There's a recurring image in this section that I can't stop thinking about: Xu Zhizhi sleeping in her dog bed. Not because she likes it—because it's the only place she's ever felt safe enough to rest. The text explicitly tells us the big bed at home is "just for show" and the sofa still has its plastic packaging because she never uses it. Her entire living space is a performance of normalcy that no one is actually present for. And then you learn about the incubator. A child, separated from her parents behind glass, not allowed to be touched or seen clearly. "Unable to touch her or see her clearly." This is the original dog bed—the first place she was told to stay small and quiet and contained. The incubator and the dog bed are the same symbol: a confined space where she exists but is not truly seen or held. The food in her pockets is another symbol that hits hard. Bread rolls, hawthorn snacks, spicy strips, a chicken wrap, a slice of pizza—she carries an entire pantry in her coat. This isn't just a quirky habit. This is a child who learned early that resources might disappear, that she needs to hoard, that comfort comes from within her own possession because nothing outside will reliably provide it. The security guard watching her eat in that corner is seeing the behavioral manifestation of decades of neglect. But here's what I think the author is really saying: Xu Zhizhi is a writer. Two books simultaneously—one angsty romance, one cultivation story without romance. She creates worlds where she has control, where she decides who lives and dies and who gets happy endings. The fact that she writes heart-wrenching angst novels while living her own life in a dog bed is almost too on the nose, but it's also genuine. Art as survival. Stories as shelter. And then there's Fu Chengyan, who scans her QR code and finds her nickname is (o). A pair of parentheses around nothing. An empty space held between two curves. Isn't that exactly what Xu Zhizhi has been her whole life? A blank space defined only by the boundaries others placed around her? And now this man who "saw women as harmful objects" is the one who actually looks at her and sees something interesting. The symbolism is writing itself.
The opening of this passage hits like a freight train. "Was it a dream? If it were a dream, how could it be so vivid and real? If it were a dream, how to explain the button? Not a dream? That seemed even harder to explain." The button. Just... the button. This tiny, mundane object becomes the pivot point between reality and fiction, between the world Yu Zhi thinks she knows and the worlds she's been forced into. It's a symbol of proof — proof that what she's experiencing is real, but also proof that reality itself might not be what she thought it was. The button is the threshold object, the tangible evidence that shatters her sense of certainty. This ties into the larger theme of the novel: the blurring of boundaries. Outside the book / inside the book. Reality / fiction. Willing participant / forced participant. The partition in the car that creates garbled noise is another symbol of this — barriers that separate but don't fully protect. Yu Zhi is always partially exposed, always between worlds, always unable to fully escape. The tutoring storyline is deeply symbolic too. Yu Zhi is trying to improve someone else's grades while her own life is falling apart. She's responsible for Lu Shuang's 68-point English score, and the text says "her reputation was on the line." But whose reputation? The book-version Yu Zhi's, or the real Yu Zhi's? The novel keeps asking this question without answering it. And the cream puffs — mentioned almost in passing, but they carry so much weight. They're a symbol of domesticity, of normalcy, of a life that Yu Zhi could never have in her current situation. Lu Yanxi offering them is his way of building a cage with soft edges, making captivity feel like care.
waiting for all the chapters !!! ???? how much time will it take?????
So far I can say that the work is on a continuous rise and is wonderful and I can simply say that I am eagerly looking forward to seeing what the writer can write. In general, five stars. The world is purely bleak and dark. The character of the hero is similar to Li Fang Yuan's best hero.
This is my favorite novel because the sex sense is very good
Utter nonsense. The grammar is bad. There are "" marks when there is no conversation. The mc's ability has conditions to activate but seems to activate without them. Makes no sense. Author has rushed the book alot. Too much potential wasted over there.
Good novelKeeps the reader on the edge.Nobody saw the Vael dying on the fifth chapter.System feels natural part of the story instead of over explanation.
GUSH! ! I ALREADY LIKE THE CONCEPT ITS GIVING!! JUST LIKE FOOD WARS ? WELL DONE AUTHOR, KEEP IT UP!
Pretty cool book, I can see that the mc is also turning into a villain in chapter 11, this book gives me hope in seeing ruthless mc's again. I missed those unhinged books.
Only 16 chaptersWhat can I sayOther then Its good and hope you keep uploading author-San ?
Hey Author hereI don't know you will like this novel or not but it's my first time of writing. Have some thoughts so please comments it. creation is so hard for me but I don't want to give up. I hope you will like this novel. Take care
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