Sana

Hopefully. I doubt there will be any. He'll mistreat her horribly or she'll do a big sacrifice, and that'll be called redemption. At least that's how it's like in most Cdrama.

It's not about her identity. It's about what she did.
Think about it. He's a distrusting guy and for good reason. Every time he starts a conversation with someone, they ask him about the golden millet. People try to poison him, manipulate him, threaten him, for it.

Then she enters his life and he very slowly opens his heart to her. Only to find out, in the most embarrassing way, that she too was after his golden millet dream.

He already seems somewhat unstable after knowing half the truth. How do you think he'll react once he finds out the rest?

Boy is he gonna lose it when he finds out what she's really after.

Finally we got some proper JBZ

Same~

I know I should've clarified 😅
Saw your pfp and suddenly missed the guy's antics lol

Oh. I was joking because I can imagine Li Lun saying that to get ZYZ away from his friends.

I see. They're both softened up here then 😄
I'm curious for when he finds out too. He's gonna lose some faith in humanity for sure, but up untill now she hasn't irreversibly wronged him or anything.

Do you mean he looks sharper here? In FoF, he looked more like an elegant relic. But it suited Zhu Yan perfectly. JBZ looks closer to HMH himself.

Is that so? I haven't read much of the novel. Were they both much more ruthless or cruel in the novel? Or was it just JBZ?

I remember reading somewhere that this is one of the reasons they deviated from the novel, and I hope that’s true, because I share OP’s sentiment. In stories like this, balance matters a lot. Toxicity can work if it isn’t one-sided, and redemption arcs need careful handling. I find it hard to root for an unbalanced relationship.
So far they're doing a good job. Hope the writing maintains its approach.

Lead actor was in a BL (unaired, but trust me, even unaired ones matter) and then in a mega popular drama.

"Good or bad a child will always love their parent but acknowledge they did wrong"

Uh...
Someone please guide this innocent soul out of this dangerous place.

Profile picture checks out 😄

Yeah. I hope at least she proves trustworthy. Otherwise he's gonna prove unbelievably naive.

"Don't worry. I won't tell anyone."
Tells the next person he meets 🤦🏻‍♀️

Same. Hoping it's just that imperial uncle is using the princess as leverage to pressure Yan Xiao.

Smart but crazy move. She hit two birds with one stone. She's aware of his feelings after all.

I did. And edited my comment. But tbh, I doubt our debate will get anywhere.

I never justified anything. You were curious why people call the low rating unfair, and not the high rating. So I said that people usually consider blind hate as unfair towards the hated, while it's not necessarily the case for blind love.

Edit: As for the success part, I'll make an example. Suppose I talk behind your back to my friend, cursing you or lying about you. It'll most likely never affect you. But many might say, it's still me being unfair to you.