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If there really is a God, if there really is an afterlife; Please, give me a home.

— Mu Ran

Associated Names
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Muran
Mục Nhiên
穆然
Related Series
End of Love (Shared Universe)
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Recommendation Lists
  1. Just another wife-chasing list
  2. Bl with shy MC and scum gong
  3. Best Bl I've read so far(the best according to me)
  4. Wistful reads
  5. Luvvv

Latest Release

Date Group Release
10/24/22 BlackBoxTL c25
04/19/22 BlackBoxTL c24
02/06/22 Radish Thoughts... c26 part1
02/01/22 BlackBoxTL c23
01/25/22 Radish Thoughts... c25 part2
01/21/22 Radish Thoughts... c25 part1
01/14/22 Radish Thoughts... c24
01/06/22 Radish Thoughts... c23
07/29/21 BlackBoxTL c22
06/10/21 BlackBoxTL c21
02/21/21 BlackBoxTL c20
01/01/21 BlackBoxTL c19
12/20/20 BlackBoxTL c18
08/18/20 BlackBoxTL c17
06/02/20 BlackBoxTL c16
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Severe
Severe rated it
December 21, 2020
Status: Completed
This story is good. There is really no need to add anything.

It is angsty enough to burst out reader's feelings and it has a happy ending.

I enjoyed it.
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Fushotearz
Fushotearz rated it
January 8, 2024
Status: c55
I had to drop it. I am so sad I wasted my few reading time I worked so hard to have on this book. The author just decided to create a character then give him a love that will trample him into oblivion.

It is sad to see him (MC) go through downs and down with no breaks, no ups... all for this carence of a man (ML).

*big ole sigh* the plot devices are so cruel and the endgame is not even bittersweet... just plain cruel, because why will... more>> he go through this big ole mess for that little thing that’s not even great,

i feel like the author had beef with a Mu Ran in her life and this is her revenge. <<less
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abhi_2296
abhi_2296 rated it
July 15, 2022
Status: --
Rating: 3.5

This is a painful novel. And I have never teared up reading a crematorium novel in the early chapters but this novel will definitely take you there. The author builds a very relatable and heart breaking story for the MC's eventual break-down and depression.

And it is not all because of the ML. The ML's fault was his indifference and his callous behaviour but the MC did not even have any expectations from him in the first place. But everything else that happened and had been happening to him... more>> since he was a child was what broke him completely.

I don't hate the ML as much as the others in the review. Maybe, because I have read other stories with scums worse than him. Also, I find his thought process very believable.
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Like the way he approaches the MC's depressive and suicidal bout seems so callous and cold. But when you hear his reasoning for behaving that way. It is heartless but you can understand his reasoning too. He thinks the MC's behaviour is a call for his attention. That he brought him home with him so the MC would be all fine now and would start clinging to him once again. And why shouldn't he think that way, afterall in the previous paragraphs he thinks about all the horrible things he and his friends have done to the MC. How he made a game out of seeing what the MC's bottom limit was but he never complained and stayed with him in the relationship. Although his reasoning was arrogant but there was some basis as to why and how he behaved.

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My expectation from Crematorium novels are slightly different and I don't know if this story will fulfill that (since I haven't finished it)

But I do hope to see some true character growth in the ML.

I will update later if my expectations at the end of the novel were met. But so far what I have read, was a good emotional read!

Update~~~

Honestly, my expectations were met 50-50. I actually would have liked to see them both have a friendship first. So, that they could come to understand each other better. But what I did like was that the author brought
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an adopted girl child.

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into the MC's life. I felt happy that he had somebody else in his life he could love, depend upon and live for. The ML also truly shed away his arrogance and pride (though it was a long and painful process of getting there. And he made many mistakes but he got there). Though some might say he didn't deserve him. But the MC was happy so I felt it was fine. Love cannot always be measured in loses and gains. Who lost more, who gained more.

I just wanted the MC to be happy and to be able to love himself at the end of the day. <<less
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OuRyed
OuRyed rated it
April 21, 2022
Status: --
I don't feel like completing this story, the MC is so miserable. That's make one's Heart feel heavy.

In my opinion although he did wrong by drugging the Ml, the ML went overboard, if he truly want to, the MC couldn't have stick to him, he could have easily get rid of him. But he didn't continuing to torture MC. I know it the moment his flashy background was announced, I didn't need xu ran to say it out loud. He had all the right not to love him I agree... more>> with you. But just f*ING tel him alone. The both of them are twisted, the ML is even more tr*sh Than I expected. He finally has some feeling for him after he became insane 🤣, that was so laughable.

Lin Han has literally raised a gun at MC forehead and all what he got is some water to sober up, and a little bit of scolding. I kept saying in my heart beat him up× (till the chapter end) but nothing happened.

Yi Tian :'He didn't blame Lin Han for this matter. Lin Han's way of dealing with people was inherently sinister. And if it wasn't for his previous intentional indulgence, where did Lin Han have the courage to tie up people so blatantly? After all, the reason is all on him.' and I especially hate He Xudong. In conclusion his tr*sh as well as his Friends.

