she didn't really reconcile with her mom, who abandoned her in her childhood and wanted to come back into her life, even after the misunderstanding was resolved. As a person who has family issues, I completely understand where she's coming from and I was very happy that it was very realistically portrayed. It's not easy to act like nothing happened, but at least FL was civil with her mom at the end.

The novel's main theme was misunderstandings- ML's misunderstanding about FL because of the pink envelope, FL misunderstanding about her parent's divorce/mother because her parents didn't bother explaining to her the exact reason on why they are separating. I understand ehy her mother chose her career over her family at 37, and the reason why her father wasn't okay with her decision- although not impossible it is difficult to achieve you dreams at a older age, and it is sexist of him to think so. However, I don't have enough evidence to label him, since the only thing mentioned anout him was he was against his wife's aspirations and a great father figure to FL. And based on the other characters by this author, I won't think he would antagonize him completely-- based on my assumptions he wasn't against her daughter pursuing a dream in a male dominant sector.

The FL comes back after three years from all that drama plot that was meant to link her and the CEO-typical ML, I understand the cliches and it was alright till FL reacts as someone owed her 100000000000 money to the ML who was a CEO, (yes was narcissistic but was too be expected as he's a typical shoujo ML character in the high standing, no detail about a woman who did the same to him though) till C34, basically I thought they would never get over these many chapters after this overlong grudge drama.

FL is like a hyena making HssssSSS sounds most of the time and ML is like a dog pursuing her in this verbal grudge ("InTERestING sense of ML, quote: " She's not like other girls", in MTL if I remember correctly..). Then romance pursuit happens out of a sudden from the ML, with no details about his motives of why he starts to love her till my chapter AND the second time he says she's beautiful, maybe that's why. So, done with this novel, it's bad for me, no world details if I remember correctly hmm maybe they are in Japan idk, or China. At the end of my reading chapters, another plot drama happens from FL's family, yea nope, I'm out.

Ok, to end this off, I'll talk about FL's mom. She's definitely one of those woman that I feel was somewhat redeemable. I feel like, I understood her choice. Oh, hint: the reason why she left isn't what it was portrayed at the beginning of the book. So please withhold judgment on her. However, choices/actions have consequences and though at the ending, they didn't rekindle their relationship as I would have like, I believe this is the consequence of the choices the mom made when FL was younger. It's just is, what it is.

The other couple in the story (双安) was somewhat unexpected but totally cute too.

One of my favourite parts nearer to the end of the novel is when Fu Mingyu buys a plane for Ruan Sixian. They go to a private airport, where they meet a female celebrity (*cough green tea b*tch cough*) who had been in gossip/rumours about being involved with Fu Mingyu and has a crush on him. Said female celebrity daydreams about Fu Mingyu piloting the plane with her in the seat beside him, but is shattered when Fu Mingyu flat out rejects her, saying that the plane is a gift for his girlfriend, Sixian. And the cherry to top it all off is that she is absolutely gobsmacked when she sees it is Ruan Sixian who climbs into the pilot seat to pilot the plane with Fu Mingyu by her side.

I cackled.