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Suddenly, the unmarried twenty-year-old Ye Zhizhou had many more relatives, yet it was too late for him to clearly understand the circumstances as he nearly died in a car accident. After that, he somehow managed to survive and was even forcibly bound to a Salvation System.

How is it salvation?

Harems destroy worlds! Preventing a harem will save them!

. . . .

Ok, prevent harems. After seeing the entire system introduction, the corners of Ye Zhizhou’s mouth twitched. In order to return home safely, he decisively began his risky journey, he’d just treat it as if he was playing a large-scale strategy game.

Since then, the people the protagonist would rescue, he rescued first. The businesses the protagonist would make, he made first. The little brother the protagonist would take in, he took in first. The cliff the protagonist would jump off of, he jumped off of first. The gay s*x the protagonist would have, he’d have. . . . Wait wait, can’t do this one, change it, let me change it.

???: No, you can do this one.

Ye Zhizhou (alarmed): Who’s speaking?

???: Your husband.

Ye Zhizhou: . . . .

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Luôn Có Vai Chính Vọng Tưởng Mở Rộng Hậu Cung
总有主角妄想开后宫
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ShhhReadingStories
ShhhReadingStories
October 11, 2024
Status: c169
I don't really leave reviews but felt the need to do so with this one to give potential readers a heads up on what to expect going in. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the story, and I'm grateful for the translator taking their time to translate this into English for us, but it definitely needs an editor. I appreciate the fact that it's super hard to edit your own work since your mind skips over mistakes because it knows what you *meant* to say, and I feel that's probably... more>> what happened here.

CONS - All Editing

  1. Genders were consistently stated incorrectly
  2. Characters had the same name (in one arc two characters had the same name and in another one 3 characters - a father and his two sons - were all named "Zou Qing" with no way of differentiating who was who)
  3. Names kept going between translations and original (ie Bai Lili could sometimes be called White Lilly and Dongfang Shu was sometimes noted as The East Shu or Eastern Shu.
  4. Paragraphs kept repeating with slight alterations (ie for example something like "He went to sit down because he was tired" followed immediately by "because he was tired he sat down" and then by something like "being tired, he sat down". This example wasn't one taken from the stories, just examples of what the repetition was like).
PROS

  1. Other than the editing issues I feel like this was translated quite nicely. Word choices were appropriate and I could imagine what was happening -- when I wasn't confused which Zhou Qing was which etc.
  2. ML and MC work through their issues (especially ML's problem with control). They still have a ways to go but they actually *talk* through their issues instead of running away or letting things fester, and I admire that in a couple.
  3. The antagonist felt original to me. It might not have ever felt too intimidating but it wasn't anything to sneer at either. Had the MC and ML been other people I don't know if they would've done as well against it.
  4. Interesting little twists. I especially liked the twist in the arc I like to call "The Ballad of Too Many Zou Qings".
The ending is abrupt and feels like there should be one or two oneshots to complete it (but that's on the author not the translator). I want to stress that I'm not complaining against or tr*shing the translator. I have absolutely no skill in this department and I'm super grateful that they took so much time out of their own schedule to take on and finish this project. I'm very grateful that I was able to read this story because of their hard work on it!

Like I said, it just needs some editing. <<less
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hy-d-ra
hy-d-ra rated it
August 31, 2019
Status: Completed
Start it and give it a chance, don't give up to get to good parts.

For English-speaking users, suffer through first 30 chapters of translation that has an MTL scent, it will be worth it I promise. Not to mention that beginning is a bit messy, but later you can feel author put a lot of effort in creating a better story. And the ending comes together really well.

