Still reading Lip and Sword
Such a good book! but definitely not for young people, they would just call it "toxic" and wouldn't understand that it's the psychological journey of two complex men battling their own demons while surviving in a though industry T-T
Spoilers of second book!
[...]Xing Ming keeps trying to convince himself that he's straight but he's just in denial, he knows he loves Chairman Yu but hates the situation so much he's starting to break apart. A part of me wants to say "speak!!! talk with him!!! >o
[...]The worst part is that Yu is in love with Ming-Ming but he doesn't want to be in love so he reacts all violent or cold. He wants everything! the romantic relationship with a cute boyfriend but without the "relationship" part... we don't see his point of view but I'm starting to wonder if it has something to do with his dead wife? could it be that it was a real marriage, full of love, and Yu Zhongye developed a trauma when she died? and that's why he doesn't want to be that officially close to anybody? to not suffer again? he doesn't want his son to be near either so it could be that he reminds him of her...
We'll see! there's a lot of love in there so I hope there's a happy and peaceful end for those characters T^T
[About Old Lin... ]And you know what? I think Ol' Lin is very suspicious! this man keeps doing stuff that psychologically meses up with both, XM and YZ! for example, just before that INTENSE breakup scene, he "asked" XM if he was going to go to the hospital to visit Li Siquan (excuse if I get the name wrong, but the translation keeps changing it and I don't know which version is the correct one -_-) which was basically implanting the idea into his mind when he knew that YZ didn't want XM there!!!, then, right after that, XM wants to go to his own apartment but Ol' Lin convinces him to go to YZ's home, knowing XM was just this close to a breakdown!!! every time YZ and XM fight or end up in bad terms is because this annoying man manipulated them!
[About Old Lin... ]Another example? the whole thing about calling Luo You to take care of YZ which lead to him stealing XM's watch and making him believe they slept together!!! that was very badly intentioned! Ol' Lin is YZ's personal assistant, just WHY would he have to call another person to take care of his drunk boss? you see it? he used his boss' bad situation (being forced to social drinking when it's bad for his health) against him and to provoque Xing Ming!!!!!! that bastard!