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Oh wow! What is this casting?!

Coming from their drama Lost and Found to this-chef’s kiss. The leads looked amazing together, and the sexual tension? Through the roof. 🔥 Seriously, every glance and every near-touch had me holding my breath.

That said...the plot? A total mess. 😅 I haven’t been this confused at a drama in a long time. Half of the time I was wondering what is even going on and why are the characters making these decisions?

Still, I have zero regrets watching it. Those steamy scenes were absolutely worth it! 😄

Rara usually jumps to her own conclusion and we've seen this happen especially with the identity for dodosolsollalasol. If you think about it, she corrects herself at the end, "I thought you were dead. "

Also, Jun's mom never once mentioned to Rara that Jun is gone - just that he's ill and can no longer come to meet them. Jun's mom never said yes to Rara's question that he is dead. Like mother, like son. Sighs....

One thing they could have done with the epilogue was to have Jun say it to Rara instead of a voice over with old pics. This is saying that he beat the cancer because of his happy memories with her.

Rewatching this now, I’m realizing how underappreciated the piano scenes were at the time. They’ve honestly become some of my favorite moments during rewatch—especially the ones where Jun and Rara play together. And knowing that Go Ara put in so much effort, practicing for months to perfect her piano pieces, makes those scenes even more meaningful.

As for Jun, I'm a bit more open minded now to see that he can definitely pull off something like that ending. He was always this complicated mix—warm and kind, yet secretive and selfish at times. He chose to carry everything on his own instead of leaning on the people who cared about him. Rather than letting Rara go through the pain with him, he pushed her away to protect her, even if it meant breaking her heart.

You have two very beautiful and broken souls who were meant for each other but couldn’t be together. Fake Hong Rang’s backstory was so tragic. He suffered so much, both mentally and physically, from the moment he was born into this world and in the end, he didn’t even get a happy ending. He finally found a reason to live… but succumbed to the poisoning. :'(

Jae Yi spent most of her life waiting, and sadly, it seems she’ll continue waiting for the rest of her days. She lost her mother, father, brother, stepbrother, and lastly, her lover. The writer was incredibly cruel to both of them.

This was actually a really good story, but the drama suffered from having too few episodes, with the series ending at just episode 11. Because of that, the writer had to rush the story. There were plot holes that weren’t explained well and didn't make sense.

That said, the romance — especially in the second half was done really, really well. Like I mentioned, the story was rushed, so we didn’t get to see a full process of how the leads fell in love. It jumped quickly from strangers, to curiosity, to care, to acceptance… and then BAM — “I love you” LOL. It would’ve been so much better if the drama had just one more episode dedicated to showing how they truly fell for each other. Still, they had a very beautiful love story. Also, I'm surprised that Jae Yi didn't get pregnant when she's slept with Fake Hong Rang like three-four times.

As for the characters I hated — obviously the selfish dad who only cared about himself, and the obsessive stepbrother who didn’t know when to stop. The stepmom was mean to Jae Yi, but she served more as a background character than anything else. And we can’t forget that psychotic Grand Prince. Sighs.

Also…I still can’t believe the real Hong Rang was always so close to Jae Yi all along. That part was heartbreaking too.

Honestly, it's a good watch, but I couldn't rate it higher due to the plot holes and underdeveloped romance at the beginning.

I didn’t even finish it to see how bad the storyline got, but I just find it funny how you called out the whole cast except for the female lead. I agree the writing was bad and the characters were written poorly, but I have to disagree about the actress not being the problem. Honestly, I thought she gave the weakest performance—no emotion, no reaction. I didn’t feel anything for her character, and that’s why I stopped watching. That’s just how I felt, and it’s totally fine if others see it differently.

😬 If he couldn't even realize that the FL he chose to act in that drama couldn't act while on camera on set as he's directing then uhhhh....see yah 👋.

😂😂😂 I'm not the only one that thought so.

I kept getting distracted by FL's mature look that I had to double check her age. She's pretty ngl.

Also, I felt so awkward whenever the leads are close together. Plus, they're not selling me on their romance (Could be coming from the ML, he's handsome, but needs more acting lessons). They give off a vibe of a real pair of siblings that are just kissing each other 🤮.

😂 I just got to the part where ML offers her two choices to choose from and he'll help her mom. Can I say those 2 choices are so bad 🤣. He didn't even offer a lifetime deal 😅. Even I wouldn't choose; either be a mistress until gawd knows when or be a divorcee in 1 year. sighs...
edit: nvm, ML purposely said 1 yr for a reason.

Also, It's so ridiculous how FL keeps needing to get saved like the repetition is real.

Was "A Chinese Odyssey" by Stephen Chow out during this era? 🤣🤣🤣

OmGah! FL's character is so annoying and slow 🙄. She knows that her boyfriend has these bad traits and he's not ALL that perfect which she makes him out to be and she let's him slide like giiiiirl, get out of here!

ML is handsome! I've always seen him as a support role in other dramas, but didn't think he was THAT good looking until I saw his other traditional drama where he play as a jerk general. He was quite good looking in there so I had to check out this one and boy he's handsome in here!

Yes, you're correct! The gang would have been fine if Yitan had not been possessed.

😂 Your comments were so funny!

I feel like I'm laughing but I feel the same way as I've read the novel so I understood your frustration. At least, give me the angst with the plot! 🥲

Oh! What?! These two together? ❤️ I have to tune in.

ML was handsome but that's pretty much it. I felt like the story dragged. 50 eps would have been fine. FL was always rejecting ML like why? He's rich, handsome, and wants you LOL. I only finished this because my sis wanted me to watch it 😄

If you actually watched it all, you’d realize that she wasn’t born evil. She was only prophesied to be evil, but it was her own fox clan's elders and humans that ultimately made this prophecy come true.

Or also, me realizing that this director has like "Love" in his works.
"Love Between Fairy and Devil"
"Love You Seven Times"
"Love Game in Eastern Fantasy"
"Love in Pavilion"
and coming up "Shadow Love" and "Sword and Beloved".

Can we get a bit more creative with titles LOL

I get it. I don't mind the new addition stuffs; like you said, it's also one of my favorite scenes so I wished it was utilized well in the drama. The leads don't even have to sleep with eachother to deepen their relationship as per the novel, it would have been nice to see them bond/get close for various other reasons and then bam this box comes into play. But, I haven't seen today's ep to see how it concludes the box issue.

I thought the neck grab was too intense. 😆 I would have left too honestly, and even help you pack your bags and be like let's gooo!

Totally agree which us why I dropped it.

As someone who has read the novel, I kind of wish that box scene came later. That box scene was a significant part which shows that no matter how close the leads get, which they kind of did; male lead will always be guarded against her and put her feelings second. This sets the dynamics and how their relationship will constantly be like, and why this makes it hard for them to open up to each other although Wei Shao can't help but be attracted to her.

I'm also surprised that nobody asked about that neck grab yet. 😄