It may be just phrasing. Context is very important with certain chinese words. "Uncle/Aunt" can be used…
I know that, we use it too but not for intimate relationships. I was confused why he calle his older lover uncle instead of something like Gege or else.
In the drama, have Gu Ping Yuan met Li Wan Tang yet? I can't remember. 😣
I guess so since he was the eldest and must have some recognition of his father. I haven't read the novel, someone else told us the story but I think he'd left about 20 yrs ago, maybe in drama they extend it since they're supposed to be older.
Considering GPY's father, when I think about how fondly his mother spoke of her unique wedding dress and how her husband had sold his precious paintings and calligraphies to afford it, their outcome make me so sad. Poor woman...
I agree with you - she was actually prepared to wait 10 years for Gu, she had no idea he was going to escape and…
You're right, nowadays audience can't tolerate anything in custome dramas, they complain about everything as it it. Personally I blame it on modern periods, they shoehorn all new ideas and values in old stories that are supposed to have happened centuries ago and the result is we think ancient people thought and lived like us. Really a pity...
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But now I'm enjoying him in Legend of the magnate. He's so funny there.