2★ for the sympathy I felt for the MC. <<less
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Alessa May
Alessa May rated it
September 10, 2020
Status: extra 2
I feel like my own brain loves to torture me. All these years addicted to damn angst bl novels and I still can't dry the sweat in my eyes lol. This was so wholesome to me because I'm an addict for angst with HE endings.....100000/5

Edit: and yes I read the mtl of the rest of the stories and has actually read this waaayyy back but only made an account in NU recently to review my favourite novels. I wish someone could translate the 2nd part for the readers in... more>> future tho....

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shan154
shan154 rated it
August 18, 2020
Status: Completed
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I don't blame MC, him blackmailing ML is a wrong thing to do but MC who was never shown love ever since he was young fell in love which result in his blackmailing. What I can't ever forgive is ML! All this time, he should have realized that MC is different from the others, if MC is a really greedy or evil man who only targeted ML money then he will asking for money or jewelleries which he never Once did!.

despite all of the misunderstanding that happened, it was satisfying! To see ML suffer *cue evil laugh* he deserves all of his suffering with how he treated MC all this time! I bawl my eyes though.

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Nah
Nah rated it
February 22, 2024
Status: c1
The crematorium is a disappointment. Mu Ran (MC) doesn't get what he deserve till the end. He just got swiped by Yi Tian's antics till the end. Apart of being regretful and treating Mu Ran better, Yi Tian does nothing at all. He let his pack of a**holes friend run around without giving them any punishment or even a simple earful of statement how horrible they are as human being. There this despicable character named Xudong who knew he did something really bad to Mu Ran, yet still able thought... more>> it was just an unfortunate situation. A narcissistic mentality through and through.

Yi Tian doesn't care about Mu Ran's tarnished reputation, he only cares about his regretful feeling. In the end it just for him, to save his heart from feeling heartache. There is no real punishment for Yi Tian's misconduct. The only 'hard time' he faced is Mu Ran being disable mentally. Mu Ran got his punishment for trying to drug Yi Tian (even though its not purely his own idea), but Yi Tian didn't get his punishment for torturing Mu Ran into mentally exhausted. That poor guy only find su*cide to find peace, yet Yi Tian only has a hard time to be a better person. <<less
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Fathomless
Fathomless rated it
September 25, 2022
Status: --
Absolutely miserable story. The problem here is that it's meant to be a romance between two people but they barely interact. There is zero chemistry, zero interaction and absolutely no compelling reason for them to be together. It was a slog to read through but since I had spoiled myself about the ending I wanted to see how they achieved it and I was yet again disappointed. This story could have been much better if the author had given scenarios where the characters interacted with each and made us believe... more>> they felt something for each other. <<less
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Anissia
Anissia rated it
February 1, 2022
Status: c33
This novel started really good, it's such a good tear jerker and is written really nicely, I got really attached to the MC and really loved the segment before he shut himself down, I felt so much heartache and distress for him, it really made me tear up, his few moments of happiness at the begining... more>>
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with his mom

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Amemori
Amemori rated it
June 23, 2021
Status: extra 4
Definitely, one of my fav! Read the remain chapter by mtl. Ah, I'm lost for words.

It's heart wrenching, but I'm so glad MC finally found his 'home'
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applebeans
applebeans rated it
July 10, 2020
Status: Completed
It's 4 to 4, 5 for me.... really sad. IIRC, the first ending is a sad ending, but then got continued. I read through heartbreaks and angst just to read with my own eyes if that poor baby got his happy ending. Mu's world is a cold one, in a world full of people, only he seems to be alone. He's that little kid selling matches outside a winter window, grasping tightly to a flickering fire to warm himself up.

People in this story are very dramatic... though so, I like... more>> that character's decisions made have a lasting impact and it's not meant to abuse reader's kokoro for a chapter's time. I cry over and over and become salted shrimp for Mu. Even the words are so melancholic because POV character is in a depressive mood.

(lol I keep typoing this novel as this drama.) This novel is extremely dogblood.. to balance the angst I needed to find emergency fluff piece. If you like active OP MCs, you may not like this, Muran's life is rough and he has little power to change it.

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When Muran finally got his own family I really feel sOoOO gratified, , , , FINALLY!! him picking a little girl who's unwanted like him really clutches my heart. then in the end, he got ML's love too, and even to the point that ML wants to accompany him if he dies first.

Muran's low self esteem and depression are very apparent. Despite being in a situation where most people would grow black heart, Muran continues to hold onto basic morals... bar that one time with ML... when he loves tho, it consumes his everything. He'll give anything at all that he can to his family. I think because he never felt loved, he tries to give out his heart so that someone may respond back to him. It's so pitiful and lovable.

The reason why I can't give it full 5 is because it's a bit 2D sometimes, people seems to only think one way and there's not much character development. Good or bad, there is a lack of 'predestined conclusion' to this story, so reading it will feel organic and relaxing, just like reading some normal people's life unfolding. The fact that MC's kid is a girl nearly pushes it to 5 because it's so rare to see a daughter in BLs, blood or not. But I still can't, the angst is overpowering sometimes, it still feels like something is still lacking to make it a 5. I think it it was shorter, maybe? because then I'll only focus on one or two heartbreaks and not the prolonged misery.

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