At least MC still had ML and her friends but Shang Mu was alone. He lost MC as a sister and although MC already forgave him, she still couldn't treat Shang Mu as her brother. Shang Mu also lost his love because of his father and after meeting her again, she already had someone else which was really heartbreaking to read.

But there's still hope though because in the end, MC gave her wedding bouquet to Shang Mu, wishing him to be happy which was really a thing that I would love to see.

Being EQ stunted is justifiable by her backstory which is incredibly dark for such a comedic story. Her father views her as her mother's mu*derer (as the mom died during childbirth), and while he wouldn't physically hurt her, he did a lot of emotional and mental damage. Such as locking her in a storage room for weeks.

He also physically abused her brother whenever she did something wrong. This resulted in her brother growing distant and eventually disliking his sister.

By the end of all that, she really doesn't know how to be loved and regularly asks normal people hypothetical questions that reflect her upbringing. Even asking a woman, who adopted an orphan, how the parents would have felt if even one of them had survived to take care of their own child.

He shows up roughly three times before the mid-30s chapters and never for very long. However, he does show up at a pivotal part when another actor goes nuts and tries to kill the MC and her friend. And then we don't see him again for another few chapters.

Seriously, the brother ends up with scars from being beaten. Of course, the brother also plotted his revenge against his father through a medication that had the side effect of hallucinations. However, the hallucinations were a one-time thing which led to the father spiralling out of control and becoming addicted to drugs.

Dad also tried to unalive himself because he wanted to see his wife again.

This novel has many weak points though, like her rushed adopted family that truly came out of nowhere. I'm talking more about the adopted parents than the adopted sister.

The sister actually had a build up but then kind of was dropped off in the story, at least at the point I am in, she doesn't have much presence anymore.

And her situation with her family was quite... idk, I don't think it was executed as well as it could have been, though there was some interesting things that were really well done, it's like it was missing something.

The system thing was honestly such a random thing. The story could have done without it, she could have just woken up from the novel's control on her own. The system variable felt misused and unnecessary, which feels to me like the author had no enough time to decide what the hell they wanted to do with it.

Only complaint would be the minimal follow up for the "chained woman" part (the captive grandma). The incident felt tossed to the side in the cast's minds as soon as the police took over. Maybe the author didn't want to weigh down the mood, but the conclusion for it was a bit empty.

MC's family tried to get her removed from being cast for a movie, but the ML paid more money to let the director make the best choice, because the MC was the better actor

like when the time Shang Mu ignored her when she asked for his help when she was bullied by their cousins, Shang Mu was late for his piano lessons and was impatient to pay attention to her, or the time when he avoided her touch, it was because he had just been beaten by their father and still in pain, etc. It was all the father's fault the sibling's relationship got broken, the father died way too easily.

the MC gave her wedding flower to him and wish that he would find happiness too

Basically in this 2 chapters, the girl Ah Yin (Shang Mu's first love) was the main reason for the siblings to mend their relationship, Shang Mu became a protective older brother and got revenge on the cousins who bullied MC. MC woke up earlier from the plot's control and became free a lot earlier, she also helped Lin Yanyan who was insulted and became friends with her, so Yanyan didn't get insecurities and plastic surgery. She also met Yu Su and complimented his looks which gave him more confidence in himself.

Jiang Yi became an annoying jerk who keeps bothering the MC just like in the main timeline after their engagement were broken off (this is mainly due to his possessiveness, he doesn't love her, he's just felt like she's his belonging that can be thrown away at anytime, so he doesn't like it when she threw him away instead). Chi Yan also got to beat up Jiang Yi personally after finding out the whole reason the MC was so obsessed with him was because he took credit for Chi Yan's kindness towards the MC during childhood. There's no Xiao Mi in this timeline unfortunately.