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From what I know they go to re education camp and the sentence can go from 1 to 20 years. But there have been massive liberations in 1976 with the death of Mao. I don't think they explained clearly yet what Muyang's parents were accused of but in laogai they usually go through forced labor in mines, farms, factories or road building, food privation, physical discipline and psychological torture

Oh I see I hope you're right cause that professor warning her about how it can be dangerous not taking into consideration a man's past and his real personnality, gave me a scare. I hope the doctor doesn't have a hidden agenda

I didn't expect the doctor to propose so fast. What does he gain in it ? I thought we would see them slowly falling in love with each other first

Ling Yi too ! She's such an opportunist I hate her two faced attitude ! She's so ungrateful too I hope Feng Lin won't be collaborating with her against the main couple otherwise I might die from anger

Thank you so so much for such a detailed answer 🫶 I didn't know Mao's image was this well preserved. I will do research on all of this then! Thank you again for taking your time to answer!

Ahaha I had the same reaction. At least Tian Chen is kinda believable but Johnny Huang is far too old and bulky for it 😭😅 they should have at least make it like it was the last year of high school not freaking middle school 💀

Could you perhaps list me some of the issues ? I would love to look more into it. The drama really got me interested into this period of time. Until now I only knew about the working conditions in factories (though it's from a very occidental point of view so I'm not sure if it's 100% reliable)

Yes me too! The drama really did a great job in introducing the setting cause it got me really curious to learn more about it! Until now I only had a darker image of that time with what we learned in high school so this got me really interested to learn more about its system

I believe it's mostly because of the script. The dialogues and scenes from the novel are all over the place in the drama. That's why rather than appreciating the moments where he is supposed to feel wronged, it feels like he is reacting out of place
I swear when you know the story his acting is really good but the pacing doesn't do it justice

It's not on iqiyi but on Wetv

Wasn't 12 letters a hit ? (Genuine question)

It will be later when Zhao uncovers other secrets

Considering that it was supposed to be 40 episodes I fear they decided to cut too much in the first episodes.
Same I don't even have time to process one scene that we're already onto another problem.
They mixed a lot of moments together so the script ends up quite messy when you have already read the novel. The characters had so much depth in the novel 😭 they removed too much

Yes I actually find her more annoying in the drama than in the novel. They made her more childish here Idk why. She mostly bullies Chang Ming because of the Snow Lotus Pill. It’s a rare pill that can speed up cultivation and heal injuries. Lingbo isn’t very good at martial arts, so she wanted to use it to get ahead of everyone else. But Master Qi gave it to Chang Ming to heal him from poison which made her resentful (that's why she says that she wants his heart). She’s also very condescending and that clashes a lot with Chang Ming’s boldness.

Yes for now I'm quite disappointed cause I feel like the story goes too fast I don't even have time to really get to know the characters. Sometimes I feel like if I didn't read the novel I wouldn't be able to follow everything clearly. One minute the ML gets hurt and the other he's already healed talking about other things

They were supposed to meet when Qi Lingbo bullied Chang Ning. I explained it more in detail above 🫶 I just loved the beginning so much since we can see how witty and funny Zhao is. Their relationship seem too fast in the first episode as they mixed and fas forwarded a lot of moments and dialogues. But I get it they surely couldn't detail more the first timeline. If you're interested though I really recommend reading the novel once the drama ends cause their dynamic is completely different there they are so fun to read 😅

The Cai family isn't supposed to appear at the end of the whole battle in the beginning. They were supposed to meet when Qi Lingbo bullied Chang Ning. As he was taken in by Master Qi after his father's death, he took some pill to recover from the poison. But since this pill was supposed to go to Qi Lingbo she bullies him for it and try to get revenge. He actually isn't bothered by the bullying and even provoks a lot Lingbo. Zhao steps in when she first arrives but is kinda unwelcomed by Chang Ning who doesn't seek her protection. So that's why at first they are supposed to not like each other and to fight a lot which is really funny in the novel.

I didn't expect them to change the whole beginning with their first encounter. Kinda sad cause it changes the dynamic but the visuals are beautiful

Ahaha same I love finding the same people from other comment sections. I'm like "I knew you had great taste" 😅
That's so true! Since they announced the main lead I knew it would turn out into something great and the more we got content the more I couldn't wait. Now it kinda feels surreal to finally be able to see it. It has been a long time since I have been this eager to watch a cdrama.

Thanks for your explanation cause everyone recommended me this drama as a follow up story of Moving but the story and its setting is too different from Moving's universe that I nearly dropped it. It's sadly misleading to recommend this show while simply saying that it's the same universe and not delivering a deeper explanation like you did