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I'm seeing rumours that The Legend of Shen Li is also going to air in March on Mango TV. It's also a WeTV original drama.

I know hate is a strong word, but I really hate that AvenueX lady. She's so pretentious and it infuriates me. For the sake of my mental health, more than a year ago, I had to block her channel to never show up on my YouTube recs.

Ok, so I started translating the novel this drama is based on. If anyone's interested, you can read it here (scroll down to find the table of contents):

https://kritranslates.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/the-daily-life-of-mei-furen-doting-on-her-husband/

I've only translated the first 3 chapters until. And since I'm busy with daily life and personal life, I cannot promise how fast I will be able to translate and update the chapters. But I am 100% sure that I will completely translate the whole novel before the drama releases.

Note: I'm reading the novel as I'm translating it.

I guess they didn't shoot for this photoshoot together either: https://twitter.com/XukaiAlbum/status/1757599245316808818

Bro literally asked ChatGPT to write a review for a bad drama and this review was the result.

Well, first and foremost, FL and ML are on opposite sides. They both have their own armies to worry about first before considering feelings. So, don't expect FL to regret it. Also, neither have confirmed their feelings for each other yet when FL used ML's feelings to gain advantages. And make no mistake, ML also did not lose much, in fact, he also gained a few advantages himself despite the deceit. I quite like this FL who is willing to do everything to win.
After they confirmed their feelings, FL didn't take advantage of ML's love for her.

I think you should drop it if you are not getting into a drama when you have watched that far. Maybe it's not for you.

But this drama is definitely for me. I personally loved the drama so much that I have rewatched it 3 times without fast-forwarding a single scene.

What drama are you watching?? Lol!
She literally one-ups ML a lot of times (in fact, most of the time) that some people here even felt bad for ML. She was even a bit ruthless, not letting her feelings for ML stop her from taking actions that could hurt ML.
I'm not sure if you are watching Wonderland of Love or some other drama, cause even from the first 4 episodes, you will not find a trace of a "weak naive girl" in FL.

I was just looking at the all-cast video wishing Happy Chinese New Year -- Kira Shi, the actress playing Zeng Di, looked familiar. So I went through her MDL and found out that, much to my surprise, she was in Viva Femina. I watched this drama just a few months, and I have to say, Kira Shi gave one of the stand-out performances in the drama. You love her, you hate her, you pity her, and then you love her again. The drama is also very good, and it deserves a better rating.
She's also in Wonderland of Love, only in episode 1. She's the pipa player who helped the FL one up against the ML, lol.

Looking at this video, how I wish they didn't have Seven sport short hair for Ji Xing. She still looks beautiful with the short hair, but with longer hair, like in the video, she looks heavenly.

Not sure about the other person, but I have watched this drama twice and I haven't fast forwarded a single scene even on my second watch. So, it really depends on pov.

I don't think Seven Tan looks awkward in romance. I suggest you watch Road Home, if you haven't already.

Xu Kai has more than 1 cat I think. When he was promoting WOL, I think, he was somewhere else and was doing livestream with Gao Han. Gao Han was taking care of Xu Kai's cats, he even showed them on the livestream.

It's understandable that you missed this. The whole thing was literally 7-8 paragraphs in Extra Chapter 4.

Most of the times, novel adaptations often disappoint us. So your approach is actually good.
There are few exceptions though, and I found most of them in Chinese drama adaptations. Like Falling Into Your Smile (adapted from You Are Beautiful When You Smile), Ancient Love Poetry (adapted from Ancient God), Go Go Squid 2: Dt. Appledog's Time (adapted from two novels, 'God's Left Hand' and it's sequel, 'Fish Playing While Trapped In A Secret Room'). All these novels I read first and watched the drama adaptations later. I loved both the novels and the drama adaptations equally in these cases. I sincerely hope ABAY falls into this category.

Whenever I even think of Forgiveness Card, tears form in my eyes subconsciously. 😢

No need for confusion. FL only saw the doctor as a friend with whom she can confide in. She could not talk about her daughter's death with anyone else, not even ML. So ML found the doctor so that she can walk out of her grief. Pity though, the doctor has no ethics and fell in love with his patient who is married and had kids. When he confessed his feelings for her, she flatly refused him, saying that she will not continue their sessions if he is bent on pursuing her. The doctor agreed to back off, but he actually didn't and almost took advantage of her in one of her weak moments during their sessions.

Yup, they did the picnic in the first extra chapter. Forgot about it.

Novel's main story ends when ML is still in his early 30s and FL is still in her mid to late 20s.
The extra chapters, there are 7 of them, explore our leads having kids (first time pregnant, they have a son. second time, twins, again sons), going though a miscarriage (losing a much awaited daughter), moving on from it, to living to the old age when they die. I think it makes sense to show them dying. It brings a closure to Han Ting's declaration, which is also my favorite line of the entire novel, "The love I believe in probably lasts until the end of life. When I look back, I will have a definitive conclusion."
All I will say is, I am always a crying mess whenever I read the last extra chapter. And I am someone who rarely cries reading fiction.

Gao Han's character is a sweet character, at least in the novel. I hope they adapt his character to the same effect,