I swear, If I ever find a kid like Chen yi,I will definitely do my best to protect him. A life from start to end…
you need to understand chen yi. he would not have wanted to be protected by anyone; he depends and trusts himself only. and he feels he's responsible to protect others too. a kid like that would never want to come under anyone. he's always his own boss, that is, until miao jing comes into his life.
I'm glad they showed a scene after that kiss scene in ep 17 instead of skipping to another setting and for them…
i haven't finished the novel, but from what i gather from what i've read so far, what he did in the novel was very different from the drama. in the novel, it says he did some trading, and went overseas to win snooker championships. here, in the drama, it's more traumatic -- boxing. the writing of chen yi is also very different in the novel from the drama. in the novel, he's very nasty to miao jing. in the drama, he dotes on her, to the extend of listening to her. i prefer the drama version.
He is 2 years older. We see them at all age since children to adults.
in many countries, they don't have the luxury of having an adult to take care of young kids unless the kids can't take care of themselves and have no housing. many kids are left to fend for themselves. chen yi and miao jing can take care of themselves, so no one bothers them. chen yi even knows how to make a living without help at that age. he's very streetwise. that's something.
i love the chen yi character in the drama so much better than the character in the novel. the chen yi here makes you want to love him; the chen yi in the novel is vulgar and toxic. and yes, @kokojuju, i agree with you that the script writers have done a great job here.