A review by keddy4306
The Husky & His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 3 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

All heads snapped up to see a young man standing on his sword in midair before the barrier, a length of willow vine in his hand. His features were bright and friendly, as if naturally bathed in warmth -- but at this moment, his eyes were sharp and unyielding, his gaze flaring like the leaves of the vine in his hand, coursing with a light the scarlet of blood and erupting with sparks.
 High above them, Mo Ran's brows were drawn low in a frown. "Didn't I fucking say that no one is to touch this barrier?" he asked darkly. "Tell me, are you deaf or stupid?!"
(page 61)
Mo Ran knows how to make an entrance. This is when
the Rift opens at Butterfly Town.


"What," Nangong Si asked, "another acquaintance of yours?"
 "I wouldn't call him an acquaintance." Ye Wangxi was himself less than pleased to encounter Mei Hanxue, but unlike Xue Meng who had stomped over to cuss him out, Ye Wangxi turned on his heel to leave immediately. "Just fought him once."
 "Oh?" Nangong Si's curiosity was piqued. "How is he? Any good?"
 "Heh." Ye Wangxi sneered coldly. "He had women do all the fighting for him -- how do you think he is?"
 Nangong Si stared, speechless.
(page 88)
This is so fucking good. Good on Ye Wangxi for putting Nangong Si in his place.

So Mo Ran endured it, and forced himself to pick up the pieces. He told himself, It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt. This wasn't the first time he'd lived through Chu Wanning's death. It doesn't hurt. 
 It doesn't hurt...
 But how could it not hurt? Over three thousand steps Chu Wanning had crawled, carrying him on his back -- how could it not hurt...
(page 163) 
This is absolutely brutal. I always forget that
The Discernment barrier was twinned and Chu Wanning took the same damage as Shi Mei in Taxian-Jun timeline, and Mo Ran in the current timeline. The reveal almost killed me the first time I read this and I thought my soul was leaving my body. 


Mo Ran's throat felt tight, and a sob escaped as he collapsed to the floor, kneeling before that soul that couldn't see him. The soul-calling lantern sat on the ground by his feet as he let out a broken wail, screaming himself hoarse as if he might cry blood. Finally, unable to contain it any longer, he bawled, loud and miserable. He knelt before Chu Wanning.
 It wasn't like that at all... 
 He groveled in the dust, clutching at the hems of Chu Wanning's bloodstained robes. 
 It wasn't that your heart was cold and hard as iron. It wasn't that I was unyielding and immovable as stone. It was just that I misjudged you, I misunderstood you completely... it was just that...
 "Shizun, Shizun..." He wept, curled up on the floor. "I'm sorry. I was wrong, please... please come back with me..."
(page 199-200) 
This is why I was crying over wontons in book 1.


"I'll count again -- I'll go slower this time, in case it's hard to hear," Mo Ran said. "One, two, three."
 Nothing. 
 "I'm going to count one last time... One, two, three."
 "This time's really the last. One , two, three..."
(page 313) 
Asking
Chu Wanning over and over to go back with him on the count of three
. Heartbreaking. 

Between flashes of lightning and crashes of thunder, he reached out without thinking and pulled Chu Wanning into a tight embrace. Frenzied heartbeats against a quivering soul. Chest to chest.
(page 327) 
I love this segment of the book so much. The change and growth of both our mmc's from the start of the series is incredible. 

"Not as good as the wontons you make."
(page 373)
Bawling and dehydrated. 

The book ends with the
5 year time skip.
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