Title: Love Recycling/러브 리사이클링

 
Summary: Lim Mun-yeong meets Yeon Hae-jeong, his first love from high school, in an unexpected place. And as an executive director of a major corporation and a janitor of that company’s building, no less. It has been 10 years since he gave up on his one-sided crush. Whether Hae-jeong recognizes Mun-yeong, who even hid his name and pretends not to know him, remains unclear, but Hae-jeong drags him around, making him do all sorts of chores under childish excuses. Hae-jeong’s strange attitude, which somehow makes it seem like he remembers him, was uncomfortable, but it did not matter to Mun-yeong since he no longer had any feelings for him.

“Surely you don’t still like me, Lim Mun-yeong?”

That is, until he heard those words from Hae-jeong.

  
Tags: Modern, Reunion, First Love, Contract relationship, Workplace romance, Cohabitation, Misunderstandings, Jealousy, Harleyking, Jerk Top, Chaebol Top, Childish Top, Tsundere Top, Devoted Top, Lovestruck Top, Kind Bottom, Unrequited Love Bottom, Pushover Bottom, Hurt Bottom, Devoted Bottom

  
Top/Gong: Yeon Hae-jeong. The youngest son of Baekil Group and a managing director hired through nepotism. He is so equally rude and ill-mannered to everyone that it is embarrassing to show him anywhere. On the outside, he exudes an air of nobility, but the moment he opens his mouth, he is nothing short of an uncultured scoundrel. Seeing the naive Lim Mun-yeong makes his stomach churn, yet he keeps catching his eye and bothering him.

Bottom/Su: Lim Mun-yeong. A cleaning staff member at the Baekil Group headquarters. He has lived a diligent and kind life, without bringing shame to others. He appears to have no pride, but he is not entirely subservient. His dream is to live honestly and help at least one person around him. He believes that Yeon Hae-jeong only speaks harshly but is not actually that mean, and that he is the only one who recognizes Yeon Hae-jeong’s kindness.  

  
Read this when: You want to see a story about a total scoundrel with a trashy personality being recycled (?) by the kind hands of a janitor.

 
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From the author of Sweet Shot!

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Can anyone please tell me the title of these novels?? And a little context of the novel if you know

Trigger Warnings: >!Sexual assault, coercion, violence, confinement, drug use and gaslighting, stockholm syndrome!<

Keywords: Romance thriller, love-hate, captivity, power reversal, revenge, first love, reunion, serious tone, hardcore

Top: Beautiful top, younger top, yandere top, dual-personality top, cold-blooded top, gentle top, unrequited-love top, dominant top, obsessive top, devoted top, scheming/black-bellied top, wounded top, humiliating top, polite top, chaebol top, sexually skilled top

Bottom: Handsome bottom, older bottom, playboy bottom, rehabilitated bottom, heterosexual-leaning bottom, prickly bottom, cowardly bottom, submissive bottom, scheming bottom, runaway bottom, wounded bottom, tsundere bottom

Top: Seo Nanyoung (22) A psycho hiding behind the mask of a flawless, tender lover. Always gentle, tolerant, and endlessly kind—at least toward Lee Shinjae. He played the fool, a pushover, until the moment he was given notice of their breakup.

Bottom: Lee Shinjae (26) A playboy who lives off his looks, unable to settle down. With his smooth-talking nature, he prefers light, fleeting relationships. He grows bored easily, treating lovers as replaceable, and in the end delivers his farewell to Seo Nanyoung.

Read this: When you want to see two slightly unhinged men locked in a romantic power game.

Synopsis

He broke up with his boyfriend—only to wake up in captivity the next day.

Lee Shinjae, a salesman who lives off his good looks, impulsively began dating Seo Nanyoung, a wealthy, well-mannered university student.

But unable to break his bad habit of discarding lovers like old toys, Shinjae delivers his farewell—only to open his eyes the next morning, naked and bound in an unfamiliar place.

“I was never really the perfect prince you thought I was. If you were bored of me… then I guess it’s time to stop pretending.”

The flawless lover had been hiding a cruel secret all along.

“I’ve endured and compromised so much for you, hyung. But what have you ever given me in return?”

Seo Nanyoung grips Shinjae’s face, forcing him to his knees, their breath mingling in the suffocating closeness.

“This relationship can’t survive on my effort alone. From now on, you’re the one who has to try.”

Shinjae wants to scoff, to tell him he’s insane—but the words stick in his throat. A dreadful certainty fills him: if he says the wrong thing here, he won’t leave with his body intact.

“I brought you here for your sake. For our sake.”

