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I think she actually had no explicit intentions or plans to return to the manor because honestly with Chai Jing she could have easily achieved it at any time…. So I think it wasn’t for any pressing reason, but because she already murdered her aunt and uncle and she just genuinely wanted to return home since she just lost her “home” albeit a cruel one….. I mean I personally wouldn’t have returned and I would have left with Chai Jing, but episode 6 (or was it 5) just reminded me that she is only 17 yrs old…. More than anything I think she was curious who her blood family really is….

Yea! I’m definitely impressed that she isn’t scared of her mother. lol. I mean if I was 17 and had never met my so-called mother, I would be super scared meeting her for the first time if she did wot she did in Ep 1…. 🤣🤣🤣

I think the revenge plot stems from the mother, I think that’s wot her mother has been trying to do/investigate….. It probably is related to the demise of her own Ruan family, but this is probably only a side plot….. I think everything will converge with the ML’s investigation to form a major arc for the TV drama towards the end….

I actually don’t think so…. I think she will be involved in the mystery and investigation part of the drama, basically wot the ML is investigating…. She didn’t really return to the manor for revenge….

Yessss!!

But I actually think she does think about consequences a lot….. she is shrewd, astute, scheming… countryside life was simple, with nothing but poverty and abuse for her, but it definitely wasn’t straightforward because of her aunt and uncle…. And don’t forget the drama hasn’t revealed how she and Chai Jing met…. I think her life in the countryside is probably just as complicated as her life in the Zhuang manor…

I mean the situation with her uncle and aunt, I get it…. Even I myself, I don’t know, I think it’s very very difficult for anyone to accurately say how they’d react unless he/she is in the exact same situation… nobody can fully guarantee the final outcome, esp when it could be survival instinct….

But the ML basically did nothing to her….. yet….. at that point in time…. Damns… she was ruthless man…. 🤣🤣🤣 it’s a totally different scenario altogether… I mean if she goes around assassinating every person that gets on her nerve she might as well be an antagonist…. lol…. I think wot she really meant by her silence is “well, I don’t mind him dying…….. though I wouldn’t do anything to him myself” which makes her a very grey character…..

Sighs, me too…. I’m contemplating on reading the novel…. But it has way too many chaptersssssss…… 😱

I jaw-dropped when she tacitly agreed to kill the ML….. 😮 I was like “wow……”

Damn, the storyline is so interesting and refreshing…. Finally NOT a revenge themed plot… yay!!
am so glad the cast and the production crew managed to adapt and execute this properly….

The plot has been so smart, some of the dialogue is very memorable and thought provoking…. Most unique thing about the plot is nobody is a nice person and nobody is a pure protagonist…. lol, I love it…. For the first time I think the FL has a really grey character, like an anti-hero…

Let”s hope that this gets better and better as the plot progresses…..

Oh yes! I loved the monologue too! I thought the voiceover was very natural and very fitting….

I’m not really a big fan of revenge themed dramas mostly because it doesn’t apply to the modern day real life, I find it difficult to relate to, and neither do I find it that entertaining to watch….. I mean I totally understand the whole revenge mentality, I believe it’s part of human nature…. But most people are too consumed by other things in life now than to be bothered to actually carry out some over-the-top revenge plan…. 🤣 extreme revenge does happen in real life but it will be carried out in a day. Or like a week… not like something which you’d spend your entire life on….

Ah really? But it seems like they excluded the reborn element of this in the TV adaptation…. Interesting…. But tbh I thought The Double didn’t progress as well as I expected….. I felt it started with a strong premise and sort of became an okay drama as it went along, mostly because there were just too many revenge dramas released over the past 2 yrs…. It kinda just became another one….

I just figured out why a second ago…. Both have the same author of the novel it is adapted from….

I thought it reminded me of The Double too, but I didn’t find The Double’s first episode that intense, coz the FL was too….. innocent? Like she was an outright protagonist just like in most dramas, and the typical super pure innocent dude seeking for revenge….. but in this one, in the first episode…. Everyone did something “evil” including the FL, like I still find her role in this very grey…. I love this one a lot more, like nobody is purely“good”…… and thank goodness, the whole revenge trope is very subtle, almost non-existent…. It’s actually a lot more realistic, hence the intensity….

I actually don’t think her face is that innocent, I feel it’s pretty versatile…. It lies in her makeup and her attire….

Super intense….. I don’t think I’ve ever watched a romance themed historical Cdrama which starts off so intense and so dark…. It’s also because of Chen Du Ling’s eyes… her gaze makes her fall right in the grey area, like “is she a protagonist, is she an antagonist?” kinda role….

MINO is really very artistically talented…. His art…. Wow…. Does anyone know where I can buy his art??

Wow. The use of blockchain is super smart, blockchain itself is such a groundbreaking technology, more so for non-crypto related fields…. It’s already being used outside of cryptocurrency but the applications are not widely utilised or known yet….

Even I didn’t know about the characteristics the analyst mentioned in Ep.3….. so interesting!

This drama has moved in such a positive direction since Ep.1.. totally didn’t enjoy Ep.1…..

Ok, the 2nd episode was much better…. No crazy frequent bgm and the technical bits of M&A improved by a bit….

lol. I would have just let it pass or ignored it if it was once or twice but that same bgm kept appearing multiple times in the first episode. 🤣🤣🤣

The bgm man…. I’m like just about to get into the plot with serious focus and the bgm just starts blazing at the most inappropriate moment and I forgot wot on Earth I was concentrating on. LOL, it’s the most distracting and random bgm….. ever…. This is like a white-collared themed series and the bgm is meant for thrillers, mysteries…

I’m just surprised Lee Je Hoon agreed to star in this. He usually has a knack for choosing really good scripts/productions…

sighs, am sad though, I work in the M&A sector was really looking forward to this… It’s only 1 episode in, so will have to see but the 1st episode wasn’t as great as I’d hope it’ll be….

Ahn Pan Seok doesn’t seem to have a good track record, none of his previous dramas are highly rated.