Yeah, the endings are always sad because MC dies and ML is heartbroken. But then when you realize it's all part of MC's plan (that she dies, I mean), I end up feeling bad for ML instead lol...
The funny parts are really, really funny! Definitely agree with you there, she has a very unique way of talking back to her opponents, they're all made speechless. XDDD
Here's Part 5 of me explaining World/Arc 4 (where Yu Wei is the substitute girlfriend) in detail... This is the very last post, I swear! This arc is just too good not to talk about in detail!!!
All right, so after the meeting with the FL, Ye Wei agrees to allow the FL to drive her home. In the first "life," the FL ended up dying in a car crash so... the inevitable drama hits and they end up involved in a horrific car-crash. Only this time, the FL lives... while Ye Wei ends up the one dying.
In fact, a big dramatic scene happens where the ML ends up rushing over to find that Ye Wei has been horrifically injured with glass showered all over her, basically ruining her face and making it difficult to see whether it's really Ye Wei or the FL. He ends up with her, begging her not to die, when she tells him:
Xu Chi saw her move as if awake and he felt as though he were vibrating with anxiety as he knelt next to her, regardless of the ground and glass debris: "Don't be afraid, it's all right, the ambulance will be here soon, don't be afraid ... ... "
Xu Chi saw her open her mouth, her voice so soft amidst the noise that he couldn't hear it at all.
He had never been so anxious, he knelt down with his ears against her, begging her: "What are you saying? I can't hear you."
After a while, he suddenly turned back and exclaimed: "Shut up!"
This roar came suddenly, letting the scene be silent for a moment, and the ambulance driver looked back, and saw the handsome man kneeling on the ground, his hands covered with blood, his eyes were red, looking devastated beyond belief.
Xu Chi suddenly turned around again, his attention centered on the woman on the ground.
His voice was incredibly soft. "What did you say, say it again, please ?"
Xu Chi only saw her open her mouth again, and her murmured voice was light as a feather.
He was too anxious, but couldn't help but comfort her, "Well, let's not talk about it. I will listen to you afterwards, and I will never make you angry again. Okay?"
Xu Chi thought his words could comfort her and calm her down, but he didn't think she would suddenly cough, spilling blood all over her mouth.
He finally heard her soft voice:
"I'm Ye Wei ..."
"Not Liang Ruowei ..."
"You recognized the wrong person again ..." Of course, Ye Wei said those words to get the ML to leave her and go to the actual FL... but he ends up DEVASTATED by the belief that up to her dying moment, she thought he was using her as a substitute for FL...
"I'm Ye Wei ..."
"Not Liang Ruowei ..."
"You recognized the wrong person again."
Xu Chi was kneeling there, watching Ye Wei bleed from her mouth and exhaust her strength to tell him that she was Ye Wei, not Liang Ruowei.
Her face was covered with blood and he could not see her expression. The weak and opened eyes were now dark and indifferent, no longer as bright and brilliant as in the past. At this moment, she looked at him with obvious shock in her eyes. These shocks were mixed with self-deprecation and helplessness, as if to say, how could he be mistaken again? Why was she called the wrong name once more?"
He was at a loss at her eyes, and his heart seemed to be clamped tight, causing him endless pain.
"Ye Wei ..."
She started coughing, staring at him with bloody lips, struggling to say something, but it became more impossible because of the blood constantly pouring from her mouth. She vomited blood, coughed, and her voice became tattered. She looked terrible at the moment.
Until she finally couldn't hold it, her head was stunned and she fainted.
At that moment, he felt his heart stopped beating.
He was terrified. He had never been so scared. He was holding her face, all the blood vomiting from her mouth was spitting in his palm, flowing down the fingers, his voice was trembling: "Ye Wei, sorry -- I know -- I know it's you! "
"I didn't recognize the wrong person, Ye Wei, please wake up, I didn't recognize the wrong person!
