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Cons about MC: Some people who dislike Mary Sue-ish characters might be turned off because of her. Personally I don't think she's that much of a Mary Sue cause while she sure knows a lot (she's very very good at cooking, knows a thing or two about medicine although she's not a doctor, etc.), it's still within the realm of possibility if someone is very well-read. The knowledge she shared to the people around her imo is also general knowledge most modern people know. So far the author did not give her sudden cheats outside the things she's already good at. Compared to other MCs with their sudden hidden talents, she's pretty much consistent imo, but you be your own judge.
Edit: So in the later chapters author kept giving her "golden fingers" out of nowhere (e.g. Her wood carving skill, like bro seriously) or to put it bluntly, she's now officially a Mary Sue *sigh* disappointing but definitely not unexpected. If you still don't mind it, do go on and give this a read cause it's still fun nonetheless.
Pros about MC: I love how she's very kind and supportive to the people around her, heck even to ML when he acts like sh*t to her in the beginning. She willingly share the knowledge of her past life to her family/ML's family to help them improve their livelihood and actively give them advice on how to do that. I don't mind it if MCs of these kinds of stories pull a monopoly move but this MC is a chad with her "everyone in my previous life knows this anyway so I'll just let everyone know about this" attitude (this is not explicitly stated in the novel btw I'm just interpreting her actions that way). Another plus is she's not s*upid at all and can hold her ground against people who harbor some malice towards her/ML, but what'd you expect she's an executive in her past life she should be able to do at least that much.
Some people might find ML a bit off-putting. Just like Tang Rou, he got reborn as well so he pretty much knows the future and tried to change his fate. His life in the previous timeline was not-so-smooth mostly thanks to his wife (the original owner of MC's body), so to prevent that he decided to divorce her. At first I supported his decision since his wife seemed like a shitty person all along and he has no intention of leaving their children with her, but then as our MC later noted about him once she found out about his plan to divorce her; he's quite a ruthless man for planning to divorce the woman who had spent 8 years of her life for him (note that she didn't know that he's reborn). That's when I felt a bit conflicted. ML hated his wife for her sin of being a fool, but it only became a fault because she was married to him and he was an ambitious man who wouldn't be satisfied until he climbed to the top. I can understand his reason, but he's still an as*hole for pulling that move. Well, at least he admitted it himself he's not a good person. I'd like to add as well that ML was by no means a loving father. He cared about his kids to some extent but he didn't really show them love.
I really like their dynamics once MC and ML clicked. ML indulged her very much and gave her many privileges women of that time could only dream of, MC accepted his goodwill while making sure to not cross the line according to the ancient's values. In fact, most of the time when MC shared her past life knowledge it was to help ML so his future as an official will be smooth-sailing. I really like how they respect and love each other until then the author pulled a f*cking amnesia on ML!!! Of all existing tropes why must you use this one QAQ If this turns you off, maybe you should just back off because the next part might leave quite a bad aftertaste in your mouth.
When ML lost his memories, some official sent his daughter to become his concubine and ML accepted her because she allegedly saved him in the accident that led to him losing his life. He couldn't care less about her tho cause he was always the type of ruthless cold-blooded man who only cared about his career, the "here's money, food, and shelter for you now get out of my sight" kind of man. Initially, his attitude towards MC was more or less similar to the concubine but thanks to her efforts he eventually warmed up to her again. While the presence of this concubine bothers me a bit, I don't really mind it since it adds some realism to the story but some readers might not like it.
[collapse]One glaring plothole that annoys me a bit is related to Spoilerthe amnesia arc. So ML was supposed to forget like literally everything since he didn't even remember his own parents. But then some chapters later it was stated that he still had some memories prior to his rebirth but then why the heck did he forgot his own parents?
[collapse]There are a few other plotholes too but they don't really ruin the story imo. The number of chapter might daunt you from reading this but I personally enjoy this novel very much. Hopefully I don't get bored before I reach the ending lol