Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao’s Story and Romance

@H19279

yes..compensation psychology.
When she was in the brothel, and XL left her after eating poison, she ran into Jing.

@AH

sorry @Ah
I didn't mean that, it was just a joke.

 blabla100:

@AH

"Tong Hua added a ton of details in in chapter 22 and chapter 43 that are commonly associated with sex, but didn't intend for the reader to conclude that actual intercourse took place in those scenes." 

What I mean by that is that TH clearly intended for the readers to aknowledge that there is sexual desire between XL and XY

Agreed! ^^

 blabla100:

and she did describe some sort of sexual intimacy going on, so same as her previous works, LYF is not lacking in this aspect either. The only one who's lacking îs Jing, he clearly didn't get any scene of this sort, that is why I am starting to belive that her love for him is more on the platonic level, though platonic îs not exactly the right word either. But no one can speak for TH, we can assume and interpret things to our liking, I don't belive she will get offended by any theory :) 

If I were to compare TSJ and XY's relationship to XL and XY's relationship, I would probably say that TSJ and XY's relationship is more domestic and tame / less intense than XL and XY's relationship. 

That got me thinking about the things TSJ and XL each taught XY. I had a longer version of this post with a bunch of excerpts tee'd up but I lost it in an accidental refresh <.< The short version is that TSJ spent six months "teaching" XY to play the zither, but she wasn't really interested in learning. The "lessons" were just an excuse for the two of them to spend time together. XY was more interested in listening to TSJ play for her while she snacked or did other things. They both assumed that TSJ would always be there to play for her in the future. 

Whereas XL/FFB spent more than 10 years diligently teaching XY archery. Although the archery lessons were the catalyst for the companionship between FFB and XY, the real reason XL wanted to teach XY archery was so that she would have a means of protecting herself when he wasn't with her. He empowered her and taught her everything he could about archery (and even anonymously commissioned a powerful, one-of-a-kind bow for her), despite knowing that she could use those archery skills against him (as she did in chapter 46) or to protect his enemy, CX (as she did in chapter 27). XY practiced diligently for years and was able to use her archery skills to save her own life against powerful assassins in chapter 44. 

@nathsketch

I did read the interview too and I honestly don't understand what's so wow about it? In fact I couldn't help but notice TH's choice of words, everyone got what they wanted, Jing wanted XY and XY wanted someone to accompany her no matter what...how does that makes a good case for Jing's fans? It sounds as if it could have been anyone, even Feng Long would have worked , as long as he was willing to dedicate himself to her...Jing on the other hand  îs quite clear that he precisely wants XY. CX being the main ml everyone knew that already, Jing being XY's lover is obvious (îs this the wow factor?)  If she would have said Jing is XY's love that would have been different though. The only thing that's new (to me, at least) is that eternally yearning for you reffers, indeed, to CX. I  know people were speculating on this since early on but I wasn't convinced. I thought that just the first book's title is his. 

 blabla100:

I did read the interview too and I honestly don't understand what's so wow about it? In fact I couldn't help but notice TH's choice of words, everyone got what they wanted, Jing wanted XY and XY wanted someone to accompany her no matter what...how does that makes a good case for Jing's fans?

Agreed. Also, when Tong Hua said "If you adapt your own work, you must break and remodel your own work, which is very painful" I think she was partially talking about censorship issues.....

 H19279:

I always think that this moment is a kind of milestone in the relationship. In her view:

XL didn't want to admit his love
Then she learnt that Jing didn't want to continue living because of her death. Or in other word, she was the most important one for Jing. "Xiao Yao turned to look at Jing and murmured “You really are so broken over me that you are seeking death?”Xiao Yao felt the shell around her heart shatter completely, all those threads that she tried to cut all those times finally weaved together into a web at last."
After that she seemed to take Jing closer in her heart (than before her assasination). She treated Jing the same way that XL treated her: fed the medicine via mouth, slept next to him. Someone mentioned that she wanted to allocate things/action between her and XL to Jing (e.g, XL forced her to kiss in the water, she refused but then wanted to kiss Jing in the Dragon Bone Prison, she wanted to pass air to Jing while diving in the lake on Shen nong mountain). Therefore, it seems that here is the point where she made the decision to choose Jing (transferthe love that she and XL might have to Jing). Later when Jing became the clan leader, she found the relationship with Jing more obstacle 

That's a very interesting interpretation. 

I feel like the 15 year promise was also an important milestone. XY made a time-limited commitment to TSJ then based on his confession and promises and the sacrifices he made when he tried to help her escape from CX. It makes sense that TSJ's reaction to her assassination would be a second, even more important milestone for XY, especially after XL seemed to reject her when she woke up.

 windiaaa041293:

@AH

sorry @Ah
I didn't mean that, it was just a joke.

Is this about the suggestion that XL had intercourse with XY during the 37 years of healing? I'm glad to hear that wasn't a serious suggestion. I'm sorry if I come across as humourless when I respond to those posts. I don't want to rain on anyone's parade. It's just... rape is something that I take very, very seriously. I know we're talking about fictional characters and scenarios here, and everyone is entitled to their own opinions and tongue-in-cheek theories, but I just don't feel right if I don't put my own two cents in when that kind of suggestion comes up. 

Edit: Oh wait, were you referring to the comment about XY’s reaction (seeming guilty) when she first saw XL after the 37 years of healing?

 Kokuto:

Much like the beach rejection scene after Jing roped her into the 15 year promise, there really wasn't a choice.  The fact that XL is absent, says he's not offering himself as a choice.  Jing is the only one there, so it's not really a choice of men.  It's a choice between Jing and nothing.

I agree with this. 

Tong Hua is still like that, raising the corners of her lips, raising her eyebrows and smiling: "No, it's Xuanxuan thinking about Xiaoyao..." Pretending that she hadn't written one after another, she said: "It's just a special story, Love is not the most important thing..."

I mean, Tonghua's expression of lifting the corners of her lips, raising her eyebrows and smiling… is what she said is not true.

So I asked, has anyone seen Tonghua's expression like that, because someone discussed it in one of the articles.