The Villainess Hides Her Wealth Chapter 28 Discussion

Partly reviewing to warn you that there are some unhidden spoilers in xelixette's review. Since they seem to have completed it on different site (possibly mtl-ing the official site?) they go into more detail you may or may not want. (Tho you'll only see this first if you have them by date and not likes... At least rn?)

As for me, I'm up to chapter 28 and I don't have any real complaints. It is a pretty typical villainess returnee plot, I won't deny that. But I enjoy how she handles sitatuations to deal with her enemies in the house, as well as her relationship with her mother. Considering the first chapter, it's obvious she'll still be cast out but I'm hoping Mom is able to stick around and we get some happy mom/daughter moments.

As someone very familiar and interested in psychology, I've never had an issue understanding and often affirming that situations like Lilica are absolutely possible, especially in a world without instant communication. Though considering the current cancel culture, it might work regardless. Anyway, so about Lilica surely still getting her expelled. (No major spoilers)

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As we read on, Yuria handles situations with her family very well, manipulating the others in a way that forces them to either be faced with acknowledging her actions or in a way that will get them to hurt Lilica in the long run. Like turning the maids against her and such. However, it is obvious throughout that she still has at least some hold on everyone, even those who know of her actions. She has been working on her reputation and actively bringing down MC from the very start and she's quite obviously malicious but also meticulous. So there has to be an inciting moment that gets everyone to overturn everything they felt about her to just adore her once more. Probably something that makes her a saint in the eyes of the public, like last time. There's not much anyone could do about that in Yuria's position, no matter how hard she's worked; thus she gets expelled.

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I honestly really like Enoch, the prince. He cares for his sister and is willing to do most anything to help her out. He has incredible business acumen and is very considerate of his people. He is straightforward with Yuria and that is something to be appreciated. I haven't seen too much of him but even early on it's pretty obvious that he's going to be the ML, so here are some of my thoughts on that. (Minor spoilers)

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"Biggest" spoiler out of the way first. Ready?

Apparently the romance is slow burn. Like, really slow burn.

... meh. :/

I guess that could be a dealbreaker for some people, especially since there is a romance tag, and that's valid. But I don't mind the idea of there really being no established romance til the end. This story has its focus on different things, and I can appreciate that. In fact, I'm hoping this means they build the romance on an actual friendship first. What a novelty, the main pair being friends first and not going straight to romance! Personally, I love the idea. So if we focus on her business and her growing her influence through it; along with her relationship with her mom and her developing ones with the prince and princess; and then her own personal growth? I feel thats plenty for the story to focus on. But maybe that's just me.

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So I hope you give this a shot if you like villainess return plots, with focus on business and personal growth, as well as some good revenge in smaller steps.