Sanoya

The drama itself is good; it’s just not perfect, especially when you think about the fact that it’s built around the premise that the female lead is smart. Yes, she’s smart and calculative, but only in a retaliatory way. She only thinks about small gains, in my opinion. She hardly ever thinks of a way to root out the problem.

Take Minglan, for example. Don’t get me wrong; these are two different people. However, they’re by the same writers, hence I’ll make the comparison. With Minglan, she’s very calculative in the way she thinks about the problem at hand and exactly how she’ll solve it so that she won’t have to deal with it again. She handled Sheng Mo Lan and her mother in exactly that manner. It was slow, but eventually every little subtle action she took was building toward a grand finale that wrapped them up and did away with them.

That’s why she was so pleased with Gu Ting Ye, because he outsmarted her so that he could marry her by removing every possible obstacle.

As for Shaoshang, she’s smart, just not very smart. She tends to bask only in small victories and enjoys immediate satisfaction. She also tends to leave detrimental loose ends that will not only affect her but her entire family, since she gives her enemies opportunities to target them.

When she does things, it’s usually pretty obvious that they’ll lead back to her, and even when they do, she almost never has any way of dealing with the consequences without someone else’s help. Also, since I mentioned politics, I think it’s only fair that I compare a scene where Minglan also became involved. The only difference is that Minglan was careful in choosing her words and made sure she remained objective in expressing her opinion. Shaoshang isn’t like that.

Outside of that, it’s a good show overall. However, it falls short the second time around because I’m now noticing details I missed during my first watch. She’s just not as smart as the drama portrays her to be.

I'm rewatching this now, and my eyes have FULLY opened. Shaoshang is such a huge liability. She only ever cares about achieving immediate satisfaction and always thinks she's right while everyone else is wrong. Her acts of revenge are satisfying on the surface, but without Ling Buyi's help in most of the serious cases, she would've died a long time ago.

And this isn't me saying she doesn't have the right to seek revenge. She absolutely does. My issue is that she constantly acts with the expectation of getting a satisfying outcome without giving much thought to the aftermath. The only reason she behaves this way is because she knows someone will always shield her; whether it's her father and aunt stopping her mother from reprimanding her or Ling Buyi protecting her from severe punishment.

Shaoshang may be clever when it comes to executing her schemes, but she consistently fails to see the bigger picture. She's a one-track thinker. She only appears intelligent on the surface. A truly intelligent person considers every possible consequence before acting and prepares for multiple outcomes. Shaoshang doesn't do that, and that's what makes her foolish in my eyes.

It's like she constantly acts without considering how her actions could affect her brothers, cousins, parents, or even the stability of the people around her. And it's not as if she doesn't know she shouldn't interfere. She knows. She was explicitly told not to. She simply believes that her judgment is superior to everyone else's. And that's exactly why she was used by someone as stupid as the crown princess!

Her mother may come across as unloving and even cruel to people watching at face value, which in some cases she most definitely is, but she genuinely was only ever looking out for her well-being. She spent years in her marital home and has witnessed almost every scheme imaginable. She also has experience outside the household, both on the battlefield and within the palace, where women constantly navigate political intrigue. Furthermore, her mother knows when to tell Shaoshang to stop and when to support her actions. Take the scene where they both confronted A'Yao's aunt and cousin, for example. When the aunt and cousin tried to get physical, her mother didn't hold Shaoshang back or tell her to stay out of it. Instead, she stepped in to handle the aunt while allowing Shaoshang to deal with the cousin herself. She also didn't reprimand Shaoshang when she confronted Ling Buyi's stepmother. In fact, she was quite impressed. Although she asked why Shaoshang kept provoking the stepmother, it was more out of concern since the stepmother would eventually become her mother-in-law rather than as a form of scolding. You could clearly see that she was genuinely impressed with Shaoshang and the way she put that woman in her place.

