whoissilmoy

OK I 'll take your perspective too then

there never was a plot with Zhang and the merger, I was imagining it. Did this drama even have a plot?

I finished watching and I should never have chased any plots.

don't worry, everything works out, in fact, everyone's problems are nicely solved.

the characters yes but not the inheritance

their relationship remains the same at the end; the drama is not focused on fl and ml relationship so they don't take it the next level, otherwise, it will distract from the ending

there was only acknowledgment from the ML, I did not see MCH agreeing to marriage any time soon.

MCH is a career woman first so the ending is fitting.

ZiYu did reconcile with her mom, they just didn't want to waste screen time, so they will just have character express it in her lines, similar to how I learn about YZM past over the course of the drama from a few lines here and there. Ziyu is quite mature and says she is after all her mother, so she feels it is right thing to do to take care of her, despite her mother never took care of Ziyu. Zhang and Ziyu are not important to the main story, so it's really waste of time to dwell on it.

here today, gone tomorrow

well. in real life, it is often the critical illness that can either draw family together or tear them apart, cause people to reflect and draw out their regrets and guilt, and in real life, some families are torn apart in these stressful events. In this drama, the characters are relatable but not the smooth uneventful resolutions in their work and personal lives, where everything works out in their favor. The one event that is realistic is YZM dad died before YZM can have a second chance, that is usually the case in life, as example, we get busy don't visit family, father dies, never see him again.

There really is no plot with the Zhang character

the mother grew up poor so she's always concern about costs

a wedding scene and even a proposal would distract from the main story (mother daughter finally understand each other) that is why there is none. Now that I've watched the entire drama, I finally figured out what was important or not important to the story because the drama takes many episodes later before revealing. There are a lot of great scenes and great lines and I agree with the message about prioritizing family over everything else. At the beginning of the drama, I thought the mother daughter were very close, intimate, and loving, but late in the second half of the drama, I suddenly realized they're really not that intimate and so they didn't understand each other. MCH said it was always a "love/hate" relationship with her mother. Only after the mother gets sick, does she visit her mother's hometown and learn about her mother and understand her better.

It makes sense to me that YZM and MCH are not thinking about marriage yet. These two are emphasizing career over marriage for now.

I recall in ep. 1, MCH mom told her no sex before marriage, and her mom/dad lives with them, so they really ought to get marry soon, so YZM can move into master bedroom with her. They should buy a bigger newer house, so Mrs. Liu doesn't keep hearing noises above her.

I thought there was a plot with Zhang and maybe a merger since the hotel had financial problems, but it all turned out to be nothing. All the problems in life are solved on their own. The people who treated others badly has paralysis or died. After a cancer scare, the mom finally changes. YZM and MCH do collaborate on a new hotel together and MCH is not in a rush to get marry.

There are 200M single women in China today and 70M more men than women. MCH is lucky to have YZM because she would not be able to marry down, and usually by mid 30's, will be harder to marry.

I'm not sure I agree with MCH to her mom "tear off her title as mom and be herself". I know what she means, for her to no longer worry, but a mom will always be a mom until she dies, she will always tell you to make sure eat, dress warm, etc. No mother ever stops worrying.

I love the opera act in the last episode. It must be her real voice too.

Ok I figured out why the YZM's father had to died. By his death, it allowed YZM to figure out that he was wrong too, and also to deepen his bond to the Mai family. This is a family drama, so it makes sense that they want to show how family comfort each other in times of distress, but I'm still sad for his story, although it's apparently not important.