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Dr Shinomiya can really smile😁

This episode features the harmful effects of smoking on babies and the consequences of not being vaccinated for rubella. The story starts with a young blind girl named Haruka who will be featured on a PSA about congenital rubella syndrome. She was born blind but it was a miracle she was born. Her mother caught rubella 8 weeks into pregnancy from her husband who did not know the ramifications and was not vaccinated. The other is the smoking mom who slows things down but refuses to completely quit. She collapses on the sidewalk and Dr Shinomiya finds her. She has suffered placenta abruption as a direct result of her smoking. She pleads with him to save the baby. This causes a flashback to 5 years ago when a kinder and gentler version of himself was not as firm with his patient. She too suffered placenta abruption and bled out on the table. The baby girl was born with severe cerebral palsy and may never wake up. Her family has given up and no longer visit. Dr Shinomiya has come to her room every night to read to her. He feels tremendous guilt that he tried to grant her wish of having more children than saving her life. He is harder and less friendly now. He votes to save the mother first choice and doesn’t care if it costs them more children. This case has reopened these issues. Konotori votes to save uterus and he wants it gone. They have a severe disagreement over it, but he eventually complies. He considers them all lucky but not happy with this choice. Especially if she and husband continue to smoke and decide on more children. The baby from smoker is luckily just fine. There is extra monitoring to be certain, but it seems he will go home right on schedule. The mother apologizes to him and he gruffly tells her to take care of herself. After her apology, she thanks him for saving her family. This reaches his hurt heart. He goes to visit his unconscious patient and tells her he had a good day and smiles.🥰 There was finally a bit of heart healing for him. The blind girl knows “Baby’ songs and Sakura is nervous. His musician side has to stay secret. The parents argue about her being in the documentary. The dad wants her to go out in the world and the mom wants to shield her from it. There is a lot of conflict and the mom turns down the show. Haruka is taken to a “Baby” concert for her bday. Sakura asks her to go on stage and they play beautifully.❤️ The doc is surprised she knows who he is. She recognized his hands and voice. They sweetly agree to keep it their secret and continue the concert. As the parents watch, the dad is elated and the mother recognizes her daughter is capable. She doesn’t have to hover over and shield her so much. She is allowed to play in the documentary and there is a good reception to the information. Everyone is proud of her and respect the courage it took the family to talk about it publicly. I appreciate the care the cast and production have taken to respect the doctors, first responders and patients in the telling of their stories. The music is also excellent. It definitely causes strong feelings as you watch the happiest or saddest moments in the lives of these families, but it also gives you a great appreciation for life as it is, messy, sad and joyful.

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Progress

Both sides are gaining ground. The two vipers comparing notes. 😝 Even the demon preceptor was surprised at how forward Shi was in cutting the fake formalities and get to business chat. I hadn’t paid attention that the aunt was really his sister. His son was easily duped and his niece who had more spine was as evil as her uncle and prepped to become worse. It would do all worlds a favor for this clan to never reincarnate or procreate. They need to be exterminated. Feng Qi is being duped like the son and his obsession keeps him blind to reality. Sima Jiao woke that part up. I am glad he had the gumption to tell off the old ghost. Didn’t expect that really. Tingyan accepted the pills and cultivated to a level giving her soul manor access. She sees what happened to Shi’s son and how he cursed her. She also sees how she was forced to kill him. This is something Jiao should never have done. He sees that now and in this respect, he and Shi are exactly alike. They recognize the necessity of the action, but do not care of about any trauma or impact their actions cause. The only difference between them is Jiao has regret. He had many other options to choose from. Here he was like Feng Qi thinking it would be her preference. He follows her to a section she has just discovered. She finds her old notes and a pair of rings. Funny how he showed up right then. He played it cool and just asked if rings were ok?😝😂 She agrees for them to share but reminds him it’s couple not marriage rings. He is just happy boyfriend title is for him.🥰 Houlong is now grown. She is acting more like Ruling now and I find I like her less. She is back to snubbing the snake. I want her to remember the pain she caused those she labeled friends. I don’t want her to repeat those actions. Ruling was right to have Tingyan clean up. She has not bathed or changed outfits since rescued. I like how he warms the water to her perfect temperature. I hope these two will get a true couple moment before chaos hits.

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Which is fact and which is fiction?

