I need to talk about the bracelet scene because I did NOT expect to be emotionally compromised by a piece of jewelry. "It's said that if you whisper someone's name before bed, you can meet them in your dreams." Tsunayoshi Sawada, the tenth Vongola boss, the man who commands the most powerful mafia family in Italy, gives a girl he barely knows a dream bracelet and writes a letter that is simultaneously teasing and devastatingly sincere. And Molly — who has spent ten years building walls so thick she's forgotten what it looks like on the other side — can't even throw the letter away. She calls him a scumbag. She calls him annoying. She says she won't fall for it. And then she puts the bracelet on and lies there wondering if he's expecting her to whisper his name so he can mock her later. The text says: "She didn't have a long-distance boyfriend... He must be expecting her to whisper his name at night so he could mock her in person later." This is her mind working overtime to find the cynical interpretation because the alternative — that he might actually be thinking of her, that he might have remembered something she said, that ten years of unsent letters might have been reciprocated in some small way — is too dangerous to entertain. But then the file drops. The Vongola boss publicly confessed to another girl the day after she left. And her entire emotional foundation crumbles. "Was she the only fool who took it seriously?" This is the kind of emotional whiplash that stays with you. The author doesn't give Molly a single moment to process before she's reading about his confession to someone else. She goes from holding his handwritten letter — his actual handwriting, neater than ten years ago but still recognizable — to discovering what she interprets as proof he never cared. And the flashback structure is doing so much heavy lifting here. We see the moment she first said "I like you" as a lie, and then the slow, painful realization that it became real. We see her running away in the middle of the night, pressing her face against the car window, wanting to say sorry, wanting to tell him the truth. And then we cut to the present where she's reading a file that confirms her worst fear. The chapter ends with her crying into her blanket. Not dramatic sobbing — just clutching fabric and breaking down. That's the kind of quiet devastation that hits hardest. I'm not okay. I'm genuinely not okay.
Let me tell you about Wu Lele because this woman is absolutely fascinating and I need to process my thoughts about her. On paper, she's just a venomous supporting character. A life assistant at the Daybreak Club who has a crush on Pei Yanqiu and then betrays him when he goes bankrupt. Standard trope stuff, right? But the way this scene plays out, you can see the whole architecture of her character in real time. When she walks into that boutique and sees Shen Xingyao, her first instinct isn't just to mock her—it's to humiliate her publicly. She escalates so quickly from a sidelong glance to demanding they search Shen Xingyao's bag. That's not just jealousy, that's something darker. This is a woman who has already made her choice to betray Pei Yanqiu, and now she's projecting all that resentment onto the one person she still considers legitimate. The most interesting part is how Shen Xingyao reacts. She doesn't panic. She doesn't cry. She just... calculates. And then she weaponizes the performance. "Charge it. No password." That line hit me like a physical thing. Because in that moment, Shen Xingyao isn't just winning a confrontation—she's proving something to herself. The original owner of this body would've folded. She would've cried, apologized, disappeared. But this Shen Xingyao? She's playing a role so well that even the people trying to destroy her become her audience. And here's what keeps me up at night: Wu Lele thinks she's exposing a fraud. But what if the fraud is the whole system? What if being a "real" wealthy heiress and a "fake" one are the same performance, just with different levels of conviction? I keep thinking about whether Wu Lele will regret her betrayal later. Or whether she's already too far gone. Because the thing about people who switch sides for survival is that they usually end up believing their own lies. Is she already one of them, or is she still fighting herself?
