in this drama they introduce her as a genious but others as very smart. genious people tend to lack of social…
Sometimes it's not about malice. But how that person has made her feel. Like ting ting she knows lin zixia is no where wrong but whole pimple situation hurted her in front of everyone. What about that? Lin zixia needs to learn that not everytime spitting facts works. But she needs to understand that other person is expecting emotional talk. Not saying lin zixia is wrong but she also needs to improve.
Loved ep2, the story deep dived in how people around a genius struggles. Her brother don't want feel ashamed and compared to her that's why he forbid her to say brother in school. But he love her. I see other parents also force their kids by constant comparison and even going as far as forcing them to adopt same eating habit as her. I get ting ting and her frustration. But tbh this is also a fact that lin zixia lacks the skill to communicate. She lacks in distinguishing the truth that sometimes people need to speak with emotion and not always throw facts. But could I really blame her? As she never got exposed in how to social circle except jiang yu bai.
I get that jiang yu bai bond with lin zixia is both understanding yet competitive in nature. In healthy way. But these 5 years gap did brought changes in jiang yubai. He now don't want to compete with her for the sake of proving but to show that he is in equal footing with her and he too can stand beside her. He is worthy of her. That's why his realisation hit him so hard that lin zixia is far beyond his intelligence and hardwork can ever take him. This has to be their journey that they don't need to be equal in same areas or share same IQ but they can appreciate each other strengths and still being into table the diff thing other person is missing.
This is also the time when jiang yu bai has started seeing lin zixia as a girl. Maybe that's why him openly giving strawberry milk in front of others make him nervous and shy. Or maybe it's after so long that they met somewhere their thoughts have changed.
Why we are forgetting that he is also a human being? Not all can have high EQ and emotional security. They have…
Hmm I see. I am not that far so i am missing the context to comment on that. But what u said does sounds reasonable enough. He should have taken stand. Not sure why he didn't as in ep1 he clearly had. So it's definitely not about male ego. Let's see.
I loved how in ep1 it was shown that lin zixia despite being incredibly genius girl afterall she is just a child. She took can get scared. That big fish section was potrayed so well. Its like Jiang yu bai is filling what's missing in her that is social life and a feeling of being imperfect. Because since childhood everyone due to her intelligence thought that she is perfect sometimes forgetting that she too is a 4th grade child. And she is allowed to be imperfect in other areas. Now that i think of jiang yu bai he is special to her not only because he is her first desk mate or friend but because he was ready to take time to adjust with her. If she says something he will read that. He is the first to protect and hold her hands. He is also jealous that why she wants another good friend when she has him. Like the school days kids.
I don't like the ML behaviour he is hurting her the most Why does male ego hurt so much if a girl is better or…
Why we are forgetting that he is also a human being? Not all can have high EQ and emotional security. They have to learn. Imagine someone always being ahead of u and then u look at urself u feel I am not good enough. It's a very human nature, it's not about male ego. About hurting i will not say anything as i haven't reached that far to understand. But if it is hurting her, he will understand. If he is not doing it intentionally. Both needs to work in order to understand that they both possess diff skillset and they compliment each other like in ep1. But it's a journey dear. Let the characters take their time.
As u mentioned there do exist people who think like this and that's sad.
I understand lin zixia's classmates. Imagine she is very intelligent and read books which people read in their middle or high school. People are little bit scared of her as to how she can do things which they can't or doesn't seem normal for children of that age.
But i understand lin zixia as well. She is incredibly intelligent. But she don't have superiority complex which is rare.
I laughed at the lin zixia's weird way of coaxing jiang yu bai by making him a specimen of her research on how normal people live 😂😂😂
Child actress is so cute and funny. I bet it must be hard for her to read and remember all those lines full of physics and maths terms. Same goes with child actor.
Luqing armor as u mentioned is hard to even understand considering story never gave any insights about it. It's…
Luqing is hard to read fr. But he do love xiao fan. Somewhere i also thought that lu qing coldness is his intentional behaviour coming out of ego of not showing his feelings. But idk like u am also clueless about lu qing.
Luqing armor as u mentioned is hard to even understand considering story never gave any insights about it. It's…
Xiao fan still do love lu qing. There is no doubt in that. But it looks like a phase of letting go. U know the time when emotions u carry is giving u nothing but pain, unbearable pain then people start to distance themselves. Not because they stop loving them but because to them now letting go is the only way to preserve the last bit of love and respect they have for other and also to maintain mental peace for both parties. To me xiao fan's love looks like that.
