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People started getting mad bc of the outrageous love lines. It started off as a love triangle (dw, it's not really), and then it lead to love hexagon. But, what I really liked was how everyone handled the rejection or how everyone was quick to reject the person. There wasn't too much conflict between all those love lines. Everyone is still good friends with each other. If you want a romcom, this drama isn't it. It's not a typical idol romcom drama. It's family centered drama with a roller coaster of emotions. You will feel happy and laughing in one scene and in a split second it's sad and you cry. Romance happens 2nd half of the drama, but there are a lot of cute and sweet adorable moments in the beginning as well. The last few eps were kinda draggy and I had to power through it, and I had complaints bc the side characters had more screen time than the mainlead. But overall, still a great drama. I'm rewatching it a 3rd time already.

If you see other BTS of the drama, SWL is a really really shy boy. It's a wonder how he can be soo smooth and great/natural at skinship or behaving like a bf. I think director was a big help in directing how swl should behave in romantic scenes bc swl is known as a "straight boy" meaning he doesn't know how to sweet talk. Similar to Yibo. There was a bts of swl and tsy enacting on the couch where he suggested getting marry. In the drama he was very gentle in pulling JJ in his arms and wrapping his arm around her. But in the bts he was rough and the director and ling dad was saying they look more like siblings than lovers. He's still a young boy, and I do see a lot of improvements in his acting. He doesn't have any background training like the rest of the others. He never went to theatre school or anything, it's all by accumulative experience. But I am sure he has had private acting classes.

Exactly! Some say JJ saved LX, and Li dad saved ZQ. For me i think both JJ and Li dad saved ZQ, but without JJ ZQ will still survive.

No he doesn't and honestly he doesn't need it bc it's not what he desires or needs in his life at this moment. What he needed was to belong to a family, to officially and legally belong bc if it's not legally then he still have this fear of being abandoned. So what he needs isn't a gf but a family and to cure his abandonment issues. I honestly don't understand why everyone wants ZQ to have a gf. A happy ending doesn't require a significant other.

"Missing you, missing home, day dreaming. Dreaming about being with you, dreaming about marrying you and having our kid. I even thought of a name for our child"-LX

and then I broke down sobbing when JJ said "Ge, what's wrong with you, are you sick"

I've rewatched that scene many many times. It made me realized how vulnerable LX truly was/is. How much he had to endure during those 9 years in Singapore being apart from the people he loved. How much JJ meant to him and how she was his sole salvation to keep him going throughout those years. I wouldn't put it past him the thoughts of suicide occurred. He had to day dream often to keep himself going. A young adult that has to go to medical school, take care of his mentally abusive immobile mother, take care of his kid sister, cook and do chores. That's way too much for a person let alone an 18 year old. People say he's weak but I say he's one of the strongest character I know.

JJ's words broke me bc it showed that she really is the only person that can truly understand LX. No one knew or cared to be perceptive enough to know that something isn't alright with LX, but JJ could sense it, could see it. Her helplessness and frightened tone when she said those words got to me deep.

I analyzed every aspect of the drama, but that watermelon smashing part I never really got. I guess, it could also mean all good things will eventually come to an end. Since the best part is the middle of the watermelon, and he never got to have it since it was dropped. The best part of his life was the decade with JJ, Li dad and ZQ, but especially with JJ. He had to leave the only happiness in his life, the only sweetness in his bitter life.