Lady Liberty Episode 33

Reminiscing and accepting new reality

Lin is looking at an apartment option not in her budget to just give way to dreams of possibility. Here Mr Cai is a calming voice that includes infinite options of living space. He was even willing to throw himself in the deal for Lin. He is far more charming than I expected with far more substance than I gave him credit for. Lin has politely and firmly declined and I am relieved as her having his daughter in her life indefinitely is not really a good option. Fan tries to be fatherly with Lin. After destroying her company, stealing her authors all while capitalizing on it financially, he has the brass to say that he always respected her personally and still offered her a place in his company. I don’t think he really hears himself.😝🙄He actually thought he was doing her a kindness and I am glad she made it clear he was not an option for her. Dai is back and listened to He Han’s class. She said it was decent but his writing far better.😂 I have mixed feelings about the AI support backing a real author. I am waiting to see how they handle this transition for authors and their observations about combined efforts. I am curious about why He Han let Lin leave and why he brought the three manuscripts along without talking to her about it. This wasn’t the tangent I expected when reshuffling platforms came into play. Dai brought the same manuscripts to GuYan she did for He Han. Is she the flip side of Fan? If she is I will be very disappointed. I expected more for and from her. Zhao is eating for two and wants GuYan to download a new readers app. He gives himself away knowing too much and she asks if he is being poached. He denies it but reminds her she poached him. She is unique in that she keeps all her trophies on same shelf and guards them equally. Even her future children are on this shelf and not higher. I am relieved that in this episode Cai did not show up in his class or her apartment. This let Lin and Mei talk without stupid questions intervening. The poignant moment was Mei offering to take care of Lin’s dad if he chose not to accompany her when she relocated. At the hospital she is distraught by the choice her parents made without her knowledge or input. She was completely blindsided and unhappy to be double teamed by them. She is losing her company and her mother with little or no say in things. She is the queen of micromanaging so of course none of this sits well. was a double look moment when Lin is drinking outside of the convenient store rather than HeHan. She asks him to start over with her and he declines. He encouraged her to go where she had the most options. So it seems LA might be the next option for her. Even the store owner asked why he didn’t realize she was asking him to start over with her? He Han has no words because once again he is trying to help her career rather than her as a person. I like these two as a working couple and support system, but is it co dependency rather than a true relationship? That is a question maybe they can’t even answer. Does Lin’s footnote comment mean He Han is acknowledged but kept minimum or is it that they are forever tied together in spite of everything? They are still figuring this out. Mei is joining a meeting where her parents are dividing up assets. She sees her young ex bf as liaison for her mother. She has left Shanghai to unspecified location other than city change. Since she finally accepted that her husband would never return, there was no longer reason to hang onto the house. Her dad could care less except he wanted the cash by the end of month. His business transaction…could be business could be a new woman…no way to know for sure. She gets a ride home with her ex who explained he had always kept in touch with her mom. He then shows he has a different perspective as the one who makes the money rather than striving to climb that high. I think he has accepted his dig about her mother clinched any possibility of a relationship, but I also think he wanted her to see that he had far more potential than Bei and he would have loved her exclusively. While Lin is packing up her things there is a picture about Phantom Knight. She changed her mind and takes it back into the apartment. Is she adding to box or leaving for Cai? This has me curious. The episode ends with He Han thinking about what he really rejected when Lin asked him that question. This episode Zhao and Mei seem the most settled with current changes while the rest are in flux. Fan has yet to realize what he has really gained and lost because the dollar signs keep distracting. Dai is getting ready to shake things up but not in the way I anticipated. Is she trying to get the number one authors back to competing? He Han seems better as a person and healthwise since giving up writing, but will this be enough to feed his creative side and keep him content long term? I don’t know that moving so far will be the best thing for Lin, but there is a lot of old sentiment surrounding her in this city. If He Han is so close but remains so far, distance might indeed give her a more positive outlook with completely different surroundings adding a healing influence. Gu Yan is another surprise factor. He is learning the game quickly and now trusts no one. Zhao taught him that. He would be far more likely to use his powers for good under Dai than Zhao, but the AI thing, this is a polarizing notion and it is very unclear if it’s possible for a collaboration of this sort to be a good thing. Will this make writers better? Or try to replace them?

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