I just finished Blue Canvas of Youthful Days.
I really liked it overall, especially the chemistry and attentiveness btw the MLs.
I didn't like how the abusive parent scenes made my stomach ache too. And the lame trope of both ML lying to the other one for "their own good" toward the end. Nooooooo!! Don't do that!!
I'm disappointed with the incomplete and rushed mess of an ending. Since there was no closure or resolution with the abusive father (in my mind) I didn't feel relief that Qi Lu would be safe and have a good future with Qin Xiao, if that makes sense.
And then to read ending captions explaining the ending...ngl, didn't like that at all, which I almost missed to begin with.
I'm going to have to watch smth more upbeat to replace the anxiety before I can sleep. :-(
Last thing: Yay for a Chinese BL in 2024 though!