Poison Genius Consort

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Easily cowed and bullied, she was the useless, ugly woman with no talent in medical skills. Supported by millions, he was Tianning’s most respected duke with the power to move all under Heaven. On their wedding day the bridal sedan was carried to the front doors, but the Duke of Qin’s gates were shut tight.

They told her, ‘Come back tomorrow.’

All alone, she walked step-by-step full of pride through the duke’s doors. Little could they imagine, this unattractive good-for-nothing was a beautiful, genius doctor of poisons!

After transmigrating to the past, poisons expert Han Yunxi finds herself on the verge of being married off to the country’s second most powerful man, the Duke of Qin. Her future life seems set–except her husband is an unfeeling ice block, her in-laws think she’s a eyesore, the empress dowager wants to use her for her own goals, and poison-related plots abound.

Alone, the intelligent (and sensible) Yunxi must carve her own space from the intricate web of court intrigue and the jianghu, relying on her words, wits, and wisdom to survive. Adapt when necessary, use force when required; to survive and thrive is the name of the game to a prosperous life.

No matter what, she’ll prove her right to live!

Associated Names
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Legend of Yun Xi (drama)
PGC
The Imperial Poisonous Concubine (manhua)
Thiên tài tiểu độc phi
Tiāncái xiǎo dú fēi
天才小毒妃
Related Series
Poison Genius Consort 2: Emperor’s Swallow (Sequel)
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Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss (8)
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The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage (7)
Recommendation Lists
  1. Probably read when im bored (some of it)
  2. Wow there's a manhua version (FL)
  3. Because of drama
  4. 2024 1/3+1+light at the end of the tunnel
  5. Completely translated novels 5 (higher ratings)

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dramamonster
dramamonster rated it
July 21, 2018
Status: c722
This was one of my favourite novels for the engaging, wide-spanning plot. It's more of an adventure novel than a romance novel, in my mind.

A poisons doctor transmigrates into the body of a pitiful poisoned-ugly bride on the day the Emperor has maliciously ordered her to marry the royal Duke of Qin. The story is set in "... the Cloud Realm Continent (which) was vast and filled with powerful hidden tigers and crouching dragons... The heroine has her own secret identity, and her secret secret identity. The hero has... more>> his own top secret identity too...

The story starts with Han Yan Xi fixing her own body (first few chapters), then her new household (first hundred chapters, I think), then moving on to other parts of the country such as Medical City, Poison Sect, Southern Ning, Celestial Mountain, etc. Because of the secret backgrounds later revealed, I anticipate that the plot will move to the entire Cloud Realm continent.

I like the wuxia elements to the story - the secret martial arts, cults, guards, sects; the political elements - the power plots over the throne; and oddly enough, the financial schemes - the dark markets, gun powder, etc.

Of course, the heroine Han Yan Xi has a fantastical poison computer/space system within her, which is her one cheat/power. She is a bit geeky - she likes studying her poisons, and generally doesn't bother other people. She's not the deepest character (for me, that would be Shen Miao from Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage). There are times when she doesn't have much personality, but the plot just rips along, so it's easy to read on. She's neither vengeful nor angry. Unfortunately, because of her position as Qin Wangfei (royal Duke of Qin's wife), she gets into all sorts of hairy situations.

There are many interesting men in the story, several with secret identities, and they help the plot move along at a fast pace. Like most male leads in chinese romances, the Duke of Qin is cold, smart, wealthy and very powerful. He also has several very deep secrets. In the first story arc, he's not even in the picture - which gives the heroine a lot of space to develop her own role in the new household and organize things her way. The Duke of Qin and Han Yan Xi's relationship develops slowly over the novel.

