Elsietheone

This only needed 12 episodes tops. I love LJ and somehow I couldn't stop watching even though the plot was sub par. As such, there was a lot of skipping as much of the scenes were overly repetitive and I couldn't careless abt some of the other characters storylines.
I love LJ's outfits and styling in this because sometimes I have no idea what the stylists will be smoking in some of the Asian dramas.

I can never get used to HYT's acting tbh though it seemed to match his character here. That's what took me long to watch it.

If you like melodrama with misunderstandings though thankfully no messy triangles then it's for you

Man who do nothing and put the most minimal effort in a marriage are just overgrown babies who should leave women alone smh. Then have the nerve to say 'that divorce came out of nowhere 😭. I didn't cheat so therefore I did nothing wrong' gtfoh. Women put up with the gaslighting for too long

I really enjoyed watching this though I'm not a fan of how the ending did not resolve the issues they had in the marriage. I guess they still continued to live with his parents and he continued being a mommy's boy.
It was all fun and games when they thought daughter in law was infertile making her all those horrible concoctions and telling everyone about her business....until it was the son!!! Seriously, where did that energy go??

I ended up being unsure of the message the writer intended because whichever way I look at it the woman actually deserved to be with a better man or alone and the husband could actually adopt his colleagues son...that would have been a win-win in my books.

I knew the pharmacist was going to turn out to be 'nice to everyone' 😆🤣

As a woman whos been married for 15 years, I would have divorced her husband. Being 'cute' some of the times is just not enough to uphold a marriage. Now I'm riled up because the bar for men is too low.....girl, your man is not even a provider, cant say no, he's just dead weight at this point. You're probably better off alone!!!

This is not the type of drama where you can just say it was a sad/happy ending...how can any ending be happy when those last 3 episodes were from hell itself...after all that sadness I couldn't possibly have found the ending 'happy'.

In any case, the cast made it worth watching

I also recommend Angels fall sometimes....that one made me cry more than I did here 😭

Marriage contract- This one is an oldish kdrama but it definitely made me cry

In my view they both need to mature in their relationship (ZanRan). Ran has never been close to anyone in her life and that includes her family so she saw Zan as 'her saviour in love' and wanted to lean on him for love and support. There's seemingly nothing wrong with that but not many can bear that responsibility. In her mind she thought it'd be 2-way somehow.....but from Zan's pov, she came across as someone who he should care for and protect but not as an equal partner but rather the same way he would protect anyone if they needed him. He saved her the first time they met! If he saw Ran as his special partner he would have at least confided in her rather than alienate her from everything that's been going on. Protecting is part of his job/personality, and his PTSD stems from 'failing to protect a brother'...makes me wonder if he ever really loved Ran or just him doing the thing that he knows best: protecting! He didn't have an issue with leaving Ran in China because in his head she's out of danger so therefore she needs him less. The other people need him more!

Does Ran need to mature, yes! And so does Zan and his perspective on a relationship. He doesn't need to bear everything himself, Ran is actually strong and capable of handling it.

I appreciate Liang Jie for always bringing her A game to kissing and skinship scenes. She's honestly one of the few chinese actresses who is not passive in affectionate scenes. I admit both their styling isn't the best in this show but I sort of get what the production was going for.

Not many so called romance dramas show this much affection then people complain there's not enough romance. When they give us this amount of affectionate scenes people always have something to complain about smh. Some viewers can handle it so please let us revel in their love for a little while given all the trauma surrounding them

Word of caution to lovely new viewers who have just discovered this masterpiece.....JCW was a young actor among a veteran cast meaning that his role may not be what you envision..
As long as you keep an open mind you'll still appreciate his acting. Just don't expect him to be doing heroic stuff like in his other action dramas.

Empress Ki was the main character of this drama therefore Ha Ji Won was the main star

Cuteness overload 😍😍😍 these 2 will be the death of me

I loved her in the Eternal love series as well as The day of becoming you. They're all lighthearted dramas though if you like a bit of comedy and romance

I had already come to accept the show's low quality production but that White olive tree mirage sent me 🤣 . I'll still watch it for the leads since I didn't get enough of the pairing in Handsome Siblings. Waited too long for this😅

Shuohua can sometimes be incredibly dense for someone who was married before

This guy's like a whole different person when playing Emperor in costume drama 😁

This show will always have a special place in my heart. There's no other like it in all dramaland where shows tend to be replicated in some way following the same repetitive formula, which is a true testament to its uniqueness!
In my view, the leads were together since day 1 but the show was exciting till the end! Most writers don't know how to handle the story after couples get together and then resort to subjecting us viewers to unnecessary side stories and slow burns that dont always make sense... I'm forever grateful for Gu Man's brilliance in this

Another interesting plot dragged down by a poor quality production, sound and weird editing plus forgettable ost..The lead couple's romance lacks proper build-up likely because there's too many episodes for the plot

Yes, I'm like we're more than halfway into drama and the real ML's character has not been actually seen yet 🤷

I was actually enjoying this drama on the most part but the way FL was written to drive the plot is just insane. I hate 2nd ML's character but the guy is a good actor...he embodies his character so well. After ep 12 I thought a new arc was beginning but alas, recycle same old stuff and now on ep 15 I don't know if drama is going backwards. Sometimes these producers need to learn to adjust the number of episodes in order to leave the story more coherent instead of destroying a plot that had so much potential to be great...I am quite disappointed in this

This drama is definitely a fitting end to 2024! All its genres are right up my alley and goodness just drop all the episodes I'll mortgage my house

Good luck with that because I've been coming back since it aired in Feb 😎

We were doing well until the last episode. I felt everything was going too well with the wedding I knew something could happen but alas, nothing prepared me for the melodramatic ending with LJX. What the hell was the production thinking giving him that ending??? Someone with such toxic traits did not deserve a heroic ending.
It wasn’t easy to start shipping the couple who spent most of the drama as siblings....she kept referring to him as 3rd brother and frankly I dont remember her ever calling his name...pls remind me if I've forgotten. Also unfortunate that they seemed to have the most chemistry as siblings, go figure!

I was loving the drama overall but it in many ways seemed like it was LSN and LJX's drama.....they really did ML dirty... LJX was given too much character presence which I felt overshadowed LSY so much so he was almost relegated to 2nd lead