I actually really liked this. Yung kilig ko and I always had 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 look on my face.
Although, it is far from perfect, I think this is my fave thai novel so far. There’s a wattpadish feel to it, but I really enjoyed it. I read from 2 different sites and it was such a struggle since Thai language is actually very complicated to translate.
I could almost rate this as a 5 for the enjoyment value alone (all the kiligs and the “awww”s) but there’s just a lot of things that really bothered me. i.e. The endless “wife” jokes; Some of the interaction/dialogues during the Chiang mai trip with the cousins; Jetana’s endless flirtation with Qin.
For example, the “You”s, that I had to assume were actually “Ter” > which has totally different feel than “Khun” or other thai word for “you”. The usage of “kha”s.
I loved seeing Qin’s POV, since he’s very quiet, we can’t actually hear his thoughts in the series. So it was really cute to see how much he actually loves Duang behind that cold exterior.
Their relationship, and how they communicate their feelings to each other, is just so heartwarming 🥹
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Some of my favorite quotes (there were so much more that I can’t screenshot everything)
- “He's my exception in so many ways.
He came into my life like he could leave easily—but that's not true. He's still here. And he's here in a way that makes me feel like he's not suffering how I am. The way I am.”
- “I keep a private world that I don't let people into easily. But does he know?
He's already in.
Just like when I started leaving the blinds open in my room, letting the varm sunlight in.
He's like another sun.
Like a tattoo that seems like I let him choose—but I didn't.
I chose the moon because the sun didn't suit him.
He is the sun.
To me... he is the sun.”
- Then I realized - on this road we were traveling, I didn’t own anything.
That was when I knew I couldn't stop myself from liking him. I couldn’t control who he liked or didn't like.
And I couldn't stop others from liking Duang either.
But today, I learned one more thing
I didn't have to worry about anything in the relationship we had.
Because he would always be there— Not too close, not too far from me.
Reminding me, over and over, that this was the one thing I never had to doubt.
- We locked eyed through the rear view mirror. He smiled when he saw that my mood had lifted, and I wasn’t surprised that he could read me so well -
Because he really had been paying attention to me all along. 🥹💕
- "Has he changed you this much, Qin? You're not the person I used to know."
"No, Tiw. I haven't changed."
Because it's true—I haven't changed at all.
I'm not forcing myself to be anyone else.
I'm still me. It's just that everything is slowly being unlocked. If I'm the padlock, then he's the key. He opens me up, revealing parts of myself that have always been there.
"It's just that... I've never shown this side of myself to anyone before."