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+1!!! Agree :)

Love this drama so far. Every episode has me wanting more. Love the chemistry between the 2 leads, and it gives slow burn, but you can evidently tell how much LXX cares about ZW. While ZW may appear aloof or not as affectionate as LXX, it shows the contrast between their backgrounds and personalities. LXX can afford to do what he wants because he comes from a privileged background. Sure, he has family trauma, but so does ZWW, whose situation is even worse! She lost both her parents (mother doesn't count) and only has her grandma, who's very sick (in & out of the hospital). She's only a teenager who missed her college exam, but has to shoulder the responsibility of caring for her only family member and figuring out how to pool together money for it to happen. Poor girl is really all alone :/ LXX is really a green forest sent to her by her dad. He's always there for her, cares for her, fights for her, and expects nothing from her (besides hoping his feelings are reciprocated, haha, but who doesn't). He never stays mad at her for long, either (boy is a yearner). Hence, her departure later on will hurt him so much. He just wants her by his side, and that's reflected in Ep 9 when he says he just wants her to stay by him while he works on his portfolio. She grounds him, and I think he sees her resilience and independence as respectable, but also someone he wants to protect because the world has made her like this. These 2 characters really heal and balance each other. And ZW, while aloof, definitely likes him and has grown protective of him, too. EP 10, when she fights against her mother and runs to get his portfolio to the teacher. The girl is so loyal and will give her all for the people she cares about & love. Also, she's not a pushover. I think the script doesn't fully highlight how smart she prob is or can be – given she's just a girl who's at the whim of money rn bc of her situation. But I think she can definitely be super badass, like how she handles her mother & LuoHe & LXX in the beginning when she refused to do business with him. Anyways, rant over – I want to see my leads get together & start dating already. I need their couple's arc before <3 break :(

Btw -- I love the novel too! But I definitely think the drama is lighter. Both are good in their own respective way, & I do implore fans of the novel to treat this drama as its own entity too. If its 100% adapted the same way, it can go well or super wrong. I think it's refreshing the way the director & scriptwriter changed some things up. Keeps me on my toes because it's not completely predictable, but I also feel excited when I see certain scenes adapted into the drama!

Correct translation is just Zhou Wan mother's name!

I think BFX and HFX are either 20years old or younger cause in episode 12 the first prince's advisor mentioned "it's been 20 years... you're still just as cruel". And I feel like the 1st prince was probably abandoned by his mother 20 years ago when HFX was prob born... Also given that the keep mentioning how he's at a marriage age he's probably relatively young.

Just watched the previews or ep37-42 and now I'm wondering if Chang Ge is going to be a princess of Mo Bei based on her outfit?

I completely agree with you. I watched up to ep 30 without subs, and I felt myself being frustrated at her when AS's nanny died. If she wasn't impulsive and trusted AS then everything wouldn't have happened. But after some reflecting I realized it wasn't completely her fault. A strength of CG's that makes her such a badass FL is because she sticks by what she believes in and fights for it. Her recklessness can also be due to her not really being afraid of death anymore. She's been through so much, from her entire family dying to her uncle betraying her to her country forsaking her. This girl just can't seem to catch a break. AS's loyalty and love towards her is something she is also slowly noticing too. I couldn't help but scream when she finally called him A' Sun instead of the formal title.

Based on the recent interview videos that were released it seems that CG is going to mature and learn from all her experiences. The actress mentioned her character is going to become stronger and be a character worthy of AS's love in the episodes to come, so I'm super excited for it!

I completely agree with you. This has actually become one of my favorite C-drama! I love the strong female lead character in this drama and it's so nice to finally see the typical gender role of damsels in distress that need saving. I feel like the rating is so low and people have issues with it just because they can't get over the age gap between the leads (which personally doesn't even seem so evident - just haters imo).

Yess tell this to all the haters!

Can someone explain to me the Ghost Valley? Like are the "Ghosts" actually dead and stuck in the middle between the Living and Dead World or are they a sect?

Just watched the ending briefly without subs and I wished Wu Chun showed more of her powers as the "Mother of the Earth" like where are her badass parts???? Also there better be a season 2 or epilogue series of some sort cause the ending got me so frustrated. It's just like Legend of Awakening all over again - why do Chen Xiao's characters keep dying even when she's the FL?

I'm excited and nervous about the future episodes. The first episode already foreshadows the FL losing her entire family and marrying Duke Su. Not ready for the waterfalls T^T

Agree ^^

Ohh sorry misinterpreted what you meant lol. I think watching listening snow tower would allow you to compare crystal yuan’s acting in both & there are some familiar faces too like Liu da ge

Yes her acting and character is sooooo much better here than in Listening Snow Tower (in my opinion)!!! I can’t believe she’s actually the same actress. I think it’s honestly the fact Listening Snow Tower’s plot and character is just written that way and I found her kinda boring tbh. In this one i felt more chemistry between her and the male lead than in listening snow tower and the plot is more interesting that I found myself rewatching the episodes. This is all my opinion but I would definitely recommend you watch this one

can't waittttt :)))))

Ohh do u know what is Feng she’s role/ purpose? Like who is he exactly?

Wait can someone clarify - is Xuanji the god of war or SiFeng?? Is Hao Chen actually the villan??

I feel like for this drama they only focus on the ML and FL to a point where the side characters all just feel like extras. I haven't been able to properly establish a connection with them and they have so much potential but they get killed off so easily. Already ep 28 and they killed off Gugu, Zhong tao, liuli, and now Feng she!! They all had so much potential too at this point it just feels like if u're not the ML or FL there's a chance you can die at anytime....

I finished watching this drama (skipped a lot of scenes cause so many were unnecessary) and I can say I applaud Lin Yun's acting. She manages to act natural around the 2nd ML even with the large age gap between them and I didn't cringe that bad except at the parts when the 2nd ML was being a man child. Only thing that really kept me going was Lin Yun and SWL's chemistry tbh ahhh I need another drama with them in it.