I need to sit with this for a moment because the emotional core of this chapter is devastating in its quietness. Su Jinxiu isn't angry. She's not screaming. She's not even crying. She's calculating. And that's what makes it hurt so much. When she walks into those companies and hands over purchase lists, she's not just buying supplies—she's buying insurance against a future she can't yet see. The line 'For the first time in a very long while... She felt secure. Truly secure.' That's the emotional climax of the entire chapter. Not the revenge. Not the emptying of the warehouse. The feeling of security. After twenty-three years of building something, losing it all, being betrayed by the person she loved most—she finally feels safe. And it breaks my heart because we know what that security costs. She has to become someone who can look at her own former life and feel nothing. The wedding photo moment is where the emotion detonates. Twenty-four-year-old her, wearing red, eyes full of hope. Twenty-six-year-old him, awkward, unsure. She believed she was marrying for love. And now? Now she stores the photograph along with everything else. The emotional journey here isn't about moving on—it's about moving forward. There's a difference. Moving on implies healing, acceptance, letting go. Moving forward implies that whatever she's heading toward, she's taking everything with her. The supplies, the money, the memories, the evidence of a life that once was. All of it stored in that dimensional space, preserved in frozen time, ready to be unpacked in 1970. She's not leaving her past behind. She's archiving it.
I need to talk about this scene where Jiang Mian asks Uncle Zhang to teach him how to please the young master. I literally stopped reading and just stared at my phone. This boy has been kept in a basement his whole life, fed scraps, never seen sunlight, and his entire motivation for being sent to the Shi family is to not be useless. He wants to earn his keep. That's it. That's the most heartbreaking thing I've read in months. And then Shi Jinnian, who is clearly not used to people needing anything from him, just... lets him sit at the table. "You can eat everything." Those three sentences did more for their relationship than any grand romantic gesture could. Jiang Mian's reaction—stuffing his face with crab roe soup dumplings like his life depended on it, eyes wide with genuine disbelief that food could taste like that—made me want to cry. He's never experienced basic kindness and he doesn't even know how to process it. The moment where Shi Jinnian presses his hand on Jiang Mian's slightly bulging stomach and calls him stupid? On the surface it's harsh, but I swear the narration makes it clear this is the closest Shi Jinnian knows how to show care. He's frustrated because this kid doesn't understand boundaries, doesn't know when to stop. And then later, Uncle Zhang has to explain it to Jiang Mian because the young master couldn't be bothered to soften his words. That's the dynamic right there—Shi Jinnian is all sharp edges, but he's building something tender underneath. I also need to mention Aunt Lin. Just one line—"Aunt Lin brings me meals, she's very nice"—and suddenly this whole world expands. Someone cared for this boy in that basement. Someone smuggled him eggs and milk that weren't even meant for him. That tiny thread of warmth makes the rest of the cruelty so much worse because it proves Jiang Mian is capable of being loved, he just never got it from the people who should have.
v v v v v v v v v. Really good.
I enjoyed your book, the way you write makes it so easy to get lost in the story. Your style really connects with me, and I’m excited to read more of your work in the future.
This story is a must-read for anyone looking to understand schizophrenia beyond its clinical definition. It’s a deeply empathetic work that challenges societal perceptionRating: ★★★★☆
(This is the creator of everything I have to go to the kitchen and took a break from the vibration one of the best possiblity of the day keeps the doctor to get into what I said to you pyari)
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Slowly becoming one of my favourite novels to read on this app. Tried giving this novel a chance based on the cover and synopsis and was pleasently surprised by how good the plot and charcters were and by the quality and quantity of the writing, the chapters are double or triple the length of other novels on this app, atleast it feels that way. So don’t let the low chapter count fool you. Really looking forward to how the story progresses and I look forward to seeing what messes our Professor need to clean up in the future
It is a pity that I can not edit my review. Nonetheless, I have made a new one to state that the translation has improved quite significantly. There are now fewer errors in the latest chapters. The consistent upload of 3 chapters per day is also proof of the translator's hard work put into the story.
Another book from one of my favorite authors ??I'm already thrilled from thinking about embarking on the journey.
Not bad, but a bit of a very sleepy read.
Great! What a dark life. Let's see where this end to. Good work, author