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I agree 100%. I totally understand he wants to be respectful to his wife, but he shouldn't take a romance themed dramas if he doesn't want to do love scenes.

There are 3 lip kisses between the main leads that I can remember. ML did a good job in those scenes but FL was very shy and barely let her lips touch his. There is a 10 yr age gap between them and maybe this is her first kiss as leading lady? 🤷🏻‍♀️ She didn't seem comfortable. You'll have to judge for yourself. It reminds me of The Long Ballad with Dilireba and Leo Wu. We saw the birds during their "kissing" scene.

Currently watching her in Melody of Golden Age. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of her in other leading roles. I'm surprised she's so young! She reminds me of Wang Xing Yue. Both are young in age but their mannerisms are more mature than their age.

The trailer looks amazing. Interesting story. Too bad we may never get to see this. Fan Bing Bing with tax evasion. It's been years and she's still blacklisted in mainland China. The male lead was embroiled in r*pe charges against a production assistant at a hotel in Australia. His case took 2-3 years but he was not found guilty. Unless they're reshooting with new actors or do cgi face swaps, this is prob shelved permanently.

I'm laughing at the He Hong Shan comment. So true! Now that's annoying because she's too old to pout. lol

The ML is handsome and talented. My only complaint is the age gap. With that said, I'm still going to watch it. lol

I haven't seen Go Ahead so I can't say if they're similar. I'm also big on costume/historical dramas. The only genre I used to watch but within these past 1.5 years I started watching more modern dramas. If you have nothing else to watch, give The Bond a try.

Have you seen The Bond? That was the first drama of his I watched. Such a good family drama.

I can't wait to see him in The Rise of Ning. His next drama release. Love him.

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She gave him her blood. She bit her lips to bleed so he could get some blood to revitalize himself.

Watching her now in Cupid's Kitchen. I don't think she can speak Mandarin. The dubber's voice doesn't match her mouth movement. It's clear she's only blurting out words phonetically.

Yes!! I was so MAD at her. Completely reckless. She kept saying she was clumsy and dumb...the last episode she really lived up to that. So heartbroken for Batay because he loved Snow Shoe so much and it killed him to have to take Snow Shoe down. I also don't blame him for not seeing her for 3 years.

Thoroughly enjoyed this drama. Loved Huang Yimei's character. She's beautiful, intelligent, sassy, and has high EQ. Also, I never thought I could ever dislike Kenny Lin, but man, he nailed his role as a manipulative control freak. Hated his character 😂

Agreed. I haven't really been emotionally affected by a drama since the ending of Goodbye My Princess. All the actors in LYF are so so good. They all are able to interpret and portray their roles so well that it makes me empathize with them, even the flawed ones. Such a good and sad story but I love it! lol

His marriage is merely for political alliance. His consort seemed very nice in S1 and I did feel sorry for her...being forced into a loveless marriage by her family. Here in S2 when he marries Chenrong Xingyue as his Queen/Empress, you'll see all his concubines. He had to take in all the central plains' clans daughters to pacify them. Lol. Even with a harem full of women, he could only think about XY 😬

I read from another platform a comment from someone who's read the novel. I don't know why the director left the battle scene like that and then cut to their reuniting in such an unsatisfactory manner. In the book, reinforcement troop came just in time to help Xiao Heng and Yan was able to win the war. They had a daughter and lived happily ever after. I can't seem to find the extra episode showing their happy family life together but it's out there.

Yeah, he seems off. I wouldn't be shocked if he is the mastermind.

Ruo Qian seems a bit sus with his constant happy face. I hope he's just a sweet guy and not a hidden villain.

Totally forgot about The Fated General. It's buried deep in my to watch list.