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Divorce Papers Fell and So Did Someone’s Heart

Episode 20 really said “goodbye fluff, hello battlefield feelings.” We open with a brutal reminder that time moves fast in this era, because Chang Yu has already spent an entire month searching for Chang Ning with zero luck. A whole month! With war raging in the background and human trafficking rising like the worst kind of trend, Chang Yu spends her days roaming around trying to rescue victims while secretly hoping her little sister might be among them. I don’t know if it’s the plot, the bleak scenery, or that gloomy color grading, but the opening stretch felt like someone dimmed all the lights in the drama. The warmth we were swimming in earlier is gone, replaced by war, blood, and separation. It honestly felt depressing in that quiet, heavy way. But then the episode throws us some very delicious Chang Yu and Li Huai An moments and suddenly my mood went from “oh no” to “oh hello there.” Previously I thought Li Huai An only saw her as a friend or maybe a little sister type, but episode 20 is clearly the beginning of a feelings upgrade patch. The way he looked at her when she broke down from frustration and sadness over failing to find Chang Ning was so gentle it almost melted my screen. That gaze had everything in it: admiration, concern, empathy, and the silent promise of “I wish I could fix this for you.” And then came the golden scene. Chang Yu drops her bundle, Li Huai An picks it up, and boom, he finds the divorce paper between her and Xie Zheng. The man tried to keep it subtle but excuse me sir, I SAW THAT SMILE. It was a tiny, lowkey smirk but it screamed “so you’re single now?” I was fangirling so hard. Li Huai An immediately trying to keep Chang Yu nearby by offering her a place to stay, and then hesitating to leave for the front lines the next day because he wanted to help her search, had me internally screaming. I love it when men fall for my girl, what can I say. The more the merrier. Please line up. And yes, I am absolutely waiting for jealous Xie Zheng moments like they are snacks. Speaking of the man himself, Xie Zheng also receives the divorce paper and wow, the annoyance was real. We finally got that iconic angry, obsessive Zhang Ling He expression and I was living for it. At the same time, he learns that Sui Yuan Qing abducted Chang Ning because they assumed she was his daughter, when in reality she is his sister in law. I don’t know why but I find Xie Zheng and Chang Ning’s brother sister dynamic ridiculously cute, so now I’m very invested in his inevitable rescue mission. What I liked was how calm and composed he stayed while processing the news. He handled it with strategy rather than panic. Although let’s be honest, if the kidnapped one were Chang Yu, he would probably storm the enemy camp like a one man army. I also loved the clever move where he asked General He to spread the rumor that Chang Ning is his daughter so Sui Yuan Qing will think she is an important hostage and won’t harm her. Smart king behavior. So even though the episode starts in a pretty gloomy place, I’m actually enjoying the parallel plotlines a lot: Chang Yu and Li Huai An slowly building tension while Xie Zheng prepares to save Chang Ning. The only part that left me scratching my head was the ending, where General He’s man suddenly tries to take Chang Yu into custody. I’m not sure if that was part of some bigger plan or if things are about to spiral into another layer of chaos, but either way episode 20 definitely shifted the drama into its darker arc while sprinkling just enough romantic tension to keep my fangirl heart fully operational.

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We saw it coming!

#Loved the main leads chemistry and their dating era.------------------------------ POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD----------------------------------###There are 3 things in this episode which we saw coming. #1. Mirae's friend being absolute chaos and bringing the fear among the "Boyfriend on Demand" team. I mean it was obvious, if you create a dating simulation, there will be atleast one person who will treat it like a game and finish it so soon, which might be a huge loss to DU team. #2. The webtoon writer was supposed be caught one day and thus she is facing consequence now. #3. Now FL being caught by ML was my expectation but ML going in place of FL in the simulation was not on my bingo card. #Overall a great episode. Can't wait for the Finale. I hope the show stick the landing.

