open for debate.
I won't be putting summary and simply describe it. The summary is told from the perspective of a neighbor actually, you will meet this neighbor in the novel. They describe their meetings with the couple. First they noticed a beautiful couple walking the black cat. Next he saw the man who was dressed differently and gave him hush money. Then he accidentally saw the woman being greeted by a row of bodyguards, and again received hush money.
The couple walking the cat are Yang Youchu and Qi Xuan. Yang Youchu is a heiress to two businesses, but now she helps her mother in a newest location with lowest turnover. She went to know how it is at grassroots. But before that she got into a lot of trouble and thought she had something dirty on her, so she went to a master and asked what to do, master didn't ask for much, his price was cheap, but he told her:
- You must suffer a bit more to accumulate blessings.
Meaning she must be cut off from her luxurious life and feel how it goes for normal people.
Youchu meets a woman on this day, they don't know each other. The woman approached the master and asked how she could help her mother who is now in a critical condition. The master said:
- You must suffer a bit more, someone from the younger generation, so they would accumulate blessings for the grandma recovery.
The same day Qi Xuan, despite being a CEO, is told that he will be cut off finncially and must move out, so he could help his grandma. Qi Xuan didn't quibble although thought it's strange and moved to a small apartment.
Youchu and Qi Xuan met on a random day, Youchu found a wounded kitten in the bush and was approached by a handsome guy who wanted to help. The two of them had not enough money on them, but they wanted to help the cat, so they shared the account.
The cat was treated and became the link between the two.
Now, the novel actually moves a lot faster than you'd expect, the love period (dating) is actually skipped and is shortened to a paragraph, but basically they both cared for the cat, since the cat was so active she was called WangWang (because she was more like a dog than a cat), Youchu won the chance to keep the cat since her apartment is 2 square meters bigger, but he is free to visit and thus they walked the cat a lot. This led to them going on dates, confessing and they soon actually got married.
The married life was blissful, bu the only thing bugging both of them is that they don't know how to confess to the other party that they're actually rich. What will happen if their status changes etc.
I think this is the rare case where something else is going on in the background for the entirety of the novel that could be called a conflict and premise for the reveal between the two.
SPOILERS
Unknowingly, Qi Xuan was in talks with Youchu's father. They had a deal hanging. But he wasn't the only one and the rivalry company is the one who caused a lot of damage in the process.
Because of the class reunion meeting and consequent encounters Youchu's ex-pursuer saw her with Qi Xuan, so they reported it to the company from where they basically had a watch and report attitude after the couple. Oblivious two had no idea what is going on, until they were set on going to a party (there were few encounters before, but they still believed the other person is either with a client or a friend) where they meet and it becomes clear the other party is part of this rich ppl world, so they have a confrontation. Although both feel betrayed and say hurtful things, very impulsive thing to do, they're too deeply in love with each other to separate. Also their marriage comes to the surface and both families are shocked.
Of course the rivalry company gets reported for what they did. Qi Xuan asks for forgiveness, he acts very persistently when he wants to save the relationship and they make up.
The novel at the end cuts so quickly to the marriage and WangWang being the ring bearer girl.
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Overall a sweet and short story to have a good time.
The dating period can be found in extras, which I haven't read.
But this novel is very "love at first sight" type of story, with strong feelings of affection.
RATE: 4.5/5.
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