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I also think that Eagle has feelings for Ruotong. You can feel it from the way he treats and talks to her.

When you said XTR did you mean Xiao Ruotong? If yes yeah I’m disappointed at her. She basically did nothing but cry. It’s hard to blame her though because she like GYZ were never trained for active espionage work. They’re just scholars/rich kids who believed in the CPC’s ideology. I hate the sister more in fact, she isn’t without fault either but had been blaming her bro without being supportive at all.

I believe that referred to her not reporting immediately to her superior that she knew ZZF’s wife and went to her house before. She will be punished for that, and that’s what hubby meant abt facing it together.

Yup bro in law must’ve held a grudge on the father for hating him, so it’s easy to sacrifice dad. If Gu Yizhong dies too, his wife(which means he too) would inherit the family wealth & he’s in dire need of money for his son.

A lot of ppl guessed that too 🤣 We’re just confirming our suspicion. Now I’m curious what’s recorded in that vinyl.

Good episodes today!

Yes that’s possible.

I was abt to ask you how did you know the ending until you said it’s your assumption🤣. I really don’t like the sister. I also felt that she has some inkling abt her husband being Cell 8 but instead of doing the right thing, she kept accusing her bro.

Well to be fair it's not mentioned in your original post.

I just found out while browsing XHS that Zhou Zhifei and Mr Li are inspired by real historical people - Hu Junhe and Li Shiqun. I could find some info on Li Shiqun on Goggle but not Hu Junhe except this one that I believe is machine-translated from Chinese: https://inf.news/en/history/006865d7f619ae1b2ab605a2325c2901.html
Quite interesting for people who's interested in this part of the Chinese history.

Thanks for the info. I guess it's down to budget. I could think of so many gorgeous scenery that could enhance the cinematography.

I knew he’d die but didn’t expect it to be so soon.

Oh do they also shoot scenes in Suzhou? Are those the outdoor scenes? Coz I know they filmed the in Hengdian.

Papa 😭 I’m so sad papa had to get off screen. He’s such a joy to watch. Brilliant acting from Zhang Fengyi and I was teary-eyed too when he had to say goodbye to his son that way.

Umm his name is Gu Yizhong 🤭

Agree! This is not a fantasy superhero drama 🙄

I disagree that ‘all the blessings for espionage drama went to WoF only’. There are many Republican Era espionage dramas that have high ratings of 8.2-8.5 for eg. like The Disguiser, The Rebel, Killer and Healer. I think it’s still too early to judge this drama. I personally like the pace and acting.

I think a lot of international viewers don’t like Republican Era dramas(generally speaking) and many don’t understand the factions during Republican Era when Japan invaded. It took me watching quite a few of these dramas and reading up on history to understand the 4 factions and I’m still learning. I guess not many ppl are that interested. As for me I like this type of drama and I personally would rate this higher than what it has now.

Yes I’m actually quite happy that no one is portrayed as a super spy who does no mistake and very heroic like many Rep. Era dramas. They’re just experienced and inexperienced.

Gu Yizhong was just a rich kid who got inspired by the Communist ideals. He wasn’t a trained spy so if he’s so experienced from te he get-go then it’s no believable. Give him some time, I think after today’s episodes he will be different.