Another point I felt when congee was mentioned. I know I am fool to over analyse it but that's how I feel here. When lu qing told xiao fan to make some shrimp or beef congee. Xiao fan ques him that then maybe it will be too gluey. Then lu qing said to add onions. And xiao fan said I will add diced celery. It's a very minute thing. But to me( my overthinking mind) i feel that xiao fan is talking about their relationship that maybe if we go on like this then it will not end good( gluey) and lu qing said to add onions( i see as improvement effort that if it comes then we can deal it) then xiao fan said ok we can add celery or maybe by adding or putting effort their relationship can still work. But he already had started saying no and ques people which old xiao fan would never.
Then we had the movie cd. He mentioned one line " can u turn back my white hair black again" i do think he is also applying the same logic with their relationship. And one more line " she came without grace but left gracefully" like how he came without any status or anything. But he might be leaving with his self respect.
I do think most of the audience here are expecting loud revolt but i don't think it can be possible. Xiao fan is written in a way to show that not all no need to be loud some no comes silently but they are still powerful.
Like showing resistance in taking keys. It means so much to xiao fan but he has learnt the hurt it comes with. He is politely saying no as to say that i am good.
But this is also a fact that if u are soft people don't take ur no seriously. That's why people are forcing xiao fan till now.
About lu qing i guess his pov will not be shown in series. Sometimes when drama makers tells story they add lot of monologues and story pov to tell what their characters are feeling. Xiao fan being a complex and silent person they must have thought that adding his pov and monologues to tell his feelings are more imp to understand all these as lu qing actions are also loud. So audience could have connected dots. Which looks good on paper but too much one sided storytelling leads to audience not able to understand other person. As not always actions are enough. Words are also necessary.
This was long. But I felt like writing as mostly people are annoyed by story. And only few including u take everything into consideration. So it feels like a Convo which have higher chance to be understood. 😅
I’ve been falling behind on this series and Ive finished up to ep 5… is it worth it to continue watching or…
Depends on ur definition of growing spine. Please understand one thing. Xiao fan is a timid person who was always told that he is not worth it and he built his whole personality just to accept things. So when a person is himself in doubt wrt self worth it's hard to have a revolt in loud manner.
His resistance is quiet in nature. He changes his feelings towards the people and situation. He will still be soft to people instead of showing aggression because that's his personality. But he will try to learn to say no and ques people. But that no as powerful as he say it will not in a way that u would expect like bashing it out and serving them their karma. His questioning will be subtle but powerful enough for other person to understand that something is changing.
Now i know why it's bittersweet love....Because in expectation of sweetness I'm only getting bitter taste and…
When u found it let me know the exact timeline in ep. I will watch it to cut down the bitterness i am feeling after their actually bittersweet love era in the apartment when they were in college. That was the last sweetness i felt.
Did he compare FanFan to a cell phone and say that if he throws the phone away again, he’ll throw him away too?
He didn't compare him with an object. Don't go with literal words. When people are angry they often express in a way that are wrong.
What he meant is " don't throw this phone away in trash if u do it next time i will throw u out of my life with that cell phone".
To lu qing phone is not a big deal. He is wealthy enough to buy one again. He gave that phone to xiao fan as gift or an act of service just so that they stay in touch and talk whenever they want without any disruption. To lu qing it carries emotion. Same goes for xiao fan so when lu qing saw that phone is thrown he thought he is throwing away whatever they had along with that phone. It hurted him.
Same like apartment keys is not just a key to xiao fan but acknowledgement that they mean more than just brother in law and sympathy and gratitude and whatever transactional is happening between them. To xiao fan how keys mean as entering into lu qing's life as a lover same for lu qing that phone carries value.
Ep2, and everything is going as per the theory. People of shazou are not allowed travel permits to report to emperor and even more so he was given filtered info. Governor rules like king. His niece showed that how even wealthiest family with silk trade( silk in desert is hard to afford as u need to import silk and only wealthy people can purchase it plus it can't be as available as like in capital) has little say. As thought the arms were never paid attention which makes things worse considering its has strong military base for a reason...if we look into the geography desert areas are easy to attack and hard to defend provided enemies has good camels and desert horses with relatively superior arms...it's an open field with only climate in favour of citizens because they are used to the climate. Transportation and food would be blocked if enemies attack or even maintain the stronghold in the key trade routes. City has to give up. Considering its a desert area land is barren nothing can be grown there. So storing rations and arms should be the most imp thing for the military wgich clearly isn't the case here. That's what make this whole situation worse plus add governor who don't care in times of war or internal conflict he will be the first one to escape. The bandits will and can't defend city even if they want to if some day enemies attack them. This Ning dynasty is just in ruins all institutions have failed.
