I started to seriously dislike her when she made chuanchuan do that thousand word praise and then read it out load and she recorded it, it also irked me when she was making fun of the green hair, but when the two finally start coming together, she got way better and I didn’t dislike her anymore

how spoiled she acted and her doing the live-streaming was super annoying, and how she didn’t feel even a tiny bit guilty that a creepy fan of her had scared the sh*t out of her sister really annoyed me. The thing that seriously got me tho was when chuanchuan confessed abt her relationship and her sister actually talked about how chuanchuan was so inferior to murong and how it’s weird that muring likes her. Like that’s your sister, come on. I liked her more when she supported their relationship tho, and I liked her a lot when she stood up to their father for chuanchuan

when she obv liked Fang Qin (I liked her the entire time) it was super annoying that she thought she shouldn’t be in a relationship with her and after they had already had s*x she had run off like that, like imagine how that made her feel. However I was super glad when ange moved to S-City to be with fang qin so I didn’t dislike her anymore

the female lead rejected her she went like a s*umbag just in a week??? She brought a girl as her new assistant and kept comparing no rather than comparing it's more like she's telling to the female lead their similarities and keep doing le*d stuffs in the dorm where the female lead could hear it

Characters in general were acceptably deep. This is somewhat linked to the subdued drama, as characters like Murong Shi's father can't be pure s*um in order to match the tone of having drama not blow up while also not feeling like characters are being doormats. Another noteworthy example is Jiang Shaohua, who is sort of scummy but has his own principles and overall very quickly pivots from the initial impression of "oh, the shitty fiance who'll get slapped in the face" as circumstances are revealed (again still kind of scummy though). Aside from characters that are not really given screentime (although even Linda, who has a very minor role, is given a bit of an 'actually nice person' arc), Fragrant Citrus is probably the closest to a single dimensional character. She's given some potential depth but it's never really explored, which I think is overall fine since the characters we follow very much have reasons to not sympathize with her or look into her circumstances.

Most arcs were enjoyable to read without much in particular to comment on more specifically, but a few things are worth mentioning. Some character traits probably could've done with a bit more exploration or foreshadowing in the story. For example, Xu Changchang's self-deprecation and jumping-to-conclusions is fairly well established, but especially when combined with her rarely shown outbreaks of jealousy they can occasionally feel a little bit out of character. An easy example is the very brief "is she cheating" arc at the very end of the book (in comparison, the "is she cheating" arc where Murong Shi was hiding her meetings with the publishing lady felt relatively in character for her considering the circumstances and personality). I also think that while the subdued nature of the coming out arc made sense for the tone and length given to the arc, there were some setups that I was surprised never paid off - Jiang Shaohua never explictly finding out felt odd considering the multiple 'hints' Murong Shi ended up giving off during various plot arcs, and the company gossip sections felt like setup for a payoff that never came. Overall though, the plot progression was still enjoyable and these were minor issues.

Side plots were generally alright. There were two main subplots, one major and one minor. The minor one involving Xu Xiangxiang bending was honestly pretty decent; due to length there's only so much that it could accomplish but I feel like it was an interesting aside for a character I was given enough to like. The Fang Qin/Ange plot was alright. I think this was a case of trying to do too much while allocating too little screentime. We did get a complete arc and got to see the relationship grow, which is why I'm classifying it as alright, but I think for this arc to really work, we would've needed to get more shown on their mindsets and interactions over the course of the relationship.

Also, Ange is so frustrating with how she treats Fang Qin. What's the point? It's not like she suffered so much trauma from that citrus girl not to trust her. I almost pity Fang Qin for almost chasing her when she keeps on running away. Well atleast she did one good thing and atleast moved for her in the end. And xuanxuan suddenly became bent at the end, I understand if it's because she only doesn't realize it.. But they make it sound like people can really bend for reading GL like no it's not like that 💀

the story is so slow and mundane at first and on the few last chapters, the author summarized three years worth of happenings in few chapters. What about murong's company? How high did it reach? Did she became the president from being the vice president? How about her dad? He has such strong opinion but ended up accepting just bec of murong's mom? And chuanchuan's father is more stubborn that a tradional rich man who only likes money? Should be the other way around right? It revolves on chuanchuan's novel to the point where she doesn't look like she's working a day job anymore. Also, This story was written is 2018 so how can they not be married in other countries and do IVF for a kid? The author make it sound like it's in the 80's and no such technology and thing exists. There's many plotholes here including how small her salary is, etc etc.