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Hit 25k heat, really impressive for a modern romance drama, airdropped with like no recent promo or anything, day 1.

Yeh, both have a lot of secrets, so I think more they married each other for status and cause the look good together and match, but eventually they divorce and only then I think is when they really fall for each other proper.

No problems, the ones I personally follow are:
@ultra_melons this one is strictly focused on cdramas, besides air dates also shows when trailers drop, when they drop official drama filming photos/behind the scenes photos from filming, when they announce dramas, casting rumors, pretty much everything you need to know about upcoming and currently airing cdramas.

@Allcbizmelons this one gives all the updates on upcoming and airing dramas same as above, but also includes more of the c-ent world in general, like photo shoots of cdrama celebs like they posted photos of Bai Lu, Ding Yuxi, Ju Jingyi during fashion week in Italy yesterday and today. Keeps you updated on everything related to cdramas, but also the c-ent world in general.

@ForCdrama same as the second one. Focused on everything cdramas, so keeps you up updated on upcoming dramas and all that stuff, but also the c-ent world in general.

These should cover you, like I saw on one of these accounts yesterday that Love's ambition would drop today, so I was expecting it thanks to these accounts. But remember, some of the stuff they post are melons, so not everything is 100%.

Idk about her, but as for him, seeing some spoilers from the novel and stuff, seems like he married her because she's 'right' for his status and they're socially compatible, and he believes he can control her, plus novel wise I think he gets swayed by his ex or something after they get married. But once they divorce he finally realizes he loves her, so I think right now he doesn't love her, just sees her as more of an ideal wife given her looks and job etc.

Chinese dramas normally announce the premiere date a few days before, not sure why, so really not worth searching October cdramas as honestly they just announce the premiere a few days before, normally even less than a week before the show starts. Best place is Weibo if you have it in your country or X, and follow the official accounts and/or melon accounts that give updates.

Current heat index is 24,300 and still rising. Pretty impressive for an airdrop show, with minimal to no recent promotion.

Obviously a lot of things impact heat index, but time is important for iqiyi and Youku as well. You want it in the evening, when most people are home from work/school, so they can watch. Also that's why heat index keeps going up for a few hours after the episode airs, as more people get home and watch. Important to know, heat index never stops while the drama airs, it keeps going up and down 24 hours, never stops till the drama finishes. But normally peaks a couple hours after the episode airs in the evening/night. But a lot of things affect heat index so time is just one important thing.

I could be wrong, but I believe they haven't released the air schedule yet, hopefully they do release it soon.

Thanks for the info! Might give them a read if no sequels coming.

Yeh I agree, Jiang Yuwen got off pretty lightly. Haha I like that, both of them could have been good partners in another life.

If you haven't seen it I would recommend 'Reset' also with Bai Jing Ting, a very similar concept to this, another time loop mystery that is quite interesting and highly rated.

Thank you for the recommendations, haven't heard about beloved or the Chinese adaption of My Mister, though I did see the kdrama version. Interesting to hear they made a Chinese adaption, definitely check out it on when it released.

Yeh I feel bad for Cheng Yi and the others actors of TJOL, its unfortunate for a hyped up drama, but Cheng Yi has two other dramas pretty much ready for release, just waiting on the airing license I think (or they may have already got it), so hopefully those are a better quality.

Very true about MYZ, you could see he was conflicted and for a second I really thought he would just give himself up at the end. Honestly, when you talk about how people were never villains to begin with, I think JYW was more of a villain at the start, the way he experimented on terminally ill patients, it seems at the start whether for love or not, MYZ had more of a conscience, but after Wangqing died, thats when he started to get obsessed over saving her and turned unto a villain. Like you said, his love and obsession created him.

Definitely agree, needed the 5 loops, the loops before, even though he could have figured out MYZ was squid in like loop 3, he needed all the loops to make sure he had all the information and tool to save everyone in the final loop. And yeh the team were great, they trusted him and he trusted them completely.

I'll check out the guardians, I agree with TJOL, I thought it would be more polished and a higher level production to be honest. Besides the actors, seems a bit low budget which is unfortunate.

Hahaha oh so true!

Yeh exactly, they left it open but sequels are so rare in cdrama world, especially with the same cast, so I'm happy with the ending, and if we get a sequel thats a bonus 😊

Hahaha I agree, same hard to express how good it was. When I was writing my review I literally said like I don't know what words will let you know how good it is 😂 so many twists, glad we got a happy ending, what kiss to end it

Was searching for this song just now, trying to find it on Spotify, thank you!

I was having a bit of deja vu myself and just realized, the scene of JYW being killed over and over again, reminded me of Love game in eastern fantasy at the start where the FL dies over and over, eventually she doesn't even care 😂 Also deja vu with the final ep 16 fight, handcuffed bad guy on the helipad, straight out of first responders the kdrama as well, but I'm not complaining great scene.

I think we should also talk about Jiang Yu Wen being a total jerk as well. He conducted experiments on sick people, knowing they are vulnerable and willing. He abandoned two daughters (granted he did provide money for one of them but only after he got his loop ability). He conducted experiments on himself then disappeared for 8 years, only coming back when he needed MYZ work to survive (while acting all sympathetic, like the reason he's dying isn't cause he conducted experiments on himself). Made use of his two friends who died. Planted a bomb to try and kill MYX that proceeded to kill a bunch of other innocent people (without knowing it was a loop day). Made use of Maggie, pretty much playing on her sympathy to steal for him. And then his final act was also a bomb to try and blow up MYZ and again potentially harm innocent people. Don't get eye wrong MYZ is a psycho killer, but JYW not that much better. One was obsessed with the woman he loved and would not let anything het in his way, the other was obsessed with his research. Two sides of the same coin

One thing I forgot to mention in my review which I'll add, is how nice the police squad was. When they combined two squads, thought there would be conflict. But nope, there was constant trust, no betrayal (thank god). And ML realized from the onset he would need help and delegated like a real leader does, and in return they trusted and helped him at every turn. Beautiful team work, such a nice police squad.

Express was released yesterday on iqiyi

Same here with the rooftop scene, plus when he woke up it was all hazy and like had a yellow-ish look I was worried for a second he was dreaming or in the afterlife or something 😂