HE HAD IT COMIN'When Guan Shanjin willingly steps behind bars to outmaneuver his political rival, Yan Wenxin, he insists Wu Xingzi stay far away. After all, Yan Wenxin isn't just an enemy--he's the man who shattered Wu Xingzi's heart two decades ago. But Wu Xingzi refuses to sit idly by. He won't rest while the man he loves languishes in jail, especially when his own intimate knowledge of Yan Wenxin may be the key to bringing him down for good. After all, there's only so long Wu Xingzi can stand being deprived of Guan Shanjin's prodigious pengornis. The scorching finale to this racy danmei series delivers eight bonus stories, offering tantalizing glimpses of Guan Shanjin and Wu Xingzi's well-earned happiness--and the long-overdue reckoning awaiting Yan Wenxin.
Blackegg is an author best known for the Chinese-language danmei novel You've Got Mail: The Perils of Pigeon Post. The novel is also known as You've Got Mail: A Cautionary Tale and Fei Ge Jiao You Xu Jin Shen.
Volume 4 ends the BL story set in ancient China that follows the very uneven romance between Wu Xingzi, a middle-aged country clerk, and Guan Shanjin, the only son of Lord Protector and a decorated general in his twenties. They met in a pigeon post club for gay men that exchanged pictures of penises, but the story gained depth from a treason plot and scheming old flames.
The previous book left Guan Shanjin imprisoned, seemingly for treason. But it’s only a ruse to flush out the real mastermind. He thinks he’s being clever, keeping Wu Xingzi in the dark so he won’t be harmed, but the old clerk is cleverer and more determined than Guan Shanjin believes. Not only does Wu Xingzi persuade Bai Shaochang who framed Guan Shanjin, into confessing, he is instrumental in bringing down the mastermind Yan Wenxin, the man he was romantically involved in his youth and who betrayed him back then.
The main story takes about a third of the last volume. All the problems are solved and the bad people get their comeuppances, including Lu Zezhi, the old teacher of Guan Shanjin. It’s a satisfying ending with a happily ever after. Despite the two men being very different, Guan Shanjin genuinely worships his plain and weak middle-aged spouse, and the shy older man flourishes under his care.
The ending is also very different from how the story began. The author notes in her afterword that she set out to write porn, and the first two volumes were mostly about that. But a plot emerged at some point and it pushed the extravagant bedroom scenes to the background. The ending of the story was practically demure compared to how it began.
The rest of the longish volume is extra stories, some of them very long. The best two are the wedding of Wu Xingzi and Guan Shanjin and a story of how they adopt a son. There’s also a longish story about Yan Wenxin who isn’t executed for treason but is given to the Khan of the neighbouring kingdom as a concubine instead.
The rest of the extras are various alternate universe stories, like omega-verse and beast-man ones. These are basically pure porn and I mostly skimmed them. However, it didn’t have a conclusion to the romance of Man Yue, Guan Shanjin’s right hand man, which began in the previous volume. I would’ve liked to read that.
I don’t usually comment on illustrations, but they were constantly in wrong places in this volume, confusing the reader. I don’t know what happened with those here.
All in all, the story improved as it progressed. Wu Xingzi emerged as an interesting character and while Guan Shanjin remained brash and overpowering, he was absolved in his love for Wu Xingzi. The five star rating for this volume is more for the overall story than the conclusion, as it was fairly short in the end and the extras would’ve maybe brought the rating down a little. For porn, the bedroom scenes stretched the imagination a bit too much, but as a romance it was lovely.
"My father used to say that if you beat a child too often, they won't necessarily learn their lesson, but they'll definitely learn how to deceive their superiors and subordinates alike."
I came to this volume ready for more court tension, messy romance, and the emotional bite that carried the earlier books. The author has said the whole series grew from the desire to write porn, and this time you really feel it. I enjoy smut when it serves the mood or tips the balance between two characters, but here it takes over the room. About a third of the book follows the main plot and the rest is a long stretch of extras, some set right after the core story and others built as alternate universes. It left me wishing the main arc had been wrapped into books one to three, with this volume free to be a companion collection instead of a loose blend of everything.
