
Elegy: Raising a Peerless Beauty in the Late Ming Dynasty
哀鸿:我在明末养成绝色少女
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- Lament of the Bereaved: It Begins with Finding a Graceful Young Woman哀鸿:从捡到翩翩少女开始Alternate title on Fanqie
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What I really wanted to read was this kind of pure love, redemption, and sweet romance novel 😭. Ji 0's "Lament" only made me feel his twisted sense of humor and pretentious artsy attitude. Lin Pianpian, as the only normal person among the "Lament" characters, always had to draw fire for Fang Yu and Ji 0, both in and out of the game. While playing the game, I only felt sorry for this character.
There are only a few good novels that I have read. The writing style of the novel does not need to be particularly brilliant, the emphasis is on the true feelings. The characters are also portrayed very realistically. , In the end Lin Pianpian is a good girl∽💕 Also, Ji's Feng Fei is dead
This is a really good fanfiction about a tragic love story. Seeing the sweet daily life of the protagonist and Pianpian, and watching Pianpian gradually shed her inferiority complex and become the lovely and innocent girl she once was, is truly heartwarming. I'm commenting here so that more people can discover these gems of fanfiction. I hope Pianpian receives less abuse and more sympathy.
This is the kind of character that young people raised under the red flag should possess. Those gangster protagonists who reveal their true colors as soon as they time-traveled are simply those who couldn't survive in the peaceful and stable environment before time travel and didn't have the guts to do evil. If they hadn't time-traveled but the world was in chaos, they might have become opportunistic collaborators.
A perfect score! It's so good! Ever since "A Thousand Miles in the Late Ming Dynasty," I've wanted to read about the tragic love story, but after learning about the plot after its release, I was furious, especially since I already knew Pianpian's story, so there was no point in reading it. However, Liang Sui's story is still enjoyable. Keep up the good work! Pianpian deserves better!
Wow, this is amazing! 😋 It's so good! It's hard to imagine that in this era, a woman poisoned by the times receives mostly prejudice instead of sympathy and sadness. I hope this book can help change Lin Pianpian's reputation. Regardless of whether she's a good girl or not, she's first and foremost one of the many pitiful people oppressed and harmed by the times.
This book is different from typical online novels, or rather, it's a literary online novel. Many typical online novels are detached from real life or common sense, but this book isn't. Each character has their own personality and flaws, and the protagonist, Pianpian, has endearing shortcomings.
As a fifteen-year veteran bookworm, I swear, this is pure gold—even if you've never read the original work or know nothing about the late Ming Dynasty, you'll be completely absorbed and thoroughly enjoying it. The author's writing is spirited and talented, not just empty rhetoric, but possessing a genuine historical texture.
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This is a fantastic fanfiction. It doesn't involve the possession of Lao Fang (who is purely a CS character and doesn't deserve to be saved). Instead, it creates a completely new character. The protagonist, Lu Zhixing, isn't just a mere plot device; he has considerable development. I look forward to seeing more character arcs developed later, and for the author to truly bring him to life.