This is not a sweet, fluffy romance. The Duke of Qin is busy with his schemes and secret martial arts doings and had the marriage forced on him. Although the Duke of Qin ignores the heroine in the beginning, her adventures and personality start to win him over. He's not there a lot of the time because he's busy doing his top secret stuff, so there are times when the heroine suffers, especially in the beginning when she's hardly on his radar. The first 200 chapters, he basically leaves her alone to fend for herself, and she goes through several trials without his help. In her mind,
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"Being husband and wife with Long Feiye in name only, where the well water didn't touch the river water[1], wasn't so bad either. Once she'd stabilized her position in the Duke of Qin's household, she should find something to do. Otherwise, where else would she go to get silver?... He can keep walking on his broad and sunny road while I traverse my single-plank bridge. Well water won't touch river water!"

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The Duke of Qin ends up falling in love with her. As one onlooker thought,
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"He didn't expect His Highness Duke of Qin to have found Qin Wangfei already. He really wanted to meet Qin Wangfei and see what kind of woman she was, to drive the Duke of Qin so crazy that he stuck up bounty posters all over the world. "

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Actually, the romance isn't really the best part of the story. The adventure is. Once the two leads get together and start scheming their way through the continent (love the grain donation scheme), the story gets better. Currently, the translation is
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3 years into their marriage, they are in love, and they are scheming their way through the continent as everything breaks up on and off into war...

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Where I would take away a star is the secondary female characters. Like many other stories, most of the other female characters are jealous, beautiful, vengeful types from powerful families who act like complete brats. The male lead is also the typical cold chinese male interest, however, it seems that there is a
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taboo on his body that prevents him from getting hot and steamy

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... The worst jealous female stereotypes are in the beginning arcs.

This is is also one of the best English translations I've ever seen for a Chinese novel. The original translation is on the Volare Novels website. I've read 722 of 1370 chapters. About 5 chapters are released every single week, - entire, long chapters. The plot doesn't lag at all, it moves along at a fast pace, and the story has long complex arcs. Right now the latest translation is at chapter 722, the leads are at Celestial Sword Mountain Sect, and they are on a new story arc...

So read it for the adventure - modern day poison expert transmigrates into a world of martial arts, kings and mysterious societies, saves the day with her poison skills, and eventually wins over her indifferent prince.

Update: I enjoyed the drama (Legend of Yun Xi) and it's two short bonus epilogues (available on youtube) that explain the happy ending, but although the drama was charming and good, it's quite different from the novel. The drama is limited in its ability to showcase the vast geography/cast/plots that are in the book. So the book is still an excellent read (if I skip over the jealous side character female paragraph descriptions) as it includes more characters, such as the Celestial Sword Mountain Sect, Cloud Trade Consortium, West Qin, East Qin, Nether Clan, Di Clan, Medicine Hut, Pill King, Chu Clan, etc. <<less
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shishalee
shishalee rated it
April 11, 2018
Status: --
If you like to read a novel where the main character is constantly tortured, suffered, and schemed by ridiculously powerful villains, this novel is for you. Almost everyone in the novel hates her.

This may seem pretty typical in historical Chinese novels, however, our MC is a knowledgeable and skilled doctor in poison that transmigrate to the past. Except, the MC may use her skills to get back at these villains, only to heal them back again (like really?).

If you're a masochist, you will certainly enjoy this novel.
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Jessie
Jessie rated it
August 30, 2017
Status: c78
The MC is often bullied by her mother in law without much revenge or retaliation. The ML indiffrent attitude is not what I would call a perfect couple. Every time the MC gets introuble she rely on the ML its ok in the beggining but once that drags out it starts to become annoying.
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Chewy
Chewy rated it
December 21, 2016
Status: c22
Just started reading, but I'm hooked already!

Even though the female lead is stuck in a highly unfavourable situation, she bargains her way through! She's unyielding, fiercly independent, and optimistic--you won't be frustrated with her because she takes matters into her own hands. There seems to be a reason for her transmigration, because her skills as a genius doctor/poison expert is continuously put to use. The translation is also superb! Anyone who likes the novel (GDBBM) 'Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss' would like this too for the medical element. The story is a bit more lighthearted than GDBBM. The clever protagonist twists the schemes of others so she's the one with the last laugh. There's some comedy to it and although some scenes seem a tad bit cliche and forced its not bad at all because the author still balances it out with elements of surprise--the story just sucks you in!

