2.5 stars
reading this makes me want to tear someone’s hair out (Zhu Li’s specifically) and the ending makes me so mad it’s so azz. I need to see that bxtxh suffer and go bald, gawd Im so mad SBL and NY should have taken their revenge on him. He ruined them when SBL and NY could have had a sweet, blossoming love story. NY’s mom is also detestable, one of the worst moms ever.
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The ML is a trash, I agree, and he could be really cruel. But the infuriating part is, I couldn’t bring myself to hate him. Just like the MC, Song BaLao is also a victim. I wish he could be someone un redeemable so I could put him easily in my ‘garbage ml list’. However, he was tricked, abused and had no idea that all the horrible shits that happened between him and Nin Yu were planned out by Zhu Li. I couldn’t blame him for his distrust and I think his bond with Nin Yu when they were young wasn’t strong enough to have built an absolute trust between them. Nin Yu having a weak personality didn’t help either like bro is also infuriating. He won’t speak up when it is necessary, he’s too forgiving and he always lied to Song Balao. He didn’t bother to fix any misunderstanding between them and just let them get worsen for the sake of angst. Though I feel bad for him since he’d been through a lot. I know the plot is kinda shitty but damn the angst is a real deal. I got teary eyed when NY, having to cope from losing his son, planted this plant using his unborn child’s ashes. It was heartbreaking. Also when SBL told NY that he won’t love NY’s child because he hated him, told him that he wasn’t fit to be a parent and the worst part, when SBL broke the vase that contained their unborn child’s ashes and even stepped on them. It was the most cruel act and as much as I wanted to curse SBL, he didn’t know they had a child and NY lied to him. You could also understand SBL’s anger at that time since he almost lost his own son. I don’t excuse any of SBL’s horrible actions but you cannot help but empathize with him. SBL’s reaction was satisfying though, when he finally learned about their unborn child and where NY had put him to rest.
I’m not satisfied with the ending. It wasn’t mentioned in the manhwa what happened to Zhu Li like that bxtxh doesn’t deserve to thrive. Same goes with NY’s mom. I understand that the manhwa was dropped but the ending was so rushed and felt incomplete. Might as well just read the novel for a better and more satisfying conclusion
Chen Shang