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Papers served

Mu Sun stepped up gifts big with the necklace, but Man didn’t accept it. She really wished she had when she saw how much it was worth. Chen Mian is trying to play into son’s wishes and have both parents at the school. He is trying very hard to box Kai Xi in. Man is annoyed that Kai Xi hasn’t served him divorce papers. That smirk on Mian’s face says it all. 🙄😡🤬 He serves her papers. It’s a trust handing her the lion’s share of his assets. He gives them to her right before they were presented as a loving family at company celebration. He tells her that countless women only saw his good side. She was blessed with seeing his bad side. This supposedly is how he shows her love and appreciation. I don’t think he really hears the bs he spouts where his wife and son are concerned. He tells her his assistant fell and lost the baby. He sent her abroad and wow problem all solved.🤬Earlier in the day he meets with QingCheng and tells her that’s how he bought his freedom. Wife and son will get his assets and he will be free to live off QingCheng’s earnings. This guy is a real prize. I know how they make this look. But one thing QingCheng would never be is the other woman. Her mom went through too much for her to inflict that grief on another. So I don’t know if she’s trying to provide evidence for KaiXi’s divorce or what, but she’s not going to cheat with Chen Mian. Kai Xi gave Chen Mian papers and he didn’t look happy when episode ends.

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Layers of betrayal

MuSun tries to catch Man’s attention. Dr Fang hears his brother and cousin at hospital and tells KaiXi to be careful. While talking with the lawyer it becomes more and more evident that Chen Mian was looking out for himself in the event of the marriage not lasting. He has said repeatedly that the right wife material was one who would sacrifice everything for the family. That is what he sees KaiXi’s role as. He has put her parents in a villa and offering to pay for decorating so that KaiXi will be in a more vulnerable spot to try to make them go against him. He’s really self centered and selfish. His promises are as worthless as he is. There is no way his parents will ignore a grandchild. The documentary takes a somber turn when a patient dies. It is afterwards revealed that he was technically DOA but they wanted his family to have some closure by knowing effort was made. This was the director’s idea and actually showed he wasn’t as crass as I thought from his prior patient request. The team went to the rooftop and held vigil til sunrise to have hope for a new day after suffering a loss. KaiXi wants a divorce but she is still hesitant with the decree because she’s more likely to get nothing when she files it. At the end they make it look like QingCheng is chummy with Chen Mian and there is a sonogram picture in moments.

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What level of hell am I in?

This starts with MuSun agreeing to be in documentary. Dr Fang helps Man out and they say they are going on a dinner date. There is a bickering moment between him and Man paying for MuSun’s meds. She takes MuSun out in a wheelchair and tells him good bye as he gets in the car. Kai Xi gets a notice that her vehicle had a traffic violation and knows for sure Chen Mian is not in Shanghai. She and Man get snooping and find game files with QingCheng. Here is where I am annoyed with both of them. They know who QingCheng is and her stance on red flags. There is no way she would get involved with Mian again because she would never betray her friends like that. This episode tried to make her look guilty but a friendly chat with somebody is not having an affair. They find out that the one that is pregnant is his assistant. They see him unloading baby stuff at her house. There was a very awkward celebratory dinner where Mian toasted the table. And then there were shots fired from everywhere. Dr Fang is tired of the crap from MuSun and Mian about women and says so. What really brought things to a head was the baby shoes. Was this supposed to go to the other house or an honest mistake from his family? She confronts him about an illegitimate child and knows what level of hell she’s in now.