"Did you hear me? I didn't recognize the wrong person!
"I know it's you, really, this time I didn't recognize the wrong person.
"You are Ye Wei!
"Ye Wei, Ye Wei-!"
He never thought that one day, he would see Ye Wei lying on the ground with her body full of wounds. He could no longer see the fact that had been so beautiful, could not longer see her lovely appearance. Her eyes were sealed tight, with her lashes stained with blood ...
Ye Wei could die at any time.
He was scared. He was afraid that Ye Wei would die like this. He was afraid that Ye Wei would leave him forever.
At this moment, Xu Chi's fear and fear of losing Ye Wei have taken over everything, making him think of nothing but Ye Wei.
When the ambulance finally arrived, Ye Wei was placed on the stretcher and carried on the ambulance. He followed closely and did not blink, fearing that Ye Wei would disappear if he followed the wrong eye.
Liang Ruowei was also lifted up. She lay on a stretcher, looking up at him sadly, "Xu Chi ..."
Xu Chichen looked at Liang Ruowei. Only now did he finally remember Liang Ruowei. He saw her calling his name, saw the guilt and fear on her face.
He looked at her, and suddenly felt that the gap between Ye Wei and Liang Ruowei was obvious. Apart from their similar appearances, they were two entirely different people. They had different hobbies and personalities. Why did he treat Ye Wei as though she was Liang Ruowei's stand-in? Was it just because they look alike? Why did he impose all of Liang Ruowei's hobbies on Ye Wei?
How unfair he was to Ye Wei is.
Liang Ruowei looked at Xu Chi's dull appearance. She didn't stay too long, and was quickly carried into an ambulance. The door was closed, and Xu Chi's figure disappeared completely.
The ambulance roared away.
...
Xu Chi grew up with his grandfather. Although he didn’t have father and mother, he didn’t even know what it was like to have father and mother. Sometimes he also admired the parents of others who had father and mother, but he only had his grandfather.
Xu Chi's grandfather was very strict with him and always asked him to learn all kinds of things. In addition to studying, he would be sent to army training cap even in the winter and summer vacations. Grandpa said that he hoped that he would have enough ability to protect himself. No matter how difficult it was, Xu Chi had to find a way to survive.
Although Grandpa was tough, he also gave him enough love, so that his growth was not stunted. so Xu Chi grew up with the grandfather's expectations and education. He always thought he was strong. He could already face any difficulties and nothing could bring him down.
This is indeed the case. He is firm enough and strong enough. He met and fulfilled all of his grandfather's expectations, which made him very confident in himself.
He thought that he would not make any mistakes -- even when Ye Wei became just a stand-in for his lost girlfriend, Liang Ryowei.
He was also sure that he did not truly love Ye Wei.
Ye Wei is not Ye Wei to him. She was just another version of Liang Ruowei -- a stand-in that he wanted to see when he thought about Liang Ruowei.
He was too confident, thinking that his thoughts would never change, so he never faced Ye Wei honestly -- or faced his own changing feelings for Ye Wei.
So when Ye Wei found out that she was just a substitute for Liang Ruowei, after Ye Wei found out that he had never liked her before, he had become flustered. He thought that fluster and pain was out of guilt and self-blame, so he sought out her forgiveness. Yet he never thought that he was afraid that Ye Wei, who finally knew the truth, would be angry with him... would hate him... would not forgive him... and would finally leave him.
He never thought he would love Ye Wei.
...When did he begin to love Ye Wei?
....
Did he even love Ye Wei?
He stood blankly in the operating room. He couldn't remember when he started to love her. Gradually, Ye Wei was no longer Liang Ruowei's stand-in for him. Ye Wei was just Ye Wei. It turned out that he had already fallen in love unconsciously, without even realizing it.
The moment he saw Ye Wei was about to die, he finally discovered that he was in love with Ye Wei. He didn't want her to die or to disappear into his world forever. And yet, since his realization, he realized he could not see or hear or touch her.
