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Strugglinguntiltheageofthirty-eightwithoutbeingabletoaffordahouse.Facingtheneedto...Readmore

Strugglinguntiltheageofthirty-eightwithoutbeingabletoaffordahouse.Facingtheneedtopayadowryofthreehundredthousandinordertogetmarried.Livingfrugallyformostofhislife,workingtothepointofhisliverbreaking.But,wherewashismoney?Whointheworldearnedallthemoneyaway?JiangQin,filledwithcountlessresentments,isrebornattheageofeighteen.Theonlythoughtuponopeninghiseyeswastostartabusinessandmakemoney.Hesnatchedbacktheloveletterhehadgiven,flippeditover,andundertheshockedgazeoftheschoolbelle,wrotethreelines:Ishallneverworkajobagain!Ijustwantfinancialfreedom,nevertobeaslave!Asforlove?Notevendogswouldbotherwiththat!Collapse

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It'sdecent,buttherearesomedefiniteannoyancesandaweirdobsessionwithfeetthatrampsupasyoureadfurther.Edit:StoppedatChapter98fornowsincechapters99-110aremissing.Maycomebacktothislater,butidk.BeforeregressinghewasstrungalongbythegirlmentionedinthesynopsisthroughoutHighSchoolandUniversityonlyforhertodrophimthesecondshefoundsomeonesheliked,sohedoesn'twanttoletlovedistracthimfrommakingmoney.ThegoodnewsisthatMCmakesitabundantlyclearhedoesn'tcareaboutheratallafterheregressed.Thebadnewsisthatsheturnsintosomeweirdobsesseddivawhoisconstantlytryingtocontrolhimandgethimtolikeher,eventhoughshestilldoesn'tlikehim.Thistypeofannoyancearoundromanceandthenumerousgirlsaroundhimhappensquitealot,butforthemostpartMCdoesmakeitclearheisn'tinterestedinthemajorityofthem,andwiththemainloveinterestheistryinghisbesttoutilisehersomewhatnaive(butnotstupid)naturetotrytosteertheirrelationshiptobemorefriendsthanromantic,butheclearlystatesthatheknowshewillacceptherifsheactuallyaskshim.TheotherstrangepartishowobsessedtheMC,andpotentiallytheauthor,isaboutfeet.Hisfirstinteractionwiththemainloveinterestisbyaccidentlykickingherlegunderthetable.Hementionstooneofhismalefriendsaboutsomefeetwashingthingwhichappearstohavesomethingsexualaboutit.Wheneverhehangsoutwiththemainloveinterest,theyeithermentionhimwantingtotouch/massageherfeet,orwhentheyaresittingbythelakealoneatnight,himactuallyplayingwithherfeet.Asyougetfurtherinthefeetmentionsbecomemoreandmorefrequent,almostonceperchapterinsomecases,butthatislikelyalsoduetothefactthemainloveinterestisspendingmoretimewithMC.ThehumourisgoodandtheMCshowingoffhismaturitycomparedtothosearoundhimisdecent,butthefaceslapping,annoyinggirlsandweirdfeetstuffisabitoffputting.SofarI'mmainlycontinuingjustbecauseIwanttoseeMCfinallyadmittohimselfthatthemainloveinterestisgoodforhimandaccepther,butidkhowlongthatwilltake.Somereviewsmentionedtheannoyingsidecharactersgettoneddownlater,sohopefullythat'strue.Ithinkit'sadecentreadifyou'refullyuptodatewithallyourothernovelsandwantsomethingsetinmoderntimeswithsomedecenthumour.Edit2:I'mnotsureifI'llcontinuethisanymoretbh.ThevastmajorityofabovewaswrittenaroundChapter70/80ishandthefeetstuffisprettyclosetoconstantlybeingmentionedeverychapter,especiallyifthemainloveinterestisinvolved.Theannoyingsidecharactershaven'tmellowedoutatall,andeventhosethatdojustgetreplacedbycarboncopiesofthemshowingupagainsothereisalwayssomeonetomisunderstandMCandfalselybelieveheisintothemagain.ThemoreItypethisout,themoreunlikelyitisI'mgoingtocontinuethistbh.IdostillwanttoseeMCandFengNanshutogether,butpotentiallynotenoughtoignorethisstuff.Istillstandbymystatementbelowthough.Definetlyagoodnovelifyou'reintofeet.

Whatiswrongwithhavingfetishesifyoudon'tlikeitdon'treadwtf,ifyoudon'tlikethenleavenobodyforce'syoutocontinuereadingBastardwhyinsultsomeoneforhavingfetishesthatisnoneofyourbusinessIfyoudon'tlikeit,don'treadit.Noneedtowriteanessaywritinghowmuchyouhatefeetfetishes

Whatiswrongwithwritingcommentsifyoudon'tlikeitdon'treadwtf,ifyoudon'tlikethenleavenobodyforce'syoutocontinuereadingBastardwhyinsultsomeoneforwritingcommentsthatisnoneofyourbusinessIfyoudon'tlikeit,don'treadit.Noneedtowriteanessaywritinghowmuchyouhatecomments

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Well,thisnovelissurprisinglyentertaining,MCisgenuinelyasmartpersonwhouseshisbrainandpastexperienceefficiently,thoughsidecharactersareabitonthefoolishside.IlikethenaivetyoftheFMCandhowMCmanipulatesher,notinthebadwaythough.Anentertainingsimplesliceoflifewithnocheatsandsystem.

It'sbeenawhilesinceIreadasimplesliceoflife.nocheat,nosystem.Itfeelsrefreshing.

Amitheonlyonetosuddenlygetafootfetishafterreadingthisnovel?

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4.9/5Wouldrecommendit.Annoyingcharacterstendtogetnormalisedaftersometime.Nooverextensionofanyarc

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Didn'tevenrealisethiswasbeingtranslated.I'mcaughtupwiththeMTL(abt.550-ish),andit'sstillgreat.HighlyRecommended.

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