Satisfactory factors to me:

    • The MC starts with a cheat of spiritual power, and I thought it would be another story with boring easily achieved world task, but boy was I wrong. After few worlds the difficulty gets higher and MC has to adopt to situations, some turns he chooses are unpredictable and interesting, no unnecessary lyrics, everything there to progress the plot;
    • Lovable MC: his cute reactions to story progress, interactions with the system, how he cares for wronged leads, all in all he's quite cute, kind and all in all a good MC;
    • After some time it gets heavier on the story than MC/ML romance, and I'm not mad about it, some arcs are really well-done and despite them being relatively short they still leave a strong impression with interesting plot twists, that by themselves could be expanded in full stories. During this time ML indeed becomes like a furniture, but the exciting plot saves the day and this is more shounen ai type of story, so don't expect steam;
    • Many authors of QT genre dump info on the story at once, but with this novel it actually makes more sense and fits the progress of the story (because spoilers the initial story may change and it has a reason for that) ;
    • I would call it an exciting read, after first few wrolds when the story starts to settle down and have a direction to more interesting plot twists and turns it gets quite exciting. The best part is how when the plot of the world is revealed it seems cliche and ridiculous, but the way author changes it is what is worth it.
Solid 4, 8 for everything. One of the finest QT novels, I wish the beginning was re-edited, but let's leave it as that :) Can't Play Chess lives to their name, if you read more than 1 of their novels you know that they have their style on story twists, but they also try themselves in different type of stories and by polishing their style they truly shined in novels of recent years.
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Smtha
Smtha
September 27, 2024
Status: Completed
I surprised myself that I am able to finish this without quitting among, all the messy chapters, wrong names, repeating names, skip chapters, confusion, repetitive paragraphs, this story should be good as I did finish this despite all the confusion. The MC is op with all the gold finger and of course with the op ML there’s all very interesting face slapping and good drama. All arcs are very interesting. And it does have a good explanation at the end. It’s just that it isn’t read proof. So there’s alot... more>> of time just gloss over or just guest every things. So confused sometimes. I would recommend to read if there’s a new translation. Or if you don’t mind the messy translation then give it a go. Thank you <<less
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Rollandx
Rollandx rated it
July 8, 2024
Status: Completed
The story is good, well conceptualized. The QT does not occur without a reason, the origins of MC and ML are clear. The origin of the 'system' is also clear, although until the end I still don't know for what reason it arrived in the worlds.

The world development is quite unique, not cliche. ML is a typical ML in CN novels. MC's personality is quite changeable, sometimes firm, sometimes wishy-washy.

Hollywood translation is quite bad, like MTL with few edits. Names keep changing, sometimes pinyin, sometimes in English. Or even several... more>> people have the same name, there was one arc where the names of the OG MC, his brother and his father were the same, so throughout the novel I kept wondering who was who.

There is a translation of Peachpitting that seems better, but they locked their translation and their discord server is still not available to the public. <<less
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ChaneShriel
ChaneShriel rated it
January 8, 2022
Status: c127
The novel is sooo good. I always wait for the updates before. But then, I think the translators changed, I don't really know what happened to them, but they were so good at translating this novel, I loved them.

I hope this gets translated more regularly though, I missed the old times. I've reread this many times already and I don't get tired of it at all. All the arcs are well-written and well translated. It would be very sad not to continue this.
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remyrem
remyrem rated it
October 3, 2021
Status: c97
Edit: Read from c29 to c97 so I'm updating my comment.

I cannot stress enough that this is the kind of novel that serious people probably won't like, but is great for people who just want a light read.

The "canon plot"s get wilder and wilder as time passes. Just from reading, I can tell the author is having a lot of fun thinking of insane plot twists. Most of them don't really make sense after you really think about it, and some of them make me feel like I've lost years... more>> off my life, but if you turn your brain off they can be fun to read.

Minor spoilers below, I tried to avoid explicit spoilers but I need to spoil a bit for the pros and cons.

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Speaking of twists, author seems to really love the "character a is actually different" twist, especially "protag is actually a horrible person". None of the worlds' protags actually act how the plot says they should, and characters also tend to act differently. The MC especially tends to give up acting like the host fairly quickly, and ML tends to influence his current incarnation quite a bit.