Lastly I do think there is some sci-fi element to this. The protagonist has a special skill which gives her
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An android-like quality and boosts her medical prowess. It's a special system in her brain that can detect poison, store objects, and even store medical information which basically makes her a super powered medical robot!!

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From an outsider's point of view, it would seem like she has some kind of super power but that's really not the case. Anyway, read for yourself!! It's just that good! 10 stars!
★★★★★★★★★★
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Sueli
Sueli rated it
July 5, 2021
Status: c1370
this is very well thought out. it's slow because it requires a lot of small details like plot and romance.
Han Yunxi is a free and independent woman, her personality is strong and she is very humanized. she has a normal human heart, it is neither white nor black, she has qualities such as her beauty and her intelligence, she also has her advantages such as her skills with poison and then fighting too. She doesn't rely on LF for everything she does, nor does she live in a love... more>> triangle with the other men who want her, she doesn't look like a character at all, she looks like a real person with real feelings. But she also has her faults, she falls in love very fast, she is super annoying when LF is in danger, I super understand her but seeing her hysterical is extremely annoying but necessary. I was just happy that she wasn't one of those blind and super jealous lovers with her husband to the point of killing all the women who wanted him. however unlike Han Yunxi, Long Feye is just like that, extremely jealous. his temper is cold and he rarely shows his emotions, except when Han Yunxi is involved. he is a very capable and admirable man, even at his young age he is a strong man with an admirable political ability. he usually doesn't create affection for anyone, but over time he does create affection for some friends. His ability to love is impressive, he is not that man who forces a woman to anything she does not want, he respects and admires her, not to mention that he is very proud to have her as a wife. about jealousy... let's say he's the type who tried to kill all his rivals in love, he's devoid of emotions and a lot of times we think he's a normal man with normal feelings, which is not true. his feelings are all directed towards Han Yunxi and his children, but he even prefers Han Yunxi over his children. His love for her is unparalleled, he may appear cold on the surface but he is a passionate and warm man. Regarding sexuality: This is not an erot*c book but it does have scenes about the two of them becoming one. of course, it takes more than 800 chapters but it's worth it. Long Feye is a man who has put up with it for years, and when he eats he becomes an eating addict. he wants her a lot, and wants her every night basically. he's a brute and wild, she's sweet and shy <<less
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tpw16
tpw16 rated it
May 15, 2021
Status: c1206
One of my favorite! I'm so hooked with the plot, characters and intensity. It kept me curious that I'm reading this for the 4th times now. I really do think that the author is amazing for the twists and well-planned story line. I don't mind that the story and romance is slow, as I think it needs time to melt an iceberg :p

MC became one of my favorite heroine. She is smart, domineering and resilient.

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ML never had any affectionate feelings before, so it seems he doesn't understand his own feelings. He expressed it by forcefully kissing her in the beginning. But she's like: I'm not having it!

When she realized that she fell for ML, she gave it a go. But once she realized he was mistreating her, she decided to leave. You go girl!!

When he chased her back but never profess, she again decided to take things into her own hand to make ML realized and confessed his own feelings.

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There are times when I get really upset with the ML for the way he treated MC, and wished that MC would just run away with the pampering 2nd or 3rd supporting ML. But in the end
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like after 800 chapters or so

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it showed that the MC's efforts and choices paid off. ML is blindly doting her, and became full of fluffs for her. Once he is on his doting mode, ML became one of my favorite ML in a novel too :D

I do hate that as the story develops all of the quests and arcs became increasingly so difficult!! I mean, dearest author, these are your MC and ML, give them a break pls! T_T

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for example, almost all of the characters had been kidnapped or stabbed. And especially hated the final arcs. Then there's the messy sect arc, the conquest for the sword, the medicine cave, MC being kidnapped while pregnant! And also hates MC's father!

