How Much for a Pound of Cuteness Description: In the 20 years Lu Jiaheng had been alive, he believed that there was nothing in the world money couldn’t solve. It was only a matter of how much money was needed. Until he met Chu Zhi. *** There was an ambiguous look in his peach blossom eyes as he pushed a card toward her. The implication was clear. Chu Zhi obediently accepted it. She was so touched. He was the first person in her memory to ever give her money, so she believed she should to return the gift. “My family is going to move out of the flat we live in soon. It’s located in the heart of the city. How about I give it to you?” Lu Jiaheng didn’t respond. Chu Zhi thought, ‘Maybe he feels bad about accepting a gift in return?’ So she continued in a soft voice, “It’s okay, you don’t have to feel bad. My family owns a lot of flats.” https://www.novelupdates.com/series/how-much-for-a-pound-of-cuteness/ Spoilers please
Here to share one of my favorite lines from the novel: Chu Zhi (FL) to Lu Jiaheng (ML): "Senior, your eyelashes are so long! What brand of eyelash growth serum do you use?"
There's a little vacation scene where CZ and LJH go to a mountain and ride one of those cable cars together down the mountain. Spoiler The electricity gets cut midway, and after half an hour passes, everyone starts to get scared. CZ tries to distract herself by looking at LJH, who smiles and is just about to comfort her when she grabs his hand and says in a trembling voice, "S-S-S-Senior Lu, d-d-don't be scared! It'll be okay soon!" LJH plays along because he likes feeling her hand on his so he goes, "But I'm so scared that I can't wait any longer." CZ continues "comforting" him in a trembling voice and asks if he's afraid of heights. LJH answers yes and feels a bit disappointed when she releases his hand but is then shook when she leans forward and hugs him instead. Note: She's 5'3" (rounded up) and he's much taller than her. After a while, she lets him go and promises to protect him, and of course, he plays along by acting scared. They're stuck in the cable car for a few hours during which she tells him a handful of children's stories, like "The Nightingale and the Rose" and "The Little Prince" (she even adds her own little remarks throughout e.g. calling the prince a masochist).
Spoiler While CZ and LJH were exchanging numbers, CZ was also trying to unscrew a water bottle, but was struggling to do so. So LJH, to impress her with his strength, took the bottle swiftly and tried to unscrew it while her anticipating eyes were watching him, but failed to do so in his initial attempt. He felt humiliated (compared his muscles with cream in his mind) and decided to never buy from that brand again. Also, as a revenge, he kicked and unscrewed a lot of bottles in his dorm, in front of his perplexed dormmate.
Spoiler: When they both went shopping LJH- How did you grow up so big? (without any defense against the opposite gender) CZ- It's a long story and it's unclear. Spoiler: CZ v/s deluded love rival When CZ and LJH went to dinner with LJH's friends, there was this one delusional girl who confronted CZ in the washroom, when CZ was trying to open the faucet. So when she went off with the blah blah you don't deserve him/ you might be a escort he hired, CZ sprays the handwash all over her face. After everything is almost settled down, CZ also thanks her for opening the faucet for her. Spoiler: CZ's guide on how to explain a sudden boyfriend in room Mom and Dad, it’s not a secret. I recently played a dating mobile game. I don’t know what happened. He suddenly came out from her mobile phone. Spoiler: CZs Dad and Grandpa Lu Grandpa Lu to CZ's Dad at a party, pointing at CZ: "Do you know this girl?" CZ's Dad : Yes. Do you know her? Grandpa Lu smiled: "She is my grandson's young girlfriend and my future granddaughter-in-law." CZ's Dad also smiled: "Then it happens to be a coincidence, this is my daughter." Grandpa Lu: "..." Lu Jiaheng: "..."
The trolls/bots on NU have lowered HMPC's rating on the NU page with 1-star and 2-star ratings I would appreciate it if you guys can take a moment to rate the novel so new readers aren't dissuaded by the current rating.
I have Vietnam flashbacks after reading Perfect Fiancee... The title is soo cute though! I am going to camp here for more spoilers!
Truthfully... The MC is very selfish, childish, a brat and ungrateful. She does things that hurts the ML's feelings but blames it on him. I would have forgiven her for being naive and it was her first relationship, but she had 2 previous boyfriends and she didn't learn to be serious in either relation. ML is not mean to her, he does bully her but in that primary school level which is more like a baffling kind of bullying than out right harassment. She does cry and never looks into her own behavior. eg when she tells him that she does not want to be seen with him and he asks her if she really doesnt want to be seen with him and she says yes. He leaves in anger and she blames it on him for leaving her alone. MC is a spoilt brat but because the Author keeps trying to excuse her actions as being cute. You being to wonder if you are reading the start of a transmigration/counter attack book and this is the back story of a white lotus that is actually a horrible character made forcefully "cute" and there will be a side character who is supposed to make her regret her behavior. MC also sells the gift ML sends her because she cannot finish the fruit basket and its a waste and ML meets MC and she asks him to sell it with her. I dont understand why she is such a ungrateful person. I get that you may not be able to finish the fruits but couldnt she share it with other instead of trying to make a profit. She says things that really makes her look like a B**** but because she is "cute" and the MC all her actions seem to be accepted. I understand the low stars for this. But I have only read half of it and it hurts my head wondering how people like this MC.. BUT to each their own.. I hate Mary Sue characters or naive/cute ones who think just by smiling everything will be ok. She seems like an unrealistic character.
