lilswtangel

Prince Jing's son, he was seen a lot with the Second Prince in S1. Most memorable scene is when he held the poetry writing contest at his manor.

In season 2, the Emperor bestow marriage with Li Hong Chen and Ruo Ruo....and Yuan Meng (manager of Fan Shi Ze's "brothel") is his lover.

Regarding Ye Ling Er, the cast switch IMO falls flat. The original Ye Ling Er in S1 was sassy and brave, befitting of the daughterof the strong Ye family. Jin Chen's portrayal shows none of that.

Missducky88 is right but to elaborate further:
baba (爸爸) = modern day colloquial term for 'daddy'
a'ba / ah ba (阿爸) = modern day colloquial term for 'dad'
diedie (爹爹) = ancient day informal term for 'daddy' (still used in some regions and dialects but not very common as it's considered to be an archaic term)
a'die / ah die (阿爹) = ancient day informal term for 'dad' (same as above)
fuqin (父亲) = formal term for 'father' (used past and present)

Fan Xian often calls Official Fan 'fuqin' whereas Fan Shi Zhe and Fan Ruo Ruo use the more endearing 'a'die'. This is not to say that Fan Xian doesn't speak endearly to his father, he'll sometimes playfully call him 'fuqin daren' (父亲大人) which means ‘Lord Father'.

So to add context to the scene you were referring to is a play on words which only makes sense to those who understand modern day Chinese:
Fan Xian asks Baba what her name was and she replied 'Baba', so it sounded like she was calling him 'Daddy' (in modern Chinese) which was why his first reaction was to say ’I didn't teach her to call me this' which would have gone over Mrs. Wang's head as they are in a historical Chinese setting.

Agree! Hong Zhu is so dead-pan with his delivery and very smart. He's such a scene stealer in the short glimspes we've had of him so far.

Without spoiling it, he's actually a very important character in the novel so good news for us fans.

And if you want to be spoiled, you can even just skip to chapter 746 - Afterward. 😉

So far as ifof episode 11, there were three original cast members who were replaced.

There may be more, but we shall see as the future episodes air.

1) Yan Bing Yun - Xiao Zhan replaced by Wu Xing Jian
2) Ye Ling Er (Lin Wan'er's best friend) - Han Jiu Nuo replaced by Jina Jin (surprising as she's usually FL in most of her dramas)
3) Li Hong Chen (Prince Jing's son (shizi) aka the Emperor's nephew) - Liu Run Nan replaced by Wang Tian Chen

I think the OP meant he died three times in Lovely Runner now...

But spoilers, he's also died in the the following:
1) 20th Century Girl
2) Strong Girl Namsoon - BWS literally carried this show as the rest of the cast and plot were nonexistent.

It was always planned for three seasons and it's no easy feat to schedule filming to fit everyone's calendars if it meant retaining the same cast not to mention the pandemic followed shortly. Also, the production didn't know that season 1 was going to such a massive hit. Fortunately, all but two of the original cast returned for S2.

Please don't let this keep you from watching this masterpiece. Even as we were all anticipating S2, most of us would have even accepted it, if albiet begrudgingly, if that production had say there wouldn't have been a season 2. That's how awesome Joy of Life s1 is.

Plus, from your profile pic of Li Lian Hua and Fang Duo Bing, I can see you appreciate intelligent characters and brotherhood....there's no shortage of that in Joy of Life~ :)

I'm going to get some flak for saying this, but Wu Xing Jian's Yan Bing Yun is a vast improvement over Xiao Zhan's portrayal in S1 (and this is coming from a huge Xiao Zhan fan, especially his Wei Wu Xian).

Xiao Zhan's Yan Bing Yun was such a stick-in-the-mud and he had the same one glare on his face in every scene he was in (even if it wasn't much).

I am hugely enjoying S2, but in saying this...I do miss the darker cinematic colors and smart humour of S1 rather than the more saturated lighting and slapstick humour we're getting in S2. The first time the yodeling music came on in episode 1, I did a double-take.

I tend to root for the underdogs who are really harmless, so I really like characters like Fan Shi Zhe and Guo Bao Kun and I hope to see them back in Southern Qing sooner than later.

Lovely Runner

Episode 11 was such a treat!!

I'm sorry, you've lost me there...who's the 'loser' you were referring to above?

I tried watching the Special Edition to refresh my memory of S1 after so many years, but needless to say, I ended up binge-watching season 1 all over again because the editing feels a bit choppy with the cut scenes. Plus, why would I ever want less of Wu Zhu? I remember wishing he had more scenes.

I do appreciate the new opening of episode 1 though (research library vs hospital scene),

Can't wait for next week, it'll be a good one for dramaworld:
1) 13-14th May - Lovely dovey coupley scenes between SolJae episodes 11-12
2) 16th May - Joy of Life S2 finally airs after 5 long-awaited years since season 1!

Looks like Qin Lan's voice still hadn't recovered in the episodes above.

I just saw that their was a reunion of the DHTR5 cast! Episode one is out on China HunanTV youtube channel and it's been labeled as 'Divas Hit the Road 6' but I don't think it's an official season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygSch-CJiXo&ab_channel=%E6%B9%96%E5%8D%97%E5%8D%AB%E8%A7%86%E8%8A%92%E6%9E%9CTV%E5%AE%98%E6%96%B9%E9%A2%91%E9%81%93ChinaHunanTVOfficialChannel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc6SwHhhVb8&ab_channel=%E6%B9%96%E5%8D%97%E5%8D%AB%E8%A7%86%E8%8A%92%E6%9E%9CTV%E5%AE%98%E6%96%B9%E9%A2%91%E9%81%93ChinaHunanTVOfficialChannel

HaoYue had so much info on people of interest with her spy network (e.g. GYX scarring himself and becoming the Commander of the Security Bureau) but how could she not have known that the Hua family males over 10 were exiled?

Also, did I miss the family finding out GYX and SY were from Prince Ling's family? I thought they only knew he was a Shizi (son of a Lord) but didn't know his surname was Gu. I just saw Shen Huan in Prince Ling's mansion when they were scouring through the medical books...

Also, did I somehow miss the big reveal to everyone that Jian Er was the sixth prince aka new emperor at the end?

I really enjoyed this drama, such an easy and addicting watch. Great to have CPs of equal standing.

Just a few questions in the spoiler comment as I might have missed the answers during my initial watch.

Thanks for the info!

Anyone know where I can get the umbrella hat that 大哥 (Tan Jianci) gave 迪哥 (Yang Di)? It made its appearance in episode 1 second part, looks super useful. I did a quick Google search but the quality of the ones there are pretty poor compared to the one 迪哥 had.

Hua Rong's husbang Jiang Zhenzhi (?) - Nooooooo, say it ain't so~ I started to really like him when he realized that Shen Huan already had another girl in his heart and then....his love at first sight with Hua Rong. Of course, they had to make one of the most likeable characters a villain.

Just like He Feng Tian, Gao Han appears as a supporting character in many of Xu Kai's dramas. Looking forward to when he will get a leading male lead role.