
The Art of Being a Backup Lover
备胎的自我修养
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 351k Words
- Genre
- Danmei (BL)
- Era
- Modern Era
- Updated
- 4y ago
- Source
- JJWXC
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Explore more →Novel Reviews 1
My subjective reading notes on novels with more dominant gong characters, for reference.
Great Urban and Campus Collection
Including showbiz, CEOs, school life, criminal investigation, and other professions.
Not Into Stories Where the Bottom Falls for the Top
For personal use. Not recommendations or rankings, just focused on whether the love interest leans gong. I read novels on my own, happily enjoying my gong-loving life.
Top-Dom BL Collection 1
Good writing, good plot, or both
Personal Recommendations and Reviews [Top-Male-Lead Fan]
I personally care more about the gong's career arc, family relationships, and friendships
Top-Centric Stories (Not Necessarily Mutual Pampering, but No Weak-in-Bed Tops)
I like strong, self-indulgent tops who make an exception for love; I like the tops and bottoms yearning for each other, hate-to-love sex, and mutual pampering. Both sweet and melodramatic stories. I can't stand everyone-falls-for-the-protagonist setups, weak bottoms, insectoid races, or bland tops.
Mei Su 1’S Bodyguard
A one-stop shop for feminizing male characters. I only love beautiful, charming pursuers.
Finished Reading (^O^)/
Mutual pampering, with the balance between top and bottom decided by me. I usually give everything five stars.
Reading List (I Tops)
A highly, highly subjective personal reading log
Personal List: Bottom-Focused Stories, Part 2
Top devotees, don't sneak a bite. I'll do my best to make sure there are no tops □ bottoms, bottoms throwing themselves at the top, cheating tops, FW tops, or beastly tops. Still focused on characterizing the top and the bottom's feelings for him...
Tugou’s Top Recommendations
Mostly gong-focused, and I love melodrama. There might be mutual doting too, but personally, I care more about the angst than anything else. I’m firmly gong-leaning. I’ve forgotten how some of them continued, so I may add reviews later.
My Reading Log
For record-keeping only, not recommendations | Going by my standards across various platforms, my reading list is all about mutual devotion. I prefer strong x strong, but I'm not picky. I like powerful, doted-on bottoms, and hard pass on bottoms who are weak in every way
Spoiled Top Sweet Treats (In My Opinion
Some stories where I favor the seme. This list was made a long time ago, so quite a few stories that might be deal-breakers now aren't labeled. I'll update it gradually.
Seme-Centric
Entirely from my subjective perspective. I lean toward tops, adore stories where the bottom pampers the top, and enjoy quick transmigration, weak tops, and equally matched couples. I avoid stories where the top pampers the bottom.
One-Stop Shop for Muddy Waters and Picky Eaters
The God of All-in-One PCs.
A Top Fan's Reading Log
I've read most of these once already, and I'll leave thoughtful reviews and notes. I'm gong-biased, so proceed with caution.
The Groveling Chase
This is exactly the kind of satisfying groveling-chase romance I’m here for.
Leaving My Mark After Reading
Books I've managed to finish reading all gathered together here, mainly featuring protagonists in the giving role, male protagonists, or no romantic pairings. I prefer the giving role and am a protagonist stan. My bottom line is balanced treatment, but I love harem and group-pampering stories.
Personal Avoid List: Top-Led Edition
Stories with a top protagonist that I read back when I was convinced that, as a lover of all kinds of melodramatic tropes, nothing could scare me off, only to get emotionally wrecked.
Top-Centric Stories with DotIng, Playful Tops and Pampered Tops
Top's perspective, with the bottom doting on the top. For top lovers. I only read stories where the top is weak in bed. I tend to recommend lesser-known works, so please support the authors. I love top-focused stories and tops being pursued.
Seme Protagonists
Top gong stories. I lean toward gongs, and like charming, powerful, effortlessly capable, commanding gongs. I’m not picky about the shou.
Top-Leaning
Long live Family 1! Family 1 is always right!
Top-Semec Reads (Might Be Harsh, Read at Your Own Risk)
A roundup of unusual tastes, leaning toward gong-centric stories. I enjoy both strong and weak characters in bed, and I'm heavily dependent on stories with a Mary Sue gong. My dealbreakers all depend on how the shou treats the gong, so use your own judgment. Don't blame me if you get triggered; I warned you.
Personal Picks: Top-Protagonist Stories
I don't know how to describe this category, but I like them all. Some are free, and some are long. I'll keep adding to it over time. Mostly a personal collection.
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I cried five times because of Gong Bao. The first two times were because of the abuse he suffered in the past, and the second time was because of Zhu'er's pride. Whether it was his unruly integrity or his feelings for his family and country, they all moved me. Grandpa is the same, and so are the other members of the investigation team. They are all heroes. I love bamboo! ! ! (Xu Laogou treats Zhuer well!!!) By the way, I would like to express my gratitude: My wife is so cute
Love Zhubao! Xu Landing is so lucky... The distressed suggestions in the comment section are that you should go watch the tortured scumbag
To sum up, Ye Zi tossed the bamboo twice and broke up decisively, but he was able to tolerate Xu touching the bottom line countless times and still turned back. This is the difference between liking and loving. Love is outside of self.