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On another note, the translator, Ruyi! Oh what would I do without you? Thanks for your dedication, loyalty and patience on this novel. You are a saint! Your work is incredible, I do believe I came to love HYX and LFY because of how you had retold the story. Honestly, when you were missing for a couple of months, I tried to MTL, and that's how I realized you yourself is a genius. <<less
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amimarow
amimarow rated it
December 10, 2020
Status: c295
I enjoyed reading this story but there is one thing that made it impossible for me to continue: the ML. The MC has better chemistry with almost any other male character in the story, even the villain, compared to the ML. I found myself feeling completely disgusted when the romance started and knew I would not be able to continue reading. The ML brings out only the worst in the MC, and his treatment of her is barely above the bare minimum at best and outright abusive at worst. Their... more>> interactions make me disgusted rather than happy for them. I was reading this for the strong female lead, not the ML or the romance, and so it was especially infuriating to me that MC became everything I hate the moment the ML entered the picture. I honestly can't understand or relate to her anymore, because the ML is just disgusting to me, and no amount of description of his handsome appearance or domineering personality can make me forget about his abhorrent personality. As far as I have read, I see no substantial reason for the MC to like the ML. To like him romantically, you have to have standarts so low that I would suspect there is a problem. Chapter 294 was just the breaking point for me. I really liked the plots and the other male leads, but I can no longer handle reading about the MC or ML anymore. Thanks to the author and translator anyway for keeping me sane through a stressful exam period. <<less
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shadow1716
shadow1716 rated it
October 18, 2020
Status: --
Its a great story with a lot of depth but the whole contention is contrived drivel that should literally have no effect on the MC at all. She transmigrated as a military doctor/assassin from the current era so the whole melodrama about family and lineage should literally mean sh*t to her. But no for some reason she cares immensely. It makes literally no sense, why would she care about the body she took overs ancestors? Drives me nuts whenever I remember that essentially this novel has no purpose because no... more>> sane f*cking person would ever get into this situation. Its makes everything she says and does feel extremely fake which in a novel that has a dozens of chapters in a row with her going on about it extremely tedious to read. <<less
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rashfi
rashfi rated it
May 9, 2019
Status: c750
This is not a love story at first sight. It's about a love story that is slowly and sensibly.

You need to be patient to find a sweet love story. At the beginning of the story maybe you will hate ML like me, but after 300 chapters you will fall in love with him.
Really Long Feiye is my favorite ML of all the novels I've read.

MC even though it's not someone who is OP. She has the ability to solve the problem without a ML. I can understand how ML... more>> finally loved her and appreciated her abilities.

the translation of this novel is very good.
I can read it repeatedly without feeling bored.

I hope the translator will continue to translate this novel to the end. <<less
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silent hobby
silent hobby rated it
May 1, 2019
Status: Completed
I love this novel, the characters and the plot. Every character was nicely created, even the antagonist characters were not boring or one dimensional. They have their own reasons to do things along the plot and as a reader, I felt all the causes and effects were naturally flowing throughout the plot.

Nb: well, the process of the FML transmigated was a little bit ridiculous, but I suggested to ignore that part.

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Both of the main leads have hidden indentity, especially female lead. When her secret identity slowly revealed, unexpectedly that her background has another twist

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I can't help myself but love all the second male leads, they were all amazing individual with exceptional talents. Even if the author decide that the female lead end up with one of second male lead or even all of them, I will have no complaints.

The only one that I didn't enjoy was toward the end, the storyline was a bit boring.

The translator and the team are doing fabulous job. The translation quality is great, I could ignore some insignificant errors. The most important is the translator manage to deliver the story's essence in a good way so the reader can immerse into the novel.

Honestly I used MTL to finish the novel because I am too impatient but I re-read the translated chapters for more understanding because MTL confused me at most of the time.

