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Are they ever gonna release the recipes from the show??? 😭

Oh yikes. I saw one scene with him asking the doctor why someone wouldn't like food he made but I skipped it before I could get the context. I guess he was talking about the Bike Lady. I guess they're going to be a thing now? *Sigh*

Most Valuable Players (MVPs) lol

I nearly felt bad for Lin Xiaoyu when the parents were talking about her childhood after her mother left, but I couldn't quite summon the sympathy. I feel like this character will make it hard for me to like this actress in anything else and I guess that's a testament to her good work lol.

If this drama ends without Elise and the crooked doctor going to prison, I will be extremely disappointed. They should never be happy or know a moment's peace for the rest of their miserable lives.

Finally, I really have to say this drama made Victor so unappealing that I skipped all his scenes and now I don't even know what is happening with the bike shop lady. This is the biggest sin of the show for me cos the only reason I even decided to watch it was cos of WZC 😭

Oh, shout-out to Ke Song's parents yet again for being the MVPs.

It was an accident. She was being too arrogant and wasn't careful enough about what she was doing.

I thought Thomas said if their conduct outside the competition was unbecoming, they could get disqualified? This video should be Lin Xiaoyu's second strike since LKS didn't report her for locking her in the car before. Also, since he spends so much time watching the CCTV, didn't he also see Victor swap LKS's ingredients the first time? Thomas seems to only care when it's convenient or when he can blame LKS and JQF for something.

I'm hoping this latest stunt has firmly removed the scales from Blu's eyes so he can focus on the competition and stop wasting time on Xiaoyu. I skip all of Victor's scenes so I don't know what he's up to but I'm sure it's nothing interesting lol.

As for all the criminals in this show, I really hope they get caught soon. Especially that doctor. I hope he loses his license and goes to jail.

My thoughts exactly. Everyone was overreacting and making a huge fuss over his personal problems instead of acknowledging that he really is a genius if they didn't even notice that he'd lost his taste. Those reporters especially were so embarrassing cos they all took it so personally.

Uncle Lin is one of the only characters with sense and I appreciate him too

You have a point about Tan Jin knowing him, but I guess I just want her to try a different approach. Give him the information and let him do what he wants with it, and that way there's no one saying "well if you'd told me things would've been different".

But seeing how NYS acts now, I'm starting to understand her more, cos he's clearly not ready to do what needs to be done in the fight against his father.

That's my suspicion too but also why I said it sounds too cliche to me lol

NYS is so funny cos on the one hand he claims he won't fight her for custody, but then his father says he will do whatever he wants as long as he gets Ping Ping and NYS is just quiet. He knows his father's plans even if he doesn't know everything the old bastard is doing, but he just looks on like an idiot and then acts like it's out of his control when things start happening. If he doesn't want to fight for custody, he should tell Tan Jing that he will sign whatever she needs him to sign relinquishing any claims to Ping Ping until they get to a place where they trust each other again. I'm sure if he did that, his father's mask would fall immediately and he'd finally see what's been right in front of his nose this whole time.

As for Tan Jing, I feel for her cos she's all alone, but what's the point of not telling NYS what his father has done/is doing? If she doesn't tell him what's going on, he's just going to keep assuming she's being unreasonable and then falling deeper into his father's clutches. I don't know how she thinks this is helping cos clearly it didn't help in the past, and it won't help now.

Finally, I wonder what the story is with NYS' father and Fang Ting. Fang Ting seems to have a deep hatred for the old man and I hope they tell us why, cos I have some suspicions but they sound too cliché even to me lol.

I also think Ke Song's parents are nice and normal. They're not overbearing or scheming or manipulative. It's easy to see how Uncle Lin and LKS's dad are brothers. I don't know where Xiaoyu got her nasty personality from though.

I think it was because he couldn't taste the mushrooms and her father talked about teaching him to make it now that he's tasted it. He always acts that way when the issue of his taste buds comes up, and it's getting a little repetitive now.

Lol. I guess that's why the other producer asked him to tell the right story and stop letting his feelings get in the way - the unspoken love story. People would ship them anyway when they see how they look at each other and talk about each other in the documentary.

I don't think there was any big mystery behind her parents' deaths. They just died, I guess. And Ung's biological father was just a deadbeat, that's why Ung was so scared he might turn out to be like him. They didn't explicitly explain either of those things though.

I get all that and I'm not saying he has to be perfect. What I'm saying is that I don't like his behaviour at this point in the show. I can understand what he's been through and still not like the way he treats Ke Song. A person can have unresolved trauma and not be abusive. Anyway, like I also said, I'm looking forward to his growth as a person once he unpacks everything that he's been carrying.

Ahhhh, I didn't even know he was already married. He just seems overly invested in every little thing Yi Ran does in that relationship. I guess he believes it's for YR's good so that's why he's doing the most, but it's just weird.

I'm sure (at least I hope) there will be character growth eventually and at that time, my opinion will change. For now, I can't excuse his behaviour because of his circumstances. Everyone has flaws, yes, but that's not really an excuse for doing hurtful things to people around you or to yourself. I'm looking forward to his transformation cos I'm tired of not liking him and I want him to be happy too. Also, while he may be trying to find out who poisoned him now, he was extremely unpleasant to Ke Song long before he knew he'd been poisoned.

The thing Xiaoyu said about Ke Song's dad made me wonder just how much she really hates Ke Song and how long it's been going on. Cos initially it seemed like she was acting out cos she didn't get what she wanted but now it looks a lot more vindictive.

It's starting to look to me like Xiaoyu was also the one that got Ke Song to eat that pepper that nearly killed her when they were kids. This manipulative and borderline psychopathic behaviour didn't just start from nowhere. She also seems to hate Ke Song's parents and enjoys seeing Ke Song in pain. I really enjoyed the slap Ke Song gave her cos it's been a long time coming.

Unfortunately, Ke Song immediately reverted back to being a doormat after that and I'm so tired of it. I wish they'd let her stand up for herself especially now that she's seen what a snake her cousin is instead of always being timid and taking the blame.

My thoughts on Jiang Qian Fan remain the same since he refuses to learn how not to take out his displeasure with life on everyone around him. He keeps acting like an African parent and instead of apologizing to Ke Song for being an a**hole he just gives her food to eat and pretends nothing happened. The pattern is starting to look a touch abusive cos it's always after he's done something like scream at her or humiliate her in public.

At this point I'm only watching this to see Ke Song grow and cos of the food.

Oh, why is Yi Ran's brother micromanaging his relationship with Chu Ting? If he likes her that much maybe he should go date her himself?

The street food is actually my favourite part 😍