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I believe FL's mother removed her lipstick and earrings because she just came back from a company party where she had to look put together and flashy. And she did that just in case the ML's father was home because if he saw her with those things, they might get into a fight.

She technically did. But what happened was that Yi's dad passed away and then she left having stolen his bankbook.

She got different hairstyles as she aged to match that.

Just binged the first 4 episodes. I'm absolutely digging the angst in this. I'm also thoroughly enjoying the plot. The acting, chemistry and pacing are great so far!

Wow... I was stunned seeing the reason the FL's mother came to 'bring the FL to a home' (after living with her aunt). It was to appeal to the ML's father's insecurity of not having a 'complete family.'

And the FL's mother used the FL again during the cruise party to prop up her image...

I watched the first 4 episodes and it was soo good!!

Wangquan Zui (played by Wu Xuanyi) and Yang Yi Tan (Zhai Xiaowen) from Love in Pavilion have a drama together as the leads called 'My Drama Missy.'

The ML absolutely does not like his dad because he knows that his dad only values him for selfish reasons. The only times the dad pays attention to the ML are when he's trying to get the ML to do things that will boost his image and his business goals.

It happens at the end of most standard cdramas (with ~45 min) episodes where they release the last couple episodes earlier. Thus, the drama would finish airing a couple days earlier than it states on the airing calendar. (Note: the final airing calendar for next week isn't out yet)

Ep 20 Timeline
*I added more context to YangXY's comment
They play the 'hide and seek' game and break up.
[One month time jump]
Now we're shown LXX agreeing to go on a date with Li Na at the bar. They go on the date. Then ZW & LXX have the call where ZW says she doesn't love him.
[October 2016]
JY has a call with his mom and tells her that he wants to live his life independently.
[January 2017]
LXX imagines himself dancing with ZW.
[July 2017]
ZW receives admission to Huaqing University.
[2026]
ZW helps her company land a project.

"Slow down, Little Six (nickname of dog)."
"In the future, I'll be your jiejie. Call me jiejie."
"Don't claim a connection that's not true."
"Since you look quite handsome, I thought that going on a date with you would be interesting."
"It actually isn't."

I've watched up to the latest episode and have been thoroughly enjoying it!!

I adore her books as well 😍. Her books are very cdrama-esque as well!!

Oh yea, you're right. My bad about that

Yes, technically

Yep. FL's neighbor definitely has feelings for FL. There's also tension and animosity between ML & FL's neighbor. It isn't fully clear why, but there are hints that it derives from them being half siblings.

ML and FL's neighbor share a father, but have different mothers. They are officially half brothers because half of their DNA is from the same father.

FL's mother is the fiance/girlfriend of ML's father, so FL and ML can be considered as step siblings. They share no DNA.

Based on the information he has right now, he kinda has to believe what she said on stage. But I also think he's still a bit suspicious because she already lied about getting close to him, so what's to say she wasn't lying about what she said on stage?

As for the "sister" arc, it's because Guo Yan is almost the wife of the Lu family (she's just not officially married, but is treated like so). Therefore, Zhou Wan as the 'god daughter' of Guo Yan would be the 'god daughter' of the whole Lu family, leading to the "sister" arc.

She didn't acknowledge her mom as her real mom to give the mom a good reputation of acting like one. She did this to still have something to hold over her mom's head (that being they are biologically related).

Ah ok, thanks for clarifying!