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Episode 6:

Big yikes. Xiao Ding's mom and 3rd aunt got him to meet with that Beijing girl mentioned in episode 1... he told her he has a girlfriend but they still made plans on the weekend to play a game both likes... and he lied to Mujia about it. He hung up his phone call with Mujia but accepted the Beijing girl's call and played game... Disappointed but not surprised.

There goes the stock market crash. Xiao Ding's co-worker even told him to pull out already when he was already losing money but now he lost everything.

New characters! We have Chen Qing (Mujia's cousin) and Chen Qing's boyfriend who came back from overseas to stay in Beijing long term and advance their careers there. They seem like great characters so far. We also got Xiao Zhang (he is the doctor + 3rd roommate the girls are living with but we haven't seen until now). Lmao his entrance was hilarious.

We also got our second quick meeting with Mujia and Li Guang! Mujia still doesn't know Li Guang has work relationship with the law firm. Li Guang definitely thinking Mujia is cute with the way she smiled when she turned back.

Fan is an A-HOLE! He was looking down on Tian Rong for switching jobs and now with her doing real estate which she is actually interested in. Thank goodness he broke up with her so now she will be free. It will be tough for her for a bit, but it is the best for her. Glad she has a best friend like Mujia who prevents her from crawling back to the ex.

Episode 7:

The truth is out. Mujia was notified that Xiao Ding didn't pay down payment(?) for the house and she went to look for him. She couldn't find her all day and even thought he got into an accident.

Then his drunk ass had the audacity to show up and berate her and said how he did all this for HER... and how she is greedy since she used her own money to buy expensive shoes (which she needed for work). Saying how she changed since she started working at the law firm. And how she is always busy working, so they did split eventually. And then even said no more money, no more house, are you still willing to marry me (and then getting mad when she didn't answer)... I will fight him!! Mujia even gave him 2 chances to leave and talk when he is sober but nope. He kept on going.

I loveeeee Lawyer Wu. Mujia went to work overtime after that fight with Xiao Ding and Lawyer Wu found out how Mujia still came to work to complete a good report despite all of that. Mujia said it was her job and Lawyer said no, it is because you are outstanding. And gave her advice on how to distract herself at this time/put energy into other things.

Mujia and Tian Rong are the best. When Tian Rong went through it after Fan broke up with her, Mujia said "You still have Lee Mujia" and when Xiao Ding and Mujia were over, Tian Rong said "You still have Tian Rong".

Oh man, Xiao Ding's mom. On one hand, she was like Xiao Ding and Mujia are no longer on the same path. On the other hand, she also said to Xiao Ding to bring Mujia dumplings and to tell her if she wants, auntie can always make them for her and cried. SIGH.

Xiao Ding went to look for Mujia after he was sober (with the love cola that Mujia likes/reference to episode 1 and dumplings his mom made for her) to try to get back with her. But he eventually breaks up with her for good. The breakup scene is so so so sad. He was saying how he was looking at her law firm building as he was waiting, and how everyone is so fast, that she is part of that world too, very beautiful, very charismatic. That when they were in school, she did go to him for help, he was her "connection". But he is an obstacle now, can't catch up to her, and made a mess. That he has to let her go now. Honestly, I cried hard at this scene. Mujia drinking the cola and stuffing her mouth with the dumplings while crying and Xiao Ding on the bus with 2 earbuds in when he used to share it with Mujia. The acting is amazing here.

Lawyer Wu coming in with her advice again because Mujia was wondering if they broke up too quickly over this. Lawyer Wu said people should have standards and limits and using her ex-husband cheating on her as an example. And to always love themselves 100% in order to find someone that did also love them 100%.

Mujia: "I am really lucky to have met you".
Lawyer Wu: "Maybe it is me who picked up a treasure".

I LOVE THEM.

Review for episode 6-7 under spoilers (looong because I typed this as I was watching and these 2 episodes had a lot going on):

Of course!

I am seeing spoiler clips of Mujia with Li Guang from later episodes (don't want to spoil their moments) and it seems like it will be a happy ending for sure.

The 2 FLs have their own love interests. You mean Xiao Ding? Mujia's current boyfriend? I think he was a good boyfriend for her when they were still in school but you can see the cracks forming already. It is one of those relationships in the drama where they loved each other but bad decisions led to the end.

I think in the novel, it was almost like a trade-off because that can happen irl. That a woman so successful will have a hard time being in a romantic relationship because the man can either be insecure that the woman has a better career/richer, the man you think might be at your "level" in terms of career and mindset is already married, a younger man who might seem more fresh/open but becomes a conflict when that young man doesn't have your experience and too idealistic for you, etc.

Tian Rong (in the novel) got a very good ending being rich and having a partner who loves her a lot.

For sure! It won't have been allowed to air otherwise. 😂

Just posted under spoiler! 😄

Mujia's character in the novel were involved with 4 men (I got these spoilers from a bilibili video talking about the novel):

1) Her college boyfriend/Xiao Ding: Got into the stock market because he wanted more money for the house and the stock market crashed in 2008 so he lost it all, including her mom's money. They broke up due to this.

2) Li Guang (our male lead in the drama): They slept together on their first date. Mr. Li later disclosed he was married so she basically became a mistress. In her 30s, she asked Mr. Li about their future and she wanted more so she got dumped.

