phoenixfrost

coming up in a special

Per this post, there are two specials coming up, including the wedding:
https://twitter.com/afterrnoont/status/1727486011163525365

see discussion topic "Who still believes in Douban"

apparently, from eps 31 to 36, things get much sweeter

this drama is great for those who are not out to nitpick it but try to actually watch and immerse in it as dramas should be watched instead of looking for "flaws".

it's not just a few sweet moments but the comforting thought that the protagonists got their happily-ever-after

ikr it's like they're making us crawl our way to paradise

lol she and Dylan are so sexy 😄

Lol I don't understand their programming. Three days without new episodes is torturous 🤨

maybe this discussion topic can help "Only For Love OSTs with ENG SUBS (Still updating!)"

lol true 😂

Arrogant probably but not delusional. He was one of the directors of TMOPB, the most-watched cdrama ever with over 50 billion views as of 2018

it might take 100 episodes 😄

Perhaps the scriptwriter and/or director believe in the notion that people need to suffer to deserve happiness. I felt this angst in one of my fave dramas The Sword and The Brocade where the leads got together I think in ep 32. Another fave drama Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms was also terribly angsty. But in the end, all the angst was worth the ending

you're right. it wouldn't have been realistic to have her grow up overnight

Now people on twitter are saying the angst was really worth it 😊 😄🥰
https://twitter.com/Amic_8197/status/1727354138202190166

i also have a feeling the scriptwiter and director adhere to the belief that people need to suffer to deserve happiness that's why they prolonged the angst

The discussion topic "Choosing a Partner Like a Venture Capitalist with Shi Yan [Long] [Analysis]" has a good description of Shi Yan's love journey up to when he decided on Shu Yi halfway through the drama. And the journey was just starting to get torturous then. Actually, his love journey started 3 years ago, when he first heard her name in the awards ceremony and has not forgotten her coz he probably develoiped a crush on her journalistic prowess. Shu Yi's love journey started when Shi Yan rolled down the car window when she pretended to be looking for a powerbank. Her eyes couldn't hide her admiration, but because of her flakiness, she didn't come to grips with her emotions until after Shi Yan got mad at her.

I didn't find it draggy at all because I was focused on immersing myself in the scenes. As for immaturity, it's realistic. Even intelligent people become confused and unpredictable when it comes to matters of the heart. The immaturity and misunderstandings are part of their love journey. I was totally engrossed in that journey.

Based on cdramas I've watched, there seems to be a belief in Chinese culture that people need to undergo terrible suffering to be able to deserve happiness. This must be why Shi Yan and Shu Yi were made to undergo as much torture as their lives could provide - to deserve the happiness they got in the end.