One twist that doesn't show up, thankfully, is the "MLs in each world are revealed to be the main ML all along". ML meets MC in the first world, and in all subsequent worlds MC is aware of ML. (ML is also sort of aware of MC, but his understanding somewhat changes in each world, he mostly just seems to know that he has someone he loves from his past life.)

It's a little disappointing- once you know who ML is, you know the only "romance" will be between those two, but because they already love each other their romance is just 100% deredere with some vinegar and possessiveness thrown in for flavoring. Ironically, it makes the story seem more gen than BL (aside from the light smutty scenes).

Plot wise, it's also a lil lackluster. Sure the plot is wild, and you don't always know how MC will get through this time, but you know he definitely will get through it. OP amd system are a lil too OP and takes away all the tension. It's like watching a detective show where it fades to black whenever a clue is found so you have no idea what's going on and are just along for the ride.

And speaking of the BL, another reason I really don't think serious people should read this, aside from the wild and insane twists, is because author seems to be very fond of using common "problematic BL tropes" (and some GL tropes in one world) for fun. I don't mind it, but YMMV.

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The translation is actually pretty good and understandable. All in all, I would probably grade this as 5/10 as a serious novel, but 10/10 as just something to read that's gonna take me on a wild ride. <<less
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PyonYan
PyonYan rated it
November 5, 2020
Status: Completed
Edited, previous review (below) was written when reading the last few arcs. The first half or 2/3 or the novel was amazing. It had a good premise with the given plot data missing information each world and the MC having to figure out what was actually going on. It was interesting. MC was smart and ML was devoted and OP. It was a really satisfying read. However it took a turn when
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the ML retained his memories

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From then on, MC had wayy too much of a bleeding heart. He also started to no longer have the smarts he showed in the previous worlds. And the author got worst with the whole sudden revealing of facts at the climax when those facts weren't even mentioned before. Such as at the climax MC going "oh I figured out the villain's plans because he did x, y and z" when x, y and z were not mentioned at all earlier in the story. The MC really starting to annoy me and reading the story made me irritated instead enjoying it. And the last arc, oh the last arc. How I hate the last arc and the final reveal about the truth. It even directly contradicts a previous hint that the MC made sure to emphasise as being very important!!
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so in one of the later arcs MC got to ask a protag whether they/their souls were tools for the villain to use. The protag said no. And then it turns out that they were! While the protag souls weren't directly created by the villain, most were pieced together (which isn't it creating also?) by the villain and planted and used by the villain in the various worlds. How in the world does this point to the protag souls not being tools used by the villain?????

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It wasn't really the Truth itself so much as the execution of it along with the previous given hints, and my issues with the MC himself at that point.

Old review:

I can't help but to have to rant halfway through reading this chapter. I still really like this novel and it's still really interesting to read, but the MC is really frustrating me. It's like he's smart except when the plot needs him to not be. Then he'll miss the most obvious things. It's so frustrating because it's like, is this even the same character?? How could the previously smart and perceptive MC be the same as the current blind af MC omg.

So MC is supposed to be smart. Not OP smart but above average smart. He was able to foil the villains plans in most of the previous worlds, but after about halfway through the novel
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after ML is revealed and he has his memories back

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MC just starts dismissing important stuff. And okay, in the previous arcs he didn't realise it in time. Fine. But then in the current arc he does. He even deduces the villain's plans and figure out their tricks, but then doesn't place importance on it. When things moved according to the initial assumption, he just thinks that the initial assumption must be true and his deduction isn't. When in his deduction he deduces that things might move according to the original assumption as a red herring anyway. Its like he just forgot all his suspicions the very next chapter!!!!

Spoiler

And he investigates everyone but the one plot character closest to him. Because MC kind of views him as a sort of adoptive son and is soft hearted by his sweet and silly personality. When MC knows how crafty the villain is and how the villain could literally be anyone (except ML) in the world. And MC even knows that the villain is now targeting him specifically!!!!