It wasn't a case of her allowing Shaoshang to act in the moment then to reprimand her afterward. It was simply a matter of time and place. Defending her honor while her mother was present and able to protect her was the appropriate time and place to do so. Likewise, her exacting revenge on those girls while Ling Buyi dealt with the heads of their families was also the appropriate course of action. Because it all took place in the palace, the ultimate authorities within the harem: the Empress and the Imperial Noble Consort would inevitably intervene. At the very least, she knew the matter would be judged fairly since neither the Empress nor the Imperial Noble Consort was corrupt. In every other instance, however, she acted impulsively without thinking through the consequences.

When Shaoshang is outside, she's surrounded by people who appear to be on her side or people who just aren't powerful enough (except Ling Buyi) to REALLY help her. What happens when those people don't want to implicate their own families, or when they turn out to be nothing more than hypocrites? Just look at that girl who stayed by the Empress's side, acting as innocent as a lamb when, in reality, she was a venomous snake. Again she was even used by the Crown princess on several occasions.

Shaoshang's excuse whenever she creates drastic situations in the name of revenge is that nobody raised her and that she doesn't know any better. While that's true, and I do sympathize with her, if the Emperor and the Empress weren't somewhat partial to her, she would've faced punishments befitting someone of her status, especially considering the way she behaves toward nobles and royalty. If we're being historically accurate, the only reason she repeatedly gets away unscathed is because she has powerful people in her corner who are willing to protect her.

She's an incredibly frustrating character. She's stubborn, hardheaded, and unwilling to listen. While it was easier for her to learn under the Empress, the Empress also coddled and enabled her far too much. It gave Shaoshang the confidence to involve herself in matters like advising the Crown Prince.

Furthermore, what gave her the confidence to forge a fake tiger tally? She was willing to commit an act that could’ve gotten both her and her entire family executed, yet she couldn’t understand or agree with the Crown Princess covering for her husband when she knew the Crown Princess herself wouldn’t have faced severe punishment.

She became a pawn on several different occasions and she only realized it after she had already been used.

This is exactly what I mean when I say she only basks in small victories and immediate satisfaction. She rarely stops to think about the bigger picture, the obstacles ahead, or how the consequences of her actions might ultimately come back to hurt both herself and her family.

This is exactly what I mean when I say she only basks in small victories and immediate satisfaction. She rarely stops to think about the bigger picture, the obstacles ahead, or how the consequences of her actions might ultimately come back to hurt both herself and her family.

It's not as though she wasn't warned to stay out of it, she was. She simply chose not to listen because she believed her way was the better way. She refuses to sit back and let events unfold naturally.

She's a liability to everyone around her because they're constantly forced to clean up the messes she creates, especially her family. She's daring, but not in a good way. She lives in the moment and gives little to no thought to the consequences of her actions.

She created a massive risk for her country when she prevented the Emperor from removing those incompetent generals from their positions. Then, when she was confronted about it, all she had to say was that she "didn't think that far ahead." She even had the audacity to guilt-trip Ling Buyi for not helping her understand the situation beforehand.

You went to the palace to learn, so how about focusing on that instead?

Taking revenge on the princess and the maids is one thing. Even if she doesn't think through the consequences, it can ultimately be dismissed as conflict between young women. But meddling in politics.........something she knows absolutely nothing about.........is an entirely different matter.

Missing the point. Since they added their jobs to the plot, they should’ve incorporated them better. Her being a journalist is a very vital part of the story, by the way, since several things happened that led her to become a journalist. It also reinforces the themes of the story, which are buried feelings, misunderstandings, and confronting the past. She came to understand a lot of things, which were important for her character development.

Therefore, since her being a journalist was important for certain plot events, they should’ve done a better job of incorporating it so that it flowed naturally with the story instead of seeming like it was inserted just so they could wrap up a plot hole. essentially putting a Band-Aid on it, which in this case was her reporting on it. The only instance where I felt it wasn’t used as a plot device was the report on the landslide.

So yes, to me, it was kind of vital to the story since it was supposed to moderately complement it. However, because it was done so poorly, it felt completely out of place.


IN SHORT: The problem was that the writers didn’t consistently integrate her profession into the narrative. Instead of allowing journalism to organically shape the story from beginning to end, they often used it as a convenient plot device whenever they needed to uncover information or resolve an issue. As a result, something that should have been a seamless extension of her character ended up feeling oddly disconnected from the rest of the drama.

