[Dark and obsessive + yandere + sweet romance + reborn + school to city life + mutual salvation + happy ending][Obsessive, cold, impoverished genius student VS sunny rich girl]
Only at the moment she breathed her last in her previous life did Xia Niannian tear away Shen Xingzhou’s hypocritical mask. All his tenderness and affection had been an elaborate lie. Only Xie Yu died in a sea of flames to protect her, leaving behind a pain she could never come to terms with.
Reborn at sixteen, Xia Niannian sheds all her naivety. Her sole obsession is to protect Xie Yu and repay the debt she owes him from her previous life. But her reckless advances and wholehearted affection only deepen his misunderstanding: he thinks she treats him so well because she sees him as a substitute for Shen Xingzhou.
Knowing he is only a substitute, Xie Yu still can’t stop himself from falling for her. He deliberately tempts her, pressing closer step by step, determined to draw her in and turn himself from a substitute into “the one,” completely replacing Shen Xingzhou as the person in her heart.
Years later, when they meet again, a friend points to Xia Niannian’s retreating figure and warns him, “Stay away from her. Beautiful women always treat the people who truly care about them like dogs.”
Xie Yu runs his fingers along the cold rim of his cup, eyes churning with unyielding obsession and tenderness. “It’s fine. I’ve been one before. I know the drill.”
Xia Niannian deliberately goes on a blind date to test him. Xie Yu pins her against a wall, his voice burning with intensity: “Baby, whatever he could give you, I’ll give you twice as much. Whatever he couldn’t give you, I’ll give you everything I have. Stop messing around and marry me, okay?”
This is a story of two people finding their way to each other, beginning with a “misunderstanding”: she seeks redemption with memories of her previous life, while he falls into obsession, believing himself to be her “substitute.” Through repeated push and pull and testing each other, they finally see the unchanging love they have always kept deep in their hearts.
I apologize for this being my first time writing a book review. The characters are very realistic, and everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. The heroine is very sober after her rebirth, and her attitude towards not only the hero but also her family and friends has changed. The male protagonist is cold on the outside and hot on the inside and will unconsciously be kind to the female protagonist. In the early stage, he had a low self-esteem due to the disparity in status. The relationship is a long-running one with some hiccups in the middle, but they are resolved quickly, and the green and throbbing feeling between the male and female protagonists is also very sweet. The author's writing style is very good and the psychological description is relatively delicate. Come on, Dad 😘😘 (Insert, baby Xie Hang is really cute 😘)