CristyRawks

Is the lack of intimacy bc of her age? She being 18 and HMH being 29. I love the drama but with the kind of love he is supposed to have for her, the passion and chemistry seems to be lacking. Currently I'm on EP 25, so no spoilers. Just opinion. lol BTW I'm referring to kissing and intimate scenes.

Is the lack of intimacy bc of her age? She being 18 and HMH being 29. I love the drama but with the kind of love he is supposed to have for her, the passion and chemistry seems to be lacking.

For one, I don't read anymore due to bad eyes. Also, is it even in English?

It really was and for a little bit I really thought that he would not come back bc his son was already 4 yrs old and that the only way they would reunite was for her to die. Which is why I thought that last scene was her meeting him in the afterlife.

Not everyone knows that so don't feel stupid.

Being the hopeless romantic, I figured he would come back too but the scene was so emotional that I couldn't help myself.

I knew he would come back too but I am still left with questions.

That's what I thought until I saw the Extra ep. I am still confused however as to what happened after he supposedly died and where was he for 4 years? arrgghh
BTW watch the Xtra on kisskh.

I was going to post on this as well, but saw yours and decided to just reply to it. When I first heard this amazing sound track I was blown away! But when I found out that it was Hou Ming Hao, it stunned and shocked me to my core. Then I watched his OMV which showed him singing in the studio and he just gives me chills. Such a hot actor and now went from pop singer to a power drama singer. While LYN is my fave drama singer, I have to admit that this intro is giving me a new fave. THEN he sings this duet on the outro to show his versatile abilities and he just makes me wish to see him in concert. Which that will never happen but doing a Livestream would be sublime. BTW, this drama is going to rate close to a 10 for me and I'm only on Ep 12. It is weird however, that he has an illness and a contract marriage in which he is madly in love with the FL, much like "Blossoms of Power" which I just finished last night. Very similar. BUT I am loving this a little bit more than the previous one, and I rated that a 9!!

FORGET THE LITTLE DOWNSIDES, IT'S TOO GOOD TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEM!
Was hooked from the get go. I loved the FL and her elegant cold yet soft inside character. She is such an incredible beauty! I'm all for He Yu, my gosh such a sight for these old eyes. Here for him bc of "Speed and Love". Such a different character but still hot as hell. But even if he was ML, if the script and plot and acting don't get me, then I drop it no matter who or what. I've dropped dramas before even tho I am crazy about the actors bc the script or execution or direction didn't hook me. This wasn't any of that, I loved it all!! When she finally confessed I was beyond gone, it was so beautiful and his face was ecstatic. I didn't think I could move on from shipping He Yu and Esther Yu, but I did and I did without guilt.
His struggle with this poison was very hard to watch, he made it look so real. She showed such aloofness but still cared about his burden.
One thing that confused me was that it was never revealed to anybody not even the Crown Prince, that she had another person inside her. ?? EXCEPT for Prince Qin when he was dying. As it should be.

WTH moment: I was very confused that she was having such attacks from the Consort and having to fight for her life and her "girls" so I kept expecting her father and brother to show up in force to rescue her. But they virtually disappeared from the drama after her confession.

I was excited about Jeremy Tsu being in this drama, but suddenly I was noticing the same facial expression and mannerisms that have followed him in drama after drama and it got annoying. Yes that is what made him famous especially his intense eyes, but an actor HAS to move on from that and develop other mannerism according to the character and plot. He made a good villain however and I was very glad when he died. His constant stalking and obsessive behavior became insufferable, but Jeremy Tsu being the good actor that he is, executed it perfectly.

Another WTH moment: The 2FL is supposed to be a man and yet the cold Prince falls in love or seems to be falling for him/her before he knew she was a she. His actions were so blatantly in love and yet NOBODY mentioned that it was two "men" acting all weird. I hated that they disappeared to run off to be together long before the ending. I loved Bu Shu Lin and wished they used her more, but I understand that she had to leave to be a woman. However, I really thought that since they found a replacement that she would keep acting as the replacement. But I guessed wrong.