Nanyoung’s bright smile, once so tender, twists under the light into something warped and chilling.

“So don’t break up with me… let’s start over, hyung.”

Yeah it's fukin angsty and I love it

Mc does cheat on the top but f he didn't deserve whatever depraved shit the ml did to him. Ngl I love nanyoung (Remains black flag till the end). He is fukin obsessive and possessive. He even went as far as >!Breaking MC's legs.!< The tension is so damn good, it kept me on my toes the entire time! like I really felt like the mc was gonna escape the top's clutches but oh well, damn his luck getting tangled with a psychopath. Of course his attempts to escape are always in vain, but at the end stockholm syndrome settles in.

georg hackensmith was a classic workaholic. assistant and secretary to the clements company, he diligently worked for his boss and his company - 18hrs a day and at times work trips spanning for weeks. though he was cold and stoic at his work place, georg had a rather wild and promiscuous dating history. he was a man who put little to no efforts in relationships- and all his ‘partnerships’ ended with him being slapped by his girlfriends.

on a rare 3 week vacation , georg travelled to morocco- to the city of marrakesh. in the tapestry of colour and sound, the 34 year old georg meets rose munro- a ‘28’ year old solo traveller. rose’s childish and naive advances towards georg softened his stiff heart and he agreed to hookup with rose. georg had even introduced himself as levin- a fling in a foreign country, no strings attached. however georg wasn’t attracted by rose at all, georg preferred guys smaller and petite than him. so, georg dumped rose and lied that on an urgent matter he had to return to new york.

however, as fate would have it, rose finds georg in marrakesh with another lady, pamela on the very next day. hurt and agitated by georg’s brutal rejection, rose broke down but still couldn’t help but pine for that cold man. even though well built tall man like rose was not georg’s type, georg was captivated by his blonde sun soaked hair and blue eyes like the mediterranean sea. thus what was meant to be a solo trip, turned into a vacation of two people.

rose was genuinely happy. he loved georg, he even decided to put together his last 1500 dollars to move to new york with his beloved. even though he knew that georg wouldn’t accept his pitiful love, he still wanted to get close to the man. however, trouble in paradise- through his official connections, georg comes to know rose wasn’t who he seemed to be- his name was different, his age was a lie and he used to do ballet. rose left ballet after being found guilty of seducing his superior and extorting money from him. georg was left with a bitter sense of betrayal - had the young man approached him with the intention of leeching off money from him ?

(yes you’ll meet sashya and karel from solo for two)

7.1. C-Class Esper’s Memorandum (C급 에스퍼의 비망록)

7.3. Love Recycling (러브 리사이클링) & 음란선비뎐

7.5. Elegant Prison (우아한 감옥)

7.8. The Drunken Shadow and the Dancing Spring (취한 그림자와 춤추는 봄)

7.10. 그 귀족가 형제들의 사정

7.20. Chance of Meeting Your Ex on a Hetero Dating Show (헤테로 연프에서 전애인과 만날 확률)

7.23. Breeding Campus (번식 캠퍼스)

7.25. Call My Name (콜 마이 네임)

7.29. 멍줍을 위한 애견 바이블 

7.31. Late Bloomers (만생종)   

English titles will be updated if needed   

Links to July manhwa calendars: Ridibooks & Bomtoon

Hi everyone!!

First post in this subreddit but I’ve been enjoying it since I joined!

Like the title says I am looking for novels similar to Love Class 3 specifically the relationship of Hyun Jae and Su An BUT I don’t need any exact matches I’m kind of looking more for the vibes and low stakes with a yearner like Hyun Jae

Anyways pls drop your recs ^.^

Does anyone know from which chapter does the 3rd volume of the novel start in TAPPYTOON??

Title: Run Away If You Can / 런 어웨이 이프 유 캔

Status: Completed

Uncensored: Explicit Uncensored

Year: 2025

Chapters: 114

Language: Korean (available in English)

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Flag: 🚩

Rating: 6.5/10 

I had pretty low expectations going into this one because I read multiple reviews that said it was kinda disappointing and felt very rushed. Having read this for myself now, I can confidently say that yes, all the criticism I’ve read regarding this novel is unfortunately correct. ZIG herself has said that RAIYC has many shortcomings that she plans to correct in the side stories.

Having said that however, this was easily one of my favorite ZIG novels. I absolutely loved Chrissy Jean from the very start. What can I say? I’m a sucker for sharp-tongued bottoms that don’t let no asshole top walk all over them. I loved his vicious temper, his cunning, and how firm he was about his convictions. I also liked how willing he was to walk (or run away from) Nathaniel. He did not put up with that man’s crap unless it benefitted him in some way and I love him for that.  

