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I'm loving it! Binge-watched the first 18 episodes in 2-3 days in the midst of a very hectic schedule. When will our hero and heroine become a couple? The romance is a bit lukewarm here.

It's on Viki now, fully subbed. https://www.viki.com/movies/38387c-the-full-time-wife-escapist-special

You can see the difference in the last few episodes, when she becomes her true identity. The baby girl voice vanishes. So it seems she does have a normal voice, the baby one is done on purpose to sound more cute and innocent and vulnerable - nearer to the feminine ideal of that part of the world.

What you say about her voice is true. It was unsufferable for most of the drama. But it seems that the Chinese public wants their women to be childlike, it's part of the patriarchal culture. Voice apart, though, her character has been shown to be very brave and strong and she makes her own decisions. Which is a plus.

This series is so good! Pity that now we have to wait 28 days for the next episode!

Acting skills gap too, which is much more serious.

Is she a great actress, though? I looked her up in Wikipedia and, although I've watched some of the dramas she was in (Crowned Clown, My Fellow Citizens and Witch's Diner), I couldn't remember her - neither her face nor her acting.
If she's not a memorable actress, at least let her be a beauty. And a mature one, to match him, like Han Yeseul for instance, or Shin Min Ah.

That one, surprisingly, was better. I'm saying "surprisingly" because I'm not a fan of Chinese dramas.

Because the two male actors suck and it kinds of ruins it.

She didn't "fall out of love", she discovered that she had never really loved him.

On Viki ep.13 is ready, ep.14 is being translated as we speak.

That snarkiness was uncalled for. As you have every right to say that the drama is quite enjoyable for you, I and everyone else also have the right to point out things that we feel are lacking, without us being attacked. I won't engage in more conversation with you, it's not the kind of interaction I enjoy and in my opinion it's also completely useless for both.

Yes, I know you were talking about the character, but sometimes a character can be given life by an outstanding actor. And the opposite. Do they evolve and become better? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Sung Hoon has stayed exactly the same throughout his career. He arguably was better in earlier projects (Oh My Venus, Five Children) where he had a secondary role than when he became a male lead. My darling Cha Eun-woo has stayed the same too, no big improvement. Same for Ahn Hyo-seop and Ong Seong Wu. Same for Ki Do Hoon whom I first saw in Once Again and now I'm seeing in Jinxed at First. No development. Maybe if they made the effort to drop their career for a while and spend three years in a good acting school... But that's probably risky for them, they might be forgotten and other, younger actors could take their place. They already have a very small window until they go to the army and then they are in their '30s.

The one played by the actor whose name is first on the cast list.

The problem is that she very obviously doesn't see him like a man. At all.
Generally speaking, when you want to know who the girl is going to end up with, look at the posters and the order of the actors' names on the official releases. Here both guys are in the poster, but Chani's name is before the other guy's in every list.

Because as an actor he's totally forgettable.

This male lead is very boring, though. Maybe because he's not a good actor (And not particularly good-looking either)

I can understand why he hesitates. It's because she has never given any impression that she likes him romantically. Deep down, he knows that she doesn't reciprocate his feelings. Confessing and getting rejected would make things awkward and maybe ruin the friendship. But he hadn't thought (or didn't WANT to think) of the eventuality that she would fall for someone else.

That's another matter. And yes, I agree with that. However the character is supposed to be 21. Actors are known to play characters younger and older. Just think of all the actors nearing their 30s who have played high-schoolers. Lee Minho in "Heirs" comes to mind.

She was never 30, she was 21. And of course she would act like that, given her background, isolation and censorship of books. But she adjusted pretty quickly, didn't she, when she saw different sorts of people in the world.