They mentioned how ministry of war and chancellor xu were demanding money but none were getting invested anywhere. I wonder where all these money going? It can't be just to the governor's pockets. We all saw how governor just waste the precious water for stupid entertainment and lushy green plants that demands more water. Plus the wood with which the residence is made up of.
The emperor was really impressed by meng ting hui of her dareness that she understand the politics but is unaware that how emperor is also binded by the ministers. I wonder when she says using women as blade how exactly she mean by that? Through espionage, or through diplomacy. Need to see in later ep.
We have then revelation of parts of meng ting hui past where her sisterhood bond with xiang was revealed. Her only one who used to protect her from beatings, her only softness in that harsh world but tragedy is that she has to see her xiang getting raped and murdered by monsters when she can't do anything. I felt sharp pain because of that. No wonder why meng ting hui still had nightmares and how she despite seeing so many males with arms scares her but she has learnt to protect her by using words. No wonder why meng ting hui wants to seek justice. But seeing her dossier and whole prison thing tearing that dream and hope, the only way she ever thought is the only way to get into imperial court which sadly she can't now but in desperation she tried to clung into ML whom she thinks is a good offical from capital who maybe sympathise her and help her. But she as her in nature didn't let her guards down. Her pickpoketing nature surely is helping her.
I am moved by the fact that strong sisterhood was shown here between meng ting hui and fu zhi. Last i saw this kind of bond in Flourished Peony. The way fu zhi is ready to be married in the condition of release her to let her have imperial exam when she never wanted this tells a lot. Even im confinement she was all thinking about meng ting hui and not about herself.
I am not understanding just how much power this chancellor xu holds to even enter ancestral hall when royal decree was not published? He is arrogant and seems authorative. The way he ordered to make the emperor himself forcefully come back within five days seems like much more bigger is buried in the sands of deserts and we need to see as to what. And the key is that black market. Waiting for more revelations and how these two resolve their issue and meng ting hui pursue her dream to seek justice.
Well to be honest , watch only because of ML , the FL actress with her ghostly white face , she looks to me like…
Actually if u see her in double she was ok. Here she maybe production team has given her touch like that idk. But it's also the truth that chinese entertainment industry do whitewash people like hell.
Consider it as a makeup of ancient China, when women used to apply toxic lead powder to give ghostly whitish pale look. It's a fact so i see it coherent with that.
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I get that jiang yu bai bond with lin zixia is both understanding yet competitive in nature. In healthy way. But these 5 years gap did brought changes in jiang yubai. He now don't want to compete with her for the sake of proving but to show that he is in equal footing with her and he too can stand beside her. He is worthy of her. That's why his realisation hit him so hard that lin zixia is far beyond his intelligence and hardwork can ever take him. This has to be their journey that they don't need to be equal in same areas or share same IQ but they can appreciate each other strengths and still being into table the diff thing other person is missing.
This is also the time when jiang yu bai has started seeing lin zixia as a girl. Maybe that's why him openly giving strawberry milk in front of others make him nervous and shy. Or maybe it's after so long that they met somewhere their thoughts have changed.
As u mentioned there do exist people who think like this and that's sad.
But i understand lin zixia as well. She is incredibly intelligent. But she don't have superiority complex which is rare.
I laughed at the lin zixia's weird way of coaxing jiang yu bai by making him a specimen of her research on how normal people live 😂😂😂
Child actress is so cute and funny. I bet it must be hard for her to read and remember all those lines full of physics and maths terms. Same goes with child actor.
Another point I felt when congee was mentioned. I know I am fool to over analyse it but that's how I feel here.
When lu qing told xiao fan to make some shrimp or beef congee. Xiao fan ques him that then maybe it will be too gluey. Then lu qing said to add onions. And xiao fan said I will add diced celery.
It's a very minute thing. But to me( my overthinking mind) i feel that xiao fan is talking about their relationship that maybe if we go on like this then it will not end good( gluey) and lu qing said to add onions( i see as improvement effort that if it comes then we can deal it) then xiao fan said ok we can add celery or maybe by adding or putting effort their relationship can still work. But he already had started saying no and ques people which old xiao fan would never.
