A review by gufei
Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel), Vol. 1 by Wu Zhe

I've been begging for this to be licensed in English for the longest time & it lowkey still doesn't feel real that the first volume is already out even though I knew without a doubt it would happen at some point. Anyway, I love how we see Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei gradually get closer and just how obvious they are with their actions towards one another. For example, Gu Fei making exceptions for Jiang Cheng on day one by asking him if he wanted a ride on his motorcycle when he's notorious for keeping everyone at arms length. (Btw Gu Miao was gonna get those two together if it was the last thing she did!! (My goddess too is Gu Miao🙏) Like she knew her way around the station there was no way she was actually lost.) To add on though: GF telling JC he could stay at the store if he had nowhere to go, inviting him for dinner, helping JC out in the fight, saying he'd join the basketball team only if JC did, offering to clean & dress JC's wound and doing so, continually sharing his candy (begrudgingly?), offering a key to the abandoned factory, proceeding to cook dinner for him, even something as small as him giving JC his chopsticks when JC dropped his so he didn't have to wait to have his pair washed (even Ding Zhuxin clocked him for that). See also: their shared bouts of laughter, BOTH of them admiring the others hands (what is it with gay people and hands??), again, BOTH of them assessing the other's attractiveness and being like psh I don't like him or anything it's just that anyone would appreciate his looks when they're clearly attracted to eachother, the very easily observed UST between them, and that throughout the whole city, JC is only able to find solace in GF. The scene where GF asks why JC brought up the blanket he dirtied if he wasn't gonna wash it and neither of them relent so they just stare at each other for a few minutes is so unserious like they're both so stubborn (they gay af for all their prolonged eye contact). And the fact that JC thinks GF's attitude makes it hard for him to show his gratitude is hilarious cause bro is the same way he really got a taste of his own personality and was like god get a load of this guy🤦‍♂️. JC was right, they really are able to argue about anything any time they speak. Another thing I always really enjoy is how much humor is packed into the story, I mean seriously, I've reread this so many times now and the jokes will never not land for me. Also, I won't get into it as much as I did while annotating my copy or else this will turn into a thesis but the exploration of nature vs nurture in saye sooo interesting and worth thinking about. I could seriously yap all day so let's end this here for now and I will be back for the next volume :3