A review by stacieladams21
Wait For Me After School [放学等我] by Jiang Zi Bei, 酱子贝

5.0

As someone who does not typically read or seek out school danmei, somehow I’ve read three in one month and all were 5 stars. I would say to my friends who love this novel, you absolutely MUST read Sa Ye. I thought it was going to be a sweet, easy slice of life with a bit of angst but I found myself crying in the break room at work 😭

There is not much plot but the characters more than make up for it. There’s also a nice amount of humor but when the angst hits, have tissues if you are a crier like me.

Characters:

Yu Fan: “delinquent”, cranky gremlin with a soft heart, blushes easily, doesn’t know or understand his own feelings, doesn’t feel worthy of being loved because of a wretched home life. HE’S MY FAVORITE.

Chen Jingshen: top student, crushing hard, devoted, persistent AF, has money but a shitty home life, appears cold and indifferent but is so kind

Loved:

💜Yu Fan and his blushing

💜Yu Fan’s constant verbal daggers having so little impact on Chen Jingshen

💜Yu Fan being rough on the outside but giving in to Chen Jingshen

💜Yu Fan’s saltiness and “false” fierceness

💜The friend group- nosey AF but supportive 

Maybe a spoiler:

I’m still not over the SIX YEAR time jump. It breaks my heart into pieces knowing they were apart and hurting for so long. So thankful for a forever happy ending for them