You can give it another try... Otherwise...It's totally fine if you don't like it.
It's revenge done right for me with subtle romance. The Fl is smart, cunning and matches the Ml with wits. The villains are not 2D but are layered with their own story, and usually I get bored upto upto episode 20 plus but it's ep 33 now and I am still excited as first day.
So, SRY arranged a feast for all the students who helped him arrange the great zhao welcome, and his mother saw the names of the people attending the feast and complained that she would not allow JL in her residence. She went to her son, and threw a tantrum not to bring JL here, and then, Shen Yu Rong accepted it with a smile and told her that JL's invitation will not be sent and she would not come to assure her. Happy and reassured, she heartily drank the tea that SRY brew for her to calm her down, unaware that SRY was drugging her so that she would fall in a deep sleep, and sleep throughout the whole feast.
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