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I didn't see this as an open ending. What was the question that wasn't answered?

I watched the same version.
I share the sentiment of WTF is going on with the plot of hey, we're strangers who don't even like each other, let's get married and treat the marriage seriously.
If you can ignore how jarring the setting is, it's get better later (but gets worse again close to the end).

I agree! A specially the last episode where she has an impromptu meeting at work and comes late to the party.
It would be cool if she was showed to set some boundaries and saying she has a train to take. But she writes home to say she might not be able to come.
Which is exactly the thing her parents did and what was showed as her biggest childhood problem.🤦🏻‍♀️

The plot about them being together "just because" felt so forced for me.
And this whole thing about a painting that wasn't even mentioned later on🙈

This being a marriage of convenience was the biggest problem for me to get into this drama.
They were so incompatible in the beginning that the whole idea seemed ridiculous rather than romantic. The plot felt forced in beginning, got better in the middle and sunk in the last episodes.

The ex is handled quite good (thanks to both women bonding before knowing they are love rivals). There are two more "stories" after that. Neither captivating. First finishes the ML's brother story (in bewildering way). Second is a mandatory propoganda part about Chinese cultural heritage.
It was really dragging at the end. I lost all my interest but finished for the sake of completing the drama.
No need to come back.

Your comment reminded me of the stand up comedian Jimmy O. Yang and he's talk about Asian parents and their expectations. It was fun to watch but I guess it's hard to life.

I think you should prepare yourself for a lot of screentime given to the mums (and dads). There's a whole arch going for the parents.

I really hope she didn't go to look for a job. That would be so terrible. She's just came back and is still recovering from her break-ups (with the fiancee and the company). If she was to search for a job straight after that argument with her mum, it would be awful. As if she was trying to be that perfect daughter again, even against her own feelings.

I think rating any drama after two episodes is not a thing to do. So early in the show it's clear the rating is based on liking the actors and expectations rather than the series itself.
There should be no rating until the drama is airing.

It was said (by her mother) FL earned a lot. I don't think she stays with her parents because she has no money. Beating or not, it's her mother and her family home. She came back to old and familiar to heal her wounds. If she was to rent an apartment, she could as well stat in the USA.

Same for me.

It seems ML has already been somewhat romantically interested in FL. Now they are reunited as adults and there're already hints of her noticing he's a man now.
(Only why Jung Hae In looks so little like himself in other dramas? Have I not know it's him, I'm not sure I would recognise him.)
The mum is crazy and downright abusive (I can understand a smack on the arm in emotions but she was lying to get FL come back home so she could beat her with a spatula). It was very off putting and maybe that's the reason it was difficult to get in the drama for me.
Anyway, seems the second arch of the story is for the mum to see her daughter as a human and not a sum of achievements. Hopefully, appreciate her husband as well.
At this moment I don't care for the second couple at all but they are not annoying.

I really want to like it but I'm not captivated. I keep watching as it's not bad but at the end of episode 2 I'm not thrilled/excited to know what's next. I think it's really easy to guess what's next but maybe there's going to be a surprise?

You need to enter this fantasy land, other wise ML seems more like a stalker than a love intrest.
She hardly remembers him from school and was totally oblivious to him back then but he was in love with her all this time?
In reality he had no chance to see the high school-aged FL as a real person so he liked the fantasy version he created from observing her from afar. He could only start to love the real her after they got togheter as adults.

They declared they love for each other and then waited for ages to get a marriage certificate. In the end it felt flat when they get married (more like "finally!" than anything else).
I liked Zhao and Rao Jing so let's pretend her pregnancy didn't last forever (even if she's been 3 months when ML was transferred, he came back after 6 months and yet in the last episode she was still pregnant 😆)
Wasn't interested one bit in the third couple's story. To make an obstacle from the wealth is absurd and I hope the girl will find someone more suitable.

I really wanted to like this drama more but it felt lukewarm... I liked the beginning (although I'd rather they married as the synopis says) but then lost my interest around Tang's mess and then struggle to finish. A pity.

Aren't their story somewhat mirroring the main couple's?
Although the gap is bigger for the second couple, ML also is richer, better educated and has better prospects than FL. Yet, it's ok for her to move in with him and let him buy her a car. At the same time she continues to work hard and successes at work.

I liked the story but found myself skipping a lot of scenes. I liked how stable (character-wise) FL was. I liked the leads' relationship. It seemed genuine and was based on mutual comunication.
What I didn't like was the editing: why their foreheads were cut off in so many scenes? It was driving me crazy that only parts of their faces were shown.

It wasn't great at the beginning but seemed promising so I gave it a chance. It lost me somewhere in the middle part. I couldn't grasp the story line (that is, couldn't understand what the story is supposed to be about) and got tired of constant bickering of the main couple. It was supposed to be a slow burn but it seemed more like they couldn't communicate their feelings (even after getting married, twice).
To top it all ML's make up and hairstyle seemed off for some reason and he looked funny instead of handsome (shame, as I know he's handsome).
In the end I dropped the drama. I probably could finish it if I was really bored but as it is I didn't want to loose so many hours on it.