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So I was reading both the novel and manhua, Manhua's name is The silent concubine. Drawing style was nice but decided to read the novel instead. (I think Manhua version was better.) But dropped the novel around Ch170.It has many tropes that I like. Like wife chasing crematorium, Ancient China? Yes, I love my boys with long black hair. It has rich, overbearing strong ML. But then he also has many things that I hate.If you love this kind of husband abusing the wife story, this is it.I actually finished reading the sequel Silent lover 2, ML is the son of main couples. There Emperor (ML of silent lover) was disappointing. Their son is shit, too s*upid. His life is controlled by a concubine. No idea what happened to MC. He didn't appear on Silent lover 2.I actually wanted to give 3.5 stars to both books, because don't like both MCs. Of course MLs are human tr*sh, worst people ever but I already know that from the tags. But MC, they are both doormats, weaker than I expected. One thing I realized not only in the novel, but in real life is I hate people with doormat personality. Everyone steps over them and it's because they allow it. It's just, I can't relate to them at all. I was always someone hot headed, I always fought with boys and my class bullies. I threw stones and cracked their head. I don't allow anyone to talk sh*t about me or my friends. I directly confront right then and there. I don't give a F about consequences.So I get very angry when I read about meek, weak crybaby characters be it male or female. So I prefer novels with strong MC. In wife chasing crematoriums, MCs are usually mentally strong, or just stronger transferred soul. So this novels were not really my taste. I can withstand tr*shy ML, they are just side characters in the end. I still can enjoy those books, but unlikable MC is hard to handle.But this book is really good if you're into that kind of MC.