I ended up loving this so much 😂 I mean its cliche as it could be but that's one of the charm of the novel imo and considering this was author first work it's surprisingly good. Although I'm not really fond of weak MC or what ppl in the comments said "white moonlight" type its different story if it's reasonable.

The mc- his meekness has it's reason. He's not just Being weak cos he wanted to. His insecurities based upon everyone insult and scowled & no matter how pretty u are... more>> if everyone around you called u "ugly" you would come to believe it as well and he has sickly body cos he's a ger, born premature and never get enough nutrition. Don't quick to judge but put ur perspective in his shoes also he tried and gradually changing for better him bcos of the ML and his baby and he did it

The ML- oh I loveee his cruel way of taking revenge like nothing could go wrong with black bellied op gong who act like a gentleman in front of everyone but is evil af inside but of course not towards his wife. He pour every love and care he couldn't get in his entire life towards the MC and that's everything that Matter. I prefer someone who would kill everyone bcos of his lover instead of letting his lover die saving everyone. <<less

Gong is not a pushover, he retaliates instantly, but he doesnt kill them in one go, he make them suffer twice as much.✔️

Shou was weak and full of anxiety BUT he shows the most character growth. Very satisfying!❤

Translation kinda meh with all the footnote mixed in the actual paragraph of the story but it doesnt stop the story from being satisfying

If you don't like a pushover ML and an author who keeps trying to milk the same villain to pester the MC and ML then don't read this novel because good god I'm getting frustrated on how many times do they have to make the cousin keep reappearing and why they just didn't cut the root of the problem to prevent it from growing. Also the personality of the ML is irritating, makes me want to root for the villain to succeed and steal MC instead as to show ML... more>> that if he keeps that weak act of his he'll be facing the consequences

edit: ML just redeem himself but if you can tolerate his weak attitude for the first 30+ chapters then you can read this novel to pass time... (nevermind he didnt redeem himself, his only character is being beautiful, being oh so still attached to his cousin's family and a damsel distress)

I'm more interested at the side couple's story at least they're more interactive and less stressful to read than the main couple <<less

I'm giving it 5 starts because so far the story was Great and Satisfying.

ML is no pushover. Since he marry MC, his Character growth is Splendid!!! The Supporting Characters aka MC and ML's friends, Absolutely Soooooooo Goooood!!!! The Side CP is CUTE AND WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!

MC though... So far his characteristic is Top Notch. He's more than just Black-belly. ... more>>

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He's Straight-up Yandere! He doesn't have problem being Cruel toward people who deserve it. And showing or telling what he did to his Friends and Wife. He is very good to his Friends and is Loving toward ML and would never hurt him! ML also handle MC's personality/cruelity pretty well. Since it's not placed wrongly.

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The Satisfying Faceslappings. The Fluff between MC and ML. The Friendship feels between ML and others. The Cute Side CP. Very Very Nice Novel!

I pray the rest of the Story is as Satisfying!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Updated at 11 Feb 2022:

And I get what I pray~ yes, the rest of the story are Satisfying and I'm SOOOOO Relieved...!

We get to see MC's friends and MC mentioned his past to his Wife. Very Nice! And of course there's more, but the point is the story is ended with Satisfaction! <<less

I really don't want to be mean, but this is ju:t not up to my taste, currently in chapter 18 and instead of enjoying it, Im just filled with constant anxiety. I'm planning on dropping it after knowing what happened, but I don't know, maybe I should give it a chance. I just don't like it when I feel very anxious while reading, it makes me stay to read more yes, but Its really obnoxious.

Edit; I just got with the anxiety inducing chapters and decided, I might give it a... more>> chance. I hope I wasn't too harsh with my comment, I really don't like being harsh, since writing is really hard and I can tell hard work is put into it

Edit again (XD) I love it now, it might be cinderella story but there's nothing wrong with enjoying it ! <<less

3-4 stars

I get the phrase 'no one falls in love at first sight with someone else's personality'--- but, it's also somewhat tiring to see a plot progress with a transmigrator falling in love with a 'cute', 'beautiful', 'intriguing' one the day they Transmigrate or move to the country side in this case.

Yes, I found this story enjoyable, but not refreshing after reading -transmigration of mian, transmigrating into the ancient times with Lu's convenience etc, .

