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He sees her as part owner of the company given her family owns 49% shares. He seems to be gently pushing her into a leadership role. He even called her “his future boss.”

So many characters mentioned that 2ML is soooo extremely handsome. I’m baffled. I’m just not seeing it. Was this actor the right person to convey “extremely handsome”? 🤔

exactly

I wanted to share some more:
1. Midsummer’s Vendela (Summer Rose) - high-quality vertical drama on iQIYI, beautiful romance
2. CEO’s Arranged Marriage - vertical drama on iQIYI, the ML OMGGGGG
3. Go Ahead - family drama, comedy, mental trauma
4. Meet Yourself - healing drama, beautiful nature scenes
5. Love Me, Love My Voice - light, joyful, musical, youthful camaraderie, innocent FL
6. You Are My Secret - longtime one-sided crush, workplace setting
7. Perfect and Casual - cold ML, warm FL contract marriage
8. Wild Bloom - (already mentioned) outstanding entrepreneur FL
9. Light Beyond the Reeds - (already mentioned) outstanding, heavy subject matter
10. Married - starring Elvira Cai, controlling ML, survivor FL
11. My Fated Boy - fluffy JieJie romance
12. Sniper Butterfly - exceptional JieJie romance with depth , heartfluttering
13. The Best Thing - fluffy, beautiful heart-fluttering romance, top-tier visuals
14. First Frost - overcoming trauma, romance
15. Hidden Love - fluffy youth romance
16. Imperfect Victim - heavy subject matter but well-done and thought-provoking, unsettling
17. Perfect Mismatch - silly, funny, light romcom with dark twist, bizarre but I enjoyed it anyway
18. Forbidden Flower - very sexy, naughty, heartbreaking, heartfluttering

This drama so far is pretty light (a pretty standard romance drama rife with misunderstandings and a naive FL, her silly friends, and an impossibly handsome ML). But, interestingly this simple drama has stirred a lot of deep conversation and observations in the comments. It’s great for an easy fun watch.

An outstanding modern drama with depth is “Light Beyond the Reed.” Very heavy subject matter. Beautiful romance though.

“Wild Bloom” with Zhao Li Ying is another outstanding modern drama of substance. She won Best Actress for it.

For trivial matters, sure, share with your friends. For weighty serious matters, I would only share with a mature wise person like my father (or mother if she were still alive).

It’s always interesting and annoying to me when FL characters confide all their business to their besties. Who does this in real life?? I sure as hell don’t. I’m like, girl, keep your business to yourself. Oversharing is not wise. But, then again, if she didn’t blab her whole life and get love advice from her besties, then we wouldn’t have a show, now would we?

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If I can’t even see the screen, the dark lighting is overdone.

The picture quality and lighting are so poor, dark, and dismal in ep 1. Makes me not even want to continue. I guess they are setting a mood, but man, I can hardly see the scene or the characters at times. It feels like it’s shot like an American drama, which I can’t stand. I used to love Kdramas because the picture quality was soooo much better, clearer, and brighter than the American style . Now, Kdramas are trying to become like American dramas. 🙄. That’s why I like Cdramas more these days. They still have the bright light-filled filming style.

I agree. At first, I feared they would be love interests. Then, I was stunned to find they are father/daughter. They look more like peers. Older actors (both parents) would match better. Seo Hyun Jin has a mature look.

It would have been better to talk things out, but would he have agreed to go abroad? Maybe, maybe not. He was was too hooked on her to leave. He needed an intervention. But, it was still wrong the way she tricked him. Then again, like you say, her idea isn’t the only good idea. Going abroad is not everyone’s cup of tea. He would have been fine without it.

yep

She manipulated him in to going abroad, not out of selfishness, but for his future, growth, and professional success. Her method was harsh, but I can see how desperate she was. He was too obsessed with her. It was unfair for her to make that decision for him like that, but it turned out that the connections he made because of it proved beneficial. Very compelling story!

I think SML likes her but also resents her because of her happy, carefree, privileged life and mindset. He feels keenly the differences in their social and financial statuses. He feels insecure next to her which is why he criticizes and puts her down so often. Never tie yourself to an insecure man. He’ll blame you for his failures and find some way to pull you down a notch or two.

They will release the dramas after a few days. This is called the Express Pass for people who don’t want to wait.

Just speculating—Seems to be a case of mistaken identity from what I can see. Lin Yu Sen’s friend must have gotten it wrong and told him the wrong girl liked him.

Oops 😅, I stand corrected. Lin Yusen just called her “sharp” 😆 in ep 5.

Nie Xi Guang is not the sharpest cookie, is she? 🤦🏾‍♀️

Ep 25–Superb. The acting. The writing. “Nature’s laws are not absolute.” I need to ponder that. He Yu’s (Jin Zhao) beautiful, rugged face in that scene was perfection. The emotion. The control. Yet, the intensity. Whoever thinks Esther Yu can’t act really needs to watch this episode.