MadelineMaureen

the psychopaths are the ones who go in advance on a show they arent actually watching to rate future episodes they will NEVER watch a 1star. They have to open their browser, go to episode guide, click each episode one at a time, & have 3 more steps before they can post the rating. It's obsessive & loser behavior.
The other's are just trying to balance an unfair scale. But we wouldn't have this problem if we could get a programmer to make that feature only available after each episode airs.(This is hard to do so I understand why it is not already a thing)

I am saying this with my whole chest.....STOP RATING EPISODES THAT HAVE NOT AIRED YOU ABSOULT PSYCHOPATHS

did they though...?😏girl chickened out and went for the bone instead of really asking what she wanted to.

PSA for the newbies...they never dated in high school. There wasn't a "break up" of a romantic relationship. They were friends and they clearly had feelings for one another, but they were never a couple. She did not dump him, she went back on a promise they made together about going to the same university. It was a mutual crush that lead to a friendship.

So they never dated...they were more like best friends. They had established a strong friendship as deskmates and then when she moved he started visiting her to study. The train took about an hour and a half to 2 hours each way. There was mutually "something" between them, but no confessions from either side.
They would sit in the same noodle shop every time he came and study together, or just be in the same space as one another. She, out of the blue, changed her mind about something they had been working toward for months....he was genuinely worried about her as he constantly saw bruises and she had lost weight since moving.
In the novel he goes to her graduation, as he had already promised he would. He didn't disturb her, just checked on her. Then when he went to her college again....didn't interfere or take pictures or even really linger after seeing she was okay. He would visit every few months to pick up the news papers she wrote for, first her college paper and then where she worked previously. The check to make sure she's still breathing kind of thing...
I realize that is a very fine line....but with the context of him knowing something wasn't quite right, but unwilling to pressure her about what was happening....he just supported her as best he could from afar.
We get her perspective as well, about how much she missed him, yet thought he shouldn't be dirtied by her.
I kind of think of him as a stray cat...the cat distribution center allotted Wen Yi Fan as Sang Yan's human so no other human will do. IDK it's fiction. My prefrontal cortex is fully formed so I can separate fictional okay from real life not okay. He's not Edward Cullen breaking into her house to watch her sleep...so as fictional men go...he's doing pretty good in my book.

The one time he is doing his utmost to remain professional and indifferent and she's all "la la la la la...lalalala...la...la..la...laaaaaa"

The scream I scrumpt....had to grab a pillow to muffle the sound...whole family is sleeping. I am now fully awake.....damn...

It doesn't exist until the first of the week....I've picked up 5 other dramas since this started because of how slow the release schedule is.

I no, YOU didn't fuck up rating...but asking a group of people who are ride or die about romance in the page you rated lower. You can't see me but I'm laughing so hard....I'm sorry...it's just...the perfect innocence of like 'hey, this one has everyone active atm let me ask a valid question', and then getting jumped because you had a different opinion. Girl, been there done that, got the bumper sticker. 🤣

Yeah. I was like hold on, why is everyone giving her sass instead of actual recommendations or helpful info? Then I went to your lists and was like oh no...oh no....she fucked up...
With the recommendations in the show pages people normally write what the shows have in common and why they rec it....but I saw one in a recommendation of The Best Thing for Love of Nirvana....aka the two most opposite shows you could imagine from one another. I was...confused af.

Go into the recommend section of the shows that you did enjoy and see if any of the recommended shows work for you. I personally dropped Lighter and Princess because of how toxic the relationship was.
Also, maybe, just a suggestion....maybe don't ask on a page where you rated the drama a 1 star after watching 6 episodes for recommendations, as this genre is clearly not what you like. But seriously good luck.

Okay...right now...We Are Criminal Police, Small Police Station, and Drifting Away are all really popular. Crime thrillers less romance.
Definitely look into the different features on the browser version of this site...go into the explore section.
As this is a romance, it's mainly going to have people who watch romance, so I at least want to send you to a page that might have more insights into what you are personally looking for in a drama.

humm......I recommend you look into Marcus Here's Youtube channel. He has the top shows listed out on Sundays. The tv networks have more of what you're looking for.
That will help you with the most popular ones at least.
I'm, personally, a slow burn romance girly, so I don't really have a good back log of Chinese contemporary crimes shows...but they do exist and there are some great ones out there. Seriously, like the top actors work on those types of projects. Give me a few minutes I'm going to look something up for you.

Aunt is married to her father's brother. The uncle is the aunt's brother.

I think this is the most I've ever seen Zhang Ling He smile in a drama....ever. I know him to be a really smiley person on variety shows, but most of the characters I've seen him play are the serious guy trying to solve a mystery. With this and Our Generation(Cherry Amber) coming soon, I hope to see more of his humorous side.

If you like Zhang Ling He and romance period dramas and haven't already added Zhu Yu(Chasing Jade) to your Plan to Watch list, go do it now. Same director that did Blossom and the writer of Love Like the Galaxy...and because Blossom did so well they got a boost in their budget. They had just started filming Zhu Yu when Blossom was airing.

As a fully grown adult with a fully formed prefrontal cortex I simple see the issues and remind myself that this is fiction with pretty pretty people and proceed to giggle and kick my feet.
Also the size of these people's apartments keeps reality suspended for me easily.
So my advise, turn the HR(moral logic) side of your brain off when watching. Cause I definitely glitched when his grandfather was encouraging him to go after a patient romantically by using medical files.....We listen and we don't judge.....(we judge a little though...on the inside)

She is only just coming to understand that she might have romantic feelings for him in episode 8/9 when she has a misunderstanding. episode 14 is the midway point of the drama so I wouldn't expect much till then.

I have never seen someone so happy to find out that the girl he likes thought he had a kid. Like "oh...so she likes me.....so I have a chance....okay okay okay....be cool, be cool, be cool."

Really good so far. There is a crush square though that I haven't seen the likes of in a long time. I don't think people would like it if they don't like messy feelings. Cause it covers the teenage years...lots of angst. All the acting is good. They are really getting the details of different emotions. The parents are interesting and love their kids in different ways. It's not going to be for everyone, but I think it's a little gem.

Love square: A guy(athlete) likes a girl(writer), who likes his best friend(Top student), who likes a girl(country girl), who is completely oblivious to romantic interests, who is best friends with the girl the first guy likes.......you see...love square. (I really don't know where to put the proper punctuation for that sentence...i did my best.) The jealousy layers are soooooo well done though. It's honestly bringing back flashbacks of high school.

They were such minor characters that other than being a rich partner in Sang Yan's business, and her being Wen Yi Fan's childhood friend I honestly don't remember anything about them. I was under the impression at times reading the novel that Sang Yan just tolerated Su Hao An, and wasn't actually close to him. Maybe I had the wrong impression, but yeah...I only remember them as the catalyst that brought the two leads back into each other's orbits...aka bringing Wen Yi Fan to Overtime, and then finding Sang Yan an apartment on short notice.
We never see or hear about them in the novel unless it directly involves Sang Yan or Yi Fan.