Any novel readers here?

I’ve never once thought she was annoying while reading this, I think the novel readers just are super critical because I’m like 99% the manhwa is going exactly as the novel, nothing is getting changed or watered down

I found out that 1 scene has been changed,the part where they are eating hotpot and the niece calls him for help. In the novel,the fl didn't know it was a car accident and thought that the niece is just throwing a tantrum so she makes it obvious to the ml that she'll be very upset if he goes to help his niece out unlike the manhwa where she tells him that she'll wait for him. It seems like it rubbed ppl the wrong way seeing her guilt trip him. Also from the reviews,seems like they really dislike the fl's behavior after they get back together after the breakup,apparently she makes a lot of unreasonable demands towards the ml like she wants him to bring her a gift everytime he picks her up and wants him to essentially change his whole personality. Again I don't know the context behind the demands, she could very well not be serious or upset with him and is just teasing him . Also honestly, I sometimes find the ml to be too aloof and would love to see him be more expressive with his words.

Not sure about the novel but in the drama, she is mostly teasing him about getting gifts. Like she jokes about not getting gifts for all the holidays they missed while they were broken up and is surprised when he takes it seriously and sends her a bunch of stuff.
Yea the ML really doesn’t use his words enough. He’s more of the type to show his feelings through his actions.

Yeah that what the review was talking about. They were upset that she made such a demand and when I read the review,I felt like there's no way the fl is actually serious about, it.qnd that she's probably just pulling his leg

Manhwa and novel are almost the same. Most readers put themselves in the fls shoes and favor mls even tho there’s nothing wrong with the fl. I find that readers (mostly women) don’t have any grace towards female characters especially when they “hurt” the ml or if they don’t choose the ml at first.

I also think that in general people tend to not like stories where it's the fl who pursues the ml and prefer seeing mls grovel for forgiveness than the fls groveling for forgiveness. People seem to forget that shi yan has many times been mean to the fl and that she would have never tolerated him if it weren't for her motive. That's how he was even able to fall for her coz she always lets him have his way. If this was a story where the fl was genuinely chasing after shi yan,people wouldn't have liked shi yan as much since he's so cold to her.

I get that but in this case it’s quite different. Based from what I’ve seen in the comments here and in other sites, during their fight, they want Shuyi to chase, grovel and ask for Shi yan’s forgiveness which was insane to me because he knew that she had ulterior motives from the start. Both of them didn’t expect to fall in love and be hurt by it. I find that readers only want a ml to grovel if he purposely hurt the fl like Bjorn in The Problematic Prince or Bryce in the book Flipped. But if the ml is likeable, handsome and first to fall in love, just like here and another example would be Rudrik in Just the Male Lead’s Friend, readers tend to favor mls and be over critical of fls.

In shi yan's defense,hes more upset that her ulterior motive as to do with her ex than he is at using used.To him it probably felt like she used him to make her ex jealous,I don't think he would have been as upset if she was using him for money instead. But i feel the same way that it's a bit unfair that the entirety of the mamhwa is spent with shuyi having to always appease shi yan. Eventhough she did something wrong and should face the consequences, it does suck having to read her always putting her head down for shi yan. I think the reason why I'm more lenitent to shuyi is coz of the power imbalance in their relationship. He can so easily have her blacklisted and the only way she could stand up for herself is if shi yan lets her. Shi yan has acted mean to her before and has never once apologized,he instead teases her and she forgots abt it.

I recently read the novel as well and yeah she became too childish that I stopped reading the novel. We are almost on that part on the novel so I'm hoping they won't follow that pattern because they do made little changes here compared to the novel.