This is one of a very few novels that I would re-read. <<less
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Decadimento
Decadimento rated it
April 20, 2019
Status: c172
Novel description sounded fine, but actual story is shit. MC is supposed to be intelligent though she utterly fails at many steps and accepts it as if its morning breakfast. She just takes whatever is thrown her way like a rag doll and does nothing to help herself. ML is as the story describes an ice block. Does not care, only looks for his benefit and does not show any concern whenever people attempt to drag down MC.

The novel to this point is nothing more than lets make MC a... more>> masochist and shove as much crap onto her as possible because she has half a brain cell from her "knowledge" to handle anything. If you're looking for a novel with some genuine plot and not, "Let's tear down MC every f*cking chapter", then go else where. If you're looking for a novel with a bit of romance than go else where. If you're looking for a novel where author just portrays a bunch of people who take it no lube style and don't question anything, then this is for you. <<less
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shia88
shia88 rated it
March 31, 2019
Status: c752
I really love this novel..
Han Yunxi is my fave transmigrator girl, , the other one is Chu Lian..
This novel is definitely one I actually try to keep up to date with even with lack of time for other novels.. Always refresh volarenovels in PGC table of content to read a good translate novel as my dose of happiness..
Yunxi is uses her own knowledge and skill to get herself out of sticky situations.. She is so smart..
The romance is little slow and believable, with no instant attraction... more>> between the two leads. Sure most dislike Long Feiye (nicknamed ice-cube) in the first 100 chapters or so but he slowly does warm up and opened himself to Yunxi amd now in chapter 752, , it shows how much they love each other..
will continue read and support this awesome novel.. <<less
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Enrap
Enrap rated it
March 30, 2019
Status: c750
This is my fave novel amongst the ones I'm currently reading. A smart, intelligent MC and an equally intelligent ML, their journey towards their goal, the plots and the counters make it an interesting read. The story starts off at a slow pace, but it builds up and keeps you on tenterhooks for the next chapter. The ML comes across as a frozen ice cube early on, but he makes up and does more once he melts. There are interesting supporting characters as well as the spate of annoying flies,... more>> but the leads have no interest in anyone except for each other. Their committed relationship makes it worth reading despite the slow romance. You need to pay attention while reading, lest you miss out on important clues and secrets as well as suspense keeps you guessing till it is revealed. <<less
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Orie
Orie rated it
March 29, 2019
Status: c750
This propably my fav webnovel this far. The plot, the character development, a rational slow pace love are the attracted point to consider if you like those kind of smart FM who is kind, mature and witty.

My suggestion to anyone who want to read, be patient! First 300 chapter is 1 batch of roller coaster mood. You will detest ML from beginning but you will even love him after he melt.. well he is a truly ice cube after all. But everything has a reason... and that finding that reason... more>> is sweet as honey and you will addicted to that 'honey' and craving for more. <<less
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Uno
Uno rated it
March 26, 2019
Status: c149
Really really I've tried. This is the third time (read from the beginning) and this is the furthest (c 149) I can tolerate.

It's so darn irritating, seriously I'm like enduring the rage to pulling my hair off from reading (lol). First of all the FL is nothing really special, just a person with a toxin/poison system attached, without that she is basically useless. To me she has not much self esteem, hardly stand up for herself and kinda just let be pushed around.

Secondly, the plots are pretty much nothing other... more>> than being dragged to be longer than it should be, it doesn't have much suspence or mystery, more like just go with flow (hope this make sense). FL doesn't really shceme nor cunning nor smart enough to reveal certain things (just meh)

Thirdly, most of the female characters are just one dimention mind thingi, envy/jelousy/arogance (take your pick). They are just created for the sake of having more annoying situation to read about.

Forth, well how should I put it... FL doesn't really stands out, nothing to get exited about her. I mean, she's not an expert in medical, no cultivation, no martial art, no hiddent talent (just the system thing), a scaredy cat, doesn't fight for her man or for her rights, almost non at all. Really don't understand why many says she's outstanding??!