"The scent of orange blossom ignited, and amidst the swirling smoke, a face as mischievous as a spirit appeared." This line alone tells you everything about how the author builds atmosphere. The ABO setting isn't just a gimmick—it's woven into every sensory detail. Xiao Yu's pheromone problem isn't abstract; it's physical, it's overwhelming, it's something that drives customers away and makes cats hiss. The world feels tangible because the author doesn't just tell us it's an ABO universe—they SHOW us how it affects daily life. The cat café itself is such a vividly rendered space. You can picture it: the adopted stray cats, the young employees from ordinary backgrounds, the two-story shop in a prime location that's somehow still losing money. There's this specific detail about Xiao Yu driving away customers who played too roughly with the cats—"Those heartless people disliked that the shop was full of adopted stray cats instead of artificially bred pedigree cats"—and it immediately tells you who this character is without any exposition dump. He's wealthy but morally grounded, rebellious but kind. And then there's the alley scene. Late autumn, biting chill, streetlights that can't reach certain spots, sinister green eyes glowing like ghostly flames. The contrast between the cold urban Beijing setting and the warm, sweet orange pheromone scent is almost cinematic. The author knows how to paint a scene with words. Even the cat café's interior has personality—the employees gossiping, the English Shorthair named Xiao Jianguo waddling over lazily, the way the entire room falls into a "low-pressure atmosphere" when Leon walks in. Every location breathes.
This chapter is a masterclass in pacing control. Let me walk through it because the author knows EXACTLY what they're doing. It opens with intimacy — literally. Su Hanchu treating Jun Moye's wounds, the vulnerability of it, the close physical proximity. This isn't just plot; it's relationship-building disguised as scene-setting. We're learning about these two people through action, not exposition. Then — and this is the brilliant part — the author immediately undercuts the tenderness with Chen Siyu's meat pie incident. One moment they're sharing food like a normal couple, the next there's a venomous voice cutting through. The shift is so quick it catches you off guard, which is exactly how exile life feels: one minute you're breathing, the next you're fighting for survival. The forest scene with the attackers is where the pacing really flexes. It moves FAST — Su Hanchu dispatching men, the dagger flying, the interrogation. But here's what I love: the author doesn't let us just enjoy the action. Right after Su Hanchu wins, she's walking back and sees Chen Siyu "cozying up to a man." The revenge plot doesn't end with the fight; it pivots. The chapter then erupts into the temple confrontation, which escalates so quickly that Chen Siyu accidentally confesses to the attempted rape before her father can stop her. That confession drop? Chef's kiss. It happens in a single breathless sentence and completely changes the power dynamic. The chapter ends on Jun Moye walking toward Chen Siyu with an icy gaze. Cliffhanger? Absolutely. But it's the right kind — we're not left wondering what happens next, we're left wondering WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO. That's a different tension, and it's far more satisfying.
Okay, let me just say this — the scene where Qi Wuyang shows up to save Xu Songhe completely subverts every trope I expected. I was literally sitting there waiting for the classic "leave me behind, save yourself" moment, you know? The one where the heroine bravously tells the hero to run and he refuses, and then they fight together hand in hand. Total rom-com rescue sequence. But no. He just... says "Oh." Like, completely unfazed. And Xu Songhe is just standing there internally screaming because the script she had in her head is NOT matching reality. But here's the thing that actually made me slap the table — Xu Songhe herself turns it around. She's the one who starts performing the rescue scene for him. She closes her eyes and shouts at him to finish the villain quickly, basically narrating the exact heroic beat she thinks SHOULD happen. And then when she opens her eyes, the father and son are tied up and gagged, and Qi Wuyang has already handled everything without breaking a sweat. The plot twist isn't just that HE saves her — it's that SHE tries to direct the rescue like it's a movie she's seen a hundred times, and it completely falls apart because this is a different kind of story. Also, the Zhuo father-son dynamic is genuinely funny in a dark way. The father literally tells his dying son "you're sacrificing yourself to eliminate this devil, the entire sect will never forget you!" and the son is just sobbing "I don't want to be remembered, I just want to live." That's not even a subplot, that's just pure character comedy dropped into the most tense moment. I love it.