He didn't want Ye Wei to exist only in his memory.
At this moment, he even felt that he could bear it if Ye Wei would never forgive him, if she ended up with Zhao Qui, as long as she could live well and happily.
As long as she can live, let him do anything.
He found himself covering his heart, the pain almost choking him.
He watched the doctors and nurses come in and out, watched Ye Wei's parents, brother and sister-in-law came, and he saw their crying red eyes and saw them sign the critical notice.
...
He waited one day and one night outside the operating room. The time was stretched so long, that waiting every minute and every second became extremely difficult and his heart seemed to be on fire. Time passed quickly, as if it was just a blink of an eye. Eventually, the doctor came out and told him that although the operation was successful... the trauma to Ye Wei's brain would never allow her to wake up again.
He waited one day after the next but Ye Wei never woke up.
She simply lay quietly on the bed, unable to continue her life.
Because of his selfishness, Ye Wei's time was forever gone.
At long last, how could he not know how important Ye Wei is to him? As slow as he was, he finally realized that Ye Wei was not just a substitute for him.
He loved Ye Wei but even at her dying moment, Ye Wei mistakenly thought he had confessed his love to another person.
Even as she lay dying, she thought she was just a stand-in for him.
She would never know that he loved her.
She would never, ever know. Even though the ML of this story was truly a selfish asshole, I ended up feeling sorry for him... damn did the author do a good job portraying his intense regret over all the ways he hurt Ye Wei... and all the ways he ended up destroying any possibility of happiness between them!
I feel you, I wish author finished this arcs fast. Also Definitely agree that this novel don’t have real ML. Is it romance? Who is real ML, at first, I enjoying reading it. Sadly, I lost interest and dropped at 44 chapters cause I didn’t like Male protagonist Ji Yingshi. He is so annoying and unbearable to me. MC doesn’t like him, break up with him, why is he being rogues and shameless chasing MC like dog. I feel romance is forced, I wish there were no ML. Only male characters I like are Xiao Bai, Cute and funny actor Who like MC and movie emperor Qin.
Okay, that was a very long post... this is Part 2 of explaining World/Arc 4 (where Yu Wei is the substitute girlfriend) in detail...
So Yu Wei basically decisively breaks up with the ML (Xu Chi)... but of course, his dumb@ss refuses to believe that's the case and he goes off looking for her. He does this even though Yu Wei explicitly gives the ML her blessing to off with the FL (which Yu Wei obviously wants for her task). Still the ML actually TURNS DOWN the FL when she tries to approach him about resuming their relationship now that he just got out of one with Yu Wei. But the ML is all... oh, but the FL is part of my past, I don't really dream about her anymore, I still need to talk to Yu Wei, etc. etc.
Pretty much the next day, Yu Wei comes out to show the world she's bloody well moved on from the FL. She even has a blind date with Zhao Qui -- the son of a family friend! (Zhao Qui doesn't show up much but he seems like a nice guy who truly likes Yu Wei). Yu Wei even has a fun time and goes on a date with ZQ... only to, of course, get interrupted by the ML and the ML's best friend, who all of a sudden want to "explain" the situation to Yu Wei (and probably get back into her pants/good-graces). But as Yu Wei eloquently says to them:
Cao Heng said, "... Aren't we friends?"
Ye Wei nodded and said, "No."
Cao Heng was really embarrassed. He looked at Xu Chi. Still upset and embarassed, Cao Heng said: "Why not? I thought we were friends?"
Ye Wei said, "Before we were. But now we're not."
Cao Heng froze. Why were they friends before but not now?
Ye Wei explained kindly: "If we were truly friends, you would not help another woman steal away my boyfriend. But since you did help that other women, you clearly did not consider me to be a friend. As a friend, you would not do something so terrible or hide the truth of an affair to me. If you did help another woman and hide the truth from me, it clearly means that we are not friends."