Now… Nathaniel. I really liked him at first. I adored his banter with Chrissy, and I absolutely loved how Nathaniel’s polite, well-spoken, but utterly ruthless personality contrasted with the rough but kind-hearted Chrissy Jean. The problem with Nathaniel is that the story progressed, but his character did not. In fact, it became abundantly clear that his character wasn’t fleshed out properly. In the LMUIYC extras, Ariel says that Nathaniel reminds her of Dominic, and I think that becomes a major unspoken conflict in RAIYC. A certain event (spoilers for that below) felt like it was shoehorned in solely to up the stakes and make the readers fear that Nathaniel would turn out to be just like his grandfather, and that Chrissy might end up like Ashley Juliette. When we finally get Nathaniel’s POV following that event, we are reassured that Nooo! He isn’t like Dominic after all! We are given a flimsy excuse for his behavior and we move right on. It honestly felt like ZIG was so focused on the Nathaniel/Dominic parallels that she forgot to make Nathaniel his own person. And just to be clear, I’m not saying that Nathaniel’s just Dominic 2.0 or that she should’ve cut the Nathaniel/Dominic parallels entirely (I actually really enjoyed the chess scene). I’m just saying that Nathaniel was a very interesting character at the start of the novel, and sure, we didn’t really know him that well yet, but that didn’t matter because the story is from Chrissy’s POV, and he hadn’t gotten to know Nathaniel yet. The problem is that as the novel progressed, we should’ve really gotten to know who Nathaniel is. Instead, we just got “oh he’s his grandfather’s flesh and blood alrigh- SIKE! Don’t worry guys he’s actually better lol. 

>!Like, maybe it’s just me but forcing Chrissy to act like a dog just felt pointless. It did nothing for the plot or characterization whatsoever. It just made the readers nervous. !<

Now that we’re done with our leads, let’s move on to plot and pacing. So. I actually did like the reveals, esp since I found the original murder mystery to be pretty boring. The main problem I had was the execution; the ending was super rushed, so we were left with some unanswered questions. Likewise, the relationship development was also rushed. 85% of the novel was spent on the banter-mind game-courtship phase, and then all of a sudden, we’re hit with a love confession. >!And while I do like Nathaniel confessing at the police station, that way way too sudden.!< I also felt like this rapid development lobotomized Chrissy a bit. There’s this scene where Chrissy thinks about how his behavior was “disrespectful” and “outrageous” and says that his prejudice blinded him… Chrissy what are you saying Chrissy look at me this isn’t you. >!This man attempted to blind you with a cigarette on your second meeting and tried to rape you on the third you had EVERY right to behave the way you did. Hell, you should’ve been worse. !<

And then there’s then end… >!Nathaniel discovers who the Child of the Moon is and doesn’t bother sharing this information with Chrissy. He doesn’t discuss anything with him despite this being a very personal and sensitive topic for Chrissy. He just goes and kills that mf. And while I love that he died the way he did, I wish Chrissy was more involved here. And we never learned what happened to the detective either, which is kind of a huge blunder considering his disappearance is one of the main things that brought Chrissy and Nathaniel together in the first place. !< 

Phew this is getting long. One last thing. I love how enthused Chrissy was when they fucked at the end (I love when bottoms take initiative) but I wish we got to see more of them being domestic together because we didn’t really get a clear idea of what their dynamic is like now that they’re in a relationship. 

Despite my many complaints, I really, really enjoyed this one. Hell, I’d even go as far as to say it’s one of my top 3 ZIG novels. I wasn’t sure what rating to put down because enjoyment-wise, I’d give it a 9/10 but that’s a very subjective rating that doesn’t take RAIYC’s many flaws into account so 6.5 it is. I definitely feel like this is one of those novels that just can’t be rated. It’s also hard to talk about the things I enjoyed, such as a scene where Nathaniel kisses Chrissy’s fingers while he’s asleep (I was internally squealing when I read that) because small details like that just don’t belong in a review yk? But I fear my review ended up coming off as quite complain-y as a result. Whoops. 

 

I’d love to yap more about RAIYC so if there’s anything y’all wanna discuss just hmu!

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Hello. I just recently finished reading Flower Fiance and I'm looking for more similar novels.

Lately I've just been in the mood to read something light and linear when it comes to plot progression. Also I adore the ML and MC who are both green flags and can communicate their feelings in time without complication.

So if you know any novel that's short, minimum angst, and MC/ML aren't super complicated characters. Please let me know! Thanks