Even so, the emotional swings hit with force. Wu Xingzi’s mix of warmth, hesitance, and sharp reading of people pairs well with Guan Shanjin’s loyalty and slow burn intensity. Their connection pulls hard, even when the pacing slides around. The political turns and personal grudges still spark interest, and the characters keep the story grounded when the plot leans on familiar beats or the erotic scenes run long. The prose has good rhythm, though it lingers more than it needs to, and the sensory detail can feel thick. Humor breaks through at the right times, but not always in sync with the mood.
My biggest surprise was the illustration mix up. One scene matched so poorly that I flipped forward and realized three images were swapped. It summed up my experience with this volume: plenty to enjoy, plenty to question, and uneven delivery wrapped in strong emotion. Readers who want deep feelings, messy desire, and heavy sensuality will get their fill, but anyone looking for steady momentum or a tighter story might feel lost in the noise.
Bear with me as I butcher names, for I read this months ago, and just now am writing a review; however, I am too lazy to go to my shelf and look up names. Maybe one day I'll come back and edit this review, but for now, this is what you get:
I love happy endings!
WXZ had figured out that the stranger who's been a new love interest was none other than Guan Shanjin, the general who loves him dearly. ♥️ And because he found out everything, including confronting GSJ about the entire plan of bringing down this imperial POS who has been colliding with enemy territory country leaders to bring down Guan Shanjin. WXZ was not going to sit tight to watch his man be imprisoned for life, so he chose to rebel and save his man, despite his man telling him to stay put.
I love how WXZ got to break free from the clutches of his loneliness. The clutches of his insecurities. To think he loved Mr. Wei from many many years ago so much that he sacrificed 12 years of income, and got a lone of 5 more years after that just so the imperial officer can get his degree and come back to him. The imperial POS lied and deceived WXZ, but WXZ never took it to heart. He truly is so kind. But he took his power back in the most badassery way by going to a young man who was being deceived as well, showing him that, "look... He deceived me, what makes you think you're so special? We are nothing but pawns to him." WZX had found out about The young man was an accomplice in Incarcerating the general by framing him. The young man later testified and now they had proof to bring down the imperial officer Mr. Wei. The best part is, he never saw it coming!
Mr. Lu gets what he deserves. He truly is such a selfish man, he only wanted to live a luxurious life with GSJ at his feet. He grew bitter and hit WXZ, but WXZ just turned the other cheek and let GSJ take care of it.
Holy moly, the amount of smut written in the entire novel, is insane. But this volume has the least of them all.
4.8/5!
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It loses a point for the extras that were largely pants. I am not a fan of monster romance, nor incest and Omegaverse does my head in.
Seven Seas as a Danmei publisher does this thing of ending a penultimate volume on a cliff hanger and then concluding it with two chapters of the final volume.
The ending is adorable, however and manages to sneak in a filthy, lengthy, acrobatic and … errr… squelchy sex scene. Guan shanjing earns bonus point for gifting Wu Shinzi 360 dick pics as a wedding gift.
Some of the extras add to the main story. There is one where they cause national mayhem adopting a son and another where they give a young man a heart attack being in love after ten years together.
Yes. This is porn. But it is so heartwarming seeing a gorgeous top falls for someone plain for a change. And as a fat person I was delighted to find out Man Yue being rotund yet awesome get a gorgeous lover too.
There is more to people than beauty and this smut really drove this point deep …..Penis reference NOT accidental. BE GOOD!!!
For the actual story in this volume, ⭐⭐. Building up to this ending was disappointing. The last volume ended with a cliff hanger, and I waited months to read the ending. I was delighted to see the last volume to be thick, only to find out the story ends in 1/5th of the book!
