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Agreed! And I think the contrast to their later break up scene when Xiao Ding was sober again was great. They did date for 6 years after all, it was hard to let go.

Yup! I think a good quality drama will always shine in some ways or another!

Li Landi's and Wang Hao's drunk argument scene in episode 7 is trending on Weibo right now. Both being praised for their acting.

Kind of obsessed with this drama at the moment so I just want to mention the subtle kindness the characters have for each other:

1) Mujia closing the door to Lawyer Wu's office when she was on a call with her ex-husband about the divorce so she can have her privacy and others can't overhear.
2) Lawyer Wu giving Mujia medicine for her period and medicine to sleep better at night after the breakup.
3) Mujia taking away the picture of Tian Rong and Fan from Tian Rong's bedside after Rong's breakup so Rong won't have to look at it.
4) Chen Qing's boyfriend wrapping food for Chen Qing and giving it to her first (that was when they were first introduced and it established well without words that he likes/cares for her a lot).

There are a lot more but I think this drama is really good at adding in these actions without words at all. They are things people do irl and they don't need acknowledgement but are signs of kindness/love.

Lmao that did be horrible! But yeah, it is not Tian Rong, she would never!!

Just dropping in some consensus from the C-side about this. Everyone's acting in this drama is being praised. The plot is also relatable with really good pacing. This is a youku production so it wasn't promoted heavily but it is on CCTV which is a big deal because not all C-dramas get to air on Chinese TV. There needs to be a certain quality to it. I think the drama will get more viewers via words of mouth as time goes on. But it is definitely doing decent there especially because it is not relying on traffic stars and everyone can actually act.

The boyfriend/Xiao Ding went on the blind date with the Beijing girl mentioned in episode 1. Mujia has no relationship with her. Tian Rong (her best friend) wasn't involved in this situation.

Xiao Ding didn't tell her about the blind date so yeah, he kept it from her and made plans with the Beijing girl to play games on the weekend because he saw a game sticker on the girl's phone and he played that game too.

Yup, but probably good pain as they will all grow from this. ;_;

No problem!

No problem! Hope they sub more soon because the dialogues are really important to this drama. There are a lot of great conversations.

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