Personal Reading List (Books I Dropped Midway) 自用书单（半途弃了的书）

1. 1 饲 Raising Gu 饲蛊 Watching Spring Rain雨观春Romance329k WordsCompleted [Complete. The full-butterfly ABO story is in the author's upcoming works: After Marrying an Alpha Disguised as a Beta] A Gu cultivator picked up a woman to use as a tester for his Gu. At first, she was obedient and compliant. If he told her to go east, she would never go west. Later, she became content to lie flat. He could pound on the door loud enough to shake the house, but she would still sleep soundly. The Gu cultivator ordered his insects to undo the latch. His face cold, he strode insi 17.3kFavorites16.1kClicks/ch6.7kGifts

   Curator note

   The beginning was quite engaging, but for some reason I couldn't continue watching it later on.

2. 2 昼 Orange at Dusk 昼日晚橙 Fu Jin浮瑾Romance643k WordsCompleted [Complete] Please leave a five-star review, everyone~ | Soft yet resilient girl x sly, scheming capitalist *Stolen copies are incomplete. "This is Shawn, the youngest partner at Boyuan Capital. He's invested in quite a few high-profile projects. Do you know him?" When Lin Wancheng ran into Xi Zhun at a listing celebration, the tall man was surrounded by people offering him drinks. Amid the bustling crowd, he kept his eyes fixed on her, making her pointedly l 81.4kFavorites66.9kClicks/ch42.2kGifts

   Curator note

   The male and female leads have vastly different social statuses, and the male lead often comes across as arrogant and dismissive of the female lead in the early episodes. He even smoked indoors in front of her, a detail that I personally found rather rude. Therefore, despite the author's good writing, I still couldn't finish reading it.

3. 3 今 Has Xiao Yu Been Demoted Today? 今天萧瑀被贬了吗？ Laughing Beauty笑佳人Romance573k WordsCompleted Before their wedding, Luo Fu thought she was marrying a refined young nobleman from a marquis's household, a handsome scholar. After they married, she realized he was no scholar at all. He was a hardheaded top scorer who dared to curse even the emperor, a sharp-tongued censor whose head could be on the chopping block at any moment! To save her own skin, Luo Fu stayed alert. Xiao Yu would curse people up ahead, and she would soothe them behind him. When Xiao Yu was demoted and sent to suffer, s 225.2kFavorites288.7kClicks/ch381.3kGifts

   Curator note

   This book is limited by its historical context. It gives the impression that the female protagonist's family married her off casually. There are also descriptions later on of the female protagonist comparing breast size with her sister, for example, the female protagonist's breasts are larger than her sister's after she's had a child (okay, I don't want to know that detail). Although the writing style is fine, I felt uncomfortable reading it, so I guess I shouldn't force myself to read it.

4. 4 和 Life with a Pianist 和钢琴家搭伙的日子 Might as Well Farm不如种田Romance161k WordsCompleted Since neither of us can have the one we love, why not join forces and make a life together? A carefree, flirtatious pianist who has "turned over a new leaf" X a sweet, tidy scientist who knows how to run a household [One] Zhou Xiao and Qian Sen are both unable to be with the people they love, and both are trying to escape the whirlpool of loneliness. So he finds her. Beneath the sparkling lights above the restaurant, his slightly narrow, flirtatious eyes always look nonchalant. He leans close t 5.3kFavorites12.9kClicks/ch3.1kGifts

   Curator note

   The description of the female lead's figure is too detailed + the male lead smoking in public.

5. 5 十 [Pride and Prejudice] The Life of a Nineteenth-Century Lady [傲慢与偏见]十九世纪贵妇生活 Tracing the River Back by Boat溯上归舟Romance375k WordsCompleted [1] A botany graduate who could never find a job wakes up as a nineteenth-century lady fleeing back to London: Heather Lawrence, the aunt of the five Bennet sisters from Pride and Prejudice. Unlike in the original story, she never married someone from Meryton, next door to Longbourn. The good news is that she married a much wealthier French count. The even better news is that her count husband has just died, leaving her a huge inheritance. So here's the question: in an era when inheritance law 33.1kFavorites40.1kClicks/ch38.5kGifts

   Curator note

   The career development plot was utterly ridiculous. I persevered for over ten chapters, thinking "with such a high rating, maybe it'll get better later," but I just couldn't keep going. Perhaps the romance was better written, but I couldn't stick with it until it even started. The author seems to lack real-life experience, resulting in awkward plot points. I still don't understand why the female lead would trust a complete stranger she just met, and I still don't understand why Mr. Darcy would discuss business in front of everyone at the dinner table.

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