The Scholar of the Dream of the Red Chamber

Plagiarism, absolute plagiarism! Don't argue with me, I don't accept arguments! The book I read had more words than yours, but the content was the same! You should write another twenty or thirty chapters to prove yourself and see who plagiarizes whom! You know that people still believe in you, but words are not enough. You should update twenty or thirty chapters first. Evidence is more important than anything else!

I see you've titled your book "The Scholar," but why don't I see your protagonist studying diligently or striving for the imperial examinations? Instead, I see someone who's all talk and no action, not seizing the time to do what's appropriate for his age. He's like a rural version of Jia Baoyu. The thing is, Jia Baoyu was a son of a duke; what does your protagonist have?

Actually, this book doesn't need to be set in the Jia family mansion or the capital. It's a small story within the Dream of the Red Chamber, about the male protagonist's growth and Lin Daiyu's love. Having grown accustomed to grand, sweeping narratives about nation and the world, this book focuses on ordinary, simple people and events, written in a gentle, flowing style, like the comforting sunshine of spring.

Why is the harem aspect of this otherwise excellent book so irrational? You've already set Daiyu as the first wife, and I can accept Baoqin's arrival, but then Yinglian comes along and is given as a secondary wife. How many wives does a peasant boy like you want? Comparing Daiyu and Yinglian, I don't believe Lin Ruhai and Jia Min would agree, and even someone as proud as Daiyu wouldn't agree.

I haven't read it, but Dream of the Red Chamber isn't suitable for Qidian. Qidian is an old people's haven, and who would pay to read Dream of the Red Chamber without a harem? Even if it's exciting, it's useless. At most, people will read the free ones.

The beginning of this book was really good, but it got a bit frivolous later on. It was all about chasing girls, and I didn't even read the book. It also meddled in a lot of things that were beyond its scope. I couldn't get into the book at all in the later parts and gave up on it!

The later parts are rubbish; I don't know what they were thinking. Lin Daiyu is written like a prostitute, even more unrestrained than Xue Baochai.

Frankly, it would have been better not to write about Zhen Yinglian at all. First of all, she didn't have much screen time. They even forcibly gave the main character a concubine. Then her mother kept complaining. To put it bluntly, in ancient times, being abducted and trafficked for many years would be considered a complete loss of reputation. Normally, decent families wouldn't marry her.

Marrying Yinglian was a complete failure. This character never played a role in advancing the story from the moment she appeared. Apart from being foolish and simple-minded, she had no other qualities. The character herself did not grow at all, nor did she help the protagonist's growth, or even contribute to the development of the story.

Why give a lead role when there's hardly any screen time?