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I don't get the motivation behind the character Luo Zi Shang. I get he had a troubled childhood but I don't understand why he has this personal hate against Gu Si. There is nothing redeeming about this character. He's just pure villain. And it's not that he's overly smart. It's just that the people he schemes against happens to be not as calculating and conniving as he is. Sigh.

Youku is so weird with how they promote their dramas. You get one extreme like Back from the Brink where they spoil you to death with clips and episodes clips in advance and daily BTS. Then the other extreme is no promo, no advance warning and no schedule. Just drop 1 episode to get us hung on a taste and that's it.

LYN went from being an assassin after Dilraba in The Long Ballad to being her love interest here. Now I am excited but what is with a single episode today? Sigh.

Oh she just looks very similar. Thanks

FL's adopted mother (the actress) is the same one as in Reset (she was the mother of the girl who got killed after stepping off the bus). Her character was very unhinged there and her acting was very impressive.

Honestly, I felt at the time they were younger and forced to break up - neither of them could live independently from their respective families. However, 10 years later, they are now adults nearing 30, have established careers and are both capable of supporting themselves even if they didn't have their family. I would like to see that FL is saying 'let's try again and work together' but what I didn't like was her walking back into ML's life after a chance encounter and she just outright asks "let's reconcile". That's it. No action to show. ML rightly got anger and upset at her. She walked away from a relationship that nearly broke him to pieces. If they support each other, their families can disagree all they want - they can still be together. The problem is FL is wishy washy about her decisions, she admits it. But she hasn't clued in that her mother will never accept ML. So 'waiting' for her to change her mind is pointless. She is drinking her sorrows over a lost relationship that so far, I don't see her doing anything to rekindle with him. It's been 10 years. Why can't she start with "let's get to know you" again. But the direction this is going is angsty, nowhere near what I expect from matured relationships ought to be. And it does sound horrible to describe ML is chasing after FL after just showing up and stirring his feelings again.

I have been worried that it would get too draggy with too many fillers to make it last 40 episodes. I expect the rescues to help fill the time but if it's not, it's going to be hard with a storyline that doesn't seem to carry it for 40 episodes.

Wang You Shuo finally gets a drama where he is THE only main lead. I saw his potential in Ruyi Pavilion and just begged that he finally gets his own drama. It doesn't have to be high production but I really see him with great potential but hasn't hit the jackpot yet. Perhaps he did as He Na (as I've yet to watch that drama) as I've seen many comments saying he's the reason people watch it (over Bin Bin). But I would like to see him as THE main lead and not be overshadowed by other more experienced co-stars.

I'm up to episode 8. Not bad. Enough of rescues to keep me entertained. I worry on how it will be draggy for 40 episodes where the starting point is not a blossomimg love but of one of regret, anger and frustration. I didn't realize Bin Bin was in this drama but he isn't really a cameo and not a lead either. I am enjoying his screen time.

Does anyone know where to find the BGM for this series? I can't find it on Youtube and it's very good.

Has that scene where DJX saw SZ on a video screen with someone and he rushed out passed yet? I feel like I missed that part. It was where he was appearing jealous.

I think it's pretty reckless for her to dish out the P word having NOT watched the drama enough and basing her opinion only on the novel. In these days, the P label has serious negative connotations. People accused others so easily like they are just accusing them of being ignorant. I am Chinese and I don't rely on subs but I don't rely on her reviews either. She over criticizes everything on points that an average viewer wouldn't notice or even care. But because she points them out, magnifies it, suddenly we see it as a problem as well. To watch dramas like we are screening it for Best Motion pictures is very tiresome.

I just checked the first episode. He's dubbed again. I've never seen him in a drama where he uses his own voice.

I'm only giving this a try because of Allen Ren and only because of Allen Ren...

He's so considerate and doesn't act at all like he's never dated before. The part that got me was he asked her to warm his cold hands for him. I'm like, come on...dying here...

Well it used to be (from several years ago), all about class romance (rich boy falls for poor girl or vice versa) troupe that got very tiresome. Now, we move away (a bit) from that and into intricate revenge plots where there is hardly ever a full set of living parents for the leads - someone had to have died/killed in a tragic way to drive the series. I do give it to Kdrama for doing amazing twists and bombshells. Cdrama is no match for it.

I have to say, this is one of the rare few cdramas where there is sweet romance not filled with angst. The one where even the viewer is giggling and squealing over their cuteness. Last time I felt like this was watching You Are My Hero with Bai Jing Ting and Sandra Ma. It helps when the leads are adorably cute in their dating period.

he has a costume drama lead...it's sitting on the shelf awaiting airing

I'm on episode 5. I am tolerating Song Yi's acting. It's not to the point that it's annoying me but I cannot help but think of her role has similarities to Tan Song Yun in the Sword and the Brocade. The difference is her social status but both married into noble families and have zero backing by their own family and having to build trust and relationships with their husband's households. Someone said that it's not easy to play Song Yi's character. Again, I can't help but think TSY would have been perfect for this role. She can do cuteness as natural. She can appear strong will and not exaggerate. If anyone has seen her in Sword and the Brocade will understand this. There are scenes where I am certain that TSY would have delivered better.

I had to google to check but yes she is. I've seen her in other dramas before but the most memorable one for me was being that awful aunt in Minglan