Like when he literally dragged the MC to a planet even though the MC didn't want to go. He forced MC into a marriage contract with him as well and forced him to go public with it. Yeah the MC first went along with it so that one of the other ML's would back off but when he tried breaking it off, freaking carlos ignored his wishes and told him no. Absoloutley infurating. Don't even get me started on the power imbalance. Or on the fact that before anything else, Carlos was an uncle figure to the MC.

About the ending: I was happy MC was able to go back to his world, devastated when carlos and the others had somehow transmigrated into his. I literally quit the book for a few days after finding out about that, but the ending was pretty wholesome. Liked Ji Ling accepted himself and defending the Ml's and his relationship from his family. I thought it was sweet. I don't really want to mention the extras.

Let's first start off with the "main lead" Emperor of the interstellar novel. His reason for falling for the main character was because he regretted not being able to notice just how deep MC's love for him was and only begin to realize it after MC died the first time. While I can understand the "start" of his feelings, it escalated way too fast after they meet again in the second timeline. As the emperor, I expected him to be more wise and less of a lovestruck dumbass because he have so many suitors. Based on the fact that in the first life he was willing to put MC's death to the side just so he can finish off the Villain and even waited to fix the world after the battle before he begin his mourning of the MC didn't match up to how s*upid he became in the second life all for the MC. If the author took a little longer to flesh out his obsession and slowly transition him then I would truly feel sorry for his regret. And also, even if regret was the motivation, I don't think it was enough to make him "fall in love". Considering how he didn't like the MC's spoiled act, he should still discipline the MC accordingly. In other words, the main lead and the emperor should have the same curiosity and exploration of their feelings for the MC, but the ML was the only one who had this adventure while the emperor took a shortcut instead.

The same can also be said about the Marshal and the Speaker of the house. The Marshal's fall was also spontaneous and didn't fit well with his description either. While I prayed hard at the beginning for him to win because he was the only one who truly respected the MC, he did not win. This poor boy was literally introduced, showed up on a couple a scenes and then no longer became relevant except to be known as another member of the harem. He deserved more attention and love. The other part about him is that, same as the emperor, since he is strict on discipline and keeping up with his morals, it was cringey that he lost this part of his character just so he can be forced to simp for the MC immediately after their reunion too.

Another respectful one that probably have the best character development, best redemption storyline, and best exploration of his feelings for the MC is the the Speaker of the House. My god, this dude literally ignites the inner dominant queen in you. He's so obedient that it makes you want to gently step on him just to show him how much you love him. Lol! Jk jk... But for real, even compare to the ML, and I dare say Marshal too, he was the best of them all. He provided true shelter and protection for the MC, he respected the MC's boundaries, and he is super considerate of the MC's thoughts, views, and overall well-being. This is how one should truly try to fix their wrong, not try to bed the MC like all the other reborns. His regret and guilt was more thoroughly explored and processed than any of the other characters, but unfortunately he fell into the "nice guy finish last" with the Marshal. Honestly, once again, why did the two most respectful dudes end up in the background while all the horndogs get the spotlight?! 😮‍💨 The Speaker definitely deserve love and attention too. My only issue was that, again, his fall for the MC does feel forced even though the motivation behind it was simply because the MC was different and secretly nicer/thoughtful than the other nobles. I need a bit more than that. We are talking about a selfish lone wolf man who only cares about himself and doesn't care for anyone else's tragedy here. His fall needs a little more backbone and if the author also spent a little longer on showing how he ended up being willing to include the MC in his world then I think many readers of this novel would agree he absolutely should have won at the end instead. (I demand an extra/fanfic where he is the ML instead!!! Rewrite for timeline 3!!)

The only two who made sense was the ML and the Villain their characters was solid through and through, and it sucks that the ML won in the end.

i am so freaking glad Ji Ling chose Ning Yu. Brandon is too bland but glad he moved on, and I am not really rooting for We Yan even tho he a sweet boy to me. Jing Sui only loves Ji Ling cause of guilt like really bro? And Carlos... Oh man I am really terrified of this guy. He's a complete no no for Ji Ling...

The ML is supposedly the shou of the OG plot. So, basically MC is an artist, living in his own portrait and all the MLs in the upper stratum who fall for MC also belong to MC's world. They're famous to certain extents but aren't really personally known by MC. I read this awhile back so I'm not too sure regarding this part but ML is supposedly the 'little uncle' of one of his friends. Their romance comes much later in the plot. To accomplish his mission, MC is always trying to leave a bad impression on ML but in fact, protecting him in secret (it's a pretty unique.. Green tea style of protection by using the other MLs) and ML is probably aware of what he's trying to achieve. The MC also seems pretty M during his interactions with Gabriel, which is the alias used by the ML.

a story where shou become gong, as in Ning Yu whos supposed to be the MC ended up as ML lol

like there's no point for all the gongs to come to the world. And no specific endings but misery for them. They've freaking lived for 3 lifetimes, please give them a break oh God of the Underworld and give them Mengpo soup. So they all can rest in peace.

The main character (mc) is bound by a system and was transmigrated into an interstellar novel as Grand Duke's only son. His task was to make sure the Empire's Emperor Jing Sui and civilian-military idol Ning Yu gets married but he fails and is reborn back to the first day he started the task. This time though, 5 of the main and supporting characters get reborn back with him, all of them who feel guilty and love for him. MC's second time around is still tasked to get the two main characters together but obviously, he fails and cries injustice for the characters not following their usual routine.

MC just wants to return home and sticks to the task, he does not respond to any of their feelings inside the novel because he will eventually leave and feels that it will be unfair to them. So MC uses his wit and intelligence to avoid or try to avoid them. Eventually, he goes back to his old world, but surprisingly, all of them follow him. So now, he has to respond to them because there's no way to escape.

the end jing sui end up finding his true love even though I wasn't very fond of in the beginning but I did feel bad for by the end he deserves a hug too same goes for Carlos hope they move on.

And also to be fair first I was rooting for wen Yan and wanted him as the ML and wasn't fond with the idea of ning yu becoming one (nothing against ning yu but I thought MC had a better chemistry with wen Yan than the ml) but later ig it's pretty evident why ning yu was a better choice especially from side chs, like he was the only one who cared about MC in his first life while everyone else needed his death to change

I just wanted to comment about the ml, I was actually not expecting Ning Yu to be the ml, as he is not included to the ones introduced nonetheless, I really like him to be the ML and I was delighted when he and MC got together.