Married Thrice to Salted Fish Chapter 105 Discussion

Early 5 stars

Only bad thing so far is that I didn't know it's ongoing T^T I love it so far! The summary looked so simple but the story is so much more than it! This is a power couple story that's much more fleshed out. Each arc (I shall call it arc) where the ML transmigrates is pretty long, about 40 chapters, so currently just reached the 3rd one and I'm not sure how it will even go.

I love MC and ML, there's a warning from translator that MC is not the best character, and that's in terms of he's the type that will retaliate tooth for tooth (so never get on his bad book). And ML loves it hehe. They are definitely a strong couple and it's a very slow romance. It's also interesting to read in the perspective of someone else instead of the transmigrator. It's not a new concept but this book does it in a fresh way. Minor spoilers ahead:

Arc 1 (Xiao hou ye) : Spoiler

So totally no romance here but they start out as friends and allies in this tricky situation. It's actually really cute. Also, ML is actually younger than MC! There's the start of a long collaboration (and we can see the downfall of a whole household) and towards the end, I was really sad to see xiao hou ye gone. I think both started to develop some feelings towards the end and my gosh, I really teared up at the end. This ending really gutted me. But plot spoilers wise, Xiao hou ye is the nephew of the empress and MC is forced to marry him by imperial order because the guo shi dictates that they match and it will help xiao hou ye (since he is like terminally ill). And it does follow the summary where he still dies a year later but it's actually half a year longer because MC (who is a doctor in training), helped prolong his life. And also, MC actually held a grudge at the beginning because this whole marriage ruined his plan to take this very important medical exam.

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Arc 2 (general) : Spoiler

TBH not my favourite arc because of the age gap. General is 12 years older than MC (though mentally ML is still 1 year younger). It was nice because this is the arc where their feelings became mutual and more scheming happened against the protagonists of the book (who weren't good) but I couldn't really get the age gap image off my mind. But otherwise, the confession scene was very nice. Again, a lot of people went down but coming towards the end of this arc (there were even scenes where they promised to be together till the very end of this life even though ML is physically older now), you just know the angst was coming. Oh and also, it's assumed at the beginning that the general "died" when ML transmigrated over to his body at the start of this arc (and that was at the war zone away from the capital).

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Arc 3 (major spoilers) : Spoiler

There was already hints in arc 2 on who ML will be, and that was this prince who was said to have "no soul". So ya, at least it wasn't like he took over an innocent character. And this prince looked nearly identical to his original body (HMM). A lot of things happened between arc 2 and 3 for him to become emperor and how they can get together when MC already kind of married twice is going to be a hurdle I foresee, so shall have to continue reading.

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Minor cute plot point: Spoiler

I like how ML influenced MC to talk in his modern speak. Also, there was a natural flow in the plot where MC discovers that ML is a transmigrator and that they are in a book.

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Overall, I love MC and ML interactions, the way they scheme together. ML actually stays true to his character of a lazy salted fish unless he really has no other choice. There's cute moments, scheming, plot, and a healthy dose of angst. There are side characters (the important plot related people, the enemies), but tbh no real important allies.

A good read but perhaps should wait till completed to start T^T