She added: "You're not my friend, so it's not strange that you wouldn't actually help me, right? So I can understand that you never actually cared much about me."
Cao Heng was stunned by her words. How could he know his kindness to Liang Ruowei (the FL) would make him Liang Ruowei's accomplice from Ye Wei's point of view?
So if Ye Wei felt sad and depressed, it wasn't just due to Xu Chi (ML) or Liang Ruowei (FL)... it was also Cao Heng's fault.
He thought since Ye Wei was still kind and gentle with him, she still thought of him as a friend. But it turned out that even though she was kind and gentle, even though she didn't blame or ridicule him for destroying her relationship with Xu Chi (ML), even though she said she could understand why Cao Heng took Liang Ruowei's side over her own...
Still, even though Ye Wei was kind and patient with him, Ye Wei had broken off their relationship. His selfishness was understandable to her but she would not forgive him for it.
Cao Heng felt deep regret at this moment. If he was given another chance, he would definitely not watch Ye Wei be deceived and hurt.
Even Xu Chi (ML) couldn't help looking at Ye Wei at the moment. He suddenly found that Ye Wei seemed to be calm all the time. She was not impulsive or emotional. On the contrary, she seemed more sensible than anyone else -- better, even, than anyone else -- even though she was the most injured by the end of their relationship.
He also finally understood that those established injuries were irreparable and indelible (and that he could not rebuild what he had just broken with her).
...
Cao Heng pulled his shoulders down. "Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you."
Ye Wei said, "It doesn't matter. I said I can understand why you did what you did, so don't take my words too seriously."
Cao Heng was even more uncomfortable in his heart. Ye Wei was just too kind. He would rather Ye Wei hit him for a few words and scold him.
Cao Heng: "I know I was wrong and I will never do what I did again ... So can we be friends sometime in the future?" He didn't even know why he said these words. He just really liked and got along well with Ye Wei. Something about her made him feel so relaxed and comfortable, so he truly wanted to still be friends with her.
"No," Ye Wei thought for a while, "I don't want to be friends with people who have hurt me."
Cao Heng: "..."
Xu Chi looked at Ye Wei with a firm face: "Give me some time, let's continue to talk about our relationship."
Ye Wei remained calm: "No, I still have something to do."
Xu Chi's eyebrows wrinkled deeper: "Ye Wei, must you resist me so?"
Resist?
Ye Wei felt bewildered: "What am I resisting? Your words are so strange. You yourself said before: Why should I put aside my affairs for you, who is not very important. Mr. Xu (calling the ML in a formal way), please let go of such trivial things (aka our relationship)."
Obviously, he could not.
Ye Wei: "I can understand how you feel about me now. I hope you can understand me also. Thank you."
After her dismissal, Xu Chi's face turned pale, and for a moment became even more ugly than Cao Heng's.
Both men who Yu Wei had just dismissed were tall and handsome. Yet at this moment, they both looked devastated and upset. It looked really ... pitiful, which made all those around them want to have sympathy for them.
Neither of these men had thought that Ye Wei would be so decisive in ending her relationships with them. I wanted to stand up and CHEER at this point! I loved how Yu Wei clearly pointed out that due to their own selfish actions: (1) Cao Heng had destroyed any possibility of a friendship with her, and (2) the ML had destroyed any possibility that she would trust or restart a relationship with him. Her calm acceptance of the end of both of these relationships just emotionally DEVASTATES both of these scum men!
Eventually, the ML turns into a stalker, gets notes on her date with Zhao Qi, and steadily gets more and more jealous (while paying less and less attention to the annoying-ass FL who keeps buzzing around him). Eventually, the ML tries ONCE AGAIN to get Yu Wei to pay attention to him by "apologizing" to her -- only to again hear her very politely tell him off:
Xu Chi (ML stalking Yu wei) waited for about two hours at the door of Ye Wei's neighborhood before finally seeing Zhao Qi drove Ye Wei back (from their date) in the car. Zhao Qi pulled the car door and Ye Wei jumped out of the car. The two laughed and said goodbye.
