[Dual female leads + obsessive love + warped views of romance + coercive possession + the pursuer uses underhanded tactics + no redemption + everyone is a villain]
Xiao Qi'an grew up among cockroaches in a dilapidated old building until she was sixteen. After her mother died, she was taken back to the Xiao family and shoved into Class A at Chongying Academy: a gilded cage.
Her strategy was to make herself invisible, to act as if she didn't exist, until she met Shen Ling.
Shen Ling was born with everything, and was therefore tired of everything. She treated her classmates' lives as toys, and to her, brief thrills mattered more than anything else. She thought Xiao Qi'an was a new toy, only to discover that this girl had clawed her way up from the muck, trampling everything beneath her. That was more attractive than she had imagined. She wanted to shatter Xiao Qi'an, and she also wanted Xiao Qi'an to shatter her. This contradiction was the first thing that made her feel alive.
The truth about Tang Youle's death came to light, and Zhou Haiwei's old scandals hadn't been completely buried either. Surveillance footage was investigated at school, family ledgers were scrubbed clean, and everyone was pulling strings behind the scenes while putting on a show in public. Xiao Qi'an felt as if she were trapped in a net that kept tightening around her.
When the Shen family's crisis erupted and the countdown to an arranged marriage began, Xiao Qi'an had secured her place as heir, only to discover that the summit was still a cage. Shen Ling gave her one final choice: bring down the Shen family and win her freedom, or destroy the evidence and become her co-ruler.
Xiao Qi'an chose a third path: let them always come within a hair's breadth of victory, always come within a hair's breadth of getting what they wanted, and keep raising their glasses in the shadows forever, like an ouroboros devouring its own tail to complete the cycle.
Very good, holy shit, it's so clever. I've now read Chapter 14. Although there are some minor flaws in it, it's worth watching with your brain. I hope there won't be too many emotional scenes later.
Oh! This is so delicious, I will pursue the author to the death [sending my heart][sending my heart][sending my heart]
We are currently at chapter 29. After reading it, I think this is a sadistic novel. The heroine is beautiful, strong and miserable, she feels aggrieved and bullied, but she has the momentum to fight back. After reading the introduction, I feel that the main plot is quite long. Now we have reached Chapter 39, the main plot - the crisis of the Shen family has also been foreshadowed. I can let go of my pursuit of updates for a while I'm the kind of person who doesn't dwell on the process once I know the result.
Boss, your soldiers are here 🍉 Machiavellian makes my brain and flesh grow crazily 😫 It feels so exciting, the pull of the two heroines 😳
There are a lot of repetitions that do not bring any effect to the plot. If you keep focusing on those points, the plot is still interesting and the characters are very interesting. It is worth watching!
A great cold-faced cute figure, Xiao Qian must live a relaxed and happy life in the next life. After reading too much about truth, goodness and beauty, it is very satisfying to occasionally read about evil people gathering together.
Brothers, I want to quit.
I quite like this plot. However, there are indeed so many rhetorical techniques that it affects reading. Many descriptions and ideas about the heroine are actually useless The plot makes you want to watch it
The content of this book is wonderful, and the plot is fascinating and immersive. The writing is beautiful and contagious, and also contains profound philosophy. Overall highly readable and worth a read.
It's really fun to watch, I've seen 10 so far