So well written. Starry love is good but also not for everyone. In my personal opinion it’s that drama where you’ll miss a lot of details if you’re going in expecting something you’ve watched of dramas wigh similar theme.

I’ve rewatched “To fly with you” so many times omg literally one of my absolute favorite show. I watched it while it was airing, rewatched all the episodes once it was finished airing. Then rewatched it every year after that on holidays and my birthday. I love that show and “Starry Love”(different theme) so much!

The only reason I didn’t have a problem with or feel weirded out by the “siblings turned romantic” relationship in Go Ahead is probably because Song Weilong’s character never saw or treated Seven Tan’s character as a sibling, nor did they really do sibling-like things together. He always kept a certain distance and set himself apart. I don’t even think he treated Zhang Xincheng’s character as a brother either. They were simply there for each other and relied heavily on one another throughout school and life.

I need to rewatch it because I might be biased, but from what I remember, the only people who really regarded them as “siblings” were the parents.

She was no victim. Though she was young, all of her choices were made solely by her. It's not his fault that she read into his innocent actions. With that said, him suddenly seeing her romantically as soon as she came of age, after viewing her as a child and even acting as her older brother several times, was incredibly weird and off-putting. It's even weirder when you realize he spent a significant amount of time with her while she was a child, only to turn around and date her once she was older.

Outside of that, unless there's another point of view showing that he had inappropriate intentions toward her when she was a child, there's really no reason to blame him for her decision to read into everything he did for her.

Gurl I was lying…..I knew how THERE fans are….i later went back and edited my comment. I just couldn’t lie to myself.

I didn’t enjoy this at all. I just wanted to soften the blow for what I really had to say. I still don’t see it as bad show overall but the premise it’s base on it’s a little predatory…by little I mean a lot

I'm going through my on-hold and dropped list, and since I'm allergic to leaving anything incomplete, I decided that I'm going to finish this.

Let me start by saying I think this show had VERY VERY good PR... It could only be that, or the main audience consists of teenage girls whose frontal lobes haven't fully developed yet.

I don't think it's a bad drama. The later episodes were actually okay, but because of the first part.....like the first 12 episodes? I kept overthinking i must say EEEEYUCK!!!!

Everything about those first few episodes rubbed me the wrong way. I know a lot of people are going to say, "But he didn't like her then." "It was just a one-sided puppy crush," blah, blah, blah. While that is technically true, the story is being told from HER point of view. I'm not in his head the way I'm in hers. I'm not insinuating anything, but it's still something to think about.

Outside of that, I hated and frankly felt completely uncomfortable with how the writing purposely created situations that allowed the two of them to constantly end up ALONE together in small, enclosed spaces. Yeah, nothing inappropriate was actually done, but some things just don't sit right with me.

The slow-motion shots whenever she stared at him, the romantic background music, the way it was portrayed as though she's the only one who "gets him"... If it's supposed to be a one-sided puppy love, what was the purpose of turning these regular interactions into romantic scenes with slow-mo editing and a sentimental soundtrack?

And it went on for like 12 episodes........basically half the whole show. One or two episodes would've been enough. Then they could've done the time skip to college, which would've felt much more appropriate.

There's nothing wrong with age-gap relationships, but in this case, those first few episodes just weirded me out a bit. Even though I know the male lead wasn't in love with her or romantically interested in her at the time, the way certain scenes were edited where she's in her school uniform and he's in regular clothes, clearly emphasizing their age difference, paired with her baby voice and his much more mature one just left me stunned.

Those scenes weren't doing what they were supposed to. They were clearly meant to come across as innocent and from a place of admiration, but the editing intentionally made them feel inappropriate. I honestly would've preferred if they had kept a little more distance between them and not made them seem so close or familiar during that stage of the story.

Anyway, I think the directors made some very questionable choices there.

Then they started dating RIGHT AFTER SHE LEFT HIGH SCHOOL, barely even an adult yet....HE even was the one who confessed, and I was just like... Okay, when did you suddenly start seeing her as a woman instead of that little girl you used to tutor?

