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I think that would’ve been interesting for grandpa to reincarnate but as far as zefang and riqing go I think we forget that zefang didn’t love or really even like him. RIQING deserved better. Even though riqing says he genuinely likes zefang, his whole goal was to be better than his half brother. Zefang just wanted love in general considering his only family left was his grandfather. So they had a symbiotic relationship, craves love, craves attention. In the long run that dynamic would’ve never worked (not to mention Zefang was a cheater). I think for riqing, Zefang was security. It’s mentioned his father didn’t praise or love him the way he did hai yuan. He saw how much Zefang wanted hai yuan and made it his mission to be loved by him thus getting the validation that he’s better than hai yuan and while doing this he made this relationship his security blanket for worth. He mentions all the time how their relationship depended on money and protection :/

I get that people aren’t happy that zefang wasn’t able to return to his body at the end BUT that was his choice. Xia cha never wanted to permanently reside in his grandsons body. He tried many times to contact his grandson to figure out how to switch places. He’s a great grandpa and I hate people are hating on him.

I see a lot of people disliking the age gap but defend century of love, minstos laundromat, 1000 years old etc…I think the concept would’ve been weird if xia cha knew hai yuan throughout his life but they met once before the swoopty do. Also I don’t think people are taking into consideration the swap also affects him physically and mentally. All the comments saying he’s straight…he’s in a gay boys body!

I find this hypocritical considering how highly you rated century of love and minatos laundry. Also the grandfather didn’t want to stay in his grandsons body. He tried multiple different ways to switch back (literally drowned himself) and the grandson decided to stay behind because he realized that hu was his grandmother reincarnated. It is quite clearly presented to the audience that cha’s soulmate has lived three separate lives. The boy that passed, his wife who passed and now hu. Zefang was stuck in limbo unable to get back to his body not due to his grandfather’s selfishness but his own mental block. Also the idea that some instincts and feelings aren’t the same due to the body Brian and soul being of different spaces is shown. When they swapped places, cha experiences things a bit more immaturely and less rational than his older self. Not once while watching the show was the narrative “sacrifice the young so the old can live again” shown. The grandfather had one living relative left that he loved more than life itself. Even after falling in love with Hu and realizing hu may be his wife reincarnated he still prepared Hu for when zefang would reclaim his body. He made it clear that he will always chose his grandsons life over his own happiness. And lastly! Hu didn’t fall in love with old cha because he spoke with him ONCE before he unfortunately passed :/
It’s not like a huge age gap hasn’t been done in bl history before but that wasn’t the main goal of THIS bl. It especially shows that love ISNT about outward appearance because zefang tried for years to get Hu. Hu fell in love with a genuine soul (which happened to be his soulmate) if you pay attention, cha tells riqing that his wife would’ve been his age if she reincarnated when she died….riqing and Hu are the same age. Anyway I respect this trope not being your cup of tea. I really dislike the step brother trope myself but spreading misinformation isn’t okay.

It was not 😭