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Idzin
Idzin rated it
January 8, 2018
Status: c15
This is a very interesting read! If you're a fan of FOD, then you will ABSOLUTELY LOVE this story. Both of the stories might seem similar at first, but you'll notice the differences as you read this along.

Really recommended!!
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Rinth
Rinth rated it
December 10, 2017
Status: c1
This one is very entertaining with the MC breaking harems. It's well made, translated good, and very addicting. You'll want to binge read.
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Heeroyuy
Heeroyuy rated it
August 25, 2024
Status: c13
A less than average novel.

The ML was basically mentally handicapped (not in a literal sense) before the MC transmigrated. For someone who managed a corporation, his lack of vigilance was quite revolting. He's also able to fall in love in a drop of a hat. Reading up to this point, the author repeteadly emphasized how the MC caught his attention by simply looking more lively etc.

As for the plot, the author just wanted the MC and ML to quickly hook up that she decided to just brush off the details... more>> of the Wen family's downfall in less than 1 chapter. To think that the aforementioned family schemed so thoroughly against the original owner's whole kin. But lo and behold, their tongue kiss was more important in the grand scheme of things. <<less
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IndriiNovita
IndriiNovita rated it
May 1, 2024
Status: c129
The start was good, but as the story goes down I got bored and eventually I read until chapter 129 in one week?

For reference, I can read 129 chapters in one day if the story is interesting!!

I kind of forget the storyline in that one week, skip several part, so..

One and foremost reason is the translations not so good. Some part the characters name got mix, error here & there, repetitive translations a few times

So..

This was not my cup of tea
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spod
spod rated it
September 4, 2022
Status: Completed
Rating-4.6/5

Normally I would write an indepth review about the whole novel and all its arcs, but this novel has ALOT of arcs I've already forgotten a few in b/w. So this review may not be 100% accurate.

Plot-4.7/8

I found myself more immersed in the plot than I thought I would be. For some arcs even when the ML hadn't appeared for a long time and there was basically no romance, I didn't even care and found the story very interesting. IMO the least interesting arc (for me)... more>> was the last one. I felt like they were just dragging it on.

Main CP-4.8/5

At first this CP seemed to be a cliche dynamic with OP and possessive ML and cute MC. But during the story, whenever the ML got extra possessive or went over the line, the MC always tried to correct him and did not let the ML get away with his bs. Eventually the ML, out of guilt, changed himself a bit and became less possessive.

MC-5/5

I personally really liked this MC. I love his personality, his morals, how he clears the missions, how he doesn't let the ML control him etc.

Ml-4.8/5

Like I said before, ML was every possessive but toned it down a notch. During one of the arcs the ML got insecure and tried to cut off MC from the rest of the world. I personally felt a bit of sympathy for him. He's a good character and fits the MC well and is willing to travel and wait for hundreds or even thousands of years for MC.

Notable Side Character-5/5

Tongtian (or "system") - I love tongtian so much definitely my favorite side character in this whole novel. Unlike in many other stories where the system is an unhelpful villain, tongtian is adorable and is on the MC's side no matter what and risked it's life multiple times for MC.

Spoiler Section-

ML&TongTian
Spoiler

The ML's name is Dongfangshu and he's an op immortal being and his origins and etc are explained in the last arc. ML and tongtian come from the same place (world) and tongtian isn't exactly a system, he is an aritfact.

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MC's original world and family
Spoiler

in MC's orginal world everyone is classified by mental and physical strength, the MC specialises in mental strength. So in the og world the MC died of a car accident which was actually a mu*der planned by the Ren family. But in the second last arc MC went back to his orginal world and got his memoirs of Dongfangshu and Tongtian wiped and his mental strength increased to Triple s (SSS). MC is a Gene researcher of some sort and almost finished an important project but ended up dying in the car crash before he could finish it. MC's is an illegitimate child of the Ren family. MC's father created this machine which helped the Ren family become Mainstream again. But the Ren family drugged (?) And ruined MC's dad life and eventually killed him. I'm too lazy to type Any more spoilers so just read the novel at this point.

