Minoucha

Just watched ep 20-21...

Shouldn’t ep 20-21 be uploaded by now?

Exactly. At this stage we shouldn't judge their relationships based on his behaviour as he's been only using her until now and his sole goal was to gain her trust to get her to admit what she knows. He got caught in his own scheme as he's now realised he actually loves her. That's also why he gave his resignation - know that he knows she is innocent he doesn't want to use her but want to genuinely help her. Which he will start doing now.

It was explained - they wanted to push her to her limits to see if she really is hiding something and would admit to it. He was absolutely awful to her but he wanted that last reassurance (that she is not lying and is a good person) before giving up on the case.

Agree, and I absolutely don't condone what he did, but without his help behing the scene, she'd have been trumpled by her in laws, she would have had to live with them, and she woudn't have reached this breakthrough. She would have also most likely been assaulted too. She wanted to give up several times but him being harsh to her pushes her in the right direction. And him stalking her did keep her safe many times. His means are not right, but he did help her a lot.

Correct, he may not help her but he'd still need to be a legit law related type of individual to stand in front of the box in court. He can't be a witness if he is not sitting in the box so my conclusion is that he would either need to be there as her lawyer or as the prosecutor. Otherwise I really can't explain this. And also I can't explain why he'd be showing her how to shoot a gun - I don't think anyone in China expect from government people can learn how to shoot but I may be wrong. I've now seen 2 screenshots showing him practicing shooting.

At 1:54, the real GJ seems to be helping her so he is probably not on the bad side and most likely knows the fake GJ aka ML: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1kQSR1uhVQ

Found a trailer (eng sub) with a lot of spoilers. And the real Gao Jun appears in front of FL so...

But how would he be able/allowed to stand in front of the witness box in court then. That's what I don't understand. As far as I know only a legit lawyer/prosecutor would be able to. He can fool her but no way he could fool a whole court/judge. It is at 1:14: https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4830932742635548?from=old_pc_videoshow

At 1:14 the court scene where ML stands in front of FL in court during the hearings is what made me think of him as some sort of law enforcement agent. Otherwise I'd assume that he couldn't stand like this...I can't think of anyone apart from a lawyer/prosecutor who could stand like this. Or is it possible? https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4830932742635548?from=old_pc_videoshow

The wait is unbearable so I'm having fun searching for clues on ML's identity. Spoiler below for those who want to discuss theories :)

One thing for sure, the ML knows the law very well (at the level of a lawyer) considering how quickly he is able to remember an article of the penal code.

Mmmm just watched ep 17 and it cemented my gut feeling about him being somehow related to the government or at least some powerful institution. The way the child's dad got super scared...

Of course it is whoever he works for. Who is paying for the boat and cars then...same question. Don't understand why people are so confused by this. Whoever works will get costs paid by their company. Whoever he works for is financing this "mission". And if he really is a private investigator then he is partly funding it then.

Yup! There is a spoiler picture I saw that shows him next to her in court. No way he could fake it in court too

Unless the real lawyer Gao is aware (this is a theory some viewers on weibo have been discussing). I also find it very unrealistic that such a well known lawyer would not be aware that something is going on. So maybe he is also somehow involved (maybe the ML is his friend or maybe he hired him).

Very slow burn so far (ep 15) but the tension is portrayed so well that you really feel their attraction for one another. There will be full blown skinship and romance in the next 3/4 episodes.

Do you think people under cover pay for the stuff they use? Everything - car, clothes etc is meant to pretend he is a high powered lawyer so whoever employs him will of course pay for it (work related costs). Same for the money he gave the in laws - not from his pocket. They can also use fakes to lower the cost - the watch they sent her was a fake.

You can see the schedule in the photo section at the top.

100%. C dramas depict bad guys in a very distinct manner. And if he was bad there would be another ML. My guess is that he would have asked his team to do something and reacted emotionally (to protect his love) as he knows she’d get into even more trouble if she had called. He insists on never breaking the law so that’s why I assume he had his reasons. But That’s only speculation.