There are more but I just end it here, these are my personal thoughts, no need to list all the things I find irritating so and so, in the end it's up to your own judgement whether this WN to your liking or whatnot. Just giving my honest review and prolly a heads up (if one might say) to those who prefers to read reviews first before diving into the story. Peace out *peace sign & smiley face* <<less
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tiffanybella13
tiffanybella13 rated it
September 23, 2018
Status: c612
This novel is seriously the longest I've ever read!! It already has 612 chapters and I cannot believe it there is still more (not that I'm complaining). What I really like about this book is the female lead is super badass and clever she can save her own ass without dragging the male down, in fact, she's helping the male lead A LOT!! (Honestly, I feel like I've read similar Chinese stories like this numerous times but still love each one just the same <3)
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Zukigi
Zukigi rated it
July 17, 2018
Status: c80
Well... This is probably the first novel I'm dropping... It's just...

The novel is well written, the story's nice overall, but sometimes it's just sooo tiring! Too much cheap nonsensical drama! MC is basically a neutral party that seems to need to be beaten multiples times by everyone! I can understand jealous antagonists, but why are they so blind all the time? They seems to forget their objectives just to make it harder for the MC!

Though I liked MC, male lead... The clashes are just so forced, alike n' predictable that... more>> they lose the fun. Rly, the characters are all individually nice! But put then all together n' nonsense 100mph! <<less
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Viys
Viys rated it
July 3, 2018
Status: c420
This is definitely one of my favourite books, I couldn't put it down once I started. Currently, I'm waiting for updates to pile up so I can binge read.

Now, the only reason I gave this 4 stars and not 5 is just ONE thing I don't like about the story so far- and that is almost EVERY SINGLE FEMALE besides the MC is a terrible person and it's almost always because of jealousy... It's basically women fighting each other over a man. Kind of degrading, to be honest. Besides that,... more>> I have no complaints. <<less
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Gorgeously Large Panda
Gorgeously Large Panda rated it
April 7, 2018
Status: c431
This is a rare josei novel where the female lead isn't a crazy mass mu*derer who kills anyone that looks at her the wrong way. The male lead is predictably cold and ruthless who typically doesn't like women, which is really boring and annoying. Would it kill the authors to write a likeable male lead that isn't a carbon copy of every male lead in those other novels? They somehow are so "unique" and mysterious (devilishly handsome, cold, ruthless, distant, OP in every way, whatever the female lead can't do,... more>> the male lead will complete) that they are literally the same freaking person across all the josei novels. Also, every freaking male character is in love with the female lead, and every (young) female character hates the female lead for absolutely no reason, and/or is in love with the male lead.

Having said that, this novel is actually quite enjoyable. The male lead isn't a rapist pedo for once. All the other novels seem to have a thing for super old but young looking male lead falling in love with 13 years old female lead, which is absolutely disgusting.

I'm only giving this 4 stars instead of 5 because the romance is really meh. It starts out alright but it gets annoying quick. I couldn't find myself rooting for them to get together. The chemistry isn't there. The falling in love was forced. I love slow romance but this isn't even romance. It's like p*rn without the actual s*x, and by that I mean boring and fake. Every other love rival of the male lead is a better candidate than him. The female lead being smitten with the male lead just doesn't seem convincing at all. I guess melting the cold heart of a closely guarded guy (who is super handsome and op and mysterious) and conquering him is all the rage these days, which is so repetitive and unoriginal. To summarize: the romance is utterly boring and fake, and is only for the gullible and young hearts. <<less
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TianTian
TianTian rated it
April 1, 2018
Status: c467
So far, I’m liking this novel. I like a girl that isn’t bloodthirsty, out to kill people and the likes.

The romance is slow: so? Being slow is ok since I understand later on how he came to like her and vice versa. Much better than other ML that just randomly fall in love with the MC without rhythm or reasons. At least I know Long Feiye didn’t fall in love with her for her looks.
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