3) Then she dated someone younger than her and she was trying to help him with his business but it didn't work out (the business failed). They parted ways.

4) Her ending was that she married someone who was pursuing her. She later found out that the man is gay (aka marriage of convenience).

All this was happening while she was building up her career as a lawyer. She gained lots of success as a lawyer but her romantic relationships pretty much failed in the novel.

Keep in mind the drama is not doing this LOL. There is no way CCTV would let a drama air in which the FL is a mistress. So it seems like they changed her endgame relationship in the drama to be more wholesome and happy.

Let me know if you guys want spoilers of Mujia's romantic relationships in the novel (her name is not Mujia in the novel either) LOL. Just know the novel is very different when it comes to her romantic relationships (which were really difficult/angsty) and the drama changed a lot for it to even air on CCTV.

I watched on dramacool! https://dramacool.hr/drama-detail/all-the-way-to-the-sun

I don't know if the mother will blame her but we shall see. He is playing with his parents' money and also Mujia's mom's money so I think they will be super upset with him. I think his parents do like Mujia but their son will always come first and they can recognize Mujia has the potential to fly even higher because Mujia has that drive while Ding is kind of okay with where he is in life (there was this scene of him neglecting his work to look at the stocks and then got annoyed when his boss asked him to finish the work already since he had the past 3 days to do it).

Yup! They signed the contract but they wanted to make it hard for the law firm by blocking them/the other company they will be partnered with from doing the work they need because they wanted to get more $$$ out of them.

Yup! I am sure it will be a healthy relationship. Mujia is experiencing issues right now in her relationship with Ding and a lot of it stemmed from his insecurity and the growing "gap" between them in terms of their work. Li Guang will probably fit her better just based on him being established already and secured with his work/position in life.

Episode 3: I liked that Mujia still tried her best to spend time with her boyfriend because there definitely needs to be a work-life balance. Mujia is starting to show more of her annoyance with Fan (Tian Rong's boyfriend) lmaoooo. I love her being snarky because that is me if my friends' partners don't treat them right. Huge yikes that Ding is risking the money for their house via the stock market... especially right after Mujia said not to risk it. His insecurity is starting to show more and more.

Episode 4: HUGE YIKES. Ding's mom already thinking it will be a problem when Ding and Mujia potentially get divorce in the future (after marriage) because Ding's parents gave more for the house... and they are worried that Mujia is too ambitious (and that Ding can't keep up). 😢 I really like Lawyer Wu as a mentor for Mujia. She praises her when she did well and guide her when she can do better. Mujia really can't ask for better mentor. She got really lucky.
The moment Ding questioned Mujia how she got into the law firm... I can already tell they are destined to be over. And him questioning why he can finish his job on time but she got to do overtime... great acting between LLD and Wang Hao during the argument scene. But then they are all better again and I want to root for them so badly.

Can't wait until Tian Rong breaks up with Fan. He is the type of man who might say something "right" while also putting you down so you end up always excusing him that he still cares. Plus he keeps on comparing her to Mujia ugh. I am glad the girls' friendship held strong.

Episode 5: Tian Rong finding a job she is interested in yay! And not backing down despite the scolding. Tired of Fan's constant gaslighting of Tian Rong. Can't wait until she gets rid of him for good. And aw, so we got more of Mujia's backstory. Her dad cheated and wanted to take the house... makes sense why she didn't want her name on the house with Ding either.

Mujia promoted! Deserved!

I know ppl didn't get a chance to watch episode 3-5 yet so I am going to post my review under spoilers:

Yes, and based on the clips I saw, it seems like to be a really good relationship. I saw his confession clip to her and it was really realistic and attractive lmao.

Yes! I watched that interview too and Wang Yang mentioned how the character originally was a character who gets what he wants including the female love interest because he wants it (aka typical CEO male lead character). Him and Li Landi spoke about it and they spoke to the scriptwriter on wanting to have a more sincere relationship. He was saying if his character/Li Guang got together with Mujia because HE wants it like how he gets everything in the world, then what is the point of this relationship. Based on the clips I saw, it seems like they have their relationship to be more sincere and supportive. That they got together due to love, respect, sincerity, admiration for each other as people and in their careers. I already see ppl on the C-side shipping them LOL. Saying it kind of works with how they portrayed this age gap relationship.

Episode 2: I really like Lawyer Wu. She is such a great supervisor and you can tell she truly wants to nurture Mujia and make sure she becomes someone who won't be replaceable in such a dog eat dog law industry. Tian Rong's boyfriend (Fan) trying to pit the girls against each other but it is not happening!! I saw it coming but you can start seeing the cracks with Mujia's and Ding's relationship with the shoes, her "connection", etc. :( They were so cute but it is part of growing up.

Youtube! I think they will just be subbing 1 episode a day. China is releasing 2 episodes a day except for 1st episode and last episode (they get their own day).

Just finished episode 1!!!! It was really good. I can't believe they managed to flesh out all the characters in only 1 episode already. Mujia seems like she has some backstory regarding her dad so I am sure that will impact her in some ways further down the line. I am excited to see Tian Rong's growth because she is very reliant on this "romance" she has that she doesn't really have a sense of self. I am so excited to see them both grow from their 20s to their 30s and the way work impact their lives because we know for sure it does with the trailers,