The final chapter's portrayal of the stepmother's emotions left me unsettled. The revelation that she was coerced into an abortion is a heavy one, with profound emotional repercussions that are often overlooked. In a well-paced narrative, this plot point could have been explored with greater depth and nuance. Unfortunately, the rushed ending relegates it to a superficial plot device, diminishing its significance.

I remember reading the TL's notes about how she wishes there was an alt universe where Shen Boyan goes back in time to make up for his mistakes. A bit like the extra arc in Face of a Devil. But let me say: ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Shen Boyan is a s*upid piece of clay that shouldn't even dare of wishing to go back in time & undo his mistakes. I don't believe in redemption for him. He hasn't really done anything worth my sympathies after his epiphanies aside from crying & getting a cold several times. He wallows only in guilt & regrets, which should be the proper conclusion for the dude. He needs to get over it & live a life that doesn't include MC

• Xun Xun forgot his stuffs in his dorm, especially THAT SUPER EXPENSIVE WATCH! And even the coat! I think it'll be cute addition if author didn't forgot about this details.
• Author forgot about Xun Xun's family even on the wedding day... dude I was looking forward to see his little bro get better and communicate with him.
• Author didn't pay attention to interesting side characters.
• Author didn't bother to give us even 1 chapter extra about Tang Li & Assistant Jin and Xiao Tang & Senior Pei... Bruh I was looking forward for it...
• The part where they punish the witch is boring, there's no follow up face slap after sending her to police.
• Author didn't even give us a glimpse of what happen to SBH in the end, he just disappeared...
• Author focused to much on our leads that she ended up treating the side characters as decorations when they are all interesting, even the senior Xun Xun worked with at the school before.
• There's something that's bothering me but I can't point out what it is...
  
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like why couldn't he ever just openly and honestly say that ML is his BF/fiance/husband. One of the extras he tries to hide it until 1 of the girls from his class notice ML on TV is the same from his moments

during a thunderstorm when he is 5 years old, he witnesses his mother falling to the ground in an apparent su*cide. She fell outiside while he was staring out the window at the rain. This makes him have a recurring nightmare about it, and leads him to hate rain, lightning, reflections on glass, making him fall into a deep depression.

The twist that made the ML blacken is that the step mom is the one who actually mu*dered his mom while arguing with her. He spent most of his childhood hating his mom for leaving him alone then he finds out that the woman who replaced her and he lived with is the one that killed her, this makes him snap in the OG novel. Of course in this one the power of love saves the day ☺️

ML takes MC into utmost consideration and respect, MC does the same but keeps him more or less still at an arm's length over the majority of the course of the story, like with how he addresses ML. ML needed a lot of security from MC's side and ML was naturally romantic and caring enough while MC was just enjoying these benefits and reciprocating it all instead of giving anything back.

It's also uncomfortable how he tells ML that he's ill and will be better when being asked by ML if he was afraid of him. While I like to remind people that MC himself was born with a permanent weak constitution, so whether physical or mental, sometimes illnesses don't go away. I felt like it could've been phrased better by the author not to make ML feel like he's only worthy of love and care once he's completely recovered.

Later when he tried to steer ML off course of his Villain role, he didn't do it subtly either and it felt almost accusatory most of the time as if ML's doing something shady w/o him knowing, showing his little trust in him.

If it wasn't for his occasional le*d train of thoughts, I wouldn't have liked MC at all, he felt too... sterile? Too pure? Like a little child, too naive.

Also, very tunnel vision type of narrative. Spotlight focuses on the main couple and forgets a lot of side characters unless they're needed, like MC's family (younger stepbrother, mother, and stepfather).

Another instance of absolute discomfort for readers might be when the stepfather of MC who never mistreated the host or the current version of him was ignored when MC&ML came to announce their relationship. Younger stepbrother didn't even get a single appearance. It was said he felt a connection to the mother but only spoke to her over the phone but she was also never mentioned afterward.

They didn't even appear at their wedding.

MC was drugged and ML was suffering under his trauma induced mental illness. And as you know, things happen when it's dark.

*wiggles eyebrows*

btw, I liked MC told ML he was a transmigrated person. I also loved ML was completely honest with MC about why he wanted to marry, even showing exams and all

like, when they're both alone, MC starts kissing ML not thinking like "wow it's a kiss like a real couple" but "Mr. Wants that and he's sick and I want to help him feeling comfortable so i'll help". MC, please ??????

btw, I don't think MC calling ML "mr" is just to be formal, but more bc he got used with before they start being a couple (it's a little confusing to explain with a few words)

and when MC started calling ML "husband" I totally forgave him