Nobody said that MC is mature. Even the title clearly says 'cuteness' so if you came thinking that she won't be childish then that's your fault. Spoiler: Why she blamed him ML dragged her in the temporary dressing room because of jealously. She didn't want to be seen with him, because then people will speculate her relationship with him, and it's always the girl whose reputation is be affected. ML then stormed off because she didn't want to be seen with him, but she didn't have any obligation to be seen with him in the first place ( especially in the dressing room) when they weren't even in a relationship. She was already nervous about her performance, and he left alone to deal with the aftermath (She can't teleport out of there, alright). He was the one who created the problem and he apologised for it. So I don't blame her in THAT situation, because I would've done the same. She is an unrealisic character (even mary-sueish )true, but I don't think a lot of CNs have realistic characters. She has a low EQ from the start, so much so that the ML even noticed it. When she sold the fruit, she did say that she'd give ML the profits Spoiler Chapter 39, MTL . But yes, I agree with you even I couldn't comprehend why the author made her do this thing,and I am not a blind believer that the MC is perfect. As for the ratings, it suddenly went down one day, so vintaege's bots theory might have been correct. The character is unrealistic, but the story is one of fresher concepts than the stories which are very popular but have the exact same storyline (cousin/step-sister, fiance, transmigrate/reincarnate,revenge, new OP-ML, some ML obsessed second FL, then FL obsessed second ML, marriage), I almost summarised half of the CNs on this platform. So the reason why I think that this story deserved more ratings is because- fresher concept, non-copied scenes, no dog-blood drama and a warm heartwarming story--- that's targetted towards an audience. But that doesn't mean everyone has to like it, at least it deserves way more readers, and having more ratings initially can expose it to more.
Being cute does not mean you can't be mature.. The fact that she has to be childish to be cute is stupid. Daily life of a wealthy woof, MC is hella cut but he is smart and knows what he wants or doesn't want. I know loads of mature women who are cute. He may have dragged her into the closet BUT it was done to talk privately rather than in front of people (they were backstage). From MLT (before taking her to the dressing room/closet/changing room) [Lu Jiaheng ignored her small movements, but grasped more tightly. "Are you angry?" he asked in a low voice. "..." "why are you mad?" "...Not angry." Lu Jiaheng narrowed his eyes: "Lie?" She pulled her head down again, feeling a little suffocated, and pulled back: "You let me go first..." "Why are you angry?" He said indifferently. At first, he was mad. How to answer this question! The group of people in front of the hip-hop club had just finished performing. When they stepped down and came back, there were many people in the background. At this time, it was overcrowded. When Chuichi heard it, he just wanted to answer, and was covered by Lu Jiaheng's empty hand.] He flirts with her. She keeps thinking he is a "playboy" and despite hanging out with him, she does not realise that he isn't. She keeps imagining what he is rather than seeing him as he is. She has only ever seen him once take a phone no. of a girl who offered it to him and another where she sees girls fawning over him and try to get his no. but she quickly runs to the restroom (so here we dont know if he really saved the nos. or not BUT I guess he didn't). She over imagines situations and plots that should be funny but if you think it in ML's POV, its kinda heartbreaking and sad. Imagine if your friends spent more time imagining what you are rather than seeing what you are as a person. SHE is doing that, she misunderstands him for the sake of misunderstanding him. She thinks he like males but when he flirts with her, she keeps thinking of him accepting nos. from girls (which she saw only once). Being "cute/immature" does not mean you get away from being a jerk. If you are and someone calls you out for it, you can analyse what you did that made people call you out for it. It does not give you a pass for the shit you do. She never looks back at what he did that made her angry and why she was angry over it. She just lets her emotion rule her logic. It seems I really REALLY dont like MC's like her hee hee hee
MC is in college, a freshman in college. It's really difficult for me to understand how would anyone expect a asian (or any) college freshman to be mature. (Unless it is a cliché story of a child genius from CEO's family). That's like asking a CEO to be cute in meeting, a martial artist to be scared of cockroaches, a new actor to act like a movie queen. It can exist, but will be very rare. People have diferent outlooks towards life- a person struggling for money would view college as a gateway to workforce and better income, and a sheltered person would most likely view college as a next step everyone takes after high school. She was raised by people who don't pin their expectations on her so she has no burden to be mature at an early stage. Yes, there are people who might be mature even in her shoes, but that doesn't mean most would be or that she should be. So forcefully dragging her in the closet was OK for you, I guess. What I'm trying to say is, a lot of people excuse ML's actions (which are definitely forceful, confusing and not required at all) because he has got some ML permit to be dominating or