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NOW THIS TIME THEY ARE FINALLY TOGETHER LIKE TOGETHER TOGETHER

THIS TOOK WAY TOO LONG. BUT OMG IT WAS SO NICE TO FINALLY SEE THEM TG GOSH WHEN HE WAS THRUSTING HIS TOUNG BROOROROOOO UGHH I GENUNLEY LOVE NAM DOO HYUK THAT MAN IS MAJESTICALLY AND OMG JIWOONG TRIED TO DO A ROAD TRIP WITH EVB BUT SUNCE HE WAS A NEW DRIVER HE WAS TOO SCARED SO WHEN HE WENT TO PARK HIS MUM’S CAR THAT HE BORROWED WITHOUT HER PERMISSION THE SAME PARKING SLOT WAS GONE BUT THEN THE CAR THAT TOOK IT WENT SO THEY TRIED PARKING AND HE CLDNT SINCE HE JUST COULDNT GET THE CAR IN YK SO JIWOONG TOLD HEEDO TO CALL YIJIN BUT FOR HER IT WAS A TAD BIT AWKWARD SINCE AFTER SHE KISSED HIM WHEN IT NEW YEARS, YIJIN SHRUGGED IT OFF SAYING I LOVE U BUT I WORRY FOR U AS A PERSON NOT A ROMANTICAL INTEREST LIKE BROSKI WHO CARES IF YOU GET CLOSE TO THE SUBJECT NO ONES GONNA CLOCK LIKE BROS GOING ON ABOUT HE’S WAVERING AND WANTS TO WAAVER LIKE SHUTUP LIKE EVENTUALLY YOU’LL CHANGE DEPARTMENTS ANYWAY.AND JIWOONG SO CUTE LIKE WDYM U WANNA HOLD HANDS WITH YURIM SO WHEN HIM AND YURIM MEET AFTER HER TEAM COMPETITION WHICH THEY WON GOLD IN BTW WITH THE TAE YANG FENCING TEAM (IT WAS THEIR LAST ONE BEFORE THEY GRADUATE AS SENIORS LIKE WHAT, AND IT WAS SO CUTE WHEN YEJI CAME TO CHEER FOR THEM EVEN THOUGH SHE NOT PART OF THE TEAM ANYMORE) THEY MEET AND IT WAS REALLY COLD SO JIWOONG WANTED TO HOLD YURIM’S HAND BUT WAS TOO NERVOUS AND PLUS SHE BIUGHT GLOVES FOR HIM SO HE TRIED “ACCIDENTALLY” LOSING IT TWICE AND EVEN TRIED GIVING IT TO AN OLD LADY SO HE CAN HOLD HANDS WITH HER BUT EVENTUALLY HE ACTS AS THOUGH HE LEFT IT AT THE ARCADE SO THEN THEY FINALLYYY HOLD HANDSS

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Attitude in ShenZhen

At least WanZhi keeps in touch with her best friend. Thanks to XingKe, WanZhi’s dad finds out where she is. To his credit, WanZhi’s dad didn’t cut any slack on the school staff for their obeisance to the Han family. It was easier for them to fall flat in helping WanZhi when she didn’t bother to stick around. XingKe has lost his student status and has 3 years in prison. I can’t find fault with this because he could have killed Han Bin. The Han family is getting the expected slap on the wrist but they did not cause the Mayor his job. This is actually a big win against big money. He goes to see WanZhi in ShenZhen and they both are equally stubborn and unbending. It caused a scene which worked in the spatting father/daughter’s favor as it calmed things down before even more was said to widen the chasm between them. Seeing the friendship bonds she had made for herself, he bargains with WanZhi to set herself up in a year or come home to finish college. He would have done better bargaining for her to take classes there to complete her degree. Going back to her school with the Hans and their crowd would not have been a favorable environment for WanZhi. She is disappointing referring to him as a foster father, and he is disappointing leaving with the first train instead of investing more time with his daughter rather than skip a day of work. This is where these two fail each other in a big way. There is better news for Juan who has finally agreed to be an official couple with Cpt Zhou. They have discussed their misgivings with family responsibilities and have agreed to take them on as a couple. Zhu got friendzoned by WanZhi when she finally did go with him to the market.😂 Jian is far more friendly but she has a habit of letting men pay her way with her looks and her voice. This backfired when a drunk tried to force WanZhi to sing with him. Mr Gao came to her rescue and she denies knowing him. She deserved him wondering if fighting got her expelled from college. 😝😂 She wants to prove her independence and be her own person. I just wish she was kinder to the family that raised her instead of calling them foster parents that gave her unmerited charity. Her adopted dad is just as stubborn, once again putting his job first when he thought he had the gist of her living conditions. He runs for the first train home instead of accepting WanZhi’s meal invitation. This was another missed opportunity to become closer with better understanding. They each went to their respective corners satisfied they got their own way in the matter. For these two, that is still most important rather than bridging the gap between them.

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