Hypocritical | Cultured Scum (Top) x Dark and Sensitive Masochist (Bottom)
Ye Si x Yu Guang
Ye Si, the campus’s prince charming whom everyone admires.
No matter who looks at him, they have to say he’s uniquely handsome, elegant like a pine.
Yu Guang is no exception.
On the hundredth day of peeping, Ye Si finally broke up with his annoying girlfriend (fake girlfriend).
Yu Guang coldly watched them walk away from each other, secretly pleased.
Messing up his neat hairstyle, fixing his innocent expression, he bumped into Ye Si’s arms with his backpack.
“Ah! Senior, I’m sorry!”
Ye Si’s hand was cold, but it burned into his heart through his shirt.
He deliberately approached, probed—
While Yu Guang captured the senior’s heart with his innocence and obedience, harassing messages from unknown numbers became more rampant.
?: Why aren’t the buttons on your shirt fastened? Are you trying to seduce me?
?: Baby, your earlobes are so pretty, want me to pierce them for you?
Yu Guang was at a loss.
He wanted to find this fellow hiding in the dark corner, but unintentionally stumbled upon some different secrets.
The senior’s chilly thin lips pressed against his sensitive neck, blowing air provocatively.
Ye Si called him, “A little fox who throws itself into the net.”
“I’m giving you my entire soul, along with its quirks, petty temper, capriciousness, and eighteen hundred types of bad habits.”
“It’s truly detestable, with only one good point—it loves you.”
Both top and bottom are not good people.
The top has a hidden identity, non-realistic background.
Pursuit of the bottom → mutual pursuit
Dual male leads, power struggle, redemption, unrequited love, melodrama, happy ending, plot twists, white to black, extreme emotional rollercoaster.
The writing was skillful enough to elicit empathy, but I cried not out of genuine emotion but due to the author's manipulative attempt to gain sympathy from the main character's perspective. Any minor inconvenience, like a sprained ankle, would have served the plot just as effectively without causing such distress to the MC.
The story's resolution leaves much to be desired, primarily because:
1) The love interest's reaction is consistently tepid or sympathetic until the very end, lacking a solid emotional connection.
2) The author's portrayal of the protagonist's emotional growth is marred by the traumatic events involving SA, effectively undermining their development.
3) Ultimately, there's no convincing basis for a lasting bond between them once the story concludes. Despite the superficially happy ending with their immortality and togetherness, it feels like a setup for a breakup rather than a satisfying conclusion.
In essence, the book fails to deliver a fulfilling narrative due to its heavy reliance on a triggering element and the unsatisfactory character arcs.