Are You Crazy? You Call This a Pitiful Cannon Fodder? - Reviews

I need to process what just happened between these two because my heart is NOT okay. So Lu Xingcun has this entire dream sequence — fluffy white ears, her hopping around, him reaching out, and then it gets weirdly intimate and he wakes up in a full panic. But then they meet again and SU YIN literally ASKS HIM if he wants to give her his 'true heart' because the system said 70 favorability is the stage where people give their true heart. She's treating romance like a video game mechanic and he's over there having a complete emotional breakdown. And then he touches her ears. The text says his heart 'softened' and he couldn't believe how adorable she was. Favorability goes to 80. But then Su Yin swats his hand away and says 'touch my hand instead, my paws are also nice to touch' and he just... FLEES. No dinner. Just ran away. The tragedy is that she literally asked him to touch her ears and then REJECTED the intimacy and he interpreted it as rejection. Meanwhile she's sitting there going 'I felt like I was taken advantage of for free... where's my fragment??' Neither of them understands what's happening and it's the most painfully cute thing I've ever read. The CP chemistry is off the charts because they're both completely missing each other's signals.

Okay so let me just say this out loud: the dinner scene in Chapter 6 is absolutely the turning point for Lu Xingcun's entire arc, and I am not over it. Think about it—Su Yin walks up to him on the first day of school, he basically ignores her, and yet somehow she ends up cooking him a full meal and he's eating lamb chops with tears in his eyes? The system even confirms it: favorability goes from negative to +10. That is a WHOLE thing. But what I really love is how the family dynamic shifts. Zhou Xianghan goes from being this polite aunt figure to literally slapping Lu Xingcun with a book and yelling at him in public because someone dared to bully Su Yin. And then the switch—going from furious to soft and gentle when she takes Su Yin's hand and says "Let's go." I literally gasped. The way she protects Su Yin like her own daughter, and then immediately excludes Lu Xingcun from that warmth? Chef's kiss. And Lu Xingcun's internal monologue at the end—"What should I do when my aunt has an adopted daughter and no longer wants her own nephew? Asking for a friend, urgent!"—I was wheezing. He went from cold dismissive guy to the side character who gets left out of the family group chat. Iconic. Also Yi Shang? He's the perfect foil. He's so effortlessly warm and social, immediately claiming Su Yin as his little sister and shaking her hand like they've known each other for years. Meanwhile Lu Xingcun is just... standing there. Watching. The contrast between these two characters around Su Yin is everything.

Let me just... process the stakes progression in these chapters because it went from 'girl needs to survive college' to 'full-on judicial revenge operation' in like two chapters. The Lv Feibai scene is where it all kicks off. Su Yin lures him to a junkyard with a HACKED surveillance camera — that's premeditated. She's not just reacting, she's setting a trap. And the system helping her hack it shows she's got resources she's not fully utilizing yet. The stakes here are personal survival — he abused the original host, and she's making sure he NEVER comes near her again. But then it escalates to the court scene, which is where the stakes go from personal to systemic. She's not just beating up her abusers — she's using the legal system, turning Wang Zhiying against Su Yongyuan, offering her a deal (three years or life with him). That's chess-level thinking. The conflict isn't just 'revenge' anymore, it's about dismantling an entire corrupt family structure. And underneath all of this is the Lu Xingcun thread — the favorability system creates its own stakes. What happens if she gets the Main God fragment? What happens if he figures out she's using him? The romantic subplot isn't just flavor, it's a ticking clock. The author keeps raising the temperature and I haven't even reached chapter 27 yet and I'm already sweating.

