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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Lin Wei Xi found out after she died that she was just a cannon fodder in a novel, used as contrast to the gentle and considerate and virtuous female lead.
The male lead was her ex-husband, the dignified heir of Yan Wang, his family were superior and brilliant, but the female lead was not her.
The female lead was her concubine-born younger sister, and her husband’s white moonlight, his cinnabar mole, no wonder! After Lin Wei Xi died, her husband finally married her sister as he wished.
She watched coldly at the two like honey in the oil, in love and harmonious, everyone using the success of her younger sister to contrast the impropriety of the original wife.
Lin Wei Xi sneered, okay, since your love moves the world, then this sister will come back and be your stepmother!
So she married her ex-husband’s father, the father-in-law she never met in the previous life, the country’s God of war, who has not remarried after losing his wife, the one that hold military power, the brilliant Yan Wang.
Later Yan Wang, who was in his prime years and used to act decisively, looked at his small, delicate, much younger wife, and had a headache.
No matter, she is still young, he have to spoil her, indulge her, teach her.
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One entry per lineข้ากลายเป็นแม่เลี้ยงของอดีตสามี
我给前夫当继母
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Greetings, Ninth Uncle (10)Married To The Male Lead’s Father (9)
Rather Than The Son, I’ll Take The Father (4)
Second Marriage (3)
It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager (3)
I’ll Be the Male Lead’s Sister-in-Law (3)
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- BG Reincarnation/Transmigration/QT/Rebirth
- Binge worthy Ancient China (BG)
- Girl Crush FL (CN Only)
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Date | Group | Release |
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10/03/20 | This Seat is Bored | c17 part2 |
10/02/20 | This Seat is Bored | c17 part1 |
10/01/20 | This Seat is Bored | c16 part2 |
09/30/20 | This Seat is Bored | c16 part1 |
09/29/20 | This Seat is Bored | c15 part2 |
09/28/20 | This Seat is Bored | c15 part1 |
09/27/20 | This Seat is Bored | c14 part2 |
09/26/20 | This Seat is Bored | c14 part1 |
09/25/20 | This Seat is Bored | c13 part2 |
09/25/20 | This Seat is Bored | c13 part1 |
09/24/20 | This Seat is Bored | c12 part2 |
09/23/20 | This Seat is Bored | c12 part1 |
09/22/20 | This Seat is Bored | c11 part2 |
09/21/20 | This Seat is Bored | c11 part1 |
09/20/20 | This Seat is Bored | c10 part2 |
To be fair, the MC is not truly vicious. Her evil status is only a mistaken matter of perception. She only acts to protect herself from characters convinced she will become an enemy.
That's one of my favourite aspects of this story. Each character has clear motivations and reasoning behind their actions no matter which side of a conflict they are on. You could rewrite this story in its entirety with different protagonists and still have a fully fleshed out plot based only on the existing character development. Each member of the cast is living out their own story and perspective. The depth provided from this method shows an oddly realistic display of personal bias, ie how a characters perspective can completely change perception of events.
One thing in particular I found interesting about these characters was that the MC and Rival were both envious of each other. They simply processed and acted on that envy in different ways. Gou Ran settles in happily as a cuckoo convinced the MC is her great enemy. Gou Xi initially fears and admires the rival's seemingly monsterous skills. It's an interesting display of the clash of cultures and values.
Gou Ran as a modern person looked down on the privilege of being a di daughter, yet at the same time used her privilege as a shu child of nobility and the self proclaimed 'protagonist' more than any other character. The contradictions in her character are both astounding and perhaps more accurate than any other transmigration novel I've read. I feel like I could write paragraphs doing a character study of this cannon fodder enemy's psychological state. The same holds true for at least 5 other characters, including some that are dead before the story even begins!
Gou Xi has always admired Yan Wang, even if not romantically, since well before she married his son in her past life. She respects him as a hero of the country rather than as a father-in-law. Yan Wang met a young 17 year old girl in need of protection rather than his son's wronged ex-wife 'Gou Xi'. He's protective, but maintains a platonic yet pampering friendship rather than romantic or parental love for her. He treats her as a younger generation, but respects her as an adult. Their mutual respect and friendship is what their marriage relationship is decided upon rather than lust or love.
Of course this does change over time, but it's important to note that she isn't (intentionally) seducing him and he is not harbouring supremely illicit thoughts about a little girl. There is no grand plan to groom each other into a romantic relationship. Gou Xi is looking for a chance to move out of the Yan Wang estate and would have eventually done so if not for interference from Gou Ran.
I'll admit that there were better marriage choices to resolve the situation, but ultimately the pair couldn't trust a stranger would treat her as well as Yan Wang. It didn't help that Gou Xi marrying out would mean they would essentially have no proper reason to meet the only true friend either had made in life ever again due to rules of the era. They were reluctant to say goodbye on such short notice, so why say goodbye at all? Neither truly expected the marriage relationship to be more than a righteous reason for Yan Wang to protect her righteously.
I have to say both were quite naive on that front, but I can see why considering both their previous relationships that had a honeymoon phase of a month or less before the marriage was dead. They committed to the first night out of custom. The following nights I won't spoil too much, but their affection as husband and wife develops naturally from there.
I hold the same feelings as the duke's servants. These two cinnamon buns deserve a partner who understands and supports them. They fit well together in that sense.
The age gap, although larger than expected, becomes completely irrelevant compared to the sincere happiness of the main characters.
Male Lead
I was a little nervous because of some other reviews, but the ML departure mid-pregnancy as he thinks things over went better than I expected. I wouldn't have been able to read it if that plot was stretched too far, but it was summed up within a chapter or two. He still did wrong by the female lead mind you, but he repents and acts to protect her in the end. It's only luck that he repented before it was too late. The FL also repents for using him and they have a fresh start as a happy family letting her previous life die peacefully. One thought that made me accept his struggles more, although not mentioned in the novel, is that in ancient times she would literally be seen as a ghost possessing a dead body. A monster. To the ML credit he only struggled wondering about her sincerity to him.
Honestly, his remembrance and suspected emotional entanglement with women similar to Gou Xi (including his odd concern for his stepmother who is similar in personality and his new concubines similar in appearance to his ex-wife) somewhat make him more of a scum. It's way too late and he is only concerned with soothing his own feelings of regret. He doesn't care for any of these women. In fact, the woman he married before the mourning period ended was only to help distract him from these negative feelings, despite the great disrespect it was to the wife he was failing to mourn. His regret gave him depth but in no way made him a better person.
He is not a major target of revenge in the end. He never crosses the line (unlike Gou Ran) and silently acquiesces to becoming a widow for a second time before he is 20.
He needs to super spoil his sister and respect his mother. One day in his 30s he should meet someone completely unlike Gou Xi, fully let go of his unhealthy attachment, fall in love, and treat his new wife with respect she deserves. That novel would unfortunately have characters like that pink clothes concubine as villains to be put down one by one until everything left of his previous attachments are cleansed. He still has hope yet to become a romantic devoted to one woman. Letting go at this point is the best thing he can do for everyone.