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I highly suggest you read this novel.

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drollawake
drollawake rated it
July 1, 2020
Status: c82
I usually complain about slow pacing but this novel has taken it too far in the opposite direction. I barely have enough time to get to know the characters in each story so I don't even care about that obligatory summary paragraph about how they lived the rest of their lives.

Events also progress in a very unnatural manner just to keep the plot moving fast. How do you go from telling someone that you stole his childhood friend's identity to taking him on a trip to dig up the corpse... more>> of that friend in the same day? So many issues are skipped and not even hand-waved away to get to the next plot event.

Pulling out miraculous pills out of nowhere to poison or heal people, shouldn't Ye Zhizhou look super suspicious flaunting these powers all the time? How does he reveal these things and yet have no one question whether he's lying and framing the protagonist of the world? Who are these people and where can I find them? I have so many "investment projects" for them to put their money in. <<less
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procrastination_day
procrastination_day
May 12, 2020
Status: c108
Gave it an average rating but if the story continues to improve as it shows promise to do I'll rate it as 4*.

This story has a weak start and it oly really starts becoming interesting after the arcs reach the level of dificult.

Rather than romance and BL, this main genre should actually be mystery since the main attraction of this novel is how MC manages to unravel and discover the plots that are really behind the mary sue halo of the protagonist.

What sets this story apart from other quick transmigration... more>> novels is that the plot summaries given in every world are by an unriliable narrator that hide the protagonissts true scheems.

Otherwise the system is discreetly overpowered, providing seemingly unlimited worlddefying pills to the protagonist. The protagonist is openly overpowered because of his spirit sence due to him coming from futuristic world which is more advanced than most worlds he visits and the ML is just a huge golden thigh in every single world that MC doesn't even need to hug for him to solve the more complicated plot points.

Although all of the antagonists in this story are pretty darn formidable the MC surfs through them without to much effort so there is not much supsence.

Hence this story is recommended for those how want a relaxing but intellectually stimulating read. <<less
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Marshii
Marshii rated it
June 23, 2019
Status: 105
I read this story before but left off at chapter 20 something because I became busy and eventually I forgot about this novel and lost interest in it. I just recently started to reread it from chapter 1 and I've read all the way to the recent update chapter in just one day. It's similar to the plot of FOD and HDS with world hopping and a smart MC and possessive ML.

... more>>
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However, the difference in this novel is that the ML has slight personality changes in each world, with each body he's in making the plot interesting (although of course he stays devoted and loving to the MC). The MC is also tasked with destroying the harem of the og protagonist in each world, with each world getting more difficult and the number of harem members increasing. It's also an HE ending at the end of each world.

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This story also isn't only focused on the steamy scenes and intimacy between ML and MC, but the author also focuses a lot on developing plot. All in all, it's a great read. Although it has the familiar elements of world hopping/transmigration, a system administrator, and clever MC and ML, it still is different in a lot of ways to other novels and I definitely recommend it :) <<less
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Ality
Ality rated it
April 28, 2024
Status: c169
Arcs:

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Summary:

