[Chinese BG novel] 我的钱又又又多了[重生] / I have more money

*Frivolous mtl of the title.

THIS. IS. SO. CHEAP!!!

This is one of the cheapest novels I've ever read! It's like that happy dream where you get unlimited money and go on a shopping spree, but it's good as a dream, yet as a novel it's just a no. Omg, I can't believe this actually has relatively good rates, I saw other novels which were more profound and way better but their rating weren't as good. What is this shallow plot, what is this cheap romance, what is this absolutely GAUDY main character???!!!

Honestly, this MC, she did nothing bad, but I hated how she was portrayed, her personality and actions leave you with absolutely nothing. Even side characters sometimes give quite a non-flattering evaluation of her (not mentioning her looks which are praised everywhere), which is ironic.

This novel is a rebirth text with MC called Lin Meng. Her story is actually quite ordinary, she was born with good looks, due to her family divorce where she as an older girl stayed with her father and her mother took the younger sister, she lived with a patriarchial grandma and she was quite introverted, her looks always evoked bad thoughts in others, either jealousy or gossip, though tbh in rl such things don't happen but whatever it's such settings. So even if she tried to conceal her appearance, people still knew she looked good and had hot figure. It also led to her downfall. In an accident her own roommate pimped her to her lover who is an older boss, she also took photos for blackmail and although Lin Meng never agreed, but those photos ruined her reputation and job prospects etc. Her beauty brought her many inconveniences in consequent job. She lost her life because she was pushed by a madam of the company thinking she was a vixen, again showing photos taken from tricky angles. But she was never in a relationship before.

That's her sad and ordinary life. Though you can see that her childhood influenced her, but she was too silly like a little white flower and never doubted people, when honestly if you hear someone offering such a deal as selling yourself and you hate it, beat the shit out of them and walk away.

Thus Lin Meng was reborn right before the events. But she also found that an Alipay app on her phone looked different and after an accident she figured out that the money from this app never decrease no mater how much money she spends. And this is where our nouveau riche Lin Meng starts her shopping spree life. And this is what I dislike about the whole novel and why it gives me a cheap and shallow feeling.

Not long after being reborn she deals with the situation of her friend, the thing I find funny is that author made it so coincidental that her senior sister was the daughter of the man who wanted to hook up and supported this friend/roommate. I really don't see a problem with just refusing and leaving, nah, she wanted to get some sort of revenge I think, since her life was ruined, but tbh even with the photos she got she could simply publush them, later this roommate could have taken it lightly, but was framed by another roommate who decided to jump high, instead she got a sentence for theft. Like why do you write it like that. Anyway Lin Meng was more confident and with accumulating a bit of wealth after figuring out how the app works she went on a first shopping spree, because she agreed to the proposal of transfer and going to a branch office, she decided and I quote "create a rich second generation image" basically so ppl won't suspect where her wealth comes from, honestly no matter how much confidense she thinks she has I still thought it's the same old person. I could understand that if she was happy she would continue to work, if not she would go do her own thing. In the end again conveniently one of director wanted to use unspoken rules, in the end she beat the guy, but because she got help from unknown person her case was handled well. By this time she already met ML by the way in a hotel, but they were simply passerbys by that time, only ML already have seen and accidentally witnessed her actions in the university where she defended herself. Basically this part was given as a justification of his love, that even if he fell in love at first sight, but she saw her honest clear eyes etc. Yeah, I call it cheap romance, simply because they fell in love really easy like that. He fell in love with her when he saw her and she was not against his adcvances, since she never was in a relationship and he was up her alley. This is how awkwardly and pretty quickly they came together.

