I thought that too at first but it wasn't the case shimei poisoned that moron dog wwhich made him go evil berserk taxianjun. I restarted after getting this and that positive spoilers and it wasn't so bad. Both the dog and shizun suffered for one whole life time cause of that evil shitmei. And the ending is somewhat good where both ML's find peace. so I will give it a 6.5 out of 10.
As for my choices, I rarely read any toxic shits cause my blood boils so easily. That's also one of the reasons I check spoilers first cause I don't wanna get angry and disappointed over non existent characters and plots.
Further, I've had read plenty of novels that are great fluffy lovely cute sweet and heartwarming. So, I know which is which, which is good, and which is shit.
...Peace...
The current cover is giving low key 2ha vibes