  • Arc 1. Modern times, MC is adopted into ML's family, fem protagonist of the world lost her memory.
  • Arc 2. Modern times, Entertainment industry (though there aren't any acting scenes, it is entertainment setting just in name). Fem protagonist is reborn.
  • Arc 3. Ancient times, Male protagonist is reborn from modern times.
  • Arc 4. Zombie apocalypse (Chinese, of course, with special abilities).
  • Arc 5. Modern times, Impostor child. I like hidden truth in the matter.
  • Arc 6. Martial cultivation
  • Arc 7. Ancient times + m!preg world (not with MC of course) + impostor child
  • Arc 8. Modern times, taoists and soul traveling
  • Arc 9. VR game + cooking business
  • Arc 10. Future world, mecha, mental power bla-bla + omegaverse
  • Arc 11. Kingdom with male and female role swap (male give birth, matriarchal rule system). MC gets ML's real name
  • Arc 12. MC is a dog + superpowers (not exactly though)
  • Arc 13. Beast world (transformation into beasts)
  • Arc 14. MC's world (futuristic)
  • Arc 15. ML's world (chinese cultivation) the End
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I can't say that I like it more than FOD, but this novel has its own appeal. Just some points: MC is very clever, but softhearted, he is not a badass as FOD's MC. ML is typical jealous yandere (love this type).

Positives:

    1. Plots of the worlds are not so simple as it seems in the beginning, simple harem love story eventually turns out to be entangled drama every time. This plus covers up with lack of story action.
    2. MC is very clever. He is genius, but chances to use his geniusness are little, he mostly use objects provided by the system, or skills achieved in other worlds, where they weren't anything extraordinary.
    3. MC and ML have sweet interactions. Dog food am-nyam-nyam
What I didn't like:

    1. It's too rushed in the beginning. I didn't like how MC and ML started relationship at all! ML few chapters from the beginning just like "you're mine, no objections", it's good that MC already felt like he is in love with him and accepted him after that, but it's too forced. Few first plots in terms of tasks and story solving rushed like this too. It's like author just throws us into the water of his novel, and ONLY AFTER THAT he teaches and shows us how to swim through it.
    2. Translation. Don't read "Phiare", it's just MTL, terrible. "Hollywood smt" is hardly readable too... messed pronouncements, names (sometimes I couldn't even figure out the story at all!) and grammar deviations, different mistakes and typos... Even I, as English is not my mother language, am annoyed at this terribly.
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      Aaaand it seems stolen, they didn't even erase all of the traces

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      Maybe there's another translation, better one, don't know.
    3. It only seems as difficulty rising, actually MC put almost the same amount of work in each world.
    4. Action scenes are very very little, there's some only in the final arc. When MC is actor he is not acting, when he is from cooking family he almost doesn't cook at all. Sad.
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Destiny Slayer
Destiny Slayer rated it
March 1, 2024
Status: c62
This novel is a bit different from other world hopping novel. The thing that I like from this novel is every story has a twist and MC has a doubt about the main story/plot that the system give in every world. The MC isn't s*upid, he is smart and we can feel that. Other novel that are similar like this novel type, always describe their MC as a smart person but some of their MC didn't even doubt the plot/story given by the sistem for each world.
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di_immortales
di_immortales rated it
November 27, 2023
Status: --
actually, this novel didn't seem too bad. However, there were some things I disliked, which other viewers have pointed out.

1. Translation quality gradually deteriorates. At one point, the plot line briefing was completely unintelligible because the names kept getting confused. The father, brother and protagonist all had the same name... e.g. "Now it's almost certain that Zhou Qing and Zhou Qing's identities were swapped during the smallpox incident with Tao Dong... No wonder in the plot, Tao Dong was so cold-hearted towards her own son. So, if the two of... more>> them exchanged identities when they were children, then the later substitution event was when the fake Zhou Qing knocked out the real Zhou Qing and married her fiancé under Zhou Qing's identity, which originally belonged to Zhou Qing?"

2. Convoluted, overused plot; the 'mistaken identity' trope was used too often. In the first arc it was used, it turned out quite well, but needed some thinking to decipher, especially with the less than perfect translation quality. The author was probably encouraged with the positive reception of this arc, and proceeded to use it again at around chapter seventy. But it went wrong, and it started to feel like the author was trying too hard to incorporate multiple plot twists. As THISBRO said, the author got confused themselves...

