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He was feeling super pathetic, lol.

Thank you! And this took place decades ago when boys and men were even less evolved.

When he was walking home before knowing she was there waiting, they filmed from behind him and I kept thinking how utterly exhausted he seemed.

I wasn't surprised at all. Remember, as she put it, his room is full of her!

You got it right, lol.

I also think that Cherry knows something is very, very, very wrong in JQX's life and that's why he's cut everyone off. His keeping the same phone number so he can read her texts is probably a comfort to her as well because no matter what's going on he knows she still cares for and is thinking about him, just like the Edward character in the story the roommate shared with her.

Yeah, she's a bit melancholy, but she's also thriving at uni, which is what he wanted for her. And in an ideal world, they will end up happily ever after and it will have all been worth it.

I totally agree with you both. Look at how he's living! It gave ME a stomach ache. Yu was also visibly shocked and pained. Imagine how Cherry would respond. And elixirgood is absolutely right: he's still so young, had a sheltered and privileged upbringing and has been reduced to having to take on huge responsibilities that no young person his age should have to deal with.

I think the viewers calling him selfish and all sorts of other things look at him as a man, when really he's barely out of his teen years and dealing with things many actual fully grown adults would not be able to handle.

I need to drink now.

Plus, he's still so young and literally forced to become a whole adult facing financial pressures!!! And this story took place more than 20 years ago.

Thank you!!!

I agree. He's carrying a very heavy load/burden and doesn't want her to feel the least bit of temptation to give up everything to help him through his struggle. She worked really hard to get into a good school (and he also helped her with that by explaining math and physics problems). Plus, he's still young, too, and while he cares very deeply for her, I don't think he is prepared to be actively involved in a romance right now.

Also, what years does this series cover? Boys were far less emotionally evolved back then than they are expected to be today.

I do wish that we got to see a lot more of him, though. Thank you, random high school girl for posting his pretty face online.

I love this series. Need to nap soon so I can wake up in the wee hours to watch episode 18!

ONG, thank goodness Cherry was at the hospital and was basically, like, sorry fellas, it's time for JQX to come home with me for lunch; the parents are waiting, and JQX was so out of there. And the Evil Mother got mad because her son "obeys" Cherry but not his own mum.

I hope I never see the actress who plays the mother in another role and immediately remember her. When I first saw the actress who plays Yifan's aunt in The First Frost appear in Forever and Ever, I was seriously triggered.

I agree she would have been on the first flight, but is was so funny when Yu Qiao was, like, well actually, it's not that long of a trip. But you're right in that in the end he did the right thing.

The scenes with the roommates were so good and the Edward Tulane reference made me cry, too. And how wonderful was it that the one girl hooked our sweet Cherry up with the tutoring gig to help fund her trip to find Qiao Xi and the little boy is sort of a version of him.

I was weepy throughout this whole episode.

Wasn't it so good? I'm so happy she roomed with seniors.

I know, right? And there were gifts and confessions!!!

I have to believe it was a happy ending or I won't be able to live. On my first watch, the thought of that not being true made me so upset you'd think I'd met these people in real life, so I convinced myself that all is good.

Loved their little naps and how blissful he found them.

This ML actor is so chic and really brings his personal style to the characters he plays here and in Boss & Me.

Just watched this for the first time and liked it so much even though the FL drove me mad with her hesitance and lack of social graces. I laughed a lot through this series and she improved a lot as it went on.

I really enjoyed this series so much and love a chic male lead. Thanks to our couple, I am now reading Norwegian Wood.

So good!!!!

Her wardrobe was horrible. Loved it when the woman in the office told her to stop dressing like an IT chick and was relieved when he put a locator on their phones.

That said, I loved this drama and have rewatched a number of times.

For me, this series was a solid 10. It was also a slow burn in the best way because they spent so much time together from the start having fun as friends and just enjoying each other's company. Loved the scene of them standing outside of their office building having a chat and a coffee, kind of like the olden days when people went outside to have a smoke.

And then they fell in love and he couldn't stop thinking about her and it was wonderful!
I feel another rewatch coming on, LOL.