PeachBlossomGoddess

Yes, I like this director a lot and she hasn't made anything for some time. Not to mention she doesn't make their faces pasty white I can see real skin tone.

Its pretty good so far. Even Ren Jialun's lines improved.😅

Disclaimer: No demons were harmed in the making of this drama.

Thanks for this review. The title made me notice it but the topic seems quite distasteful and probably difficult to get right.

Yes I think I only gave it an 8.

I personally liked MJTY better than Kunning but they are both good dramas, you can't go wrong with either. I believe AJTY is region restricted, you may have to use a VPN set to the US. But its a mediocre drama I am not sure its worth the hassle.

We can only hope one day!

Sister's final "gift" was just too cruel. How is she ever going to be able to move on? How Zhong Wei always seemed surreal was very well done. He always looked like a ghost to me.

Wow what a bitch!

I really like all three lead actors and the sister. And the story is pretty decent.😊

Yes she was indeed.

I felt quite dissatisfied by the ending. To me it looked like choose your own ending but even in the best case, it was bittersweet. Best case, FYX is on borrowed time and worst case, he died shortly after the royal physician's visit. I think considering all the sacrifice and suffering, ZHY, FYX, Ruan Xiwen, Yuwen Changan etc endured at least the leads deserved an outright unambiguous HE. This ending kind of makes me feel like the bad guys won in the end.

Spoiler ending comment:

There were heavy GL vibes.

It was a bit of an open ending so you can choose how you wish to interpret it. Even as far back as when he accompanies her to visit the graves, it is winter and snowing but he has no coat on and when they return it seems she alights from the carriage by herself and is crying although he pops up later. It is very heavily suggesting he may not be alive. However, I personally think he is still alive at the end scene because as a couple they swing their daughter together, each holding one hand. But I interpret him standing on the side of the dead people to mean that he will soon cross over to join them. Many among the Chinese audiences believe he is already dead.

I read it as a bittersweet ending; that he is either dead already or will not live that much longer bc he has already crossed over to the side of all the dead people.

I think he definitely over-acts. And that super low dramatic whisper just makes me roll my eyes each time.

I think its quite obvious now that sis is not only in the gang, she is the big boss that calls all the shots.

I don't think ZW has met sis yet bc at the time she only knew HQ liked someone enough to cook for him but she didn't know who yet. Sis is clearly the big baddie and mentor is only one of her peons. I think tragically ZW busted their mentor, which is why he was hesitant/heartbroken to have to expose him. IMHO ZW is long dead and it is mentor who killed him bc ZW knew his secret. He only did it to get a new kidney for his daughter. Tragic. Whereas sis is clearly pure evil.

I have a natural suspicion of people who can smile toothily while they are talking... 😬😬😬