WARNING FOR ALL THOSE ROMANCE LOVERS! *SPOILER ALERT* I really really loved this book. It's full of interesting ideas and written extremely well. It's not your typical novel. It's a novel with a twist: ghosts! The story is so exciting that I had to stay awake to read it. One arc had me comepletely hooked where I really couldn't take my eyes off but was afraid to continue reading at the same time. I had goosebumbs all over. BUT if you are a romance lover OR hate posessive and crazy MLs, I unfortunately have to disappoint you. I read this story until chapter 560 and I'm not sure if I am able to continue it. The only reason why I was reading it until now was because of its unique concepts with ghosts, charms, exorcism and more. I loved how everyone mocked her for being so young and believing in strange things. When she warns them she gets all the hate. In the end they idolize her and want to buy all her talisman and what not. I love those faceslaps! BUT that ML... no I can't. At first I just ignored the chapters with him in it and scrolled past their interactions. I'm sorry but I don't like him AT ALL. There's nothing romantic about their relationship. I hate it when the ML is all about "I want you... NOW" and he's that ML. How can it be romantic when she says she doesn't want to and he ignores it and gives it to her the whole night even if it hurts her just because he's thirsty? The story was tooooo exciting for me to just abandon it. That's why I read it that far. But chapter 560 had me thinking.... Here's an excerpt: “The pain was worse than when someone had bitten her just now. Chi Shuyan woke up and her face changed. She was about to turn around, when the man behind her grabbed her waist. Sensing the familiar male hormones, Chi Shuyan finally realized who the man behind her was, where she was, and what the man was doing. Wait, it was already so late; what was this man still doing? Qi Zhenbai turned his wife’s head and kissed her fiercely a few times, making her swallow a lot of his saliva before he let go of her, panting heavily. He said in a deep and hoarse voice, “Continue sleeping, don’t worry about me!” Chi Shuyan: … After a while, Chi Shuyan was tormented until she was sweating profusely. How could she sleep? Also, did this man take some sort of medicine or was he provoked by something tonight? Why was he being so aggressive? Chi Shuyan’s mind was blank and she no longer had any other thoughts.. She drifted in and out of consciousness.” -> "Continue sleeping, don’t worry about me!" Whaaat? -> "She drifted in and out of consciousness." Excuse me again, but whaaat?? All in all if you don't care about the romance or the ML, I can only recommend it. The story is sooo soooo good!! Why does the ML have to be like that? T-T
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I agree with you 💯👍
True, I just don’t like the ML. Aside from being a generic ML, there is nothing charming about his character at all.
Does the male lead get better like does he change? Because I agree the plot is amazing but I stopped around this chapter too
I agree wholeheartedly! I was able to last up to Ch.1244... the exorcism and ghost stories in this novel are great (well written, descriptive, and reminds you of the old school Chinese ghost stories and superstitions). But the ML is such a huge turn off that I have to drop this. He's controlling and has a terrible temper (including to the "love of his life" ). *spoiler* At this point he had just told her to break up, she finally accepts it as truth, he heard she cried over him and he comes running back. She avoids his call for the day, he gets so crazed with rage that she is too afraid to tell him that she's over the relationship. As of Ch.1244 ML is delusional and then she's crazy about him and FL is too scared to tell him that she's too hurt and scared to be in the relationship anymore. Yeah, so no longer a fun-light hearted read when it revolves around a mentally and physically abusive relationship. I was trying to see other's comments and hope that things will turn for the better and ML realizes how badly he treats her sometimes, but I have found any ray of hope. 😫 so this is my sad good bye to a novel that could have been really special but I'm too repulsed to continue 😭 If anyone has read past Ch.1244 and feels that ML/FL relationship does get better, please let me know and perhaps I will grit my teeth and continue.
