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Firing the ancient kiln

Qi Yi and YueXin are a lovely couple. He tells her what’s on his heart and she understands he is not a smooth talker to other girls. He is so smitten and his care for her is obvious. He is willing to step back and be friends, her response, ask me again. 😁First kiss in a beautiful setting. Xu Xiao has been let into the inner circle of the claw machine.😂 These two are equally sweet as they enjoy together the one fun thing she allows for herself. Her mom hovers over her too much. But we don’t know XiaoCen’s history and how severe it might have been healthwise. Old habits do die hard. I just really wish she had a better means of delivery for her care than her incessant nagging and micromanaging. Her love is appreciated but also very stifling. There is a reason every time Xiao Cen is asked a question about preferences they all lead back to mom. She oversees everything. 😝 Maybe her little sister can mellow her out a bit. The kiln master grudgingly admits the workmanship was good on the porcelain his assistant made. He is annoyed that it was fired in a modern kiln and doesn’t forgive him for that. Xiao Cen quietly shows him some books and reminds him that there was a day when this kiln was considered new and innovative. The kiln master stubbornly agrees to an order and his assistant is worried that his mentor is in poor health and it is a lot of work for a small order. They load up what looks like a forest full of wood and monitor the kiln and kiln master carefully. Sometime right before breakfast the kiln master collapsed and it was not caught immediately. He is rushed to the hospital where they learn he had cancer and was pushing through its final stages. His apprentice is monitoring the heat at the kiln because it cannot be left unattended. This may be what his master had in mind. His apprentice will now have to make all judgments for himself in a trial by fire. This episode has a lot of beautiful scenery and sweet couples. But for as much as the mom gets on my nerves, it’s like her spidey sense of danger is up and Xiao Cen is getting weaker as she gets more stubborn about participating. I am glad Xu Xiao is monitoring her closely and hope things stay on a smooth course for Xiao Cen’s health.

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WOOJIN AND GUNWOO SO CUTE

WOAH. GREAT. MYEONGIL IS THE BAD BOY he starts off seeming like a great, kind, innocent loaner but he lends 100m won to some big hotel company heir so he can build a hotel, and his only conditions was that he adds a casino and bar and a place for people to quarantine in the future if another crisis like covid occurs. But basically myeongil exploits small business owners by giving them a loan and paying all their debt, only to come back the next day and say you didn't pay “this, this, this and this” fee so now your interest has gone up. Myeongil, the CEO of smile capital his loan shark company, bribes people like assemblyma park (some big mp) so that the police would turn a blind eye to what he was doing LIKE U EXPLOITING OLD ELDERLEY PEOPLE LIKE WHAT. BUT MYEONGIL MAKES THE MISTAKE OF EXPLOITING A MOTHER OF A PROFFESIONAL BOXER, GUNWOO so he finds out, comes to his mothers cafe where the loan sharks and myeongil are pressuring her about the debt and THEY DESTORYED HER CAFE AS WELL LIKE I FELT BAD WATCHING THAT but gunwoo saves the day only to be stopped by myeongil’s big man, beom who beats him up, but since he had grit and still didn't give up the fight, myeongil wanted to recruit him, only for gunwoo to spit at his face, which make myeongil carve a deep wound into gunwoo’s face. BUT GUNWOO SO CUTE AND BADDIE at the start of the ep he beats woojin a successful boxer and ex marine and they start to become besties and they so cute like their friendship makes me jealous.

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well this went from bad to worse... &…

well this went from bad to worse... & ironically the person i am pissed at is Hae Jun - think even if the 1st season i thought he was "slow" maybe it's his acting, but his behavior given what Jae Hun is doing to him is absurd. he's acting like he's drugged, who willingly lets someone cuff them???? he is infuriating to me - well at least now his disgust at being kissed is justified. *******also didn't get his going to met Su Hyeok, who he doesn't know at all, yet he is meeting with him to find out about Jae Hun - ok i guess. *********************************************************************************************************************************not angry or even shocked by Jae Hun, cause the dude was, is & will forever be crazy. he showed us this in the 1st season. what he is doing here isn't that different - the only thing different is Hae Jun's not on contract & isn't getting paid. he treated Hae Jun like a thing to be used & not a human in season 1. they fact he fell for him & then eased it with the crazy, might have deluded Hae Jun into thinking Jae Hun (cause of love) has become a better man. nothing can cure crazy -

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i am so confused about so many things, 1st…

i am so confused about so many things, 1st off i might have missed this in the previous ep, cause i looked away... but every time Hae Jun get's kissed he looks revolted - EVERYTIME! it's like he is being forced - as in the actor, not the character & then i ask 'why did u agree to a 2nd BL?!?' cause his character is supposed to be into Jae Hun & as they in a relationship, he should want to get kissed. but throughout this ep every kiss, his face was scrunched up in revulsion - what gives?!???? was the director holding a gun to his head?!?? given his behavior i wouldn't be surprised. ***********************************************************2ndly Jae Hun is supposedly obsessed & in-love with Hae Jun, yet there i time that i wonder, given the fact he called him fat, doesn't like him eating this & that, tells him he is making a mess. i get that this also a very fitting for an abusive partner. but he sometimes talks to Hae Jun like he hates him. & lastly Su Hyeok - what is he trying to achieve? cause given everything he does i don't get a clear objective. how does going to Jae Hun's childhood home & awakening those memories make him break-up with Hae Jun & return to his fiancé?!? don't get the thought process of that whole scene with Su Hyeok

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after the train wreck that was season 1 idk…

after the train wreck that was season 1 idk what i was expecting from season 2 - maybe it was just morbid curiosity that brought me back & after watching this 1st ep, sad to say this another train that's gonna derail it's. Hyeon Seo's (who's playing Hae Jun) acting has gotten worse - somehow... but nothing was good, the audio - whack, the editing better then the 1st season, but we just getting started & the kisses OMG but they cringe to watch, one is eating the other - it's like they aint in sync - wasn't there a director around??? i get low budget - but this is ridiculous. **********************************************************& the new (snake) in green, he wants to break up the pair so Jae Hun will go back to his fiancé, by drugging & almost "date raping" him?!? how that work??? *****************************************************************************************************also, i didn't get why Jae Hun acted like he did with Hae Jun; the bell & telling him he couldn't leave his side, they in a relationship & unlike Jae Hun, Hae Jun doesn't have a fiancé or another love interest. here he was waiting for Jae Hun to come back, like an loyal obedient wife. so didn't get the overly possessive behavior - unless Jae Hun is just nuts.

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The incredibly inscrutable ML

I think the problem with this show is that while the story wants to portray the ML, Feng Teng, as emotionally reserved and aloof, possibly somewhat due to his parent's death, they have gone overboard. It's one thing to make him difficult to read by the FL, Shanshan. But he is near impossible to read even by the viewing audience. Which makes him very, very hard to empathize with. Especially since many of his decisions do not make sense from a normal healthy male romantic sense. His inability to communicate is not a new disability for C-Drama ML's, but he's taking it to an extreme that just isn't healthy and certainly doesn't make him attractive as a romantic partner. Communication is a hugely important part of any healthy relationship so who would want to be in a relationship with someone who can't seem to communicate? He keeps leaving her hanging out to dry, gaslit with no information about what he's doing or thinking and making her vulnerable to gossip and rumors again and again. Oh, and my goodness, could Shanshan's two besties be any worse at relationship advice? They are both so negative and always talking her down and predicting the worst for her relationship! Thank goodness Manager Yan (Feng Yue's husband) stepped in at one point with some really encouraging words and advice to her!

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