Yes, I understand the mentality that such 'tragic' pasts were common in the ancient times but... more>> really, what time wasn't? Besides, is every antagonist ger really that s*upid to keep pining to an already taken tree? <<less

I love this story! So awesome! （・∀・） I didn't expect the MC's character though.. But he's cool. (/^▽^) /

An ok story, it was nice to read and the side CP were so cute! A little cliché but amusing. The He family was really awfull and they got their retribution, the best part is that the MC didnt have to do much because they brought their own ruin by themselves (and what he did... wow, the black belly tag its accurate)

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I felt bad for the sisters in laws, specially Liu, she was r*ped and then got k*lled, He Zhen is really the worst character in the story.

I dont really like when characters get r*aped as revenge, nobody deserves that. Even He Zhen got r*aped by an old man who he was forced to marry when he was only 15 years old (ugh, disgusting). At least Qi Yue didnt have to do anyting with that.

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The story is so warm. Just nice to binge read in a go (which I did😅) I rarely review novels I read so this says a lot. For those seeking complex stories, this one is not for you😤. Don't go complaining if you don't find what you seek for!

This novel is sweet, short and lovely. Thank you writer and translator-nim!😘🥰

Ah, thank god the romance and wedding is early, ML's family was already unbearable since the start and they appeared every chapter before the couple tied the knot.

It's all sweet sweet life after the wedding uwu

Though I do agree with other reviewers that the author focused too much on characters I don't want to read about (side characters, the villains, etc). They're already annoying to read but when I thought that the author was finally finished with them, they appeared again the next chapter ughhh

Every sentences have exclamation marks! It made me so uncomfortable! A tender and heart warming moment became a weird sentences! Bcs I read with intonation (?) rhythm (?) to set up the atmosphere of the novel, i've to somewhat programming my brain to remove all the exclamation marks by default!

"He Ling looked into his eyes, and seemed to be drowning in that tenderness!" (Copied)

ARGHHH!

Also, idk if it's bcs of the weird usage of exclamation marks or anything else, but the flow story is so weird! The shou is so dumb! Like, pls do scheming a lil bit! Please learn to at least reject the villain blatantly dirty acts! At least reject!

And bcs the couple became married quickly, I hope there will be the process of them knowing each other better, their inside minds and thoughts of each other, like, it's what intimacy means to me! Not just they had s*x and that's it! Explore more of their marriage life or every day life! How they build their trust and truly become other each half!

You can't bring your brain to read this! You really must do! Just enjoy the face slap and the villains dumbness, added with the shou another dumbness innocent soul and mind! Boi, learn to at least dodge those fired before-ur-eyes bullets, will ya!

Ok fine I think enough with these exclamation marks :p My brain is tired dude -, -

I know that this novel is a brainless light fluffy novel. I just read some brainy life and death games novel so I want to enjoy some light novel. But ugh, I can't enjoy this, sorry author-san and translator-san :' (

Definitely a 5-star read! This book is one of my all-time favorites—a true hidden gem. The ML character is one of the best I've encountered, with his protectiveness, intelligence, and intriguing traits. I also liked the growth of the MC and the memorable side characters. Highly recommend!! I created an account just to recommend this hidden gem.

Very entertaing read for pass the time, the story itself is very fluffy and from gong pov

Totally recommend to read this story, very cute, fluffy and relaxing. The conflict is not very heavy, definitely reread again!

5/5

Back to the Countryside. Pov is both from the gong and shou. No transmigration. Others complained that the shou is too passive, has no character growth, relies on the gong too much. At the beginning of the story it is true, but he does have a small ac. He stands up for himself, and is no longer passive. Story does not have transmigration. These tags do NOT apply: poor to rich, modern knowledge. Mpreg tag does not really count. Chapter 80+ starts getting interesting. Action packed, jianghu/xianxia setting. Reminds me... more>> of Transmigration: The Farm Life of a “Fool”. That novel is also a farming ger story, but with transmigration. The transmigration is the gong in that novel, so both novels have a seme protagonist, and the both shous have an identity reveal towards the end. Both novels have action towards the end of the novel. <<less

It was entertaining, but a bit predictable. There were a couple of loose ends as well, the author forgot a couple of the side plots hahaha

The translations, I'd say it feels kinda like MTL in terms of coherence and formatting (the translator doesn't know how to use the annotations in more than half of the story), But they did say it was their first time translating, it's just a pet peeve for me.

