the MC's family/ mystery etc? Gone. I believe the MC's cousin doesn't talk to her more than once during this whole period. The focus is on the ml's family and that gu girl as inferior competition/the only focus to her past life in this section. Pacing dropped off. I added the slice of life tag to try to justify why these chapters happened. Not to say they didn't have a purpose to some degree but they did not have to last this long. The business isn't even that prevalent. The MC's family barely gets lines. The ML is barely there even if we get scenes. This is focused on the foundations of their "love/marriage" but it's really nothing happening at all between them except misunderstandings have been cleared fully and it's just people looking outside in.

miss xu saved this novel for me. Drink every time they say temple in this entire book. Politics come in stronger but although it's happening, we see no real action except for petty girl sh*t and it's all behind the lines as we get news updates on any circumstances. I believe this is why it's hard to immerse yourself bc no issues feel as urgent anymore as it's not in our faces anymore; It's just out there happening. The cousin and family are there for a second, but after a couple chapters it's just a temple conference and the two of them traveling to the city together. The conference is so f*cking long tho. It's here The MC vaguely confesses her past life as a dream to the ML - enough to help, but also vague enough to make her character seem dumb ngl imo as she never confesses to her past life. The pacing doesn't get better but the xu girl makes it bearable. However, the romance takes center stage. Enter left, the realization of feelings. From 250-300 the ML is starting to turn the ball to marriage. It's interesting how connected to temples and love this novel has been lol.

again her whole family drops off of existence except for her marriage section but I can't remember if it happens here or in the late 200s. They're married now. It's relatively cute I guess but honestly the MC's smartness and business workings are so much less than when we started this novel. The focus is the capital, politics, and the ml's family secrets. They do go to another temple btw just to be consistent lol. I skimmed most of this until the end where we uncover how the ml's brother and father dies. How they deal with the grandson wasn't satisfying to me as the bloodthirsty person I am but maybe y'all moderates will enjoy it for it's realism. Bc I skimmed I will admit I still don't understand nor give a shot why peng killed her in her past life, but I understand why he tried to in this one. And honestly that's the last chapter. The author was trying to go full circle or something. It just falls flat to me though.

even more after they're get married. Most of the times everything will be handled by ML and focused on ML family's and problem. This is one of kinda disappointing part, as FL though she have the most screentime but her play are kinda boring and stagnant, well it's still good but yeah....

there is one of the part that hit me at the middle too, it's related to the li family and FL grudge. At first I think it's an interesting topic to be sought and a good background for the story too, but somehow the more I read the ridiculous this villain action for me. The real reason of the li means to make the FL suffer just for a painting is really weird either at the first life or the second. They tried by any means to marry FL just for a painting that they actually could get much more easy by not pushing the Yu Family like that. Like how lin Jun get the painting make me sad on how dumb the villain set in this story actually is. On the first life too, they aim for a highest peak, for what reason did they actually want the son to marry FL? That not even a known family and have her parents dead. Isn't this will just make it useless for them in the future, while they could get much more profit for Marying a different family and get the painting with an easy way. What was so important for them to make it a big deal like that? While you can get the painting with easier way. Idk which is more sad, the fact that the villain reason is exaggerated or is that I want more big villain to stirr up more good stuff. You'll get more annoyed if meeting the peng eleven too.