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baihe_media她属于我 She Belongs to Me is a 57-chapter modern-day novel about a CEO (Lu Xingxue) and a piano tuner (Jiang Ci) who privately agree to be married for 5 years for family-related reasons. The novel begins in year 3 of their marriage, when they are only 2 years or a family death away from divorce but begin to see different sides of each other.
I haven't finished the book (I'm still learning to read so it's slow going lol), but so far it's been a light, tropey and nearly frictionless read where any burgeoning drama is promptly diffused by the combined maturity of both leads (with some help from Lu Xingxue's wealth) before it has the chance to play out. I still have 47 more chapters to go though, so who knows!!!
Below are some highlights from the audio drama adaptation, with English subtitles—I highly recommend the first one if you want to hear the MC's unbearably cute meowing noises.
Chapter 2 scene - in which drunk!Jiang Ci is scratching at the carpet and Lu Xingxue discovers that she married a cat:
Chapter 10 lipstick scene:
PS. My Chinese isn't that great, so corrections are OK! I mostly referred to the novel text to translate these.
If you're interested in this canon, here are the relevant links:
Novel raws | JJWXC:
https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=3531308
Audio drama | Fanjiao:
https://s.rela.me/c/1SqTNu?album_id=387
English fantranslation | Novel Updates:
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/she-belongs-to-me
Translation status: complete. Chapter 1-40 is edited MTL; not sure about the rest
I haven't finished the book (I'm still learning to read so it's slow going lol), but so far it's been a light, tropey and nearly frictionless read where any burgeoning drama is promptly diffused by the combined maturity of both leads (with some help from Lu Xingxue's wealth) before it has the chance to play out. I still have 47 more chapters to go though, so who knows!!!
Below are some highlights from the audio drama adaptation, with English subtitles—I highly recommend the first one if you want to hear the MC's unbearably cute meowing noises.
Chapter 2 scene - in which drunk!Jiang Ci is scratching at the carpet and Lu Xingxue discovers that she married a cat:
Chapter 10 lipstick scene:
PS. My Chinese isn't that great, so corrections are OK! I mostly referred to the novel text to translate these.
If you're interested in this canon, here are the relevant links:
Novel raws | JJWXC:
https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=3531308
Audio drama | Fanjiao:
https://s.rela.me/c/1SqTNu?album_id=387
English fantranslation | Novel Updates:
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/she-belongs-to-me
Translation status: complete. Chapter 1-40 is edited MTL; not sure about the rest
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Date: 2024-04-05 07:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-04-06 07:37 am (UTC)I was unprepared for all the variations of her meowing haha