At first I thought it was an ordinary scumbag article, but when I read it later I felt that my whole body was sublimated, the pattern opened up, and my political consciousness increased Σ(°Д°;
Really love it! The author's writing is great, I love it so much*^O^* But it's true, you can't read the comment section. I love each other's mua, and I've even tortured you.
I want to watch a parallel world episode, where the old couple's court is reborn on their twentieth birthday, so that Zhu'er can suffer less.
I wipe. I saw Xu Gou in the article next door and felt angry. Why are you so contemptuous of Zhu'er? I'm really speechless and choked. In whose story Zhu'er is a young gentleman with green pines and green cypresses, wow. A clean nineteen-year-old boy, I love you so much, how could you say that, Xu Lanting! ! ! ! ! ! Woohoo. Bamboo is not a gadget, it is the backbone of the country
I have to say that my wife wrote it very well. As a person who has never cried while watching a movie, I couldn't help crying when I saw the uncomfortable chapters of Xu Lanting resolutely going to save Chen Zhu. God knows, I have not read the original novel for a long time, but I regret that I have never read a satisfactory novel about torture first and then torture. I heard this book recommended by others. This is a good book. I want to watch something interesting and chase the crematorium to satisfy myself. Who would want to see it until the end but feel a lot of emotions. I really like my wife's portrayal of Chen Zhu and Xu Lanting. They are very full-bodied and flesh-and-blood characters rather than just pale characters. I think I will remember these two for a long time. Chen Zhu is a true gentleman, neither humble nor arrogant, persevering and persevering. Adversity could not defeat him, power could not suppress him, poverty could not destroy his pride, and no matter how difficult and dangerous the situation was, he could not imprison his wings that were destined to fly high. Move forward with ideals in mind. No one can stay young forever, but I think the soul of Chen Zhu, who will always pursue his ideals with an innocent heart, will always be a simple, pure, clean and romantic young man. Meeting such a person is a blessing in itself. I have always liked Xu Lanting. He is my favorite type of person. He is strong and capable, strong and romantic. He is always careless and easy to handle. He is born as the proud son of heaven. Under his polite and polite appearance, there is an abyss that no one can touch. When you are good to someone, you are a considerate, romantic and good lover who can make that person feel the happiest and sweetest in the world. When you have enough fun, you are a playboy who can easily push someone to hell. This is scumbag, but it's also what makes him so charming. It's just to watch a person who has always been cynical about anyone's feelings willing to surrender and surrender all his sincerity one day to get a sense of tension. In fact, I think he is quite pitiful. When he didn't understand how to love someone, he hurt the person he loved and ran away. In the future, he could only learn how to love someone bit by bit through painful repayment. It can be said that his deep affection behind him, all kinds of secret help that he is careful not to let others know, and his humble appearance only in front of Chen Zhu make people sad and happy at the same time. In the end, it was really the best result with Chen Zhuhe. The two of them are so perfect for each other. Apart from the fact that Xu Lanting loves Chen Zhu the most and is the best and most capable of doting on him, I don't think anyone can replace their relationship. Chen Zhu only loved Xu Lanting and loved Xu Lanting the most. What he and Ye Xi have always said is that I like you. But for Xu Lanting, it has always been love. Like and love are never the same. Like may be the atmosphere in which a person you like treats you well or you are very happy when you are with him, just like liking is originally composed of the words "like + like". But many times love is made of tears. In the whole novel, apart from crying for his grandfather, Chen Zhu probably only cried for Xu Lanting. And not just once. If in a relationship you experience mostly pain and hurt emotions but you still can't let go, then you can easily imagine how special and important this relationship is. It's clear whether the relationship can be compared with the kind of relationship that makes you happy so you like it. I think Chen Zhuzheng responded to the saying "Don't meet someone who is too amazing when you are young." Also don't love someone too much at that age. It's hard to forget. What you think you have forgotten is actually still hidden in the depths of a certain memory or habit, just waiting to emerge when the opportunity arises. Just like the night before the exam, Shen Qingqu and Ye Xi took turns showing up to cheer Chen Zhu up and make him relax. He was also very grateful, but it was Xu Lanting who fell into his dream that night. Simple motion sickness will also remind him of that person's every move, word and deed. In fact, the traces he left may be deeper than he realizes. So Xu Lanting is destined to have a chance to redeem himself. As long as he proves his sincerity enough, Chen Zhu will slowly give him a chance, and Ye Xi will be out. This is determined by the nature of emotion. So I think it's great that they can have no grudges in the end. The first love that was full of pain when they were young, the person who couldn't get it at that time, finally overcame all obstacles and came just for him. This happy ending that healed the regrets of the past is very gratifying. I just hope that everyone can cultivate to perfection with the person they love most in their lives.
Emm, I am indeed a very soft-hearted person. At first I felt sorry for the treasure hunter, but later I felt that it was quite pitiful...
Are you over thirty? It feels like you will be over forty this year.