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The trailer looks so fun already! Can't wait to watch this!

I beg to differ! I think the cameos are quite a neat writing trick, in which, rather than adding new characters, they're reusing characters that already existed. Aside from sole fanservice reason, i think these cameo scenes also serves as external motivation for the main characters, such as the lantern scene that motivates the ML to teach the FL to write, and the family scenes that shows the image of ideal family. Another scene also adds more depth to the character such as the maid that turns out to be the flying kite seller from the previous drama. In that way, the story does not exist in a vacuum, and for me it kinda feels like a mini MCU where many characters lives tied to one other.

Its was on my plan to watch for months before i finally started it. I really needed a lot of time to get immersed in the story. There were also a lot of characters to remember, feels kinda like being thrown into a family event where all your distant relatives are there and suddenly you have to greet a lot of people that you don't quite know/remember lol.
But once all of it settled, it really was a nice slice of life drama about living a quiet life. It's probably not going to resonate much to everyone, but it brings warmth and the feelings of being a part of community that has been lost to most of us city dwellers.
For me, i've started watching it like one ep a day until about 5 or 6 eps and then i ended up binge-ing it hahaha.

Also xiaobai shifu is very cute and all but i am not very sure what animal is he supposed to be. The fact that shi ying is now so willingly giving her a piece of himself to her, with a dash of playfulness, is very satisfying to watch.

Yeah it's just a matter of my own expectation and i am not blaming anyone that the story did not exactly meet it. I haven't watched the untamed because it's not exactly my cup of tea, nor do i have read the novel zhu yan; in fact i am pretty new to the whole c-drama landscape so i guess i just have to deal that sometimes they do things differently around here *shrugs*

--because they need twenty three and a half episode (!!!) to get back to the starting point of the story. That aside, I was also quite sceptical for the first 20 eps since i came here expecting romance but there is very little meaningful romance happening until the flashback is over. They're so focused on building the political aspects, i think, that even the main characters development has been kinda slowed down.
I was also having doubts because up until ep 24 or 25, all the interactions between the leads was mostly built on the male lead very patronizingly scolding the female lead. Like, how can i believe that the romance is going to work if their standing is so not equal, it just feels wrong imo. Thankfully it has been slightly improving during the last few episodes (can't be soon enough tho).
One more thing that i want to note is that, despite what other people said, i actually think ren min looks better with the bangs instead of the side swept hair. Yeah, it does make her look young but she is young, no matter how you look, xiao zhan looks 32 and ren min looks 24. I can have that opinion and still enjoy the story so, yeah. Just want to put it out there that it's not always all about looks to make a story work.

Okay i have watched all the aired episode and i just want to say that i'm glad things are FINALLY picking up. Seriously, this drama should be called 'the longest flashback'--

Wait so is she actually the reincarnation of her great grandma???? That is going to be so wildddd. I mean i watched the trailers so its pretty clear there's going to be love triangle but then, to have a love line with the grandkid of your past lover?
Wait but if the great grandma died before she can be with the love of her life, presumably she hadn't married yet, the how could the family line continue then... 🤔

I also made a similar question below but i got two answers, so basically, they made changes from the book regarding the characters' age? In the book they're supposed to be 8 years apart, while in the drama, the age gap is much closer? I was confused because the age gap between the child and adult casts are so different and i just want to confirm whether i should feel icky or not about their relationship haha.

The ending felt a little bit flat for me. Maybe cause they waste too much time dealing with the abuser (yes, 2 episodes too long, i just hate this guy ok). But to give credits where its due, it has been such a fun journey (r.i.p. the gas money tian lan has spent during the whole ordeal) despite it also came with a few rough patches. I think it's one of the few rare chances where the usage of unreliable narrator is warranted cause, the narrator is literally writing the story as she goes. Overall, this is not a perfect drama by all means, but worth watching if you're trying to find something fresh as a break from the usual, full of tropes, idol drama. Also great performance by the actors (they did great job to cast actor and actress with very asmr friendly voice for such a heavily narrated type of drama like this). With some great kisses as bonus.

Okay so they ARE 8 years apart in the drama? But now the child actors don't seem like they're 16 and 8... oh well. Thank you for the answer ^^

Wow! 17??? C-dramas sure don't discriminate in casting their actors based on the characters age haha (I know this has happened a lot of times before but, still).
Anyway, thanks!

Hi! I know this is supposedly a master-disciple romance but does anyone know the age gap between both leads in the story? The kid actor make it looks like they're just 2-3 years apart at most, but then visually xiao zhan and ren min actually looks 8 years apart so i'm a bit confused hahah

Oh, okay then, thanks!

Wait I saw that there's another episode marked as SP on youku but it's only available on 'express'? Is it an extension from the final episode or something else?

Even subs on wetv are worse than the usual. I really want to watch this but can't get past the first episodes because of the headache. Truly, if there's a better option than the ones on wetv maybe i'll try it again.

Preview for future eps are also available on mangotv youtube channel

Aww, that sucks :/ But where did you watch the bts? Would you mind sharing some links?

Also did they censor the kiss scene? That cut feels a little bit abrupt lol

Nooooooo don't meet your abuser alone! I understand that she wants to solve her problem on her own but this guy is a freaking psycho! She should put him on a restraining order instead of meeting him alone!!!