Charlee

I'm not excusing his behavior whatsoever but I can't stand Tilan. She brought a lot of unnecessary suffering to herself.

I ship them too but I don't think he's sadistic. I think his character is complex and I'm waiting til the end (if I can make it) to conclude what his character is truly like.

I completely concur!

He legit has anime eyes! They kind of sparkle like Luhan in a adorable way not creepy like a lot of actresses and influencers.

Thanks!

Starting ep 2 rn =)

Sounds like everything <3 Love the equality part, a huge issue with cdramas and entertainment in general.

Yeah I heard it was the sh1t! But because I prefer pure romance as oppose to war stories, I put it on hold for a minute. Since this show is a hotmess and Novoland Pearl Eclipse is boring af to me, I thought I'd give The Long Ballad a try. I'm ok with the leads not having major kissing scenes since there is a age gap and I still see him as the kid from Nirvana in Fire lol.

Truth lol. I started The Long Ballad and it's just what I needed to ease into adulting after skipping to ep 22 of Rebirth to You and it still being a complete waste of time. I couldn't start real life until my palette was refreshed XD

Wow, that's truly disappointing. One thing I don't like about skipping is that I'll have no idea what's going on. Thanks again for that heads up! I really should be adulting instead of binge watching anyways lol

I agree, she has a nice voice, very fitting to the character.

Yeah not a fan of the chipmunk sound.

I think I'll just skip to scenes with the leads and Dong^2 and Qing An. It irks my ocd, but it'll satisfy my curiosity and push through the bs =) Thanks for the heads up without major spoilers. Appreciate it!

They look similar and they both can speak Cantonese! What a coincidence =P

I'm only on ep 19 and I'm thinking "40 episodes of high blood pressure". I watch cdramas to destress, not add on to it. I've been going back and forth about dropping but I do like Joseph Zeng. After reading some comments, I don't know how much longer I can push through. Thanks for your post, it was insightful!

Cuz I think you're hilarious

You are so ridiculous lmao! I'm like crying XD That's really the only way to deal with psychotic keyboard warriors, just spam the same sh1t cuz nothing gets through to them lol.

I concur. I've gotten up to ep 8 and the struggle is real. I'm pushing through cuz I'm really curious how the relationship between Hai Shi and the Emperor blossom.

Well the fact that the first few minutes has a dad choking out his own daughter, it's kinda an indication we're heading for some heavy stuff. Not shipping the age gaps of the lead characters either. Imo, it's not a very exciting start but I'll continue to watch and see how it goes =P

Lmao, samesies! I can't look at that mug >.< But I'm interested in the story and I like Yang Mi and Xu Kai Cheng so I'll bare with it.