Ye Wei looked very happy. When she laughed, her eyes turned into crescents and she appeared especially adorable.
"Thank you. I had a great time today."
"Me too. If you're interested in a second date..."
"Of course I am!"
In the past, Xu Chi (ML) often saw Ye Wei's smile because Ye Wei liked to laugh very much. When she encountered or saw something that made her happy, she would smile and laugh and even wink around him. If he didn't smile back, she would poke the corner of his mouth and say, "Little old man, laugh at least once."
But since that day they broke up, he had never seen Ye Wei smile again. Or rather, Ye Wei had never smiled at him again.
Until Zhao Qi left, Xu Chi finally went out and said, "Ye Wei."
Ye Wei suddenly saw Xu Chi and stopped unexpectedly...
She frowned: "Mr. Xu, did you come to talk to me?" She called him Mr. Xu, politely, removed from any sense of intimacy.
Xu Chi said: "Well, I owe you a formal apology and an explanation. I know that what I have done to you is very unfair. You can remember and hate me -- and you can even ask me anything. But I hope you can calm down for a while before making a decision (about ending our relationship)."
Ye Wei nodded politely and said, "Mr. Xu, thank you for your kindness, but rest assured that any harm you gave to me was not enough to make me lose my general love for life. No matter what happened between us, I will continue to live well every day, cherish my time, and love life."
Xu Chi (deflated): "I'm glad you think so."
Ye Wei said, "Of course! This world is not ruined because of the existence of a bad situation or person. Even if I'm hurt now, there are many, many beautiful things in this world waiting for me to discover."
Xu Chi: "..."
Ye Wei waved her hand: "It's late, I'll go back first, goodbye."
Xu Chi looked at Ye Wei's back as she left without hesitation. He left himself with a kind of inexplicable confusion. During their entire meeting, Ye Wei didn't cry or make any kind of unhappy noises or faces. In fact, she had a mild attitude and she looked at him as though he were a stranger. She seemed almost to completely ignore his existence now that their relationship with over. He just felt that his heart was pinched by something, and it was extremely uncomfortable.
He wanted to stop Ye Wei, but Ye Wei's attitude of avoiding him -- and of saying sentences that left him feeling like a stranger -- made him unable to know how tot face her.
It felt as though Ye Wei was very far from him now. If you're into stories where scummy MLs suffer A LOT after the MC dumps them, this story is going to be one of your FAVORITES. It really contains so much yummy delicious ML regret, ahahahaha!
Finally got around to MTL-ing this, I'm dying pfffffft.
Arc 1 is entertainment circle. ML is MC's sugar-daddy and FL is the 'heroine' who should have a reverse harem of sorts going. ML, MC, and FL were kidnapped and FL dramatically kept ML from getting stabbed -- this results in negative opinion of MC. MC's response: I'm afraid to die.
Everyone: ......
ML starts catching onto MC's 'I'm a good employee' and 'so proud of myself for a job well done' expressions and goes ??? He also pays more attention to MC rather than FL and thinks about MC's words: because honestly, both of them entered into the sugar-daddy & sugar-baby relationship without any illusion. It'd only be natural for MC to treasure herself more in that kind of relationship. But ML's still kind of irritated LOL, he has no idea why he's so fixated on MC.
FL: ...why is ML so fixated on his old girlfriend!
It's even funnier when kinda-a-green-tea-b*tch!FL and her companions are helped along by MC's comments. They don't know what to think of this 'assistance.'
MC planning to die at the end of this arc because she doesn't want to 'work overtime.'
I believe it’s instead of MC being a fodder that died, MC became ML’s white moonlight and he never got over her. This happened in the previous arcs also, but instead of a creating a new plot-line, the world collapsed instead. Not exactly sure why this run is different yet.