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Persuasion

Man takes Dr Fang to a 5 star restaurant to woo him to participate in documentary. She gets a no. This episode has Qing Cheng drinking for director. She finally impresses them enough to make them stop being asses about drinking. She gets the three extra days they need for film shoot. Director Jiang finally tries to woo her directly but she wants sibling relationship. She respects him and wants it to stay that way. Dr Fang had camping plans with Tiao, but since he had a fever Man filled in. They had a fun time and he called her out for making her heart race.🤣Kai Xi goes on an interview to support her husband. Man respects her word and says so. She often doesn’t see KaiXi stick up for herself but this time she did. Too bad we only get to hear about it rather than see it. They try to have lunch with QingCheng but she just showed up to share the latest gossip of MuSun helping Mian financially at the company. KaiXi felt her efforts had been undermined but her biggest grief was she had to hear her husband’s business from third parties. He completely left her out of the loop. During a rainstorm, Dr Fang brings out bags to use and he and Man play like children. He agrees to the documentary. The camera crews have to work as long as the doctors and Dr Fang gives his shoulder for Man to rest. She tries to act like big sis and calls him kid. He lets her know he doesn’t have a sis nor is he a kid.😝 They tape a young patient and it is a sweet moment. The fortune cookie story was poignant and Man found he left her one too. She posted it and he responded with a rainbow. The director is being an ass and actually wanted the young patient to return for better footage. Man said that wasn’t what a documentary was and wasn’t appropriate. Dr Fang overheard and got her lunch. When he thanked her for sticking up for him, her response was quite direct that she would have done that for anybody and they were not a we. After refusing him, the director gave her an extra hard day running her around with consent forms. The last one turned out to be MuSum.

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Matchmakers and scammers

This episode has Man’s parents trying to match her cousin with the cute and eligible Dr Fang. Man tries to accommodate her parents to get info and pic from him. Dr Fang lets her know he’s not interested in the cousin and has another woman in mind. She is surprised but pleased at his interest. But for now she’s not taking him seriously. QingCheng gets a call from her long lost father wanting millions for cancer treatment. He is determined to get money from her and threatens to go on tv. He has already influenced social media to go against her. What he wasn’t prepared for was the nice acting of the trio to get a recording putting him in his true light. He is bought off for significantly less and his machinations made known to the public. Once again QingCheng is back in favor. Chen Mian is spending lots of time at home and wants to play Lego with son when he’s supposed to have a cello lesson. What’s funny is that KaiXi calls him to task and makes both men in her life behave.😂 Dr Fang wants to go out with Man. She is considering it but ends up needing help after collapsing. He comes to her rescue, wants to know MuSun’s status with her, and wants a date.😂 He is quite bold when he wants to be. At the hospital she learns her condition was caused by hemorrhoids and Dr Fang grins as he closes the curtain. He takes her home and offers to dictate for her. He gets acquainted with smut and his ears actually go pink.😂 Man has fun teasing him and asks if he learned anything. He had a good response….women’s mindset.😂🤣 He is quite capable of keeping up with her, it’s just not as smooth and worldly as MuSun. But he could be a breath of fresh air if she would consider younger men. He is making her consider. 😁 She is asked to make a documentary and the handsome doc they want onboard won’t go on camera. Man thinks she can make him reconsider.

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rinne I’m sorry i wasn’t your writer.

these were actually really great episodes. each scene carried weight & we were so focused & moving these people around. unfortunately i fucking hate the premise. all of the past grievous wounds they slapped band+aids on are infected & seeping out. when on earth did rinne start having these feelings for houtaro ？i generally would not like her to crush on him in the first place but if they set the cards up better i would’ve been okay maybe even liked it if the romance was that compelling but this was such a character assassination which does make me giggle since she is playing juliet but like i can’t even joke right now. i really liked rinne when i first started watching more than a year ago. my first ever kamen rider show & we had a really cool ，strong+headed character who i had to slowly watch get shafted around with all the potential carved out by the time her next scene showed up. like i just do not get it. the ’ ’ rules ’ ’ dilemma she goes through is so trite like i know the kindergarteners watching her tribulations are bored afffff BECAUSE IT’s BORING. IT’s LAME. i really liked seeing seina show up & having rinne react & immediately cutting over to atropos. i really like to see their comparisons that they contrast by their actions. atropos being a strong adultified little girl who pretends not to desire connection & rinne who is & was that girl making strives to connect to others. but then we have to cut back to her following the RULES & it’s just tiring. & another thing that pisses me off is that minato could’ve had a really good moment to say something as a character who has been in the dark & reached for light like rinne was now but he is a character with zero depth so of course his lines are also shallow. tyhe biggest winners is lachesis & clotho. that singular line about how atropos is different was so perfect. this development between the two is also perfectly paced for our next episode. also seina was actually really fucking funny it’s just a shame what her existence is put to pirpose for. i unfortunately have no hope for rinne’s character to develope any further. she’s probably going to be conveniently too weak to fight for no actual reason again in like ten episodes. maybe it’s better in the girls remix.

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