Fishbone

苏玛丽Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. · ChinaJul 2024

3.3

Word count: 83K words
Chapters: 34

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Summary

[Sweet and quiet campus beauty Shen Siyu × gentle cardiac surgeon Xia Shiqing]

[Modern romance + premium fiction + urban + love at first sight + hidden love fulfilled + 1V1 + HE]

By chance, Dr. Xia Shiqing helps Shen Siyu remove a fishbone stuck in her throat.

At the same time, Shen Siyu's older sister, who accompanies her to the hospital, falls in love with Xia Shiqing at first sight.

Shen Siyu never manages to confess her feelings for him.

Later, he becomes her brother-in-law.

And also a fishbone growing in her heart.

But reason can hardly withstand surging love, and the way she looks at Xia Shiqing is hard to hide...

Editor's review

This is an urban romance that handles "misplacement" with great restraint. The fishbone is both the starting point of the plot and the core metaphor of emotion: what is stuck in the throat is a foreign object, while what grows in the heart is an unspeakable fondness. Author Su Mali does not turn the relational conflict into a simple melodramatic love triangle, but focuses on Shen Siyu's forbearance and self-control—the quieter she is, the more the reader feels the undercurrent. Xia Shiqing's profession as a cardiac surgeon creates a subtle contrast between "removal" and "what cannot be removed," and the details in everyday scenes are more rewarding than those in ordinary sweet romances. It suits segmented reading during commutes or before bed; the emotional progression is not driven by strong conflict but by the characters' repeated inner struggles, making it an easy yet lingering read. For readers who enjoy hidden love fulfilled, 1V1, and HE, this book has a clear emotional landing point: the early sourness is fully built up, and the later relief and drawing closer come naturally.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy modern urban romance and prefer the hidden-love-fulfilled theme
Readers who accept slow-burn emotional progression and enjoy inner monologue
Readers who like 1V1, HE endings, and clear emotional lines
Readers looking for a light but emotionally lingering novel to read on commutes or before bed

Not a good fit for

Readers who do not accept a plot involving the sister dating the male lead
Readers who prefer strong conflict and fast-paced plot progression
Readers who easily feel stifled by a long-term hidden-love forbearance setup

Reading tips

Read the first few chapters to confirm your acceptance of the "fishbone" metaphor before deciding whether to continue.
Treat the sister's relationship with the male lead as background pressure and focus on Shen Siyu's psychological changes.
It suits reading in multiple sessions, two or three chapters each time, leaving space for emotions to settle.
In the middle and later sections, pay attention to the echoes of details from Xia Shiqing's perspective, which can supplement the plausibility of the earlier forbearance.

About the publisher

Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. China · Founded in 2014

Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a cultural enterprise focused on planning and publishing literature and social science books. Public information is limited, and the available details come mainly from its in-house catalogue. Its publishing areas cover prose and essays, foreign literature, social science classics, mystery and detective fiction, and history books, with attention to reissues and boxed sets of classic works. Representative titles include Wang Zengqi's essay collection Renjian Youwei, Wanwu Youqu, The Little Prince, a boxed set of Western philosophical classics, Mao Dun's classic works, a collection of Yasunari Kawabata's award-winning works, Cai Lan's essays, and the Eddie Flynn courtroom mystery series. Its authors include Chinese and foreign names such as Wang Zengqi, Mao Dun, Yasunari Kawabata, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius, reflecting a publishing profile that brings together Chinese prose, foreign literature, and philosophical and social science classics.

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FAQ

Is the ending HE?

The information explicitly marks it as 1V1 and HE; the emotional line has a clear landing point and is not open-ended or tragic. There is sourness and forbearance early on, but the overall direction is toward drawing closer and letting go.

Does the sister's romance with the male lead take up a lot of space?

The sister falling in love with Xia Shiqing at first sight and becoming his partner is the core background that drives Shen Siyu's forbearance. The information does not specify the proportion of space, but this line mainly serves as emotional pressure rather than an independently developed love-triangle main plot.

Is it suitable for someone who has not read the author's other works to start directly?

Yes. This is a standalone story and does not depend on previous works. As long as you accept the hidden-love-fulfilled and slow-burn inner-monologue style, you can read it directly.

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About the author

苏玛丽 Author

Su Mali is an author in the field of Chinese online romance and youth literature. Publicly available information about her is limited: her nationality, dates of birth and death, and real name are not clearly recorded. The library currently holds twenty-four of her works, including representative titles such as Upstairs and Downstairs, Deity, Stealing Joy, Dog Man, Soft Fragrance, Exchange, Fishbone, and Model. Judging from these titles and the common categories, her writing centers mainly on modern romance and youth literature, with themes often revolving around the emotional entanglements of urban men and women, intimate relationships, and psychological fluctuations during youthful growth. Her narratives tend to emphasize emotional tension between characters and everyday details, and her book titles are relatively direct and colloquial, carrying a certain flavor of online literature. Because verifiable biographical information is insufficient, her writing experience and literary influence cannot be further described; readers may learn about her work through the titles mentioned above.