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I have read the novel before and I will say it again. This is a story made to gut your heartstring. There's so many moments that feels redundant and stupid for the sake of 'losing' a character.
I feel especially bad for Hong Xiu and the other people of the kingdom because for someone who is an excellent businessman in his previous world and had traits of an 'overbearing ceo' (hey that's what the beginning of the book stated.)
The MC made no actual aristocratic or professional choice. His decisions are driven by kindness and virtue but they feel childish and cliched. For a character introduced as an excellent person on top of his field and with experience over familial and political conflict.
I'm so sorry to say that I don't believe that any of the things that happened on this novel would have occured if he tried things from HIS own talents and skills instead we got an MC whose decision making revolves only to please the ML and when he couldn't he proceeds to drive a knife deeper into a metaphorical plot wound cause misunderstandings are sooo sad.
Anyway I'm just so pissed that after all that there was no sense into anything, he died, they suffered, everyone suffered, they became happy and they're standing over the bodies of the people who had every right to live but instead they're killed off for shock and emotional value or to further MC's "the plot won't change" delusion when clearly IT DID.
The plot won't change bs is a whole pit of a plot hole in the first place because the harem? Little sister getting married? It's an infuriating read definitely and I feel bad for the characters that got mistreated for the sake of that.