HardTruth

It's coz the synopsis ruined us I think 😂 It would have been far easier to root for the ML or atleast try to understand his desperateness towards FL without us starting the show knowing her EX was on an undercover mission which already means he distanced himself from her to protect her.

Because this way we would have kept guessing if SML was really on undercover or if he really went astray & got evil etc. That way this entire phase where FL starts to fall for ML despite him being corny or weirdly desperate for her love could have been very intriguing wrt their romance without any 2ML syndrome.

I didn't forget, my friend. See, even the marriage, he schemed his way to subtly force her to agree by emotionally being all nice. That deliberate slip into the water after she rejected his proposal, showing the paper to her about why he was better for her... Then all that too nicey behavior to her in the hospital etc... all these were just emotional guilt tripping a person who already has a trauma from love... Like the dude was all over her every move in life & which makes me feel, she had no choice than to oblige for the marriage at the time... Even then he still dared to ask if she loved him, she still evaded the question by saying something else. So he knows she doesn't lvoe him yet keeps pushing her, guild trips her about not loving him in the car after being drunk as an excuse, got physical even. Don't you think all these comes under emotional guilt tripping against a woman who already has trauma from past which he also knows? I am sorry, but these things made me very uncomfortable to say the least.

But like i said, this is how i felt without knowing any backstory about the ML after 7 episodes. Any normal person would feel the same seeing his obsessive behavior towards FL so far. Which is why i asked if they have a strong justification coming later to atleast make us think , Okay he had is fair share of trauma or reasoning that made him like this towards FL & can try to root for him. 7 episodes in, I really don't like him for FL coz he is way too creepy towards her for my liking. That's just my view. You are okay to disagree :)

Correct. I mean i think it would have been easier to root for the ML atleast if we were not spoiled by the synopsis that her ex wasn't undercover. Since we know he probably went undercover to find out secret about her bro's death & distanced himself to protect her, with ML having beef with him sine childhood & being obsessed with her makes it all way too hard to root for him lol

same. I feel so uneasy about him after 6 episodes.. His obsessive tendencies towards FL was very uncomfortable to watch for me... But very good to know they have proper justification coming up later. Otherwise i would have felt betrayed

oh great. so if it's properly justified I am just as happy. Thank you. I will continue then.

This I agree,, it would have been easier to root for the ML has synopsis not spoil the undercover part so we could have kept guessing if he is really good or bad.. Duh

Thank god someone feels the same way i am. ML is way too creepy/obsessed for me 6 episodes in. He is in a way forcing her to love him by guilt tripping her or emotionally acting all nice to her by overly physical gimmicks like holding her hands, hugging her... I mean why not give her the space till she grows out of her past love & trauma & why can't he just wait??? because he already knows she likes another guy & is not over it fully yet.? duh..

I am 6 episodes in & want to take a break, coz ML is making me uneasy with the way he is kinda obsessed with FL..?? I do feel also the vibes that he is doing it to protect her or something due to his own trauma which is not revealed yet maybe but at the same time it feels very creepy or stalkish the way he is behaving around her... My personal issue with him so far: He already knows she had a past love , trauma & is not yet over it. He also knows she didn't marry him for love but i feel irked by the fact an adult man is not letting her grow out of it naturally but instead keeps following her, stalking her, getting physical at every chance...It feels like he simply wants her to love him back at any cost by guilt tripping her being all emotionally too nice to her rather than it looking like genuine attempts to make her love him..... The desperation he shows for her to love him back is so cringey for me. Sorry.

So can someone please tell me he gets better from here or has a very valid reason to be acting like that so I can confidently continue this...Or is this just an Anti Hero ML show with grey shades, then i would totally dig his current behavior tbh.... I am asking for a spoiler now itself coz I just don't want to be disappointed later expecting something else 😞

Half way through I was wondering why this show had less ratings because i was really enjoying it & then about 11/12 episode in, I finally get why. The ML is pretty unlikeable as show goes on if you think realistically. Like he literally killed someone even though he was forced to drive when he was drunk. He is a grown adult & he could have refused by any means. So the FL trauma was all justified & this guy even after the FL learnt the truth, didn't apologise to her properly & kept trying to sway her. It felt pretty shameless for me. The way he kept running to her, trying to kiss her etc all felt shamelessness peak coz he hadn't apologised properly to her, nor did anything significant as . The way this show tried to whitewash a drunk and drive crime as just accident was horrible. I mean FL's friend seemed a far better option for her although he is a bit pushy. So FL finally forgiving him & getting back to him was just unbelievably stupid. So yeah, totally get the rating

Reg ML... have seen couple of past works from him & he is a pretty decent actor for me but boy, here he is a complete miscast for sure. He is more suitable to play secondary roles imo. Not ML material for me. Doesn't have that charisma to pull it off

That final scene of ep1 , we have probably seen gazillion times & kdrama directors still think it's some heart fluttering shit in big 2026. ... That utter cringefest cliche scene as usual where ML suddenly appears & saves FL by taking her away and running lmfaoo. * FML* . Jesus... Besides that very meh acting, terribly poor dialogues & overall totally subpar episode. I don't even have a single convincing element from ep1 to continue this. So have to drop it sadly.

