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I did notice! And I guessed he either raped a woman or was involved with a man for it to be considered really serious. The show was super vague about it so I thought I missed something there.
Yicheng always says he won't help her but he helps her anyway! Lol

She was upset because she was caught in the middle of her indiscretion. She was so scared that he'd know she was actually staying late to fool around with the boss that she got defensive.
I just can't believe everyone forced Erqiang to marry her when the two of them barely talked when they were together.

I'll maintain the opinion that the worst partner so far is definitely Ling Zi who took advantage of Qiqi and then ruined his life and eventually tossed him aside. She's so scary.

It was a very good situation for her because even though she was the one who was cheating both emotionally and physically the whole time, she got to leave the marriage on a moral high ground by making Er Qiang look like the one who did something wrong. That definitely was factored into her decisions.
She wasn't a pleasant character but I sort of feel sorry for her and pity her.

Yes, I decided the artistic angst-riddled shot of the fight would work better. To be honest, the couple were never happily married. It was a marriage of convenience and it ended when it became an inconvenience. So misery shot it is!
Thanks for weighing in on this.

Yeah, I decided to go with the couple fighting one. It was a very iconic moment and it was at the beginning of the episode. The wedding was for a different couple and from the end of the episode so sort of a spoiler. They were both important to the whole picture of the show but I think the most memorable moment from that episode is definitely the fight! Everyone would talk about that so it made more sense. Thanks for the input!

Oh absolutely! I thought when she mentioned Su Qin being pregnant and then calling them shameless and everything, she was actually talking about herself. She was shaming herself by projecting on them. She's a very tortured character.
I vomited my feelings about the scene on a comment from a couple days ago so I won't repeat them but I totally agree. She was miserable too and she just used this as an excuse to ask for a divorce and it was very liberating for her but also painful. Sort of like childbirth. I thought that scene was done very well. It was sort of brilliant.

It's "Chu Wanning, I'll f*ck you to death." followed by Xue Meng turning into dust! lol

I'm going to use this comment section as my personal test audience!
ok, so imagine an episode of a show that starts with a very emotionally draining fight between a married couple and ends with a different couple's wedding. Which one should represent the episode?
1. Artistic shot of the couple fighting
2. Pink and fluffy wedding photo of the other

Time moves in mysterious ways in cdramas...

Ep 22 here, I'm confused, what did Cheng Gang do to get fired?

I don't think Erqiang is out of line in any serious way? I do believe him when he says he has no bad intentions. The show constantly says he is slow which I'm going to take as just being a person who doesn't have any ulterior motive behind his actions. As for 8 year age gap...it's not to my personal taste, no matter which partner is the older one but I still don't think it's as outrageous as the others make it out to be.
As for Xiaomo, while she is extremely illogical and hypocritical, I do understand the motives behind her actions. She's actually not in love with Erqiang at all either and she just tries to convince herself that he's a good person for her to love. Despite all that, she's miserable. So when she found a chance to make a public spectacle that can warrant her getting a divorce for any reason that is not her own discretion, she took that chance. That's why she waited to confront them at the rink and not privately. She was basically telling Erqiang that she is as miserable as he is and they should just end this. Here, the whole "erqiang is slow" thing comes back and why I think it's underselling the character. Because he totally understood what she was doing and he agreed to the divorce because he too realized that Xiaomo was actually giving him an out with her over-the-top reaction.
It was a very emotionally charged scene because they both have some sentimental feelings for each other but they both love other people. Xiao mo needs Erqiang more than he needs her, though. They both knew that and they both knew he stayed with her out of a sense of gratitude. So Xiao mo was actually freeing him from his debt and it was devastating for her to do it but she's also relieved. I don't know. I liked that and now I've ranted about it on your old comment. Sorry...

This might be a very unpopular opinion but the really weird romantic life of Erqiang is so fascinating for me. He and Xiaomo both loved other people and they had such a limp-noodle married life but their separation is so melodramatic and emotional and theatrical. I loved a good effed-up storyline.

He doesn't actually know it was cwn who saved him. Cwn only figured it out when he got Moran's good memories from the Gu flower in the cave and made the connection to the child he had helped and so on.

I always recommend this but The Wife is first is such a happy and fluffy story. It's just super peaceful and fun.

His eyes look like his mother's and because he remembers her eyes as kind, he thought cwn must be kind too. That's the whole thing with his mom and cwn. The mommy issue is an exaggeration joke.

I can't believe I have lived to see the father be the logical person in a conversation...because yes, Si Mei has only met that guy three times! She can't marry a guy like that!

When that scene at the girl's house faded to black, I knew something bad would happen. That girl looked like a troublesome person from the very beginning.

I just started episode 22.

I think the normal reaction would have been to handle the situation as quietly as possible. They made so much noise. If they were so upset about the situation, they wouldn't air their dirty laundry in front of everyone like that. The auntie said the child HAD TO be born...why?! Abortion was the logical option given the circumstances. If the situation had been investigated, then it would have been revealed that he was the victim and she was the rapist.
I feel so sorry for the kid. How old even is he? Is he 20 yet? Probably not.