The Dark Romance Episode 8

Back to school

In this episode Yan Ling is making slow progress with ChangNing. She does some purging on the beach to literally erase Feng’s name from her thoughts. While she is not even close to being done with the trauma from him, she has stabilized enough to move out of his apartment and start breaking ties. For her, this is a huge step in the right direction. Knife girl is also making progress and her future seems brighter as well. Yan Ling pushes her acting limits after a comment from Dr Luo. She finds herself in a cheap hotel with a younger guy there for one reason only. She ends up getting picked up at the police dept by her ex. This was so dangerous. She did not make a backup plan for either herself or her son. Her young son was the adult in the room getting his own ride to school and letting the dad know something was up with Yan Ling. What is surprising is that he ends up investigating with her. They track down Eric and then get a lead to a PUA love course. They openly say they are out to manipulate women and show men steps on how they can get what they want from them by using pickup artist techniques. This is not even illegal because it is viewed as dating aids. 😝😡 The ex husband agrees to go undercover to see what they can learn about their dead friend and the correlation with the tattoo. Feng pays a professional visit to Dr Luo. He actually received a lesson if he’s smart enough to understand the doctor’s more subtle implications. He was encouraged to increase his diet to different types in response to the question he asked. It is really disgusting how willing one was to learn and the other teach. Dr Luo is browsing through the upper echelons of classes at this love institute course, so is he an observer or teacher? I think the reason he is going through lower course is to see what Yan Ling is learning rather than seeking guidance for himself, or maybe as a study in aberrant behavior which aligns more with his personal view of things. The ex is far from cool no matter what they try to do with him at the class. He is different in that he has morals with women. While the class are all cheering the instructor, he is paying close attention to the details. I am hoping he is disgusted with what he has just seen. The episode ends with ex hubby’s gf noticing his new hair color. This story is so dark that I appreciate the moments of levity to just get a break from the manipulations and machinations of this group and like ilk. The scariest part of this story is it could be anybody that just happens to have that tilted perspective to use their contacts with people for selfish motives rather than true interest, empathy and concern.

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