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I have mixed feelings on this novel so far, only on chapter 49. The MC transmigrated overnight essentially to a teenaged body in ancient China. He accepts it readily without question and tries to assimilate, his worry is about what 'identity' he'll have in the world if he tries to divorce forcefully... not to wonder about how to get back to his world or anything. He also seemed to not have suffered from any special attack or death to have caused a transmigration. His response is just not a normal response.Secondly, and this isn't really a spoiler since its mentioned in the first few chapters, MC supposedly has a spiritual dimension accessible from a mole on his arm. It has mountains, land, spiritual springs, etc. and he's grown food and has stocked up on a ton of living necessities and food in there... because the apocalypse was expected back in 2012. Now this set up is fine, but I'm now on only the 49th chapter and this spiritual dimension is barely mentioned anymore. MC had only used it in the first few chapters to eat some food sneakily and heal up with the spiritual spring and then once more to grab some apples to add to his tanghulu.Third, MC is totally a Mary Sue. Apparently he knows how to live on a farm, how to garden and grow stuff and knows what wild fruits, vegetables etc are edible and are not. Very convenient knowledge when the setting is in a farm. MC also knows how to cook, amazingly well too because the whole village drools over his cooking. MC is also conveniently glib of tongue and knows how to sweet talk villagers, conveniently knowledgeable with ancient Chinese poems and sayings to talk to scholars and conveniently knows how to bargain and talk marketing with business owners. That's not all! MC also knows how to design and make blue prints for anything from noodle makers to cupboards and ancient transport carts. Literally, there's nothing he does not know how to do and his only limitation is his delicate teenaged body might prevent him from from being super OP.The ML on the other hand... is your typical strong and silent type. Who knows kung fu, is able to fight ten to one and take on a wild bear all by himself. Again, I'm only 49 chapters in, but I don't really understand why ML seems to be so smitten with MC already. ML literally returned home after MIA for ten years and his family forced him to marry some stranger they found in the woods because of some fortune teller and bam, he's instantly devoted and loving to his new male bride.Buuut... all of the above aside, the story is really easy to read. The chapters are short and because MC is so mary sue, any conflicts he encounters are pretty much resolved by the end of the chapter or the next chapter latest. I'll continue to read it, because I kind of want to know what happened to ML in the ten years he's been away but at the same time I kind of feel like I already know how the story will turn out just from reading how the chapters and characters have been set up. I predict this is one of those no surprise type stories.