Breaking off an engagement was a type of narrative in online literature. It usually referred to the protagonist's emotional experience. For some reason, the protagonist chose to leave the marriage or divorce to find his own happiness again. Although the topic of breaking off an engagement was popular in the online literature world, it was not easy to answer the question of whether it had become a thing of the past because different readers had different levels of acceptance towards it. In the eyes of some readers, breaking off the engagement was a novel way of narration that could increase the interest and legibility of the work. In the eyes of other readers, it might be seen as too negative and irresponsible. Excellent Chinese comics would also use different narrative methods to attract different types of readers. Therefore, whether or not the engagement was canceled depended on the target audience of the work and the personal preferences of the author.