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I have a hard time believing Gu Manxi is such a great actress when she's so naive that she's easily duped and used by the people around her... I know she probably believed them more easily because they were her "family" but her career is literally about acting and essentially analyzing people and their roles (and it's said she knows what human nature is like in showbiz) yet how is she so incapable when her entire career is based on that?? Were her only roles innocent white lotuses?? This is what I find problematic with Mary Sue characters smh 🤦‍♀️ Also the ages of everyone in this novel is so unbelievable and haphazardly thrown around (e.g. Gu Manxi is 24 now so she must have been 19 when she gave birth, 18 when she was pregnant AND have been at the peak of her career at 18 after working as an actress; the doctor is only 27 which is ridiculous because after completing undergrad he would've had to do 4 years of med school and 3-7 years of residency so unless he skipped a ton of grades he should still be in his second year of residency, which is a far way off from creating his own private practice). I know I shouldn't expect much from these novels but it definitely irks me when everything's so unrealistic/illogical 🙄

Thanks so much for this chapter CC 🙏 The pickling process def made it that much better so please don't ever feel like you have to rush/second-guess your amazing writing abilities 💕But woooh was not expecting to feel as much as I did this chapter (I didn't think you could up the emotional rollercoaster ride for a chapter but you proved me wrong CC). Idk this was an interesting chapter because while it wasn't as dark/heavy/tragic as other chapters, it just made me so much more emotionally invested as Rosa really and truly vented her feelings and true thoughts to those around her. This chapter really felt like a culmination of everything, like finally reaching the first peak on a rollercoaster before the free fall, that it just got me feeling so many feelings 😭 I will say though that I'm actually glad Georgie accidentally got caught up in the magic portal with Amar so Amar wouldn't have had to go to his "apprenticeship" alone. Because with Amar's suicidal tendencies, Georgie's mother hen care and blessed common sense is much needed to take care of him especially in a Bicchieri environment. As for Freddy... I'm holding off on him for now (I feel like I was more mad at Freddy last chapter than this chapter surprisingly) simply because there's def a lot going on in the background (I find Mama Maria's absence suspicious as well so I'm wondering if they're together). Or maybe it's just because I already feel a little bad for him knowing he'll have hell to pay for what he's done to the kids who knows. But def in contrast to Freddy big shoutout to Ron this chapter, and even Alfonso and Jean our tall dark and handsome, for realizing it wasn't right for the trio to be separated like this without any warning/preparation. As a side note though I just came to really appreciate Cosimo's appearance in this chapter. The fact that he went along with everything and even joined Rosa at the bottom of the trap, even if may have partially just been due to it being fun, shows that he does care more than he lets on (ugh this kuudere). I would love a POV from him, especially what he thinks of this crazy Ventrella household and his scarred crybaby cousin. I literally spam commented so much on every sentence of this chapter but urgh I'm still not over this adrenaline-rush like plethora of emotions. This chapter was too good CC I can't get over it😭