Let's talk about the most confused man in this entire story. The guy sees Su Yin kick some poor bastard in a dark alley, has a DREAM about her fluffy ears, wakes up calling himself a pervert, then immediately goes to his father asking if he already set her up with his SECOND BROTHER because apparently that's his coping mechanism now. "Did you actually do it?" — bro, you just admitted you were considering shipping your love interest to your sibling like she's a piece of furniture. The king was like 'I actually think SHE'S the one for you' and Lu Xingcun's response is to panic and check if his dad already gave her to his research-nerd brother. This man is so down bad he's orbiting a different planet. And Su Yin? She has NO IDEA. She's over there like 'does 70 favorability mean I can get the Main God fragment?' while he's having a full existential crisis. The scene where he touches her ears and then flees without dinner is peak 'I am not ready for this level of intimacy.' Meanwhile the system is just sitting there like 'Favorability: 80' and Su Yin's like '...where's my reward?' The dynamic is so deliciously mismatched. He's writing love letters in his head and she's treating him like a quest NPC.

I need a minute. I actually need a full minute because chapter 2 just dropped the most devastating emotional bomb and I am not okay. "Su Liang was born before my mother's car accident. It's possible her death is connected to you, isn't it? After she died, you used her inheritance and insurance money to elevate your mistress, and now you're trying to drive your daughter to her death. Even scum wouldn't stoop as low as you..." Su Yin saying this out loud—actually SAYING IT to his face—after spending the entire first chapter absorbing the original host's memories and understanding every single detail of her murder. The original Su Yin died in silence. No one knew. No one cared. And now this transmigrator is taking up space in her body and speaking the truth that was stolen from her. What killed me was the contrast between the original host's personality and Su Yin's. The original Su Yin was so conditioned into submission that she probably never even questioned her mother's death. She just endured. She cooked. She got beaten. She died pregnant and alone and the system described it as "without causing even a ripple of suspicion." A RIPPLE. This woman was erased from her own life. And then there's Su Yin, who reads all this and immediately thinks "isn't that a bit too easy on them?" That line—"Heh." with an ambiguous smirk that doesn't reach her eyes. She's not just fulfilling a mission. She's personally invested. She feels the original host's pain as her own. The rabbit form thing is also deeply symbolic, right? A rabbit—prey animal, timid, soft, fluffy—and she's using it as a weapon. The original host's Benming was chosen by her circumstances (weak, harmless), but Su Yin is going to make it mean something entirely different. "Even a rabbit bites when cornered" isn't just the chapter title, it's the thesis of the whole story. I'm emotionally compromised and I need to read more.

The ears keep showing up and I think they're doing a lot of thematic heavy lifting here. Su Yin grows these fluffy snow-white ears when she transforms — they're a physical manifestation of her power, but also her vulnerability. In the dream, Lu Xingcun reaches for them almost reverently. When he actually touches them in the car, it's the closest thing to intimacy they've had. And then she pulls away and offers her paws instead. The ears represent the part of her that's wild and untamed — the Nenglizhe power that makes her dangerous but also something soft and touchable. Lu Xingcun is drawn to both aspects. The dream sequence especially frames them almost like animalistic features that trigger his protective instincts, but also his desire. Then there's the whole transformation motif. Su Yin goes from 'thin and small, always looking like she was on the verge of death' to someone who kicks men in the junkyard and outsmarts the entire judicial system. The ears are part of that transformation — they're visible proof that she's become something more than the original host ever was. They're a symbol of her reclaimed power, which is why touching them feels so charged. Also the blue medicine she invents — literally named 'Blue Medicine' because it's blue. The author keeps undercutting grand sci-fi concepts with dead simplicity, which feels like a commentary on how power doesn't need to be fancy to be effective.

