Silent Lover Chapter 98 Discussion

The prince is a slag yandere, the s*ave is a holy Mary, the villains are one-dimensional, and the plot is abusive. All in all, a fun read that suffers from the typical tropes of the genre. MTL'd after chapter 13 (it's do-able for the initiated).

Some additional tags from the author's description: 2nd male lead exists, ab*se in the first half and fluff in the second (assuming massive grovelling exists later on, because otherwise that promised HE is impossible).

Unbelievably, the shou s*ave is the most likable, realistic character despite the fact that he's out-of-this-world beautiful, has a photographic memory, and immediately trips head-over-heels in love with ML. He acts more or less like you would expect as mute, illiterate, and naive young teenager who grew up as a disabled s*ave in ancient society. Thanks to the ML's ab*se, he gradually wises up and grows by leaps and bounds (mentally—physically, he's a wreck). It's slowely revealed that MC

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is actually a "Yunmeng" person, which sounds like the author's set-up for the mpreg. And an explanation for MC's OP skills.

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ML is your standard issue abusive slag who can't protect his lover. As the ancient military general slag variant, he also can't manage his courtyard. ML's legitimate wife is the spoiled rotten emperor's little sister — so of course, as the only major female in the plot (read: natural immunity to MC's face), she's the source of a lot of MC's pain. ML is also best friends with the emperor, who injects political dog blood into this awkward romance.