What’s worse is that most of the conclusion was told from the antagonist’s pov. I had no interest in his perspective, especially since it felt randomly inserted. It felt more like a summary from his side.
I did like how it was adviser Wu who ended up trapping the antagonist. It felt rightly deserved and shows how fierce Wu is when he is serious. He was never weak, he just never had the ambition to react.
Now for the side stories, most of them read as fanfiction from the author herself. I enjoyed the story about them taking in the child and the amnesia trope. Those stories were more inline with my expectation of the ending I had. I actually felt emotional reading Wu's confessions on how much his life has changed and how he will always find his love if anything were to happen to him. Those stories alone was ⭐⭐⭐.
But the rest of the side stories were a guilty pleasure. HOWEVER, the side story with the antagonist was unnecessary! I don't understand the author's obsession with him all of a sudden. Trash.
This series honestly surprised me with how much plot it had. I went in expecting pure smut, but instead I found myself actually getting emotional and even shedding a tear or two at certain moments.
It’s not my all-time favorite, but it’s a solid read if you’re looking for something enjoyable without being too heavy.
And the extras were so much fun. I loved all the AUs we got
I’ll say it again FAWK MR LU🖕 And my baby’s got a baby at the end😭❤️ Mr Wu you continue to amaze me. That omega chapter tho👀 I don’t care for the amnesia trope ngl.
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The love story of Wu Xingzi and Guan Shanjin wraps up in this final volume. There are about 100 - 125 pages of the story and 375 - 400 pages of extras. I have to say, some of the extras are good, but most of them are silly and in alternative universes. There is some additional story about Yan Wenxin that is interesting. Mostly, the rest of the stories are weird erotica.
Wu Xingzi is the key to the ending, as you would expect. No one saw Wu Xingzi being the one to bring down Yan Wenxin, but it was mostly him. We also see Guan Shanjin visiting a cousin and she is dying, so the couple adopts a son. They are now a little family. I think that's an extra, not sure.
Guan Shanjin is still and forever will be a blustering blow hard. An all powerful general who demands he get his way like a toddler.
This story was fun. It's not a serious or deep story. It's quaint and quiet sort of like Wu Xingzi. I'm glad I gave this story a read. It's for entertainment only. Blackegg brought the spicy for the final volume.
I'll probably re-read this at some point when I'm looking for something spicy to read.
This series was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the humor, the plot was engaging, and the overall sweet and fluffy feel of the main couple made this a light, enjoyable read. The idea of the modern trend of sending dick picks being used in a story set in ancient China is very creative and the author did very well with it. Honestly, it was a lot less dirty and more witty than I anticipated (I had heard that this series has more sex scenes than other danmei available in English). Overall, I rated the series 4 stars.
The final volume had a few pictures out of order, which was rather distracting. But the real reason why I gave the final volume 3 stars was because of the extra chapters. Compared to the main story, the extras felt rushed in terms of plot and had significantly more sex scenes than the main story did. They ended up feeling repetitive and boring, which was a bit of a let down. If AUs and smut are what you want, the extras will probably be more suited to your tastes than they were to mine.
This entire series has just been a hilarious, sex-crazed, passionate affair and the plot was weak but honestly still kept me interested. I would definitely read this authors works again. I was utterly shocked by the calibre of smut included in just these four books but honestly it was entertaining. I’m so glad our boys got the ending they wanted and may they live in glorious ecstasy and everlasting peace
I think for not only this book, but for the series, I give it 3.5 stars. It was nice to see them get married & I enjoyed the different AUs of the main couple.
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3/5 It was a rather underwhelming ending, I felt it was a bit rushed and I would have liked more scenes with ML's family. They seemed very interesting but, oh well. It was an okay read
Tohle mohlo být tak dobrý, kdyby to nebylo jen špatně napsané porno. Ten nápad tam byl, palácové intriky taky. Jen všechno pohřbené pod kupou s*x scén.