I'm still not over the food descriptions in this chapter. The author didn't just say "the food was good"—no, we got the full sensory experience. The chicken soup with its "golden sheen" and "faint hint of medicinal herbs." The oven-roasted lamb chops that were "coated in a thick sauce and roasted to a golden-brown crisp." Yi Shang biting into it and feeling "tears of happiness well up." This isn't just worldbuilding, this is ASMR in text form. But what's really interesting is how the food becomes a bridge between two completely different worlds. Su Yin comes from the lowest rungs of society—her father's in prison, her mother is dead, she's been abused since childhood. And yet her cooking is described as "on par with the royal palace chefs." The contrast is staggering. She's preparing meals that rival what the queen eats, and the queen herself gets hungry just hearing about it. The palace scenes are also wonderfully painted. Queen Zhou Xianghui summoning Lu Xingcun because she's "waiting a long time" and getting straight to the point about her desserts—this is a woman who runs a kingdom but also has the patience of nobody. And Lu Xingcun's response of "I ate them all" with complete innocence? The queen's silence speaks volumes. You can feel the entire royal household's dynamic just from these small moments. The forum scene too—where people are pointing and whispering and gossiping wherever Su Yin goes. It creates this palpable atmosphere of hostility, but then Zhou Xianghan's arrival shifts the entire energy. The way the crowd instinctively steps back at the sight of her? That's worldbuilding through behavior, not exposition. You understand the power structure of this world in one gesture.

I need to talk about Zhou Xianghan and Su Yin's relationship because it genuinely made me emotional. This woman has been through so much—her husband is the king, her son is a powerful commander, and yet she's the one sitting in a modest home eating soup that Su Yin made specifically for her health. The detail about the chicken soup with "special ingredients" that won't cause indigestion? Su Yin has been paying attention to EVERYTHING. She's not just cooking for a mission anymore—she's actually caring for this woman. And then Chapter 7 hits you right in the feels. When Yu Youqin tries to slap Su Yin and Zhou Xianghan shows up like a storm, I literally sat up straight. She doesn't just defend Su Yin—she dismantles the entire situation. "A third-level Nenglizhe from the senior Zhandouxi picking a fight with a first-level Nenglizhe from the junior Wenhuaxi? Where is your fighting spirit? Where are your manners?" This woman is terrifying and I love her. The moment that got me the most was when Zhou Xianghan's anger instantly melts the second she looks at Su Yin and asks if she's okay. One second she's destroying Yu Youqin's entire sense of self-worth, the next she's gently taking Su Yin's hand. The speed of that switch wasn't just comedic—it was deeply emotional. It showed that Su Yin is the person worth protecting, and Lu Xingcun? He's just... collateral damage now. The scene where they walk away and it "almost felt as though the three of them were a family"—that line alone made my chest ache. Su Yin spent the whole previous life being abused for cooking, and now she's cooking for people who actually cherish her. That's not just plot, that's healing.

I have to appreciate how the author controls the pace here because it's genuinely masterful. Chapter 6 is essentially a domestic slice-of-life episode—cooking, eating, bantering, giving out pastries. It's cozy. It's warm. It could have dragged, but it doesn't, and I think that's because every beat serves the character development. The food isn't just food; it's Su Yin's way of earning her place. The pastries aren't just gifts; they're bridges to the royal family. Even the queen getting hungry is a pacing device that keeps the royal subplot alive without needing a full scene. Then Chapter 7 hits like a truck. One moment Su Yin is happily cooking, the next she's being confronted by Yu Youqin in broad daylight with a whole forum drama behind her. The escalation is sudden but not unearned—the author spent time establishing that people are watching Lu Xingcun and that Su Yin's background has been uncovered. So when the confrontation comes, it feels inevitable rather than random. What I love is how the chapter handles the aftermath. Instead of lingering on the conflict, it pivots to the family moment with Zhou Xianghan, then to Lu Xingcun's internal panic about being excluded from dinner invitations. The tension releases into humor, which keeps the reader from feeling drained. And then Chapter 8 opens with Lu Xingcun being summoned by his father—the king himself—and suddenly we're back in political territory with Su Yin's research being discussed at the highest level. The pacing rhythm here is: domestic warmth → sudden conflict → emotional resolution → political intrigue. It's a rollercoaster and I'm here for it. Every chapter ends with a hook that makes you want to keep going, whether it's Lu Xingcun's confusion about his aunt's new favorite person or the king revealing that Su Yin's research is already in production.

