If the novel had always remained a sweet AO romance without considering or hinting at the larger implications of an ABO world, then I wouldn't have any issues, but this novel did hint at and sometimes balantly used ABO discriminatory practices to progress plot, with mentions of medical advances combating pheromones being on route by the ML's company. Not to mention, the ML being mild omega phobic along with his setting of being progressive gender equality believer yet constantly micro manages the people in contact with the MC and his treatment of the MC as breakable makes him a hypocrite (not in a deep introspective manner either). He also seems to show a belief that all omegas are the same, waiting for a chance to use their pheromones to hook alphas without a consideration of alpha behaviours. He also never masks his own pheromones while clearly having access to products that can be used to do so.

The novel even from a third person perspective of the writing, clearly seems to have derogatory outlook towards omegas. All the omega characters seem negative or emotional without ample control over their pheromones. Even the rich that should have access to blockers? The original Yue Fei sudden re-entering into his body due to a life risk situationa and his choice to take his own life for a slim chance to go back to an non ABO world along with the chapter in his perspective showcases this. Yet this is not really followed through.

Also their children!!!!

Assuming the time has passed and the pheromones inhibitors are in the market, the MC and ML kids - twins having a scenario of being casually discrimary towards omega seems a bit of an odd choice from the author. This was further cemented when they both become alphas later on. And that's where the novel ends. No intrusion into how to deal with the children's mindset nor the implication of the mentioned inhibitors on the world. The MC also from a cool minded youth becomes a cute pendant hanging off the ML. His reasoning for study from being able to now utilising financial stability to get quality education turns to a - I need to match my partner mindset. That's a no go for me. The children behaviour and their balant words of how omegas are soft thus can be seen as a reflection of how the children also view the MC. So that MC became a steriotypical omega of that world. Sort of throws out his transmigration and past as a beta to the damn wind.

Since, as typical plot goes, MC's book BF cheats on him with an omega even though ori MC, as a beta wanted to defy the stereotype and be a alpha-beta pairing. Alas, they can't seem to go against their hormones. So after breaking up, MC goes into that arranged marriage with ML who, as an alpha, says that he actually wants a beta partner. Even though some people like MC's own parents ask him if he wants to find an omega partner. I would have liked the plot to go to MC being a beta, so as to show that the stereotype can be defied. But then, seems like it will just be MC turning out to be an omega all along sigh.

MC transmigrated into a beta who's alpha boyfriend just had s*x with and marked an omega in heat, of course forced by the influence of pheromones. The alpha of naturally still loved the original, but felt responsible for the omega. In the original text the beta hated the omega and tried to bully him, but this somehow just helped the two protagonists get closer.... (i forgot the rest)

MC didn't want to be entangled with the relationship mess so after transmigrating, remembering the novel and finding out 'his boyfriend' just cheated on him, he cleanly broke up with him (the alpha). After realising he had a new chance at life he decided he wanted a calm life, where he enjoyed studying and living life. (In his old life his parents divorced and he had to carry his father's debt. MC worked hard and even dropped out of school, but he then suddenly died of overworking himself.) But it didn't take long for his new parents to pop that bubble and tell him that their company was nearly bankrupt (lie) and they had set him up with a son of the most influential family of the country?/world?.

Thinking of a calm and easy going life, a contract marriage with a rich man didn't sound all to bad. After going to the appointed blind date and finding the heir of said rich family, (yes he was a bit surprised at first, but not to much since MC knew a bit about the man from the novel) he had no objections to the alphas arrangements of their fake marriage. The man wanted to marry him a beta, because he was disgusted with omegas (and their constant seduction attempts) and needed to marry in order to officially take over the company (from his incapable father with weak personality, [My note: he is a bad unlikable parent, but not a bad person]). It didn't take long for them to get the certificate and move in together (for show). They got along surprisingly well and slowly ML fell for MC. ML was at first pacient, responsible, polite and distant but slowly grew caring in the face of MC's sincere care (in a friendship kind of way). When he first found out of MC's late differentiation as omega he took good care of him (informed MC of his gender change, and modified their contract after discussing with MC) and even took a bit advantage of the clueless and dense MC. Patiently teasing the dense omega until he (MC) realized his own feelings for him (ML) and confessed. These two are so cute and sweet!! Ahhhh the dog food is just to good! Sadly not to detailed snu snu. The kissing and temporary marking is still hot!

But! Attention! Plot twist!

MC lost his memorys in a car accident. At first the original woke up in the hospital, slit his wrist after finding out he is now an omega with delayed differentiation and has returned back to the abo world and in turn made MC return to the body the next time the boy opened his eyes. ML went through extreme turbulent times through the whole ordeal and nearly even grasped on the truth about MC not being the bodies original soul. ML told him some lies (in fear of him committing su*cide again or wanting to divorce) after knowing of MC's memory loss and took him back home. While the amnesiac MC believed he just transmigrated into the novel, he slowly, but surely found out that that was not the case. Slowly (or quickly, how ever you want to see it) he fell in love with ML all over again.

amnesia

the summary seems a bit misleading when you're reading this, but near towards the end, MC actually gets amnesia! How cliche! So not totally misleading >w< it was really sad for like 1-2 chapters when the original Yue Fei transmigrates back to the ABO world and he misses the non-phermone world QAQ ML's poor heart when this Yue Fei commits su*cide and amnesiac MC transmigrates back in. Was kinda cute though that they spent time learning to fall in love again~

I loved all the extras and how the author wrapped up the Yue Fei in the non ABO world. It's a bittersweet tale. He decides to drift around the world, leaving his mark in as many places as possible because he doesn't know if he'll wind up retransmigrating back into the ABO world.. But, along the way, he picks up a man who will never leave him alone ToT it's a good end!

I also love that the character is gay! Yes!! We don't have to deal with the "but I'm straight af" attitude.

Yue Fei (MC) confesses. But after that, the story really should have wrapped it up with a HEA and been done with it. At that point it was cute, had a great relationship/story/etc.

HOWEVER, after that point, it felt like the author was like “oh no! They’re together now and there’s no more conflict! I need to add some!” and so took the very cliche amnesia plotline and chucked it in so clumsily that the entire story after that just felt off and wrong. Like an AU of the actual story.

Also, everything after the amnesia incident was basically the story redone on fast forward since they have to “fall in love again”.

I hated it.

Read the book up until chapter 53/54 and drop it, pretending it ends there with a HEA. (or skip forward and read chapters 70-71 for their first time during Yue Fei’s heat and then a HEA, you won’t have missed much at all)