something. Just imagine a side character who had a crush on MC and was recently acquainted with her, dragging her into the closet, and that behaviour will be despised. If you keep on imagining situations with others POV, I wonder how MCs you despise because of thinking from second ML's pov. Did you just forgot that her last ex cheated on her? I don't think he would've treated her bad if she had agreed to be in relationship with him in the first place, and he still ended up kissing another girl, which she accidentally discovered. She never looked at ML as a potential boyfriend when she met him time and again, but as a creditor. Just like being cute or immature doesn't mean you can get away from being a jerk, just because ML fell in love with her at first or second sight neither means he has a permit to do whatever he wants (like forcefully dragging her in the closet because HE wants to talk), nor MC has the obligation to reciprocate his feeling at that instant. Yes, thinking from ML's pov is sad and heartbreaking, because at that time he was in love with her (but she wasn't) and he had to work to make her fall in love with him. Romance in which both people fall in love with each other happens rarely in reality, and if one person is in love with other, he has to work to make the other fall in love with him too. And that's how relationships work. Don't you think ML falling in love with her is kind of suspicious? He didn't fall for her at first sight, but was in love with her because she tripped her dips on his shirt, and after that he keeps on following her. If he wasn't in love with her, he was acting stalkerish and if he was in love with her, how did he fall for her in a single conversation. Just imagine from MC's pov, it seems like she attracted a stalker just because of tripping, so don't you feel sad for her?? Yes she knew that she agreed to pay for his shirt, but that could be done in a single meeting too, and after that they both don't need to meet each other again. He kept on meeting her again and again, so they could cultivate their feelings, and she took time in understanding him clearly. Yes, she had thought he was a playboy, but he didn't know about that, and you don't have to apologise for thinking about someone. Everyone has first impressions, she had them too and realised she had a wrong first impression that is why she agreed to be in a relationship with him. What I'm trying to say is, you feel heartbroken from ML's pov because you know what she is thinking. From what I see, ML is attracted to her because he is curious about why she is so naive, and since he didn't feel being bad for her actions, we as readers don't have to analyse his thoughts because we think he feels bad. I don't like MC selling the apples ML gifted, but he didn't show any feeling of sadness/heartbroken/dislike toward MC's actions, and was rather amused, so I don't have to think that he was hiding his painful feelings behind his smile then cried on pillows that night, because most likely this didn't happen. Both of them weren't perfect, and some of your points are correct about the MC, some of mine are correct about the ML. They both have flaws, but both of them are happy together so you don't have to feel sad or heartbroken when ML was pursuing her, because if he really felt that she was that despicable, he would have stopped and moved on.
I think you got something wrong. I never said she should accept his feelings I only said she is immature by not considering the ML's feelings before she says things that could hurt him. IF she thought of him as a friend, she would have been careful with her words. I am not sure how people treat their friends but I would not say anything that could hurt their feelings when I am being truthful or trying to get my point across. I can understand why he took her to the closet (though it is a hand made dressing room), they were having an argument/talk and doing it in front of people. Why have an argument/serious talk in front of people? He did right by taking her somewhere else instead of staying there. I do think he should have waited till the end but at the moment he wanted answers which she was being stubborn about. She is literally those MC's that can solve problems if they just talk it out but she doesn't, she keeps it to herself then acts all sad and emo in her room when all she needed to do was tell him what she was angry about. ML would have listened as he really cares for what she thinks of him. You say she doesnt know him but we know that she and ML get along well and that aside from the first few chapters they talk/chat alot. If you take someone as a friends you always give them the benefit of the doubt. If you didnt alot of people would be friendless because everyone has that someone who talks shit behind their back. She doesnt even have hard evidence that he is a playboy to justify treating him like one. Also as an Asian myself, I know more mature high schoolers then I know immature college students. Then again maybe because we are in different countries, maturity varies ?? I guess? BUT I do agree that both ML and MC have their flaws,, THOUGH I find MC more unbearable.... I think its because i have been reading fluffy novels where the MC and ML have good communication and the MC were all very strong characters. While the ML were understanding but unrealistically devoted there were not those cold ceo cliche types... Maybe I'll give it another try when I finish reading a few cultivation novels that make me question humanity and check my three views. Because cultivation novels are always about heartless ML, MC, side characters, cannon fodders and villains.