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I laughed at episode 26's cliffhanger. I really did. Its like I was waiting for the climax of the birthday cake and blowing out the candles.

Instead I went to the wrong party and its already over.

The party poppers went off alreadt and I've missed it. I had to do an analogy to avoid the apoilers.

Onto epsiode 27 now. It made me laugh though at myself. 26 episodes in and it remains a solid drama.

The synopsis pretty much says it all. We are just reaching the China part.

I would watch this because the plot is there, the acting is great and the secondary characters are all main or strong second male leads in other dramas.

I will recommend this because the male lead can act obviously but because the personality is more apealing to me. I have watched the other dramas. I also think the Finland filming made for a different vibe.

And I am normally a very grumpy poster on MDL who will and have complained about bad acting, writing and irritating secondary characters because the writer made them into clownish characters sometimes. I am kinda in love with the interactions in this drama instead. The interactions here are extremely natural and the chemistry between them and the main leads are one of the major reasons I'm recommending it. I really, really dislike time wasting in a drama. This has not happened to me so far. I have skipped and fast forward in the other 3 dramas.

Yeah but she slows it down. Significantly.
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Man I'd rewatch this drama just for the 9 ball and snookers scenes. Wu Lei is at the correct age where he is a man but still retaining the youth vibe. A few more years and he'll look mature. A few years previously and he was still so young.

The guys are at the correct age to be like they are in the correct agefor elite sportsmanship. By the way I don't watch or play billiards.

Never! I want the slow suffering romance.

Hah! That was my intention too. It failed. However I saw the previews for ep 19 and 20 yesterday. That serves as a clue.

Those 2 with their intense eye stares.

Lin Yi Yang and Meng Xiao Dong are too intense when they meet. They lock gazes and have this low tones.

I don't even watch BL dramas but I confess to feeling chemistry between those men. Are they friends in real life?

You can just ignore it and I have done so.

However sometimes I watch a drama which has an electrifying chemistry but the side characters are terible. Or a story that is great but the casting or one of the main actors is terrible.

So you can't drop it but suffer through it. However I also depend on viewers to state what the exact issues are so I'd know whether to drop it or not.


I have sometimes whined about the translations because bad translations can make some really great meaningful line sound trite and diluted/mundane. The poetry of the moment is lost.

So yeah its not so easy to just not talk and drop it. I have dropped some dramas quietly before but its when I drop a drama which I've anticipated that makes me whine or critique it. I actually like to know the exact issues with some dramas and that helps me decide to either drop it or not start it.

The novel is not translated right?

Oh well at least we have to be satisfied they did go all the way even its sanitised in the drama

I moved overseas when I was 18. I was naive, dumb and knew nothing. I was on an allowance and had to budget. It was so hard. Who has time to think of boys then?

Yin Guo was participating in her first adult tournament and she has this intense guy pursuing after her. Its lucky she had the discipline to continue her daily practice

We all know how fluffy and disorganised some female
leads are in Cdramas. Thank goodness she is not written
as a dumb as bricks female lead like so many others.

Then I moved to another country for further studies yet again in my late 20s and I was still dumb because the culture was so diffirent.

People need to give her a break. She did very well going to a country with a different language and she also needed to take public transport and speak more English.

Its hard adjusting place to place. I have moved jobs in 3 different countries, cities and states. Its really hard adjusting languages too.

I think so. Continue watching to see him fall for her.

Gosh. He is pretty intense. And oh yes there are no screeching females or idiotic bosses or CEO nonsense.

And it kinds of reminds me of my youth when I was overseas by myself and all of us building our own little community. The Chinese expat community interactions are very heartwarming.

Yeah I've lost track of how many tall good looking male actors they are in this drama once I went past one dozen of them. Just how many people went to Finland as well?

Er don't know. I semi- use the subs. I speak Mandarin not fluent so I understood the titles the other team members have been using. Then they went from girlfriend straight to " wife. "
The WeTV subs are subs that was done for the flow where else I am in favour for the literal subs. I know how to tweak subs so it fits in the intent. That's why I notice subtitles as I use to sub Mandarin dramas. Because I like this drama I noticed the subs. Otherwise I'd skim and not bother.

Hi am I supposed to take what they talk laterally? The WeTV subs are not very accurate. They sub to Western standards.

I am on episode 13. The ML just said that " Yin Guo is my wife. " Did we get past the girlfriend part that fast?

I only started this drama this week and on viki. I just went to the streaming site and only now realised I see ep 15- 16 up. So I have to watch ep 13 now. So ciao. Gosh I have freaking 10hrs of work related lectures tomorrow with specialist lecturers. All those clever clever people who have studied over 14 years for their qualifications.

Much as I love this drama can't afford to fall asleep.

Its the viki schedule I didn't realised it was 2 episodes behind.

Geez if you had a bf like Leo Wu and avoid the kisses? I don't know
man. What excuses would she use to avoid him?

Well let me introduce you to My Special Girl. Go watch that romance where it took 30 sec and he still didn't touch her face. Or rather the kiss didn't. Now that is irritating flirting.

There are other slow burn romances around eveeywhere.

Are they dropping 4 episodes tonight? Its ep 17- 18 on the 11th.

Hey he got her into his bed 4 days after they became official. And did you see how fast he got her sitting on his lap?

I was impressed. I have high hopes for the boy to seal the deal. And the " elders " want them together. And literally everyone is calling her the small aunt and didn't she ger referred to as a wife already?

She is young though in the story at 21 years old. Isn't she going to be studying? He's finishing his Masters.

Arrrghhh. That was why I wanted the airing calendar. I do celebrate it but because we live overseas I have work the whole weekend.

So we have ep 15 and 16 tonight. Any episodes coming out Sun?

I saw the pictorgram. What does cherries and a crown mean? And I literally can't work out the ones for ep 21- 24 besides the love photo.