3rd WTH moment: What was this coming back from the dead stunt at the end? Commenters have said that one has to watch the Special Episode to get what happened, but I still didn't get it. I will have to re-watch the final episode to see what I missed. I didn't understand HOW he came back and where was he all this time? Very frustrating. BUT I still cried when she saw him standing under the tree. It was a bit strange that she just took it for granted that he had returned after 4 years. BUT, It still was a touching moment.

Special Mentions: His death scene. I was so sure that they would rescue him and give him acupuncture or whatever, I was already tearing up though. Then when I fully realized that he really did die lying beside her and she stayed with him in that snow, I lost it. I cried so long and hard I gave myself a headache.
Her dream of him and her and their little boy all together. At first I was confused, thought she was imagining him but the little boy acknowledged him and I thought then that it had to be a dream and it was and I got choked up over that.
When Bai Chen was writing out all the things for each year he knew he wouldn't be around for to teach his son. (I'm choking up just remembering this) Then his Mother reading them to him later.
Bei Chen giving his men their special roles after he's gone.
Tian Yuan's fierce love and loyalty for his Crown Prince. His crying over his condition, his death and then when he got the handkerchief, the joy. I loved this kid and his character. I hope to see him more. Maybe as a ML one day. His acting is up to par for that.
I loved watching the back story of the Emperor and how he became his Father and finally WHO actually poisoned him. I thought it was sad that it turned out to be the Empress Dowager who seemed to have loved him. Retribution of her going mad when she realized she killed her biological grandson, was a good scene.

In the end, I give this a 9, bc to me Pursuit of Jade, which I gave a 10, is still the best for 2026. thus I can't give other dramas a higher score than 9. It ranks up there though as being another great power drama!

I thought so too. I will have to re-watch Ep 37 bc I'm still confused as to where he was for 4 years. I thought he died (cried my eyes out over that scene. Got a huge headache from it. sigh Cried again when he came back)

I'm glad I dropped it then. sheesh such a waste of talent for everybody involved.

I had had enough of Fan Yun by Ep 22. She was so incredibly dumb and clueless about both men. She gave these blank oblivious looks to and about them, even acting all happy about 2ML offering her things she wanted, when he was openly pursuing her after the divorce, even confessing to her and yet she STILL didn't get it. I just got disgusted with her and even the ML who has given such great performances in other dramas. Go figure!

To me, you'd be better off dropping this and going on to watch "Blossoms of Power". And I'm only on Ep 22.

I'm only on Ep 22 and from what all I've heard, I will probably drop it. Right now my biggest complaint is.... is Fan Yun completely ignorant and clueless? She acts so dumb about the Governor being head over heels in love with her even though he's told her several times. She gives these idiotic blank oblivious looks both about the Governor and the 2ML who has come right out and confessed to her, and yet when he shows her attention, she smiles all happy like she really likes him and is enjoying the attention. But that's not it, she's just stupid!

I'm at 22 and I find her behavior despicable! What is wrong with her? She knows he suffers from depression and that he has gone through some terrible things and yet she finds it fun to play with his emotions? I want to whoop her! Am so not liking her right now.

I'm at Ep 13 and I want to strangle her for her lousy attitude and I want to strangle him for being a total simp when she completely takes over the selling of the apartment when she doesn't even own it, HE does! He didn't even want to sell it in the first place!! But he let her run right over him. Now he's back to "taking care" of her. She has turned into a total jerk. And yes, it may be retaliation for what he did to her when he sent her away, but she is really going overboard with the mean girl act.

And that is why it's great to have different opinions and why nobody should stifle our opinions, because I got hooked and cried a few times, hard, on NES.

You will not regret Never Ending Summer. I did lots of crying however.

I thought it was.