midori99

Yes im so hoping for that.

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While everyone else is complaining about the "toxicity", im over here like why did they cut out the NC scene at the end!! argh...

Seriously though, both actors exceeded my expectations. They left me speechless.

Has he forgotten he’s dying? 😭

Omg this episode was fire! So intense! But why did they cut out that part? Was it not shot?

Hands down that bathroom kissing scene is one of the hottest I’ve seen!

These two were going at it even during rehearsals 🥵 I love it when actors are so dedicated 😁

I have to say Chinese authors are some of the most unhinged ones 🤣

The good news is that surprisingly we get to see so many Chinese BLs now even though they’re toned down.

This one has some of the best kisses I’ve seen in all Chinese dramas, so that’s definitely an improvement.

I did watch the original adaptation of this one many years ago. I can't remember much of it but from what I recall, it was way darker than this one. I was like how did this even get past chinese censorship?

Omg that revenged love novel was not for the weak 🤣

Did they use voice actors to dub this one?

I haven't read the novel but this whole trend of toning things down really frustrates me because it's happening more and more now, not just in BL but in other Chinese dramas as well. They water down morally gray, flawed characters just to make them more palatable to today's pearl clutching generation, resulting in a caricature of a character who was once really complex and interesting.

thks for the excerpt. wow they were not so subtle about it in the novel. i like it. don't know why you said the change in the drama is gonna affect season 2. i thought that storyline was over. so i guess there is more to it then.

dgmw i love our main couple but im also a sucker for the mafia romance trope where both characters are morally gray antiheroes.

ah really? i kinda liked them together!

as someone who hasn't read the novel, from the drama alone, it felt like they were both attracted to each other. qinglong's feelings were more apparent while liuyi seemed oblivious to his own. just look at the way liuyi looks at qinglong, it's so different.

he practically worshiped qinglong and put him on a pedestal. maybe liuyi thought he could never reach him and settled for having him as a brother in law knowing his sister already loved qinglong. but liuyi made sure qinglong became a part of his family so they could stay together forever🥹

on his bday, right before he asks qinglong to marry his sister, there's this longing on liuyi's face as if he wants to ask qinglong for himself instead. idk maybe im reading too much into it 😩

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lol it was obvious the whole time!? now im having flashbacks of all the times he chusan was zeroing in on liuyi's 🍑 🤣

i don't fully understand the games they were playing with each other. i only know the bad guy wants to know who killed his brother and the good guy is just a good cop who wants to do good lol. from the last scene, i think the bad guy ruled out the good guy as a suspect and that the good guy may now want to help the bad guy find out what happened to his brother!!? i'm not sure.

i just need a season 2 so that i can see the MLs couple era. we need to see that otherwise what's the point. what intrigued me the most about this couple is that they have such a different dynamic than the typical chinese BL. i was kinda shocked that he chusan turned out to be the pursuer while liuyi is the other way around. now i wouldn't be surprised if he chusan turns out to be the top and liuyi the bottom 😂

yeah the thing with the second couple is that they were introduced quite late and out of nowhere i had to focus on these new characters who weren’t very interesting or likable. it felt like even if you skipped their storyline, you wouldn’t miss much. maybe i'll be more invested in them next season.

yeah like i said i wasn't a big fan of the show. i gave it a 7/10 which is still a good rating from a strict rater like me lol. the thing that irked me the most was the bad dubbing! believe me nothing looked like the 80s. i know it personally that's why it somewhat bothered me for not being able to fully immerse in the era.

but i enjoyed watching it overall, mostly stayed for the boys. they were really good, esp the actor playing liuyi.

yeah you helped clear up some points like the girl's age and how being in the 80s, it was hard to track. while i wasn't thinking much about the police finding them, it was more that i found it odd that the gangs from both sides were looking for him but couldn't pinpoint him. maybe not enough time had gone by like you said.

the gun part annoyed me because he is a big gangster. he obviously has many guns, he even particularly bought one for he chusan. he could have used that one.

the post credit scene didn't make any sense to me at all.

the show has many shortcomings. maybe the budget wasn't that much.

yes you are right, messy wasn't the right word. it's more like ridiculous. i would say from ep 7 onward, the plot took a nosedive. liuyi started acting out of character, trying to hook he chusan up with a girl who if im not wrong was underage. and how easily they escaped the crime scene and managed to stay under the radar for days. liuyi fighting with knives! why not use guns? the whole he chusan's rescue didn't make sense. it was so tense and then the next moment he was just laughing around. the plot was supposed to take place during the 80s but nothing looked 80s to me, not the clothing, not the hairstyles, not the cars.

Finished it. The last episode was chaotic. I don’t understand what the deal is with the second couple. I wasn’t paying much attention to them. I kept watching despite the horrible dubbing because the MLs were phenomenal. Besides the messy plot, their acting and chemistry shine through and make you invested in finishing the drama. I really hope we get a season 2.

The best part of the drama is the slow burn romance between the main couple. The worst is the existence of the second couple.