Back to Lin Meng and her business. Because she decided to resign and do business since she got enough money to rent etc. she bought a cake shop. But what surprised me in her starting business is - why she started business in this city? She definitely would want to go to another city later, she had plans, her original city was also good and had her property, like you basically bound herself with the business in this city. What also really surprised me is how she decided to buy more storefronts without making a bigger plan even in her own head, she just really went with the flow - oh I buy, buy, buy. Gaudy feeling and irresponsible. Even the side character who later became the general manager of her newly opened company said after figuring things out that Lin Meng acted really unreliable and unprepared. This already started whispering - GREED - in my ear. Even if it's not said outright, but she really started to give a disgusting feeling. Her self-improvement in finance, since she was completely unaware how to run a company was later scrubbed off with simple mentioning that she started to read books on finance during the time so she started to understand (finally started to understand lol) the things that were said. She could have been content with just one shop tbh, be content with a normal life, but without saying it in the text we all know that she never stopped, she's not a business guru, she actually relied on the app and money that came from it to open this business, so instead she bought and opened more. Only later being cautious with how she's going to explain her finances. But no worries, the app actually updated and basically put everything as a perfect financial history and all of her money were justified, so of course she left all her worries behind. Only after buying a house she felt more secure, for a minute or two I think, though this is the only logical point, buy something that can become your property and be a backbone in case the app disappears. I honestly did not see the need for this app to exist in the first place, it totally ruined her as a personality, she really said and done things that made me as a reader think that she started think too highly of herself. The most disgusting part that showed it was actually in a situation that involved her family. Big note: Lin Meng's father divorced first wife, she stayed with her father, younger sister was taken away, her stepmother gave birth to a daughter and son, but as it happens the son was actually exchanged with other family, her biological second child was also a daughter, she did it because the grandmother of the family was too patriarchial. This truth resurfaced and Lin Meng came around, but seeing her father being indecisive again like with first marriage because he had feelings for the child he brought up for six years, instead of thinking how all the children will live together she left angrily. Her father called her and once again mentioned that she's most important and he will leave half the property to her, but she said that she doesn't want anything at home and then thinks most disgusting and gaudy thing - that what he wants to leave to her can't even buy her a bathtub. Why this is disgusting? It's because when Lin Meng bought apartment in this city, she called previously used decorator and asked him to take care of her apartment, the decorator actually used it to go all out and basically the spent huge amount of money on everything, including some fancy bathtub which costed immense amount of money. This is the place that I was outraged with this heroine. Her "wealth" doesn't come from her own hard work, it comes from the outer source, she only uses it, her own business actually didn't make money to pay for all the stores, it is only possible because her money don't decrease. So honestly, her fast switch from frugality to luxury is understandable, but despite everything, I think in a situation like hers, where she could have enlightened her own father and not "wait when he will notice things himself", instead she patted her butt and walked away angrily. It was only ML at this moment that said a wise thing that some emotions can't be put like she puts them, yes she can be angry all the way, but it doesn't mean her father who brought up a child for six years can disregard everything like her who doesn't have close connection with siblings in a minute and be done. Yes, she said that she can't decide, but that attitude and her thought about bathtub really was what snapped the balance once again and tilted it -100. I also find that what her father did would probably hurt the family more, but really that bathtub stuck to me and doesn't leave.

Back to the app and her shopping and buying. It was only like a "cool" dream, but generally I couldn't find anything remarkable about it. From other point she had no reason to refuse money and thus be on a shopping spree, I understand it, but if it's about clothes, I'm fine, considering house is also ok, but this growth of business was just - let's get what we see pleasing to the eye. She's truly a layman in business and was bad with figuring people out before, even if she lived 8 more years in previous life to me that doesn't mean much, but honestly the way she acted about business was really silly. She also acted disgustingly when ML offered to pay for her with good heart, she acted like she has money, she really does, but again, it's not like she earned them honestly.

Back to the romance. I understand sometimes romance can be fast, here is the plain example of it. But also it had so many passing cliche about a good guy relationship, upright man who fell in love for the first time, but he also can be domineering in doing business and his own thing. In the end it's all quick about fall in love, say that you expect from her to be not only his girlfriend but wife. I mean that's fast confession and also it's already a proposal tbh, which I guess was skipped by both. But again, they came together quite quickly, good thing that his relatives were pretty open-minded about his future spouse even if he was from a big family, that's how we get our happy family. Tbh at times I kind of felt sorry for ML, yes she's beautiful and yes she has clear eyes and "not as other girls", but tbh I couldn't like her character. The most ironic is that the business she was so proud of was soon shoved to background after the relationship progressed. How isn't it not ironic? :'D Especially when the child arrived, it was all - let's speed up growing the company and move to the same city as my bf. Again I can't understand the need of that golden finger and her business it was so pointless TvT

The taste of this story is very bland, not interesting at all. So what if she got the app, so what if she opened her own business like that, so what if she and ML got together quickly, tbh plain story, but this entire app and shopping really were a weird addition in my opinion.

RATE: 1,5/5.

PS: At times I also felt like this novel is all about going to dinner, everyone went to dinner so many times, while around nothing prosperous was happening. Oh, and I simply stopped caring and started skimming through starting around ch50.

PPS: At the end I really couldn't care less about anyone and sudden splurge about side characters etc. Honestly, wasted time.