I just wish I had never started this drama. I don't have a problem with it as a whole; the later episodes were a okay watch but those first few episodes were weird.

VERY WEIRD.

No tea, no shade, but this show wasn't that good and was severely overhyped.

I started watching this when it first aired, but I put it on hold until all the episodes were released. I picked it back up, then dropped it again because it was way too draggy, and the constant push-and-pull just didn't make sense. A few months later, I picked it up again because I hate leaving dramas unfinished, and new issues arose.

After a few more episodes, around the middle of the drama, I started feeling like the relationship and romance were way too one-sided. Yes, it was pretty obvious that they both loved each other very much. However, she learned about and even witnessed the many things he did for her and the countless ways he showed how much he cared, and she's just... I can't even put into words what I think of her character during that specific period. The words I want to use to describe her would make me sound mean. Anyway, I got past that since I guess they wanted to write San Yan as someone who deeply yearned for her.

Then I directed my attention to the second couple... Oh brother. I genuinely was not feeling their acting. I don't think it's a matter of whether they can or cannot act; I personally just didn't like their performances.

Another thing I DID NOT like was the styling in this show for any of the female characters; neither the female lead nor the second female lead. The second male lead was dressed sloppily as well. I honestly think the entire styling budget went to Jing Ting because he was the only person who consistently had well-fitted clothes.

They also did a poor job handling the female lead's trauma and mental health overall. That girl didn't only suffer from sleepwalking. Come on now, you're simply playing in my face. Furthermore, the rapist, the rape apologist, the classist stepsister, and the spineless mother were handled even worse. We saw that these characters were absolute monsters. We witnessed everything they did to the female lead and all the scars they left behind. Yet when it came time for them to face consequences, everything was wrapped up far too easily, especially for the aunt, the mother, and the stepsister.

I also wish they had put more effort into the storytelling surrounding the characters' careers. The way it was written, their jobs felt like nothing more than plot devices to create scenes, give the male and female leads an excuse to meet outside of town, wrap up another character's storyline, or introduce a new character. I'm mainly referring to the female lead's job as a journalist. Here's the thing: most of the time she was in the office instead of out in the field. The stories and exclusive interviews seemed to come directly to them rather than them actively seeking them out.

Anyways, outside of the romantic segments and the friendship scenes between the male lead and his friends, as well as the female lead and the second female lead, I found most of the writing to be boring.

The statements are directly tied to her management... Reading comprehension is beating y'all's asses.

All of this was, and still is, about her management. Your team is directly tied to you; everything they say or do is a direct representation of you. Using reading comprehension and context clues from how the issue started in the first place should tell you that she's becoming collateral damage in the conflict between the fans and her team.

The only way to resolve the issue is for them to directly debunk the allegations and prove the other side is lying, (which they're unable to do for obvious reasons might I add) or remove the people who caused the issue in the first place. Otherwise, there is no way around it.

Nobody wants to indirectly work with a hypocrite. Furthermore, no production team will take on an actress who is considered high risk.

When workers ask for a pay raise or better working conditions and their demands are not met, what do they do? They strike and protest. This is the same thing. Unless the people behind her come forward themselves and step down, there is no way around it. The team did not only carry out smear campaigns against Ling He but also against several of Yuxiao's other co-stars.

And that's exactly what the other side is pushing for. Let's say their demands are met and the team is removed. Any hostility toward the actress from the official fan club after that would literally be plain bullying, which was never the premise of why they were against her in the first place.

Other c-netizens will see this, and as I said before, if such a thing happens, then the people who will lose face are none other than Ling He and his fans, while public sentiment toward Yuxiao will increase. Therefore, removing the bad apples from her team will do her no harm.

I know it may not be her decision, but the company holding on to those people and keeping them around her simply does her no good.

I'm through with you!

I think it's better that you grasp the entirety of the situation so you're able to be objective when making comments. I've done a detailed dive, and I saw that all of the verified accounts from Ling He's side provided evidence to support their claims. All of them addressed only the management and never the actress. Keyword here, VERIFIED accounts. The only reason she's caught in the crossfire is because the issue is directly tied to her.

