Just Want To Be With You Chapter Completed Discussion

4.5 but rounded down for the rushed parts of the story.

This is a story about one hell of a misunderstanding a woman who finally gets her happy ending with the man who has loved her for ten years.

The MC was a film empress who gave up her career to marry a man she had loved for many years. Only, she spent the five years of that marriage being ignored by him and treated terribly by his family. Upon divorce, she returns to acting and encounters another actor who has been in love with her since she started acting. What follows is their rather speedy romance and her eventual happy ending.

The ML is a film emperor who has been in love with the MC from the moment he first saw her (when they were both 18/19) and he tried to pursue her before. However, upon her rejection and learning she had someone else, he stepped back. Once a cheerful individual, he closed himself off slowly once she disappeared from the acting world Upon her return and learning that she has divorced, he begins his pursuit of her once more.

The story begins when the MC returns to China after asking for a divorce from her husband. She has spent the last five years alone in the marriage with just their dog but finally gives up on their marriage when he never shows as the dog gets sick and dies. She also receives proof that he had cheated which breaks her heart even further.

Spoiler

Quickly turns out that the proof was all faked by the other woman who wanted to break the pair apart. The woman was so conniving that she even tossed the husband's phone out the window so that he could not call the MC to explain.

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The MC starts things out with a bang by acting in a movie by her old teacher (who is a famous director) which brings her back fully into the attention of the ML. The pair then spend a lot of time together and he finally convinces her to open her heart to him. From there, they have a slightly rocky relationship with the ex-husband trying to redeem himself and the ex-husband's first love trying to ruin the MC. However, these road bumps aren't really significant and rather quickly solved (even for the length of the story, it's pretty quick).

This story does show the significance of communication in a relationship. While most commentators on the translator's websites mentioned how the ex-husband was terrible for how the MC was treated, they were both at fault here as it seems like neither really communicated with each other. Honestly, they're both EQ stunted in this. The comparison to them is the ML who is very open about his intentions with the MC and is the driving force in the relationship. Almost aggressively so.

Spoiler

Yes, the Ex-Husband's family was terrible and ignored her but she never once told the ML that she loved him. It's implied he always believed he had to take responsibility for the night he got drunk and slept with her. From there, he threw himself into work and didn't spend a lot of time with her. Guilt is a helluva thing.

Not justifying his actions, but her trying to explain to him that she actually loved him would have saved them a lot of heartache. I mean, it's not like she wasn't already aware that he was emotionally constipated as the story regularly claims that she was in love with him for 13 years. I refuse to believe she didn't understand his nature by then.

So again, they both s**ked at communicating.

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Possible unpopular opinion but I was hoping there would be some sort of redemption for the Ex-Husband, especially with how he handled the "other woman". He knew he had messed up by the end of the story, and the MC was well out of his reach, but the author never really gave him a chance to find his happy ending.

Spoiler

He meets the MC and ML's son, who accidentally calls him daddy just because he was dressed formally. From there, he goes on to have a son through surrogacy, which is heavily implied just so the business can have a successor. He never has a girlfriend or wife after that.

Tell me you don't like your character without actually telling me you don't like your character.

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Otherwise, it's a fairly enjoyable read. Just wish there was more between the Ex-Husband and the MC.