The scene where Cang Ming draws his sword and places it against Shen Qingrui's neck is one of the most satisfying moments I've read in ages. Let me paint this for you: Shen Qingrui, who has been living as the legitimate daughter, who has Cen Liangxuan's attention, who has the Duchess's favor — she steps forward and says 'If any of you dare take another step forward, don't blame me for being impolite. I was taught by my father since childhood and know martial arts!' And Cang Ming just... places a sword at her throat. Shen Yiren and Xiao Ba shake their heads in unison, clicking their tongues: 'Tsk, tsk.' The visual of two Ginseng Spirits going 'tsk tsk' at a fake noble lady threatening them with martial arts is comedic gold. But what makes this scene work so well is the contrast — the Duke's Manor is all red silk and dowry items and formal etiquette, and then suddenly you've got black-uniformed guards from Prince Duan appearing like an army, swords drawn, completely disrupting the 'proper' atmosphere. The world feels alive because every location has its own rules, and when Shen Yiren walks in with her mountain crew, those rules get flipped on their head. Also the detail about Cen Liangxuan's silver-paste tooth? 'It appeared slightly darker than his original teeth. However, it wasn't noticeable unless he opened his mouth wide.' The author is giving us this tiny, almost invisible detail and I'm obsessed. It's the kind of thing that makes the world feel real.
Writing Quality: It... isn't good. While the basic grammar (the word-by-word grammar) is fine, trying to keep in mind when [MC] or [other characters] are talking is a genuinely tough task, due to the lack of dialogue marks (the "[words of dialogue]"). And often, even reading is hard, due to a severe lack of commas... Because of that, I found myself skimming over the paragraphs. Author, feel free to refer to some comments I left on the chapters. I can give a bit of an extra explaination, if needed.Story Development: Too early to judge. I did like the concept, though.Character Design: It's... I don't know how to feel about it? We're presented to [MC], an everyday man who had his dreams crushed by society's cruel rules... Only for him to react calmly to all of the events taking place in the Library, with the ones that stood out to me being the tentacles, and the bloodline recreation. In the former, [MC] had some panic, but almost forgot about everything right after?? With something similar happening with the bloodline recreation. Both the [MC] and his "best friend" had a similar reaction to that one, with them even being able to joke and flirt casually around *after* having gone through a potentially life-and-death experience. A horribly painful one, at that.I was going to rate this 3/5 because of William and the former Librarian Keeper (Both of which generated some interest for me), but I decided against it. Update Stability: By WN's standards (consistent 7-14 chapters per werk), this is low. You're barely starting, though, so I'd say this is one of the easier things to fix.World Background: Up to chapter 7-8, there's little information. A few names were dropped in the dialogue, but nothing explained in depth yet. Only reason why I'm giving it 3/5 is because the Library itself is interesting.So, yeah. I don't have much else to say here as I've already said everything in the previous paragraphs... Wait, nevermind, I do.Consider changing some of the tags, as certain things might be seen as deal-breakers for many. (An example possibly being the lack of an LGTB tag. This one is a genuine piece of advice, so you can avoid waking up to a bunch of insults and threats over having a kiss between two best friends.)... That's about it. Have a good day/night, readers/author!
I use to think Author-sama I am too old for fantasy novels. But this one is captivating. I will adding this to my Library. More power.
I absolutely adore what is here so far. So I decided to post this review in hopes the author can update faster. While I'm not sure if this deserves 5 full stars I’m sure it’s close. So I’m willing to scrape up the extra points. The world building I feel like is the only somewhat lacking part of the novel. With that being said, there’s only a few chapters here so far. I’m willing to bet by chapter 5 that will cease to be the case.Now I’ll point out the parts I love. The writing style is absolutely amazing in this novel but I recognize it might not suit everyone’s taste.It’s very descriptive but the descriptions are short and to the point. Plentiful, but concise. It’s also amazing at building an environment, yet some people prefer more attention to immediate action or dialogue. I can say those points are not lacking. The dialogue has never felt flat to me, although the god could have been given a bit more care, everything else is perfect. It’s never generic, and the characters also stay consistent while still being given depth. I believe as long as this style is kept and is not changed due to negativity, and the story stays unique and immersive. This can hit top 10. I have faith
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Love the development of this story. Good writing ?
What can I say. After devouring RNIG in two weeks I‘m really excited about this new work. I needed the first chapter to get into the setting but after that I didn’t even notice how much I was reading until I reached the last uploaded chapter. Try it. It will probably be worth your time.