Then we had the movie cd. He mentioned one line " can u turn back my white hair black again" i do think he is also applying the same logic with their relationship. And one more line " she came without grace but left gracefully" like how he came without any status or anything. But he might be leaving with his self respect.
I do think most of the audience here are expecting loud revolt but i don't think it can be possible. Xiao fan is written in a way to show that not all no need to be loud some no comes silently but they are still powerful.
Like showing resistance in taking keys. It means so much to xiao fan but he has learnt the hurt it comes with. He is politely saying no as to say that i am good.
But this is also a fact that if u are soft people don't take ur no seriously. That's why people are forcing xiao fan till now.
About lu qing i guess his pov will not be shown in series. Sometimes when drama makers tells story they add lot of monologues and story pov to tell what their characters are feeling. Xiao fan being a complex and silent person they must have thought that adding his pov and monologues to tell his feelings are more imp to understand all these as lu qing actions are also loud. So audience could have connected dots. Which looks good on paper but too much one sided storytelling leads to audience not able to understand other person. As not always actions are enough. Words are also necessary.
This was long. But I felt like writing as mostly people are annoyed by story. And only few including u take everything into consideration. So it feels like a Convo which have higher chance to be understood. 😅
His resistance is quiet in nature. He changes his feelings towards the people and situation. He will still be soft to people instead of showing aggression because that's his personality. But he will try to learn to say no and ques people. But that no as powerful as he say it will not in a way that u would expect like bashing it out and serving them their karma. His questioning will be subtle but powerful enough for other person to understand that something is changing.
What he meant is " don't throw this phone away in trash if u do it next time i will throw u out of my life with that cell phone".
To lu qing phone is not a big deal. He is wealthy enough to buy one again. He gave that phone to xiao fan as gift or an act of service just so that they stay in touch and talk whenever they want without any disruption. To lu qing it carries emotion. Same goes for xiao fan so when lu qing saw that phone is thrown he thought he is throwing away whatever they had along with that phone. It hurted him.
Same like apartment keys is not just a key to xiao fan but acknowledgement that they mean more than just brother in law and sympathy and gratitude and whatever transactional is happening between them. To xiao fan how keys mean as entering into lu qing's life as a lover same for lu qing that phone carries value.
They mentioned how ministry of war and chancellor xu were demanding money but none were getting invested anywhere. I wonder where all these money going? It can't be just to the governor's pockets. We all saw how governor just waste the precious water for stupid entertainment and lushy green plants that demands more water. Plus the wood with which the residence is made up of.
The emperor was really impressed by meng ting hui of her dareness that she understand the politics but is unaware that how emperor is also binded by the ministers. I wonder when she says using women as blade how exactly she mean by that? Through espionage, or through diplomacy. Need to see in later ep.
We have then revelation of parts of meng ting hui past where her sisterhood bond with xiang was revealed. Her only one who used to protect her from beatings, her only softness in that harsh world but tragedy is that she has to see her xiang getting raped and murdered by monsters when she can't do anything. I felt sharp pain because of that. No wonder why meng ting hui still had nightmares and how she despite seeing so many males with arms scares her but she has learnt to protect her by using words. No wonder why meng ting hui wants to seek justice. But seeing her dossier and whole prison thing tearing that dream and hope, the only way she ever thought is the only way to get into imperial court which sadly she can't now but in desperation she tried to clung into ML whom she thinks is a good offical from capital who maybe sympathise her and help her. But she as her in nature didn't let her guards down. Her pickpoketing nature surely is helping her.
I am moved by the fact that strong sisterhood was shown here between meng ting hui and fu zhi. Last i saw this kind of bond in Flourished Peony. The way fu zhi is ready to be married in the condition of release her to let her have imperial exam when she never wanted this tells a lot. Even im confinement she was all thinking about meng ting hui and not about herself.
I am not understanding just how much power this chancellor xu holds to even enter ancestral hall when royal decree was not published? He is arrogant and seems authorative. The way he ordered to make the emperor himself forcefully come back within five days seems like much more bigger is buried in the sands of deserts and we need to see as to what. And the key is that black market. Waiting for more revelations and how these two resolve their issue and meng ting hui pursue her dream to seek justice.
End of episode diary
Consider it as a makeup of ancient China, when women used to apply toxic lead powder to give ghostly whitish pale look. It's a fact so i see it coherent with that.