Middle-Aged: My Wife's Betrayal

The author's use of the first-person narration for the protagonist is less comfortable than a third-person perspective. From the beginning to now, this novel has given me a consistently uncomfortable feeling. Few of the characters seem normal. In the opening scene, the protagonist, drunk, returns home to find his best friend Wang Zheng and his wife engaged in some indecent activity in the bedroom, with the wife's expression unnatural. Then, the protagonist falls asleep, vaguely hearing his wife and another man having sex in the bathroom. He struggles to get up but can't, and falls asleep again. Then, again drunk, he vaguely hears his wife and another friend, Xu Qiang (whom he doesn't recognize at the time, but later finds out), having sex in the bathroom. Again, he can't get up to see who it is and falls asleep again. Xu Qiang and the protagonist's wife are having an affair, resulting in this promiscuous woman having an illegitimate child—the protagonist's current child. It's only when the child is hospitalized and needs a blood transfusion that the protagonist discovers the child is not his father's! The third brother, Zhang Bo, lost money gambling and lied to the protagonist, claiming his mother was hospitalized, swindling tens of thousands of yuan from him. Why did the protagonist's company go bankrupt? Because his wife colluded with her lover, switching the contracts hidden in the safe at home! This left the protagonist facing exorbitant compensation payments, leading to the company's bankruptcy. The protagonist's child, through words and actions, disliked his father and favored his mother's lover, Uncle Wang. During his revenge plot, the protagonist once made his wife crawl on the floor, spinning around and barking like a dog. When the child was hospitalized and needed a blood transfusion, a young and beautiful nurse bravely donated her blood, saving the child's life! From then on, this beautiful nurse suffered misfortune! She lost her job at the hospital, inexplicably fired! The protagonist's mother-in-law and her family constantly harassed her at the hospital. To get the beautiful nurse back to work, the male protagonist bought a thank-you banner and contacted media reporters. He even went to the hospital to cheer her on. His mother-in-law and her family were unreasonable and arrogant. His wife's brother even tried to rape her?... In short, almost everyone in the novel, including the male protagonist, is mentally unstable. We say that the author's moral character determines the moral character of their work. This novel lacks any positive energy or promotes righteousness. For some reason, how can such a terrible novel have such a high rating? Was it bought with money?

It's so well written

These infidelity novels always manage to portray the protagonist as an idiot.

This is the most disgusting novel I've ever read. The male protagonist is such a loser. He's not even as spirited as a dog. People who enjoy masochism might want to check it out. He has absolutely no manly courage—utter trash.

What kind of person could write a novel like this? 😅

What a masterpiece! It seems the author couldn't make a fortune from hats, so he started writing his memoirs.

Write about the psychology of ordinary people in that era

It's well-written and the plot is captivating.

This novel was cancelled midway through its run because readers couldn't stand it anymore. The male lead was incredibly awful and incompetent, and the book's business logic was basically: "I'm completely dominated by you after chapter 50, then after chapter 10 I'll turn the tables and take you over." The character and plot logics were completely inconsistent.

The plot is a bit confusing!