12/1/25 This would be a 3.25 read for me ... so despite liking it I didn't like it THAT MUCH/enough to push it to a four. So maybe a 3.45 read. But it had the weirdest least sexy sex scenes. Well not THE weirdest. But just ... weird unsexy sex. Some slightly hot scenes but ... more not so. I commented this was a book where it features a hero who is human, but doesn't know how to human. And honestly I think BOTH his parents were very much to blame for that. Later we get a little bit more where it indicates his mother was ~afraid to show him any kind of care or kindness because she didn't want her husband to murder him ... but the first impression where she is AWFUL to him because she hates him because she transfers the hate she has for his father to him was ... way too lasting. It was a fun enjoyable read, but not that quotable/nothing that profound for me - https://bsky.app/profile/limecello.bs...
It was interesting with kinda an eagle eye on characters and yet they weren't developed. Like even our mains were pretty static. It was nice they all kinda came into play but then it was all vague and ... what? And I was annoyed by how ridiculously strong the villains were. They suffered so few losses.
This is just me griping though, cuz I did definitely enjoy the book and even immediately went looking for more books by the author. I'm easily won over by a smitten hero. I almost think he develops more and more quickly than FL. I liked the extras, though I felt the ending [as usual, sigh] was SO ABRUPT and we needed more like it was ... gah like walking into a door that you expected/though was open!
Definitely C++ or even B- ...-? ~*~*~*~ The Young Man from Miaojiang is a Black Lotus
1 FL is He Sui’an? A transmigrator
2 ML is Qi Buyan who controls snakes & scorpions? … uh and venomous insects all over
3 😿 the granny that helped her died in her sleep
5 😱😅😻 “Qi Buyan, however, didn't mind. He played with the silk ribbon hanging from her hair and said, "The reward I ask for varies from person to person, but without exception, it is always the most important thing to them."” - lol and I know people said he treats her like a novelty/pet but 🫠 (at one point he has to view her as human for the romance to work, right? … RIGHT?!?)
6 🙊 O.O “"It was me. I'm helping him remove the Gu poison," Qi Buyan said, looking down at her. He had a gentle appearance but laughed softly. "Why are you so easily frightened? It makes me want to kill you."”
7 😱🙊😅 she survived near disaster
10 she dreamed one of his memories didn’t she
13 Hm “"Rather betray the world than let the world betray me."… Yan Wuheng.” & who is this Shen Jianhe.
17 uh so his mom was a monster too
18 thank God he removed the yin corpse gu from her
20 why are Jiang Songwei & Jiang Xuewan there? & are princess(?) Su Yang & her father Su Ruilin good?
24 kiss! Though more a science experiment almost
25 I want Miss He Huan the bookstore owner to become a friend! Also oh is FL regaining some memories?
26 oh FL writes using simplified characters, of course Oh no, a second Gu; she was/is infected still
27 It was nice of him to let her bite him, but I’m really stressed about it mostly his injury.
30 why does cold make him comatose? And oof he mastered the bone flute (how?!)
31 pick the dagger back up!!!
32 ok lol this is just stupid and yet - same as TL lol cannot not comment, the accidental fingering. Anyway who is the young man in the tomb? An undead Yan Wuheng?
34 … who the hell is this Yan Luoxu?! Oh YWH was his 7th brother. Uh she didn’t achieve the longevity Gu if he gave it to her… and his wife He Hua. Damn living for centuries must actually kinda suck
37 🤦🏻♀️ more accidental fingering. Poor He Hua. I’m annoyed YLX survived. Who is her master? And huh SY’s dad was at the tomb too. Shady.
38 hm well if LYX is protecting He Hua then I guess she can live
… Uhoh is Su Ruilin infected with a Gu?
43 Jiang Xuewan seems … <.< kinda stupid?
44 is Jiang Songwei good or bad? Oh poor JXW regressed once the Gu was in her. And FL! You better not leave ML or you’ll die!
46 wait but why does kissing her make his butterfly ~tattoo appear?! Catching feelings?! Only he doesn’t know it?