"Tsk tsk, this little body looks like it would collapse with a single push!" Su Yin mocking herself in the mirror—okay, I need to talk about this scene because it is PEAK character establishment and I cannot let it go. So here's the thing: Su Yin wakes up in a body that's been absolutely destroyed by neglect and abuse. Bruises everywhere, skin like paper, a rabbit Benming that makes her the weakest of the weak. And her first instinct? She strokes her own rabbit ears like she's gone feral. The system literally says "Master, do you know that you look a bit like a pervert stroking yourself right now?" and I SCREAMED. This is the kind of dark humor that tells me the author knows exactly what they're doing. But what really got me is how Su Yin's personality clashes with the original host's. The original Su Yin was so beaten down she couldn't even imagine fighting back—she cooked, she endured, she died pregnant and alone. But our girl? She's already planning revenge before breakfast. The way she casually adds "extra seasoning" to her brother's food and says "A person like Su Liang will play himself to death sooner or later. There's no need for me to do it personally"—that is cold. That is calculated. That is a woman who has decided she's done being a victim. And the family dynamic? Absolutely vile. The father who killed the mother for insurance money, the stepmother who encourages abuse, the brother who's been spoiled rotten. They treat Su Yin like furniture and she's slowly realizing she can set the house on fire. The scene where she dodges her father's punch and then deliberately fakes getting hit to make him think she's dying—chills. Absolute chills. She's playing 4D chess while they're still stuck on checkers. I'm just waiting for the moment Su Liang realizes his sister isn't the pushover he thought she was. That's going to be delicious.

Okay so I need to talk about how Su Yin dismantles her entire toxic family in what feels like one satisfying afternoon. First she kicks the fiancé in the junkyard (with STEEL-PLATED SHOES, obviously), then she sends him to a gold-mining planet where he'll literally work off his sins for the rest of his life, then she goes to the courthouse and gets her stepmom to rat out her dad. That's three down in two chapters. The pacing is absolutely ruthless and I am HERE for it. What really impressed me though is the structural layering. The author doesn't just have Su Yin whack-a-mole the bad guys — she sets up the whole Lv Feibai situation with the hacked camera, the loan sharks, the old man who 'helps' him escape. It's all interconnected. She engineered his entire downfall from the start. And then the court scene? Wang Zhiying testifying against Su Yongyuan while Su Yin just watches from the back like a quiet executioner? Chef's kiss. But here's what's bothering me — the system keeps popping up with favorability numbers like it's a dating sim, which feels tonally weird next to the revenge thriller stuff. The plot is oscillating between 'cold-blooded strategist' and 'rom-com with stats.' I'm not mad at it, but it's a choice.

Let me be clear: the Yu Youqin confrontation is one of the most satisfying conflict scenes I've read in a while, and here's why—it raises the stakes on multiple levels simultaneously. On the surface, it's a school bullying scenario. Yu Youqin represents the privileged elite looking down on someone she considers beneath her. But the author doesn't let it stay there. The forum post that triggered this? It's not just mean comments—it's a coordinated attack using Su Yin's most traumatic history (her imprisoned father, her dead mother, her abuse) as weapons. This is personal. This is designed to hurt. Then Zhou Xianghan enters and the stakes shift again. She's not just a random professor—she's the queen's sister and the commander's mother. Her intervention shows that Su Yin now has protectors, but it also means the conflict isn't over. Yu Youqin's parting threat—"we'll see about that"—tells us this is far from finished. But the real masterstroke is how Chapter 8 connects the personal conflict to the political. The king reveals that Su Yin's research has already been produced in small batches, and she's submitted requests for additional medicines. The forum drama, the bullying, the social climbing—all of it happens against a backdrop where Su Yin is quietly building something that could change the entire kingdom. The Yu family might think they're destroying a nobody, but they're underestimating someone whose work is already being reviewed by the king himself. The stakes are: Su Yin needs to survive the social attacks while completing her mission, but she also needs to protect the people who've started caring about her. And Lu Xingcun? His favorability is now a genuine plot point—the king specifically mentions that Lu Xingcun is "close to her," which means their relationship has political significance beyond the mission. Every conflict in this story is layered, and that's what keeps me turning pages.