The story is very unremarkable, now that I'm writing this. But it's a nice way to pass the... more>> time.

I kinda like the black-bellied tag though, this is how I want it executed. Black-bellied to others, but sweet to ML <<less

Soft and sweet slice of life with well done side CPs. For the chapter count it has a nice plot and is well paced, though the final chapters do seem a little rushed as a final climax but over all it was a nice soft read.

Thanks for the hard work translating~

This is good to pass the time if you're bored, but This was a 6/10 for me.

The same plot was used a lot, so it made me aggravated and bored. It took forever to know the MC's back story. Face slapping was 2/3 of the story and sometimes it felt like too much or too little, like it didn't really perfectly satisfy me at the end. Some of the characters were dumb. Also, I don't feel like everything was tied up at the end. I... more>> wanted to see more into the future. And the Side couples took up a lot of the novel. Yeah, I won't be rereading. <<less

3.5 Stars

Overall

It was okay, not what I really wanted but I did manage to finish the story. The story kind of has like two parts. The first and longer part deals with the ger ML’s life while the other part deals with the MC’s life. It was actually okay separately but in one piece, the vibe of both felt too clashing. This is a personal preference though. Basically, I just don't like the addition of the Jiang Hu to the rural village countryside slice of life, farming life. The vibes... more>> of both just don't fit together for me. From the synopsis, I thought that the MC left that life and was just going to stay in the countryside for the entire story and that the golden finger of the MC is his martial arts skills or something. But in the latter part of the story there is his past and the Jiang Hu people who interfered with his life.

Anyway, I think it was just a difference in my expectations and reality for me. The ML part in the first part of the story was full of super annoying relatives being ridiculously s*upid and entitled. And the ML was too trusting until he finally learnt his lesson and grew some spunk. Before that, the relatives had free reign. I was so infuriated at them that I skipped a lot of the scenes attacking the ML because I knew the faceslapping wouldn't happen so fast so no need to suffer myself to be angry yet. I find, though, that faceslapping is only satisfying when the person being bullied is the one doing the faceslapping which the ML eventually did at the end XD. It took a while though.

Writing/Translation

The translation I read is from KnoxT. The translation was pretty good, not perfect but the translator really translated. Basically, if a sentence is weird when direct translate to English, they will change the sentence to something similar in English that makes sense to English audiences. They worked hard adding footnotes too.

Pacing

The pacing is okay.

Plot

The plot is that a new, unknown, mysterious rich MC comes to the village, encounters a Cinderella-like pitiful and beautiful ger, takes a liking to him, falls in love with him, marries him in 10+ chapters and then deals with the ML’s horrible relatives’ drama. Like a smiling yandere. Then, very obviously, after all the MC’s villains were dealt with, all kinds of people from the MC’s Jiang Hu past started coming to interfere with his quiet life when it felt like the story had finished its climax. Lol Then, the Jiang Hu portion of the story begins where there is some sect drama and hidden secrets are revealed.

Characters

The MC was interesting in that at the beginning, your first impression of the MC is really as some young master whose of a smiling, gracefully avoids issues type of person but over the course of the story, realise he's quite capable of killing enemies in cold premeditated mu*der lol. But the majority of the time, he's that smiley, graceful and very doting to his Fu Lang.

The ML is a typical downtrodden, bullied uke. But, over the course of his arc, he grows a spine and stands up and even does some literal faceslapping of his villains haha. Just by living with the MC, he also grows a taste for teasingly bullying other people into blushing states lol. But is still a cute and determined uke.

The other good side characters in the village are all nice, interesting and different from other rural farming stories I've read. They have personalities lol. Are likeable and feel mostly real and not just as props for that rural village life.

The bad guys are super infuriating :)

My Created Lists (I include my rating and review in the list itself XD)

• All Novels I've Read Sorted By Rating - Where I ranked every single novel I read on novelupdates.
• Heartwarming or Feel Good or Wholesome Stories I Liked - As stated haha

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