Literally nobody addressed her. If you were to take the time to visit Weibo, then you'd know that the verified fan accounts are calling for her removal solely because of the people around her who spread propaganda. Literally no one is attacking her as a person or questioning her integrity as an actress.

Every artist has fans and anti-fans. Ling He's fans only called for Yuxiao's removal because of her management's past actions toward their favorite actor. Therefore, calling for her removal does not equate to his fans hating her.

Removing the people who are causing the issue is, and should be, the first course of action in making everything right. Of course, she'll still face some backlash. However, according to Ling He's official fan club, they have no issue with her being the female lead outside of the concerns regarding her management.

If, for any reason, they are still against her even after she removes the person responsible to correct the issue, then it won't take long for everyone, including c-netizens, to come together, and it'll be Ling He and his fans who end up in the hot seat.

Removing someone who is harming your career is far from a ridiculous idea. The issue with your comment is you seems to dismiss the possibility that her management could bear any responsibility.. Also her and her team, should they address the issue; it shouldn't be solely because they think all the bad press will disappear with their statement. That's not how the industry works.

I wanted to reason with them since i genuinely believe they didn’t understand how the industry works since most of the things they’ve been saying were simply out of touch but I see it now. I felt rage baited so i simply didn’t reply to their last comment and left it at that.

I’m honestly through with that person. No matter how much I’ve explained to them that I’m not choosing sides or bullying anybody but simply laying out the facts on the table and showing that the odds are stacked against Yuxiao because of the management and they think I’m driving the actress to suicide😐

Being dull must be a talent, and you’re clearly top of the class. I’ve never met someone who struggles this much with basic reading comprehension, and it’s 2026. At this point, it has to be rage bait because I refuse to believe God created someone this much of a nincompoop.

You can have it baby!

You people are very dumb and do not belong among the literate.

Not being able to understand the simple concept of not wanting to indirectly work with hypocrites proves you all are beyond saving. Not being able to grasp that the issue has literally nothing to do with the actors themselves, but rather with one side's fans and the other side's management, tells me you all need to be re-educated.

Most of the comments I saw kept screaming about "psycho c-netizens this" and "psycho c-netizens that," when the real issue is—and at the end of the day, it all boils down to one thing: actors or not, nobody will be willing to work with someone whose manager or management team has been accused of running unprovoked hate campaigns against them for personal gain. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that.

Furthermore, whether this is true or not, the fact remains that this is the narrative the public has been presented with. What's even worse is that one side has presented what appears to be clear evidence, although whether it constitutes sufficient proof is still unclear. Regardless of whether it's true, this has placed the actress and her management in a negative light. Her fans also have not presented any convincing evidence to support her position.

People are saying that c-netizens are pushing her toward suicide, and this is exactly why I strongly believe a lot of y'all are dullards. The people ruining her career are the individuals on her team who allegedly created false gossip about other actors who have worked—or may work—with her. All she needs to do is remove those people from the team to prevent future issues. If these allegations are false and the manager is indeed innocent, then release a statement confirming it, provide evidence to support that claim, and take a firm stance in defending the management as well as her image as an actress.

I've said this before: no director, writer, producer, or production team wants to cast a high-risk actor or actress. This issue, if left unaddressed, will forever dangle over her head, and whenever an opportunity presents itself, it will undoubtedly be used against her. Once she's labeled as high risk, no one will want to work with her. And even if she does get cast, it will likely be for scripts that everyone else has already turned down, which would be extremely sad and honestly a waste of her talent.

I've witnessed several promising actors and actresses fade into irrelevance simply because they and their teams thought they were bigger than the industry.

My main argument isn't simply "the actress is guilty," but rather that even the perception that her management orchestrated smear campaigns is and will make her a risky person to work with. We're witnessing this in real time and they try to do this with Zhao Lu Si after she spoke out about her abuse from her previous company.

Even Zhang Linghe, during the promotion of Pursuit of Jade, almost lost his career and faced cancellation because he made an inappropriate joke he had no business making.

