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It began well but fell terribly.
I thought Lu Feng's character was a green flag until he grew up and constantly pressured sexual interaction on Yi Chen (Xiao Chen). Even when they were studying, the first time Lu Feng initiated, Yi Chen was dubious and so young. Yi Chen wasn't willing one hundred percent. He's new and, agreeably, needs time to process queer fantasies.
However, the way the entire show proceeded to telecast Lu Feng's toxic masculinity and repetitive rape scenes on Yi Chen, where the latter becomes a victim of Stockholm syndrome, made this show super irritating.
To be frank, I felt Yi Chen always looked spaced out. Or as if feeling confused and sometimes nothing at all. His expressions made me not engage.
I didn't understand Yi Chen's brother's character. Although he has hidden the fact of Lu Feng writing a message to Yi Chen and asking to wait for him, he has asked Qin Lang to be his brother's boyfriend out of guilt(?). So that his brother would be happy?
This plotline truly intrigued me with the way the brother evolved from the young, straight foreigner to the rainbow community and became a part of them. Tried my best to engage with the drama he built for his brother, but it felt too toxic to hide given how he once was and still kept certain things unapologetically.
All three had suffered for his dumb act, but perhaps his young age could be given as his excuse in his defense.
Later on, the episodes seemed like a rabbit hole with Lu Feng keep circling and Yi Chen's trust and heart broken once again. Perhaps, once broken, nothing can be revived again fully.
Lu Feng broke Yi Chen's brother's leg and made the latter's mother get a heart attack. Hurt Yi Chen himself too many times. This felt crappy to the point that I didn't understand where the show was leading. Nobody's in the show; no character seemed to have a thought to talk things out, clear things up, or have some self-respect.
The only character that I could like was Qin Lang and his relation with Yi Chen's brother. At least they developed and grew together to be a healthy, understanding couple despite issues.
As though I didn't like the concept of how Lu Feng's whole personality issue—possessive, obsessive, a liar, and a stalker—was nullified/labeled for his health condition, but that was what made sense. He was indeed sick. and deserved SPECIAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
The realest and most satisfactory lines in the whole show:
"After how he treated you, do you have no self-respect?" - Yi Chen's brother to Yi Chen
"If you really love Yichen, can you learn to respect him a little? Haven't you learned your lesson after all these years?" - Qin Lang to Lu Feng
The quality of the show was extremely mesmerizing, but the plot was just meh!
However, the way the entire show proceeded to telecast Lu Feng's toxic masculinity and repetitive rape scenes on Yi Chen, where the latter becomes a victim of Stockholm syndrome, made this show super irritating.
To be frank, I felt Yi Chen always looked spaced out. Or as if feeling confused and sometimes nothing at all. His expressions made me not engage.
I didn't understand Yi Chen's brother's character. Although he has hidden the fact of Lu Feng writing a message to Yi Chen and asking to wait for him, he has asked Qin Lang to be his brother's boyfriend out of guilt(?). So that his brother would be happy?
This plotline truly intrigued me with the way the brother evolved from the young, straight foreigner to the rainbow community and became a part of them. Tried my best to engage with the drama he built for his brother, but it felt too toxic to hide given how he once was and still kept certain things unapologetically.
All three had suffered for his dumb act, but perhaps his young age could be given as his excuse in his defense.
Later on, the episodes seemed like a rabbit hole with Lu Feng keep circling and Yi Chen's trust and heart broken once again. Perhaps, once broken, nothing can be revived again fully.
Lu Feng broke Yi Chen's brother's leg and made the latter's mother get a heart attack. Hurt Yi Chen himself too many times. This felt crappy to the point that I didn't understand where the show was leading. Nobody's in the show; no character seemed to have a thought to talk things out, clear things up, or have some self-respect.
The only character that I could like was Qin Lang and his relation with Yi Chen's brother. At least they developed and grew together to be a healthy, understanding couple despite issues.
As though I didn't like the concept of how Lu Feng's whole personality issue—possessive, obsessive, a liar, and a stalker—was nullified/labeled for his health condition, but that was what made sense. He was indeed sick. and deserved SPECIAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
The realest and most satisfactory lines in the whole show:
"After how he treated you, do you have no self-respect?" - Yi Chen's brother to Yi Chen
"If you really love Yichen, can you learn to respect him a little? Haven't you learned your lesson after all these years?" - Qin Lang to Lu Feng
The quality of the show was extremely mesmerizing, but the plot was just meh!
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