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Chapter 2-
“At the end of the book, Xie Ruheng found an uninhabited wilderness, holding a fragment of his mecha in his palm, and quietly looking at the starry night sky. He heard that after death, people would become a star. Xie Ruheng thought, if he turned into a star, it would be a far away, small and feeble star, sinking deeply into the dark atmosphere. Just like his life, rebellious and free-spirited, sinking into many impossibilities. Thinking of this, those dark phoenix eyes finally lost the last of their light. He faced the starry sky and remained on the eve of dawn eternally.”
This part from the “original” novel really hooked me into the story. It’s so incredibly heartbreaking and made me feel instantly connected to this character. In hindsight, after about chapter 30 or so, I also sort of wished Xie Ruheng really was an omega in this universe. If not I wish I could read the “original” novel too because as heartbreaking and angsty as it would be, I really want to read the O/O pairing. And also, just thinking about the “original” XRH, I think of this quote specifically all the time.
Chapter 22-
Tang Bai finally standing up for himself in front of his mother and grandpa. He is so angered at the fact that the omega that was r*ped was silenced by the r*pist not to protect the r*pist, but to protect his prospective marriage and reputation. He is brought to a boiling point where he reflects on the gender inequalities in society ad how it’s shackled his own life, and he realizes he is entirely discontent and would rather die than to live in servitude of Alphas and be a birthing machine for them. He realizes that without having ever encountered the “book” of the original story and learned of Omega-Xie Ruheng’s existence, he would have resigned to a life of “a canary in a cage” according to society’s standards and views of omega.
“Xie Ruheng, who pierced through his enemy with a sword, once again appeared in Tang Bai's mind. His face was red blood, so red that it was like a fire that never extinguished. In the shadow of the sword, the dark phoenix eyes looked at him silently—— If this society had a barrier blocking everything, then pierce it with a sword. If you know that you’re unwilling, if you know that you’ll regret it in the future, if everything is too late, why not try? If everyone lives in a book and has their own plotline, then why do we have to follow the expectations of others to follow the plot? This is obviously my life. All the joys and sorrows, the ups and downs, can be written by myself ——As long as I am willing to bear the price for it. If I am willing to give everything for it, then I... Why don't I just be myself?”
For some reason this scene really hit hard I almost cried. This whole chapter was extremely moving. the author and translators do a phenomenal job of conveying the uneasiness-->rising tension-->realization-->resolve throughout it to the readers!
Chapter 40-
Holy CRAP!1!>?!?! Gu Tunan (aka original male protagonist) little dad (omega father) sees the way his own son he raised regards omegas and how he treats Tang Bai, and realizes he failed to teach his son to respect and properly love omegas, , , , and how he has turned out like his father...
“Before I married into the Gu family, I had a free and unrestrained personality. I also liked to dress up. I used to be an omega like Tangtang. It’s just because the Gu family needed a perfect Mrs. Gu, so since then, no one has known my name is Li Songyun.”
Li Songyun covered his eyes, tears dripping down his palms, as he said: “I like Tangtang so much, how can you bully him like your father bullied me:”
I thought about my mom and all the things she’s told me about when she was younger and married to my dad. I had to take a moment to touch grass and cry some REAL tears for a while, and then I came back inside to start typing up this review, and makes notes on every part that really had a lot of OOMPH
[collapse]I dropped it around chapter 50 because the mistaken/misunderstanding Tang Bai has about Xie Ruheng’s identity got kind of annoying?? It was funny and cute at first until Tang Bai grew a crush on the “Xiao Cheng” identity, because this whole plot point could’ve been resolved if the characters spent just a second longer together. Also why did it feel like all of a sudden Tang Bai’s IQ suddenly got nerfed for the sake of this particular plot lol. Anyways it’s still a good and heartfelt read. I just got annoyed at that point and have a personal ick for this type of trope. I did skim some of the later chapters but I wasn't eally interested in the online gaming and stuff/interstellar type stuff.in conclusion, pretty solid read and you'll feel a rollercoaster of emotions! I still recommend!