Summary: Ji Anzhi agreed to fake marry his female classmate who helped him a lot during his toughest times. Mu Yanyun needed a fake husband for her baby conceived out of wedlock and she planned to divorce Ji Anzhi soon after, but wanted to keep the cover for the period she is pregnant. Ji Anzhi had to play unreliable husband, but in his situation it was pretty easy, he's a workaholic.
Although Father Mu and Mother Mu looked at him with side eyes, the one with the biggest opinion should have been Mu Jingsen, Yanyun's younger brother, a successful CEO, broody looking and pretty tough. But who knew that is attitude was an attempt to cope with the feelings he had for his "brother-in-law". Not knowing that his brother-in-law is actually gay through and through and seeing a handsome and reliable man all the time tempted him to flirt innocently from time time.
Actually really liked this novel. It may not be ground-breaking and Jingsen's character is a bit typical, but what saves the day is Anzhi and their relationship.
And because of the settings this novel is not a drama. Well, there are some family "conflicts", but they're not part of the picture.
What we know from the get-go is that this relationship is fake, the couple doesn't even try to build-up a facade, they act very little, don't have the needed affection and sleep separately where noone looks. Yanyun chose Anzhi because she knew him for years as her classmate, but also because this guy won't covet her, she knows he is gay though he never was in a relationship before.
And while they stayed in the villa of the Mu family Anzhi had several interaction with Jingsen. But unlike others he doesn't treat Jingsen as someone special. Anzhi had his own set of logic to evaluate Jingsen as a person. Mu family always felt to act too cautious, Anzhi could even go and beat the guy if needed.
The changes happened slowly and Anzhi who was several years older started to catch some instances that made him think - does he like me? The thing is, with time he started to like Jingsen too.
At first they had little interaction, but later due to the company's higher-up almost pimping him to a guy they had dealings with Anzhi resolutely resigned and chose a younger company but with great prospects. Who knew this new ARM company fully belonged to Mu Jingsen?
At first he worked in a different department and their paths did not cross that often, except late night interations in the kitchen. But later because Anzhi is actually a good worker (not nepotism) he was transfered to a secretary department next to the CEO. And became somewhat a star among other workers, all because others are always nervous around Jingsen, but he treated him like everyone else. he could talk to Jingsen to act more like a human, pull him back when Jingsen was about to scold employees during the meetings. He was not afraid of educating Jingsen.
Surely, Jingsen allowed himself to be bossed around because of his feelings, but Anzhi was always good-natured and explanatory about it. To others Jingsen is this mean boss, but Anzhi always thought that Jingsen is better than bosses outside, who care so much about saving their faces and you need to beat around the bush before saying what you need, while Jingsen is always efficient and straight to the point, what a great boss!
Being together, Anzhi actually picked on Jingsen from time to time (flirting too) they become closer. Actually the part where Jingsen is acting like he is repressing something happened often and it could be felt a lot. It's only after Anzhi confessed to the fake marriage they soon came together (by this time Yanyun already had given birth and was finishing her confinement).
But tbh I really liked them as a couple, they fit together well and balance each other. Especially Jingsen, whose life was a typical work-home situation. Except exercise he basically was at work or worked at home. Anzhi was also like this, but at least he tried to bring something into that dull type of life.
Why I say Jingsen is a typical character, because his settings are like that. A child with a lack of empathy and his family who thinks he has antisocial tendencies. They sent the child away when he was young, so Jingsen grew up mostly alone and lacked connection to his family (explaining why he is so cold to his family and his sister and newborn baby). Outside of that only Anzhi managed to get close to him in this way.
Anzhi I think is the enviable very social and outgoing type of person. It's not really clear if he likes it or it's a necessity and became part of his life, but socializing comes very easy to him. You can feel how lively his is (comparing to Jingsen he is practically beaming). He pretty much knows that it's an important part of work and life and unlike Jingsen has a pretty high EQ. So after he became a close secretary to Jingsen and whenever Jingsen showed his character Anzhi was there to smooth things. Nothing critical, but it's something that would make life easier.
It's appealing that Anzhi is a smart and lively type of person. But I don't mind that Jingsen is less talkative, but he is reliable. Don't think his type is bad, but in life, someone who can do things like him is pretty good.
The novel is 88+1 chapters long. Though I think it was okay to finish it around 80. They come together in the middle, so there is no need to wait for long. It's a very fast read, quite light, any conflict is bypassed.
Although I mentioned a lot of stuff I don't really re-tell the story. It's hard to do it when it comes to one with lots of daily interactions. But I found them pretty cute.
RATE: 4,5/5.
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