Shrimpy

What blows my mind is Guohua coming up to Chunsheng and saying oh, you have recovered. This person saved his life, years have passed and he not only didn't help as he had once promised but he never even bothered to contact him. Or ask his sister who he knows is in contact with XCS. Unbelievable.

When we see people like Chunsheng and see what he did, we think ah, he shouldn't rock the boat, he wishes to be a hero, there are other ways.

When we encounter an injustice we think ah, I wish there is a hero like Xiao Chunsheng to help me.

It is a very good script.

Previews show the age old truth. The more you do for certain kind of person, the more bitter they will get. Not grateful but bitter. XCS did so much for CHJ and it is not that he doesn't remember. He does and is severely bitter about it, as a weak, jealous, insecure person.

Don't worry, it is difficult to keep track of it all. Zhu Yilong. Not to be mixed up with ZLY that is Zhao Liying (the female).

The irony is that people have been complaining since the start that the first episode to air starts from a low point so today it was supposed to rise because CCTV 8 switched to a new show before WDB. Everyone expected ratings to rise.

Instead they fell. From the 0.53 we had in the past few days to 0.44 🤦‍♀️Terrible luck. But it still got over 2!

I loved her in JOL and Jade Dynasty so I was very happy to hear she got this one. It is difficult to find a good script in cent so this was bullseye for all of them, including her. If it means anything, on Chinese sns she is getting really good comments!

Han Dongjun or Elvis Han. People usually mention just xz and zyl because they are the only two traffic actors who did it.

I think talk got focused on FL2 for a while but Li Qin is doing a wonderful job. She had two amazing scenes yesterday, the train and the solo in the hallway. I especially liked her in the train one and she and Xiao Zhan mash so well which then elevates the overall impression. They have great chemistry too, I can't wait for the next few episodes.

Xiao Zhan may be the lead here but the whole crew did an incredible job. These are all mostly younger actors yet combined with good writing this period drama is really winning people over. That took everyone to make it happen. In terms of Li Qin, for me, this is her best role yet.

ChienChien is correct, while it has romance as you say, this is a period drama and they are not popular. Usually you take these to expand your range and show off your versatility as an actor but it is very unusual for it to do this well. It is doing well even on Dragon TV where traditionally this type of drama doesn't pass.

Yes if you are on Wetv it will show you your country. In China it is number one, in fact no drama except WDB broke 29000 this year which is their popularity meter.

The drama is on top of various popularity lists but when it comes to actors and producers, it is TV ratings that are law.

Yes it is. Most popular drama on Tencent this year, which is very unusual because this is a period drama. I try and post ratings here as often as I can, they are continually rising and it broke 2 today. CVB has broken 1. 5 which is like the holy grail for actors. Only XZ and 2 more actors of this generation have it.

WDB broke 2!!!

Today's ratings are a milestone. Especially as the first episode started from a bunker and it ended up over 2 in the end.

Ep 21 - 1.6693%
EP 22 - 2.0797%

Market share also went up, to a whopping 12. 5%. Today is a good day. Even CCTV is bragging with that two. Tencent already broke yesterday's high, let's wait and see.

I have to link you to Douban, I hope this works. That is an older Chunsheng and the red hat.

https://img2.doubanio.com/view/richtext/large/public/p555941143.jpg

It is possible especially as there is a photo of them in winter clothes, I think again skating and HHL is talking to him while wearing that old red hat she had when they met.

I could be over thinking but that is such a classic tactic when trying to evoke old times if she is really going to try.

When he saw Xiaomei on the train and his eyes just filled with tears? I was done.

I think the scene during the rehabilitation is going to fit further on, when Chunsheng gets into business. He will work with medical equipment and here we have needs presented to him on a plate.

Medical equipment is huge money, no wonder he gets rich.

That was acting masterclass, my favorite as well. The way he made himself small, hunched shoulders, the cap down, rictus of an attempted smile and tears, it was so good. I was bawling my eyes out.

The trio really - train, station, father's room - was perfection.

Xiao Chunsheng is in a very difficult period right now. FL2 left him because she in essence considers him a burden and if you listen carefully this is actually mentioned by both Chunsheng himself when talking to the Xiaomei, when he tells her he doesn't want to be a burden, and when his sister asks him if that is why FL2 left.

Generally speaking, he would not want to be a burden to anyone but especially a girl and one thing that he would fear the most is pity. He would fear that Xiaomei pities him and is therefore doing all of this.

There is an extensive need to feel independent, to show they can do things by themselves, that they are still a functional person. He would feel like half a man, useless and it would take time to readjust and realise that none of this takes away from who he is. It is not easy to come to terms with, even with psychological help in modern days and he doesn't have that. Of course, added to this Xiaomei is a young woman, one he may already be attracted to, so that adds to the whole tangled mess of not feeling like a real man. He is not fully paraplegic here so retains sexual function but there is no way his thoughts aren't going down that way too. A psychologist really is a gift from heaven in these situations and even then, sometimes it doesn't help some patients come to terms with it all.

Rejecting Xiaomei's help and trying to put some distance between them is perfectly normal at this point in time but it will get better. I think though hurt, the professional side of her knows what is happening.

Probably yes but it is a happy ending so don't worry about it.

Spoilers say she will be involved in handling of the SARS epidemic that initially started in Foshan, China before spreading. Probably caught it and was sick for a while.