I read this because of the high ratings, and I think it's due to the realistic portrayal of depression and regret by Terrence, Jeff, Jeff's mom, and Greg (the sister's ex). Also, the two MCs have strong chemistry despite the underdeveloped way the author wrote their love story–that's what kept me reading. I like it, but I wish it was better written. I want more extra chapters about their new life, the doctors' story, and what went on with the dad and the sister.
1. Author could have written the beginning better. Jeff's actions were irrational. Kissing or trying to SA the brother of his dad's supposed mistress? I think if the author wrote Jeff and Terrence's childhood backstory/connection better, we'll understand why Jeff would feel that attracted to Terrence. But we only got bits and pieces of their memories of that time. At least Terrence seems to remember it fondly, but Jeff seems to have forgotten most of it (childhood amnesia).
2. We didn't get the full story of the two doctors. From what I understood, Doctor Zhang's sister died and that's probably why he was isolating himself and decided to leave town. They kissed and was implied to sleep together. Dr. Lian decided to chase Dr. Zhang later on, so it's clear that the female friend he talked to wasn't a girlfriend/fiancee like Dr. Lian feared.
4. The comments said that rape happened in the uncensored version. But the links provided were dead so I can't verify. So it looks like it was just attempted rape. That said, I just wish BL authors try to be more creative in their writing and stop using rape/SA to get two characters together.
5. So it seems that Jeff's dad and Terrence's sister did not have an affair since the rings doesn't fit. But no one can verify since they're both dead. It's sad how adults minds immediately jumped to "affair" when they saw the rings. I guess, it's because, as Jeff said, his dad wasn't a very good husband to his mom. One theory here said that the sister may have bought the rings for her and Terrence since it's his birthday. I wonder if she bought it for her and Greg (her ex) and she wanted to get back together and propose to him instead.
6. The college friends (support characters) also deserve to be shown in the extra chapters. They were good kids.
I read this because of the high ratings, and I think it's due to the realistic portrayal of depression and regret by Terrence, Jeff, Jeff's mom, and Greg (the sister's ex). Also, the two MCs have strong chemistry despite the underdeveloped way the author wrote their love story–that's what kept me reading. I like it, but I wish it was better written. I want more extra chapters about their new life, the doctors' story, and what went on with the dad and the sister.
1. Author could have written the beginning better. Jeff's actions were irrational. Kissing or trying to SA the brother of his dad's supposed mistress? I think if the author wrote Jeff and Terrence's childhood backstory/connection better, we'll understand why Jeff would feel that attracted to Terrence. But we only got bits and pieces of their memories of that time. At least Terrence seems to remember it fondly, but Jeff seems to have forgotten most of it (childhood amnesia).
2. We didn't get the full story of the two doctors. From what I understood, Doctor Zhang's sister died and that's probably why he was isolating himself and decided to leave town. They kissed and was implied to sleep together. Dr. Lian decided to chase Dr. Zhang later on, so it's clear that the female friend he talked to wasn't a girlfriend/fiancee like Dr. Lian feared.
4. The comments said that rape happened in the uncensored version. But the links provided were dead so I can't verify. So it looks like it was just attempted rape. That said, I just wish BL authors try to be more creative in their writing and stop using rape/SA to get two characters together.
5. So it seems that Jeff's dad and Terrence's sister did not have an affair since the rings doesn't fit. But no one can verify since they're both dead. It's sad how adults minds immediately jumped to "affair" when they saw the rings. I guess, it's because, as Jeff said, his dad wasn't a very good husband to his mom. One theory here said that the sister may have bought the rings for her and Terrence since it's his birthday. I wonder if she bought it for her and Greg (her ex) and she wanted to get back together and propose to him instead.
6. The college friends (support characters) also deserve to be shown in the extra chapters. They were good kids.