48 yay she escaped & saved herself + JXW and ML just found them! ❤️
50 😅 he’s aroused
51 😱😅 the … the hot yet detached jacking off scene
Xue Wenqiao seems like a good official? (Courtesy name Mingshen)
57 😒😡 that fake ass evil Shenren Zhenren fake Taoist. How will ML deal with him?
58 Ok so Bian Yichen is/was ML’s evil serial killer dad. Qi Shu his mom … I’m kinda torn. And ugh that’s how evil Taoist learned the bracelet secret Uhhh those better not be HER memories otherwise this just became a twisted incest book…
61 obvs evil Taoist is doing something to make the villagers deformed yet they’re grateful to him
66 Uhoh she just encountered his dad
69 oh 2nd madam Duan is SSZR’s daughter & SSZR is who harmed her husband. Plus they know he treats Hongye village as his personal lab rats. Monster.
73 😹😅 him casually (cuz he doesn’t ~get it) asking her if she wants oral sex
74 eek his bracelet was damaged!!! And 🤷🏻♀️ to SSZR’s amputated hands. (How is he still alive)
75 seriously his mom was a monster
76 😅 oral sex. (Boo to her falling ill)
80 poor hongye village. Tbh SSZR died too easily. And I wonder if his daughter will come into play later
87 who TF was that mystery woman?! Why didn’t ML wake up?!?
88 yikes - his dad is there too
90 good riddance to his dad. OMG 😱😅 to the end of c
92 😹☠️ ML mission successful
95 I wonder if FL is in a book she read but forgot & that’s why she has those ~memories. Hopefully ML doesn’t (have to) kill SJH this life - let them be friends Also though, interesting, SJH + ~princess SY?
98 ahhhh 1000Hz!!! Him asking her if he’s in love with her!!!
101 he’s caught feelings! Now she’s the clueless one really!
102 😹☠️ GIRL! Stop grabbing his dick! (Also though how are they going to recoup the gold/inn expenses?!)
… why … did it say him being turned on was an illness wtf. Book or translation error? Anyway she jacked him off. lol finally returning the favor (ish).
105 😡 who is trying to kill them
107 oh the dude who wants to murder them is the second prince? The guy (Liu Yan) who always has Jade pendant and is tied upwith aunt cui. I don’t like him. And he probably murdered Princess Luoyan’s brother & SIL.
108 ❤️ her birthday present to him
109 ❤️ bday
114 🙊😅💯 he just learned about sex (*sigh* also OTOH I get princess luoyan’s response. OTOtherH She’s fucking stupid. At least Cui while also stupid isn’t irredeemably so)
116 confirmed - she transmigrated into a book. If she disdains him now I will set shit on fire
119 oh no, why did her character kill him in the book. And why has everything happened exactly the same - why isn’t she different?
120 finally, honesty
121 I’m so mad at stupid aunt Cui. At least she removed the glue from JXW.
129 why did he just let the longevity Gu go? And good riddance to Yan Luoxi but still. I’m so angry. I wonder if He Hua’s appearance means anything and I’m glad that FL at least bumped into her
133 eek he found her but…
134 ugh that cliff run is she already infected?
135 eek don’t like she has the love Gu in her. And how did he transfer a butterfly to her? Is it a different kind? Also cringe awkward sex
😬 140 wedding day
145 er this planned murder suicide is… Well, I’m not loving it
150 wait is she back in her time? And is he dead? And that stupid fucking prince died both way too difficult and too easily like it took way too much to kill him and then he just dies so quickly with no punishment? I hate this. Interesting He Hua is still around and is the author of the book that she read/transmigrated into
151 ahhh saved by both the silkworm Gu & the longevity gu! Him falling in line saved him!! REUNITED!!! ❤️❤️❤️
157 second wedding!!! ❤️💯
158 alt ending; if she hadn’t transmigrated back to modern times
160 ❤️ sweet
161 uhhh vampire alt
163 😹😹😹 the vampire rutting period at 19
164 alt transmigration as a child?! 6-7 yo
166 Cui Luo better be good this life. Qi Shu was slightly less awful & she at least took QBC down with her
167 oh cute - BUT SO ABRUPT!!! I need to know how things work out for them!!!
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