That's how the industry and life itself is. You'll have your heyday, but if you're not careful, it'll be short-lived. The industry isn't kind to anyone. The same c-netizens people claim are pushing her toward suicide are also the same c-netizens who helped skyrocket her popularity. Unless someone discovers another way for actors and actresses to gain massive popularity and free publicity without fans or c-netizens, they will always remain dependent on the industry. Modern celebrities are dependent on public sentiment.

You're a very dumb person and do not belong among the literate.

Not being able to understand the simple concept of not wanting to indirectly work with a hypocrite proves you're beyond saving. Not being able to grasp that the issue has literally nothing to do with the actors themselves, but rather with one side's fans and the other side's management, tells me you need to be re-educated.

You keep screaming about "psycho c-netizens this" and "psycho c-netizens that," when the real issue is—and at the end of the day, it all boils down to one thing: actor or not, nobody will be willing to work with someone whose manager or management team has been accused of unprovoked hate campaigns against them for personal gain. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that.

My main argument isn't simply "the actress is guilty," but rather that even the perception that her management orchestrated smear campaigns is and will make her a risky person to work with.

Furthermore, whether this is true or not, the fact remains that this is the narrative the public has been presented with. What's even worse is that one side has presented what appears to be clear evidence, although whether it is sufficient proof is still unclear. Regardless of whether it's true, this has placed the actress and her management in a negative light. Her fans also have not presented any convincing evidence to support her position.

You keep saying that I and the c-netizens are the ones pushing her toward suicide, and this is exactly why I strongly believe you're a dullard. The person ruining her career is the individual on her team who allegedly created false gossip about other actors who have worked—or may work—with her. All she needs to do is remove that person or those people from her team to prevent future issues. If these allegations are false and the manager is indeed innocent, then release a statement confirming it, provide evidence to support that claim, and take a firm stance in defending the management.

I've said this before: no director, writer, producer, or production team wants to cast a high-risk actor or actress. And even if she does get cast, it will likely be for scripts that everyone else has already turned down.

You keep saying I'm pushing the actress toward suicide when I'm literally on her side. I've witnessed several promising actors and actresses fade into irrelevance simply because they—and their teams—thought they were bigger than the industry.

Even this same actor, Zhang Linghe, during the promotion of The pursuit of jade, almost lost his career and faced cancellation because he made an inappropriate joke about skin color.

The industry isn't kind to anyone. The same c-netizens you're claiming are pushing her toward suicide are also the same c-netizens who helped skyrocket her popularity. Unless someone discovers another way for actors and actresses to gain massive popularity and free publicity without fans or c-netizens, they will always remain dependent on the industry.

How am I the problem when it’s a member of her team who spread vicious rumors about Zhang Ling He as well as several others of her co-stars to heighten her popularity?

The person who is pushing Yuxiao to suicide is the person who created the problem in the first place!

You’re not being objective and simply speaking out of your ass!

I don’t know how many times I must reiterate this. No production team will take on a actor or actress who will pose a high potential risk of having their work failing and no actor, actress or human being overall will be comfortable working with a person who has a team member who religiously talks shit about me so that who they serve will be seen in a better light!

I’m through with you now!

I'm gonna be honest here....I started this expecting it to be heavily romanticize but quickly realize it was leading more towards politics and the female lead journey towards achieving her career goals. Because the path she wants to tale is a female official it makes total sense why the drama CANNOT be heavily romance focus even if the ML loves her very much. It would simply goes against all rules and not in a "love defy all" way. Now that she has lit the beacon, she will inevitable probably be removed from her position which will give the storytelling leeway to involve more romance.

I did a few skips of the novel since everybody said they did a lot of changes in the adaptation but to me the premise is still the same, but that's just me.

I think if you're looking for romance this is definitely not for you since the FL hardly ever shows she cares for the governor romantically and is mostly set on achieving her career goal more than bagging a man.

MDL TRYING TO SILENCE ME BY PUTTING MY COMMENT IN SPOILER!. if it's a lie why not delete it?