Btw Yeon woo girl, do you even realise how good you are? It hurts me to see her choose such mediocre projects :/

SML clinging like this would have made sense atleast if the girl wasn't pregnant or if the baby daddy was neglecting the FL or in some way distressing or torturing her. When none of that is true here, it's utterly despicable & extremely gross the way the SML has been behaving ever since he learnt she got pregnant like throwing himself right in her face again and again.... Why are you so desparate to be a step- father when the biological dad is very much in the picture ?? What kind of fetish is this? Like yuck, I wanna throw up... duh

It seems in the novel, Qiao Hai Lun has a very tragic end. Apparently she passes away due to being overworked. So ML used her & left her dry. FL eventually gets together with Deng yue in the very end & they plan to start a company together. So far the adaptation has been somewhat faithful to the novel but not sure yet if this is how the ending would be coz she still doesn't trust dong yue fully obviously & hasn't divorced from her husband til ep 19 atleast, so with just 5 episodes to go. I wonder if they will fastrack this plot coz only on ep19 teaser they have reached the part where Qiao Hai Lun is exhausted from overworking. I guess 20/21 must be her death.. that will create the scandal for ML.... And maybe the end of series, they will show FL move on with Dong yu but as of ep19 it seems she still doesn't trust him fully, so wonder how they will show them get together in just 5 episodes... likely just some hint in the very end. That's my rough guess as to what to expect in next episodes.

Honest question guys, can you really tolerate this kind of pathetic ML? omg, I am just so annoyed at this useless guy fr. Wen pei yan dodged a damn bullet. We’re 20 episodes in and the manchild still hasn’t grown a backbone when it comes to his mom. He finally realizes how messed up & evil she is, yet he continues arguing in lowercase like a muppet. And now, ofc, we’re heading straight into some predictable sympathy arc with a medical condition or whatever.

Yeah, sure they’re endgame obviously but the FL deserves so much better than this sorry excuse for a man with no backbone. Honestly, she should have just told the kid the truth, dragged the ML to court to sue his ass for what they did to her, taken full custody of the kid and left his pathetic ass alone forever. I would’ve actually loved to see that version play out ngl & that's far more 'mature' than whatever crap the director is going for here.

Cue: I am not saying FL is any better coz none of it is realistic from her side either. I mean if I had known my kid was alive for so many years whom I thought was dead, I would have waged war to get back at those evil scums but she was still non chalant about this whole thing. I mean I understand they were going for that mature tone but boy, you don't have to overdo it this way lol. But regardless I still think she was a victim all in all coz of a spineless ML & hate that she got back with him even before he did anything significant for all she suffered. Duh End of rant. haha

Such an underrated gem of a show. Absolutely love how they have seamlessly integrated romance into it while not making it a distraction & flow well with the actual story of them pursuing their dreams in law. Absolute Banger of a show so far. I cannot stress enough how the main couple is incredibly gorgeous both on looks & their acting. Like you see those two on screen & instantly feel butterflies in your stomach. And my god, the little micro expressions they both do with their faces, just insanely good. And in recent episodes Yan fei /Zhou dynamics are so captivating too. Cannot wait for their romance to kick off now.

Tell me about it. I was so excited after the trailers assuming the kisses we saw were all so fire, steamy etc & was looking forward to it so bad. Now imagine the disappointment after seeing that some of those kisses were actually of such disgusting predatory invasion of ML into FL's space, i am completely thrown off. It's such a pity coz I love michelle :/

Right? I love my noona romances but only when it's done well. I was shocked how they were casually showing the predatory behavior of ML as romantic. Yuck

I love her so much too & that's why I was only conflicted after 3 episodes & was hoping to not see such forceful nonsense afterwards. But after watching 4 & 5 previews, it just doesn't sit well with me at all. It's just way too crass for me to handle :/

Yeah you can without moral policing people. Are you that slow to get that? Lol, obviously you don't get the difference if this is your supposed 'clapback' lmfao 😂

He is a good actor. But misfit here for sure & doesn't give ML vibes unfortunately. The way they have written his character so disgustingly doesn't help his case either. I mean, I genuinely cannot believe the preview for episode 5. That's utterly crass