
If Water Flows East
若水向东流
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 792k Words
- Genre
- Urban
- Subgenre
- Urban Life
- Updated
- 6y ago
- English
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I read it every day; it seems even more satisfying than a typical wish-fulfillment novel. Other people's protagonists get stronger and stronger, which is satisfying; yours is about the supporting characters getting more and more miserable, which is also satisfying.
Suddenly I feel like, am I just a simp for voting for authors every day? Thinking about it like that makes me feel bad (╯╰).
I've collected sixty-three chapters all at once. Almost all the other books I accumulated were eventually lost (only two survived). This is the only book I've always wanted to read, really wanted to read, and was able to resist reading it, and I have a deep interest in it. A logical, well-structured, distinctive, and concise book that reflects reality and uses refined language.
Thank you for the author's five updates! To be honest, I'm not a nitpicker, I just haven't been reading enough each day and haven't had enough. Then I remembered the author saying they'd add a chapter for every typo, so I looked it up. And I just happened to find the chapter with the most typos, hahaha! The author keeps their word, so I can only support them by subscribing to the full version!
The author is working so hard, updating so late. So touching 😭, I'm giving the author a 500-coin reward. Hard work pays off! Keep it up! (✪▽✪) You can do it!!!
The first two chapters captivated me, but by chapters three through six I was already considering dropping the book, and by chapter ten I had successfully given up. I can't really say anything; if you call it filler, you'll probably disagree. Well, don't delete my post then, let's see how many people manage to get past twenty chapters. I'm a veteran bookworm since 2004 (I started reading ebooks in 2004).
I gave you the first time I ever spent money on a mobile game, and I feel like I've lost so much.
I've written about 2 sycophants, 1 gambling addict, 1 prodigal son, 1 lackey, and 1 lazy dog, totaling only 6 characters—that's far too few! If I were to write about all these classic social ills, my book would definitely be a masterpiece.
Come on, everyone, who's ever been a "simp" before, imposing their feelings on others and thinking it's so sincere? Leave a comment here, and I'll confess first: I've been one!! (I can't even look at my past self now, I really want to go back and slap myself awake!!!) (Let's all be honest, who hasn't been young before? 😃😃😃😃)
Some people say the "simp" storyline is too long. On the contrary, I think the best part of the book is the story of the simp Zhang Xiaoshan. Looking back, it's still vivid in my mind, especially the scene where Zhang Xiaoshan was so angry at the master who extracted his sperm that he vomited blood. That scene is still incredibly memorable to me and makes me deeply disgusted with simps.