Hard to Provoke (Part Two)

梦萌Oct 2022

3.2

Word count: 179K words
Chapters: 81

Summary

The heroine, Su Su, was an orphan from childhood, taken in by an eccentric old man in Huaxi Village and raised there until she was fourteen. Then the old man left a note and disappeared, saying only that he owed a debt of gratitude to the Mo family of Jianghai City and asking Su Su to repay it when she had time—saying nothing about why he had gone. She roamed the outside world while searching for him, and by the time her business elsewhere was done, she had made a small name for herself but still found no trace of the old man. So she returned to Jianghai City, where the Yang family conveniently “took her back,” and she took the place of the Yang daughter in an engagement to the disabled eldest son of the Mo family, Mo Chen. Su Su resolves to repay the old man’s debt by helping the Mo family, and at the same time to ask his old acquaintance Mo Huaishan about his whereabouts.

The hero, Mo Chen, does not know that Su Su is his fiancée and has always refused to meet her, yet he is fixated on finding out about “the girl he met once”—until that day…

Editor's review

The middle volume of Trouble Incarnate occupies the bridging position in the series: Su Su returns to Jianghai City, is "reclaimed" by the Yang family, and becomes engaged to Mo Chen in place of the Yang daughter, while using Mo Huaishan to inquire after the old man's whereabouts—shifting the main thread from "roaming abroad" to "repaying the debt to the Mo family." Meng Meng concentrates on building the mismatch here: Mo Chen refuses to meet his fiancée yet persists in seeking "the girl he met once," and readers' superior knowledge keeps the reading engaging. Su Su's orphan origins and the old man's parting letter also provide a suspenseful anchor beyond the romance. The middle volume moves at a leisurely, everyday pace; it's best read with the other volumes, as reading it alone leaves threads hanging. Pay attention to how Su Su's position shifts between the Yang and Mo families and to the details of Mo Chen's softening attitude—these are key to understanding the resolution in the final volume.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Series readers who have finished the first volume and need to bridge to the final one
Urban romance readers who enjoy information gaps and mismatched-identity setups
Casual readers who prefer leisurely everyday pacing
Genre-fiction readers interested in substitute-marriage and reclaimed-kinship tropes

Not a good fit for

Readers who want a single standalone book and won't commit to a series
Impatient readers expecting all knots untied in the middle volume
Readers put off by formulaic wealthy-family setups

Reading tips

Read alongside the first volume; first sort out Su Su's experiences before returning to Jianghai City, then move into the kinship and engagement plot.
Note the difference between Mo Chen's attitude toward his "fiancée" and toward "the girl he met once" to better understand the turn in the final volume.
List the old man's clues separately and afterward check whether the final volume picks them up, for a more complete series reading.
The middle volume has many everyday passages; advance at a fixed number of chapters per day to keep momentum without flagging.

版权信息
第八十八章好自为之
第八十九章引鱼上钩
第九十章你算计我？
第九十一章嫂子YYDS
第九十二章京城81号
第九十三章一见如故
第九十四章找到爷爷了？
第九十五章墨琛受伤
第九十六章你给我闭嘴
第九十七章翻脸不认人？
第九十八章赛车俱乐部
第九十九章杀猪盘
第一百章输了给你一个亿
第一百零一章酒吧闹事
第一百零二章他今天也要留在这？
第一百零三章他又抽什么风
第一百零四章是非对错大家心里都有一杆秤
第一百零五章她可以不参加吗
第一百零六章来老地方
第一百零七章少爷的醋坛子打翻了
第一百零八章护妻小能手
第一百零九章墨先生，请回
第一百一十章不是什么好人
第一百一十一章你哄哄我
第一百一十二章这个条件不成立
第一百一十三章你想不想做科研
第一百一十四章婉拒
第一百一十五章蛋花汤认主？
第一百一十六章简羽的父亲
第一百一十七章开始调查
第一百一十八章简母
第一百一十九章胡闹
第一百二十章不要查了
第一百二十一章嘲笑
第一百二十二章暗潮涌动
第一百二十三章抽丝剥茧
第一百二十四章另类约会
第一百二十五章一万块一碗面
第一百二十六章比翼酥
第一百二十七章得去看看医生
第一百二十八章好一把狗粮
第一百二十九章古怪的恋爱方式
第一百三十章时间冲突
第一百三十一章围棋决赛
第一百三十二章自取其辱
第一百三十三章大魔王
第一百三十四章下三滥的手段
第一百三十五章我有什么错
第一百三十六章你质疑我
第一百三十七章赴约
第一百三十八章女人之间的风起云涌
第一百三十九章探查失败
第一百四十章邀请函
第一百四十一章未婚妻
第一百四十二章 U盘
第一百四十三章试礼服
第一百四十四章惊艳
第一百四十五章你帮我
第一百四十六章突发情况
第一百四十七章坦白
第一百四十八章我的公主
第一百四十九章惊艳四方
第一百五十章探查
第一百五十一章起疑
第一百五十二章维护
第一百五十三章视频
第一百五十四章水落石出
第一百五十五章简弘出狱
第一百五十六章转达谢意
第一百五十七章她回来了
第一百五十八章情敌
第一百五十九章在想你
第一百六十章校园论坛
第一百六十一章给个说法
第一百六十二章白费力气
第一百六十三章间接接吻
第一百六十四章两幅面孔
第一百六十五章不见棺材不掉泪
第一百六十六章惩罚
第一百六十七章看日出

FAQ

What role does the middle volume play in the series?

It mainly serves as transition and setup: Su Su returns to Jianghai City, is reclaimed by the Yang family, becomes engaged to Mo Chen in place of the Yang daughter, and uses Mo Huaishan to inquire after the old man. It shifts the story from outside roaming to repaying the debt to the Mo family, and establishes the mismatch of Mo Chen not knowing his fiancée's identity, preparing for the final volume's resolution.

Why does Mo Chen refuse to meet his fiancée?

The materials say Mo Chen keeps refusing to meet his fiancée while fixating on "the girl he met once," and he doesn't know that Su Su is that fiancée. The text explains his specific reasons; watch the contrast between his attitude toward the engagement and his fixation on the "once-met" girl.

Will I feel a sense of ending after the middle volume?

Usually not. The middle volume focuses on setting up the mismatched relationship and the old man's clues; the main conflicts are mostly resolved in the final volume. Read alone, it's easy to feel threads are left hanging. Have the final volume ready, or at least accept a pause before continuing.

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梦萌 Author

Meng Meng is an author about whom limited public information is available, with seven works currently held in the collection. Their writing spans mystery and detective fiction, social novels, and modern romance, with representative titles including The Joyful and Sorrowful Entertainment Center, Allure, the Nanre series, and New Tribe. Nanre was published as a complete three-volume set as well as in separate upper, middle, and lower volumes, suggesting a sustained commitment to long-form storytelling. Judging from the titles and category placements, Meng Meng's works tend to center on urban settings and intricate human relationships, balancing emotional tension with an atmosphere of suspense, and show considerable variety in subject matter. As basic details such as birth and death dates, nationality, and an English name remain unconfirmed, the author's personal history and creative background cannot yet be described in detail; readers may instead turn to the works themselves to understand their narrative concerns and stylistic features.