Welp! First 4 chapters are done and I can't deny that it's written smoothly. I'm intrigued, very much so✨~ I like the flow so far so I know this will make me wait for the future chaps with full anticipation ?#Support, support, support!#Go_Author!
This novel is a complete masterpiece. Literally one of the best novels I have ever read. It has emotions,sadness,comedy, tragedy,love,horror,mystery,happiness etc. The mc and the other characters are smart, cool,likeable and everyone has their own story,emotions,personality and impact in the plot. I couldn't wish more from this novel's great plot,story,twist,climax,emotions. I recommend everyone to try this outstanding and marvelous novel
it's good...... .. ........?
some chapters are repeated. the story is good. I'm still waiting for the explanation of how he is an alpha, but still a good book.
Nice cover, the prologue and the first chapter is really good
So good ...️
This passage is absolutely layered with meaning and I want to talk about the tobacco pipe. That thing is not just a prop—it's a symbol of everything wrong with this family system. It's Old Master Zhou's weapon of choice, his extension of authority, the physical manifestation of patriarchal power. He taps it when he's thinking, he brandishes it when he's angry, and he uses it to beat his own son. The pipe is his scepter and his sword. When Zhou Yuwei chops that pipe in half with the cleaver, it's one of the most symbolically rich moments in the entire passage. She doesn't attack her grandfather—she attacks his symbol of authority. The pipe splitting cleanly in two is the family hierarchy being severed. It's the old order being literally cut apart. And the fact that she does it with a kitchen cleaver, a tool of domestic labor, is perfect. The woman's work, the home, the kitchen—these are the spaces where the family's true violence happens, and now they're being used to destroy that violence. The cleaver itself is another powerful symbol. It's a weapon of the household, meant for chopping vegetables and preparing food, but it becomes a tool of protection and defiance. Zhou Yuwei wields it not to kill but to prevent killing. She turns the domestic into the defensive. And when she presses it to her own neck, she's saying: this tool that was meant for sustenance will now be used for sacrifice if I have to. The blood is another recurring image. Zhou Kun's forehead bleeding, the thin line of blood on Zhou Yuwei's neck, the blood that could have been spilled if she'd slipped. Blood connects them—all of them, the abusers and the abused. But it also marks the boundary. When Zhou Kun says "From today on, I'll consider you dead," he's drawing a line in blood, metaphorically speaking. The blood they've shared is no longer enough to bind them. The household registration documents are symbols too. They represent the official recognition of family bonds, but they also represent the bureaucratic control over those bonds. When Director Li explains that Zhou Kun's household registration being transferred out means the family is already divided, she's revealing the absurdity of the system. The family was never really united—it was just held together by paper and fear. The concept of "filial piety" is the central theme here, and the author deconstructs it mercilessly. Old Master Zhou demands it without ever earning it. He expects devotion without giving love. He claims the rights of a father while acting like a tyrant. And Zhou Kun's response—"I've repaid that debt for more than twenty years now. I've paid back enough. From now on, it's my duty to support Master Wang in his old age"—is a complete redefinition of what family means. Duty comes from love, not from biology. The ten thousand yuan is another symbol. It represents twenty years of Zhou Kun's life, his labor, his youth, his suffering. It's the physical manifestation of everything he gave to a family that gave nothing back. And when his brothers grab him to prevent him from demanding that money back, it shows that they've already accepted that his life was their property. The final symbol is the house itself. "That house belongs to Grandma Xu, not to you." The house that Old Master Zhou thinks he owns, the house that Zhou Kun has been living in, the house that the brothers want to claim—it was never theirs. It belonged to an old woman who let them live there out of kindness. The illusion of ownership was just another chain.
This story is amazing
Each character is unique & captivates the storyline to make even better than the previous ones!
Great tead
This is an amazing Love story with a rollercoaster of emotions.. author has Woven everything so beautifully together and I felt every emotion of every character.. Their journey is incredible and I am so happy and thrilled to be a part of it.. I love this book.. it's my favourite in the ABC series
I just started reading and I'm off to a good start! Love the storyline! Can't wait to read the rest!