SenpaiSuki

Yes I read the novel, she isn’t stone faced.

I wanted to watch this drama for SZT, but Sun Qian is so bad at acting she is pulling me out of scenes. Someone told me to wait and give her a chance, but it’s been 17 episodes and it’s like watching a piece of wood. Look at Lucy when she learns about the email first in the meeting with Luke and Dony, and then when she makes that speech about calling the police, you can tell this girl really felt what Flora had gone through. Meanwhile, the scene with Flora and Dony in the dining room of the hotel, or when Flora is listening to Kitty talk about the photos, or when she is debating with the board investigators, etc. Sun Qian is giving NOTHING as Flora. This could have been such a powerful episode from an acting standpoint for this character.

I hate the infantilization of the voice from Esther Yu but she has such an expressive face that at least I can watch her with subtitles on and feel like she is the character, but Sun Qian is I think one of the worst Chinese actresses I have seen so far.

How much do you think he charges to style other people?

Luke the dog is such a good actor!

Also I am loving the show Lumi as much as I loved the novel Lumi. The actress is quite good as well at portraying Lumi.

I need to know who styled JBR coz he is giving…

Girl sold her house in 2017, the Chinese real estate market was peak back then so she probably sold above value. If she buys now, it means she will buy cheap. I know any other house might not hold the same sentimental value though but make hay when the sun is shining right?

I thought it was a hotel room card. He was leaving anyways but he flicked it at her as an insult maybe...

Right??? I was just thinking that as I watched the first episode.

Gala is in the future, hence i added the spoiler tag. But girl has a habit of inviting invisible labor, she really shouldnt

So I thought. I think I mentioned somewhere else but book Luke gave me the vibe of being on the spectrum where he had a very black and white view of a lot of things and did not care how his words hurt others because to him they were "objective" truth.

She is also asked to organize a gala later on. Plus she offerred to bring coffee for everyone and it was actually Luke who discouraged her although very harshly coz he is Grade A d!$k. She takes on a lot of invisible labor, even without being asked.

Also just because someone is nice to you doesn't mean they are kind, especially at work place. She is a good worker but she isnt exceptionally talented enough for him to poach her like that.

I dont think he was appreciative of her, he just wanted someone who is compliant. Flora also does so much invisible labor that is not technically her job, in real world, men love women who take up all the admin work so they can focus on key business deliverables and take credit.

So if you are a woman and ever asked to do OFFICE HOUSEWORK/ INVISIBLE LABOR (plan parties, galas, organize birthday presents, etc.) GIRL TURN IT DOWN! Let the men do it, focus on what will bring you glory at your workplace, OKRs and KPIs that leadership actually care about.

Was Luke's father such a big A-hole in the novel? I dont remember him being this antagonizing, I just remember him teasing his mother a lot about her son.

I am sorry but I cant with Sun Qian's base expression being utter confusion, she always looks like she is confused by whats going on, the constant befuddlement on her face... She is beautiful but thats about it.
I am so glad I read the novel so I am only scrubbing parts with JBR.

As I am reading the novel, I was thinking of ZJY as Qing Wu and lo and behold, she is actually the FL!

I think they are going to rush the ending the way it is progressing

And thats exactly why I am not liking the drama. They whitewashed his character so much that people are only sympathizing with him. I understand swaying away from the novel when creating a drama most times but this was a novel which would have worked better had they stuck to the original characterization of Luke.

The way the drama is portraying Luan Nian is taking away from the essence of the story and I just know its going to make the FL look extremely unreasonable when they actually break up which she was not.

The novel version is even worse, it makes the drama version of Luke look well adjusted.

In the novel she really cuts him off cold and for me that was *chef’s kiss*. She even changes her parents phone number so he can’t reach her and I think the novel Luke really deserved that.

The drama version of Luke is better but that makes the FL lead look so much more erratic and stupider than she was in the novel. And I personally dont like that.