Pearl Harbor

I think he will be that anchor in her life who calms her down and will let her use her talent and intelligence for good cause and use. He doesn't unnecessarily praises her, just gives that required push.

True... Her whole body language changes when he is Infront of her

Exactly. What's best to do for your crush on her engagement day- simply make sure her married life is easy and no one bullies her (I find this selfless love). The scene was heart breaking yet satisfying.

Cheng ShaoShang basically has 3 personality with 3 men...
With Luo Yao - CSS is dominating
With Yuan Shen - CSS is a brat, she just wants to win against him at any cost (verbally)
With Ling BuYi - CSS is silent, soft, takes a backseat when he is talking, doesn't try to meet her eyes.

CSS: LY handed me the tools when i built the houses, he gave me the box when i forged farm tools
Qiqi: that even liangfan can do..

lol.....

It's just that dad's words keep reminding me that how he was lonely throughout and she left the conversation when he was still talking about that shows how she was uneffected by that. Yes, she tries to imitate the emotions but I feel she cannot feel it. All her knowledge is through books and not through experience

Makeup can only hide so much. I think her plastic surgeon should be fired

I have no much knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder and whatever i know is through this drama so my comment is solely based on whatever is shown in this drama....
It was shown in the very 1st scene of the 1st episode that Woo Young Woo is not capable of showing emotions like how she referred to the emotions cards on the wall to show her emotions for the dress her dad left in her wardrobe for her 1st day at work. Also her dad in the next episode, it is very lonely to live with an autistic person because she cannot respond to his emotions...Though there are different level of spectrums but looks like autistic people cannot show their emotions nor can they feel it...So i was wondering will she be able to show or feel love or attractions for Lee Jun Ho. Even if she wants to she will not be able to i guess.

Beautifully said " A'Yao saying all the right things to a neglected child" just a line is enough to summarize. If you look back it was that scene where A'Yao was following CSS and her uncle's carriage and she didn't know at that time that he was courting her. She was like i don't have anything to do with your breakup with your fiance so go back and stop following us,that is when A'Yao told her a key line " I know you were the one who tinkered with the bridge which made those noble ladies fall into the lake and i think you did right with them"...it was the very reason she was flogged and was sent out with her uncle and he was the 1st person to commend her for her act.......

This is how I saw that rescue scene ( non novel reader ) - that she thought she was dead a sec ago and now she is alive and confused as she least expect him in that situation and she didn't know that he was around. She was more grateful than awestruck according to me. Till date she has not thought about him proactively. Not even when he was around her. He has saved her twice, initially when the fire broke out during the new years and secondly during this bandit attack. If it were any other female, she would have by now seen her as his wife but on the contrary CSS forgot about him as soon as he was out of sight of her.

I guess the writer has changed many things in the drama. Till date she has never thought about LBY explicitly.

It's true that I have not read the novel but I can see how things are unfolding. She is literally making LY run around her like a dog and even he is doing it willingly. She might not be able to do the same with LBY so she might not like his marriage proposal.

I still think CSS 's mom has not done anything wrong , her ways were off but she has an oversmart kid so i kinda understand her. Till 1800s women were just a creatures who are there to bore children and nothing else. They were never considered as human beings. So CSS discipling her kid before society ridicules her is nothing wrong. In ep 22, the way she greeted the emperor, she could have been beheaded for that but just because LBY likes her, she will be spared. So why shouldn't mom be angry or upset on CSS. Again, we can come back on saying nobody thought her since childhood but we all have seen how CSS is, she would rather take military punishment than correct her ways so nobody can help her.She should learn on her own.

Are you kidding me??? Which asian parent doesn't compare their kid with a topper of the class or neighbor kid or overachiever cousin. This happens even now in every city and in every household. That is how parents are. They will send the kid to a boarding school to either discipline a naughty kid or if the boarding school is a top school. This doesn't mean they love the kid any less.

You know right there is so much more to a marriage than just running around to get food for CSS. The money is also not his, he is basically unemployed. I agree if the family is rich, one doesn't have to put in so much of hard work like others do, but this guy doesn't know hardships (he himself has confessed this). For ex. when they were attacked by bandits, he just stood behind CSS and did nothing. Is that how he is going to take care of her,? Life or marriage is not always rosy, he doesn't have a strong voice. Like he is saying yes to everything CSS is saying, he will be doing the same with his mom. They both were out on their own so they are unaware of how things and people change. Same LY won't behave the same infront of his family. This is what even CSS parents are afraid off that he won't be able to protect their daughter from his family considering how their daughter is. A spouse should be someone who is a best supporter and at the same time a critic. He/she should be able to correct the other person if he/she is wrong that is how the other person is going to grow not just continuously praise her.

That is what even mom is saying that she is young to get married. Inspect the field 1st.

I feel sometimes you should let a child touch fire instead of telling it not to touch because it's gonna burn you. Experience is an excellent teacher but marriage is a too big of deal to let her learn on her own lol

Exactly right....
I know that CSS was always on her own and has not actually seen true love and care until she saw 3rd aunt , dad, brothers but there should be someone to discipline her. If everyone just takes the easy route of pampering her then who will discipline her. Despite being hated mom still took the hard job. CSS is 15, still a teenager and a perfect age to rebel. If you encourage her then now she has collapsed a bridge, in future she could do worse. One shouldn't encourage such behavior, but military method was too much but again CSS wouldn't budge for any other punishment.

Not telling that aunt is wrong but aunt doesn't have any children of her own so she doesn't know how to raise a child. Its like its bookish knowledge and not practical experience. But mom's methods are harsh too but she can not suck up to her daughter because she is way too smart for her own good. Mom has observed this , then only she adopted those methods but again everything failed. CSS has the ability to confuse an elder, she is way too smart in a cunning way.

IKR.....when i saw how she was so stubborn and didn't show any emotions when her mom cried and i was like let her marry him and then learn her lessons. No doubt that LY is a good guy but this guy has never seen any hardships (he himself have agreed to it) and have never earned any penny in his life so life is not just about getting delicious delicacies for his wife that is what Cheng parents are worried about that he won't be able to standup for their daughter. They are too young to understand this. LY and CSS are taking this as some house-house play. CSS treats LY as her comrade and best friend and not as Husband. Ofcourse intimacy would come through time but will their relationship survive till then (we have seen this through many episodes that she wants instant results). She thinks he will be able to get out of his home and they will be free from grips of parents from both sides (i almost laughed when she said that) but that is not the reality. LY is the youngest and his mom is a widow so which son would leave his mom and go. CSS is just thinking marriage is very simple and LY would be her side like he did till now.