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LOL! I noticed it was by Feng XiaoGang as well, defo surprised. It explains the whole cinematography… it’s shot like a movie.

Lol, no it’s the novel. The original novel was like that. Most of it from wot I could gather.

Lol. But the entire thing gives a dejavu feel…. like I’ve heard a similar story from a friend before… or I’ve heard similar words or scenario from someone before…. Which I always find so childish and self-centred.

I still can’t wait to see the last episode later… though from me hunting down the novel…. It looks like the ending will be quite open… though they did actually get a divorce, but I wasn’t able to suss out if he actually cheated.

I kinda respect the husband for not equally giving her back by constantly asking her if she actually loves him. Work as a reason only takes it that far, at some point it becomes an excuse. If it was me I’d just shut her up by asking why did she even ask for a divorce in the first place even when everything is just suspicion without proof. I don’t see her throwing all suspects into prison….. 🙄 super double-standards. Which fine, she admitted. But she’s being super unfair.

I swear Lee Dong Wook literally became better looking the past 2-3 yrs. like did he actually get micro-surgery on his face? Or is the change in hairstyle that big an impact? Or is it just men like him age like wine… coz he also looks quite different in Hotel King vs here…. Defo not weight related… 🤔🤔🤔

Can’t wait. finally one whereby she’s not a lawyer… good pairing!

She really….. knows how to suffocate and drain a person…. Not even kidding. I mean wot kinda bullshit was she trying to justify when they were talking in the car….. She’s super self-centred.

Hence why I was surprised she asked for custody…. And the husband actually said the kid will be totally fine with her….. I was like that…. Is strange.

But I personally think she’s very…. Uhh… self-centred… I wouldn’t say she’s selfish per se… but she has this thing whereby she is lost in her own world and everything revolves around herself mostly… until she comes back to reality at times. Likely due to ego I spse. So she’s more like a dude which probably made her choose the profession…

Btw, I did some digging into the novel, wanted to try to read it but failed…. and the preview on iQiyi for the next 2 episodes… 😳 I’m legit super curious who that mysterious lady in the hotel is… coz, I don’t think…. He had an affair…

Yeap, couldn’t agree more… and hence why she admitted it… when she gave analogies to their 15 year relationship. She admitted that she has sort of fallen out of love with him. I don’t think she has 0 love for him anymore…. But then I also think she has gotten to the point whereby she’s completely fine without him… hence why she said…. Because I don’t love you anymore, hence there is completely 0 tolerance for any flaws. I actually think this is so true in any relationship/marriage…
I don’t think she realised it consciously until her husband actually blurted it out…. In a way…. This whole communication could have came earlier…. Then maybe…… there would be something left to salvage… coz…. I really don’t think it was the husband’s fault that she doesn’t really love him anymore… I think it was more of…. The leading individual and separate lives bit went on for too long….

Same… it’s so messed up but it’s the typical thing they are trying to achieve…. Makjang. 🤣🤣 but this one is a bit different, I like it coz it’s not youth/school bully driven…. Hurm…, I just hope they don’t overdo the whole revenge thing… not a fan of revenge themes.

Haha. I felt exactly the same. But it all disappears in Ep 2. I’m on Ep 3 now… I don’t know, it’s defo not strange or weird anymore but it’s another revenge thrillers again. I’m not a big fan of revenge themes…

Ah… also didn’t notice the book… only the painting metaphor wrt the other dude, the suspect. Thanks!

I think it’s the guy on the run. I was quite surprised coz he was just too good of a narrator… so basically the guy who occupies the shop/storefront on the ground floor of her apartment. BUT… it could be the scenario whereby all the suspects are all in on it to some extent. So they unknowingly caused the butterfly effect thing which the FL quoted. No idea, but I’m defo very hooked onto this series… coz I wasn’t into any of the Light On series.

Because of one of the scenarios that the wife suspects…. He’s gotten himself into something worse than an affair.
Yea, initially I also thought he had to do with the murder but so far it looks……. Hurmmm, likely not….

I think right now it’s 50-50. He’s defo into something, yet to be seen if it’s an affair… though it looks like it but somehow I really think it could be something else coz the way the mysterious girl replies to the txt msgs are weird. And he’s always fully clothed, waiting for her. Not like in a bathrobe or something.

Never watched any other of Song Jia’s works… no idea who she was prior to this… but I really have to say she really fits this role, esp her physique. She really looks the part… Her hair, wardrobe… totally helped as well… like she’s so good. Switching from badass cop to suddenly her home life… interrogating suspects to suddenly confronting her spouse.. 👏🏻

Ep7&8 really hit it home esp for Asian marriages from the preceding generations…. I find it so ironic…. Because the dialogue is so realistic and relatable…..

“We, Parents not getting a divorce is for the sake of children”…. This statement itself is a paradox… because it’s incomplete and contains two opposing facts… they totally shouldn’t get a divorce for the sake of the children only IF they can fix it and IF there is love.

Also the FL’s self-reflection and admission on how she feels over the course of 15 yrs, the progression and unwanted changes were eerily realistic… communication is crucial… or maybe like they’ve highlighted; “love”… regardless of wot form it takes, is very important in a marriage. Love how they illustrated it with flashbacks… the way they did it emulates Wong Kar Wai’s movies…. 😍

Yeap that’s wot I meant she’s a different actress to the lady playing Pei Zhen.

Ah! I missed out on the bit whereby he used to be a player…. Interesting…. But I actually think that unknown lady is probably married too… otherwise their txt convo is a tad strange.. and it’s actually something else, not an affair. Thanks!

I’m very sure it isn’t the same actress though. I’m serious… I just went back to rewatch. It’s totally a different girl. Nah, their narrative in the cafe confirms they didn’t sleep tog. Yes, maybe they might have flirted, but both of them literally admitted that nothing really happened.

But was it an attempted affair or real affair? Was it even an affair? They didn’t even meet up in the end. Who on Earth is that girl?

I don’t think the husband is like that though….. ok, if he was I defo got conned. 🤣 I do think he’s genuinely worried. I personally think the wife is messing with him and testing him to find out wot he is really hiding. It actually doesn’t look like an affair…..

Huh, no…. Do you remember the scene where they showed the actual flashback on wot happened in those two times in the hotel? It’s actually a different girl altogether. And the both backed out individually on each separate times. Pei Zhen knows about this… and actually helped him cover by not clarifying it wasn’t her. Hence her own divorce…

It’s super intriguing though. Like coz for once it’s not about drugs or like school violence/youth related… I enjoy it so much! the production quality is really high, like the sets and colour grading…. I’m defo impressed, tastefully done. Even the nuances in casting.