Dear Enemy Episode 7

KaiXi learns she is a painting, QingCheng loses part and Man deals with family expectations

KaiXi and Man chat about their circumstances married vs single. KaiXi is mom and wife but has lost herself and identity in the process of running the family. Man has chosen her own path and charging boldly ahead, but she has the burden of public and family opinion with no partner or family to give her privacy and support. This episode has KaiXi with friends comparing women that appeal to men and the benefits of divorce. They have plenty to say til the subject of their gossip shows up. One comparison that struck a chord with KaiXi was the pretty woman who was a painting, once admired, now forgotten. The career woman was like a book that could continue to be read and explored. QingCheng is looking forward to her audition when she gets a call that something came up and she was no longer needed. Her phone has a lot of red lines through interviews and ya have to wonder if her refusal to scummy director has been spread to others to blackball her from other parts Her roomie comes in very drunk and haggard. She was MuSun’s date to the premier. She got kicked to the curb early and went clubbing to come home worse for the wear. She is feeling old at 29. QingCheng tries to offer sound advice about the shopping bribe and what that really meant. Man gets a call from dad wanting to know why his capable daughter could earn every certificate but a marriage one? I am glad she hung up on him because he was rather relentless in his bashing of her as a person. She visits her ex to see the dog and gets dinner with his parents. She even tries a date to a bday party and sees what she was missing not being in their social circle—turns out to be career tier gossip session. She was no more impressed with this lot than KaiXi’s high society friends. She rolls her eyes at thinking she ever wanted to be part of this crowd. She received a reminder of her 22 year old self from a book she had returned by her ex’s ex. She stood up for herself nicely at that wreck of a bday party and told loser ex to shove off, but ends up in a bar crying over drinks. She texted KaiXi to meet her but MuSun shows up instead. She drunkenly tells him how fed up she is with guys having it better in the workplace and the expectations of marriage and family placed on women over career. He invites her to his place and I am not sure if he will be helping her or taking advantage of her. Man is a mess and needs a friend’s shoulder, but he’s not a safe place to land.

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