3. Bland characters. The male lead is his backer, most of the time. If he's not, he's there to provide the intimate scenes which aren't exactly that interesting.. but it could just be me. His personality is as if he was manufactured for loving the MC, with no real character depth. Also... this one part really turned me off. So
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the scenario is this. ML is husband. Technically, ex husband. This man didn't even know he was married. He comes into the scene where MC is getting divorce papers from MIL. Instantly falls in love, just because his soul somehow recognises him. Boring, but whatever. But later, this man actually forces himself on MC. His logic is that he is his husband. Now, one can argue that the MC is willing, but this reads to me uncomfortably like 'date r*pe'. MC repeatedly tells him to stop, but ML doesn't. I'll let you judge with this excerpt.

You were my husband from the start, " Shen Tingwei said as he unbuttoned Ye Zhizhou's inner robe and pressed down on him. He looked deeply into Ye Zhizhou's eyes. "Qingqing, you can only belong to me, and you can only marry me."

Ye Zhizhou's body felt weak, clearly drugged. He grew angrier and snapped, "Are you planning to r*pe me?"

"No, I'll wait until you're willing, " Shen Tingwei replied, still pinning him down. "For now, you can only marry me."

What kind of feudal logic was this, where someone could only marry the person who saw their body? Ye Zhizhou was too exhausted to argue and vented his frustration internally, all the while cursing the system. "Wait until I'm willing? Your body doesn't seem to agree with that!"

ML says he will wait, but he doesn't. He later pounces on him. This situation is uncomfortably played down and treated as minor... but it just doesn't sit right with me. However, it's not very blatant, so go ahead if you're fine with it. The MC doesn't have much reaction to it.

But here, another detail... When the ML is trying to fk MC, he smirks and says 'you have a reaction, so you actually like it.' Now, I don't actual, y know that much about s*x, but from another novel, Turns Out I'm Crazy, being hard or 'arousal' does not equal consent. I searched it up, and it seems I'm right. Anyway, it's just my personal decision to drop this novel.

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The plot started being boring and bland towards the end, so I didn't have much interest left anyway. But if you want to read this novel, it's best not to think too hard. Just turn off your brain and enjoy the mildly questionable plots.

ACTUALLY, TWO STARS <<less
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Nizze
Nizze
October 17, 2023
Status: Completed
I liked it quite a lot actually.

My only complaints are 2:

ML's jealousy and possessiveness can get really annoying at some point. It's understandable at first but it doesn't get better. To the point even MC gets mad when he becomes extreme and fights with him. But they make up and the story goes on. But ML is still a bit vinegar vat. He doesn't get less jealous and possessive... he only controls himself. While I do like that MC stands his ground I don't really like the super possessive and... more>> jealous trait on MLs.

And the second... the plots really get convoluted in the later arcs. Like... the plot thickened too much.. and it got kinda boring. I skim-read a couple arc tbh. And maybe because of it the ending felt kinda bland...

But it's a good one overall. <<less
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erialolita
erialolita rated it
November 9, 2022
Status: Completed
The arcs in the first half were pretty entertaining, but when the harem got up to 5+ and the ML remembers his past, the story became tedious to read.

The MC is probably the best part of this book. My absolute favorite part is in the beastman arc when MC stands up for himself to ML in a healthy way. It was the first time I've ever seen a MC like this.

ML I liked to begin with, then started to be iffy about him in the middle, really started to dislike... more>> him towards the end, then he redeems himself in the last arc. His regression and growth in the story was interesting, but still not fond of him.

The system is really the star of the novel. It is cute and not annoying, even if the system can't give the MC all the info. The relationship the system and the MC is cute.

All in all this is a novel to read if you're bored and have nothing else to read. I'm not mad I read it but will probably not read again

I didn't know there was a translation out there (password protected translation) so I MTL'd the whole thing. MTL is passable, but some parts were confusing. <<less
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