The lengths these 8 sect leaders are willing to go. 😝She is the mother of that girl who killed lower cultivated ones. Shi is almost mad in his efforts to get Tingyan as a weapon vs the price it is costing. He will truly be crazy before this is over. Nobody was more surprised than Sima Jiao at those memories. He knew they were false but to be so embedded in the soul manor was some serious memory tampering. He had no way to know she would willingly take her own life to be deceitful. Tingyan was surprised to see a vengeful ‘brother’ in her soul manor. She knows that in spite of what she’s been told, ‘she’ was the one that killed him. Ruling is cute as a kid.😂 Like all children she tends to see things more clearly than the grownups and asks the right questions. It is becoming more clear who the true deceiver is, but she still doesn’t understand why. It is also funny how fast Shi got his ass out of that wheelchair when he needed to. There is absolutely nothing he has not lied about. Unfortunately this will fall well with the demon magistrates wanting a coup against the lazy devil lord. But had that one shown any interest at all, he is probably the only one that could have truly gotten along with her. They have the same outlook in living. So Nianju wasn’t cultivated enough to see through their disguise and that is how Shi escaped the first time. He now knows it is Ruling that had her soul transferred and that he already assisted. He is sad that she might not remember him as Jiao let him know what might happen from personal experience, but he is encouraged that while she is alive there is hope. Tingyan is still not convinced Jiao has told her the truth, but she is no longer completely convinced that her ‘father and aunt’ haven’t lied. So she now must determine who is the biggest liar to her. The only thing she can really count on right now is her friendship with Ruling. Tbh, I wasn’t enthused with it in the celestial realm. But, without the burden of her mother’s death wish for Sima Jiao, she is more who she truly wants to be. I am not sure if she will remember Shi causing her sister’s death, but I hope she does. We need all the power we can get against that conniving old man😝 He unfortunately is truly a source to be reckoned with, but there is no depth he will not sink to to gain power. Here he might match the demon precept. Tingyan’s mind is reeling from the conflict of memories bombarding. Shi has been quite thorough in dismantling her feelings and memories from her life in celestial palace. He has forged her into the weapon everybody wants her to be. I truly despise his character. This actor has done a fine job making him despicable. Feng Qi actor gets to be annoying in two dramas for me.😂😝 He seems to do well in these roles. 😝The beauty of the lanterns and stars, how he mocked them. Shows he knows nothing about her. He is as bad as the others thinking training is her preference. However, with what is coming up, I am glad she is stronger rather than weaker. It remains to be seen how she will use her abilities. The cast and production are doing an excellent job portraying the different environments and I really like the music. I have not liked every episode, but the story is well told so far. They make you feel the conflicts quite vividly. You really hate the villains and really root for the good guys.

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Shi Yan vs Liao Tingyan

Shi has really done a number on Tingyan. Here Sima Jiao gets to observe the nightmare Shi used to get her to kill. He sees a mirror of what he did and the horror it brings to her. He is ready to take care of Shi even more. The underling to demon Precept has duped Feng Qi into going to her. He knows the poor guy is obsessed with his savior and now he knows it’s his childhood friend. He actually tries to go toe to toe with Jiao and fortunately is rescued by her. She is waiting around for her friend to be revived and then still plans to leave with her and Shi to live a quiet life. I am sure dear old dad will be very enthused with her plan.😝 Jiao is trying to get her to enjoy eating again and wasn’t successful until he found the trotters her friend makes. She told her friend point blank that in her past life she was cultivation partner with Jiao and both men jealously want her to say who her boyfriend is. She looks at both of them and says neither.😝 I am sad for Jiao because he has worked so hard to get her to remember but letting her take her time to recall. The only thing she has truly kept of her old life is a desire to live in peace. All the things that gave her joy…lazing and eating in particular, have been stripped from her. She is starting to find her true self a bit when she actually gets to sleep the night through without torment. Shi is still making evil plans and that is countered by the demon higher ups that want to process her into a weapon. She already has the greatest weapon. The anklet Jiao gave her to protect her from spirit flame. Hopefully she will not share what it can do with anyone else. Nianju did not recognize Shi when he went to Tingyan’s home or they were disguised to him. I am not sure why he did not recognize them. Her learned that the woman killed by his two men was Ruling, and he knows she kept the whistle. Everybody wants Tingyan to fight Sima Jiao, but she recognizes that the stories don’t match the person. The young woman of Fengshan blood said they were the couple that rescued her. This gives something for ‘Shi Yan’ to ponder, but she is not convinced she wants to rekindle any closeness with Sima Jiao. What she does not realize is when she was relieved her friend was obsessed with his savior, that ‘she’ is the savior. It will be interesting when she has to deal with the battle of the boyfriends.

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Love, Warmth, and the Pain Beneath the Surface

Did I just watch an hour of two souls simply existing together, fixing a house, sharing quiet moments, and holding space for one another? It was tender, warm, and filled with a kind of love that felt so real it almost hurt to watch. Their slow journey from separate rooms into one bed was so natural, never forced, just two hearts quietly finding their way to each other.Jimmy and Sea’s characters are the purest, healthiest couple I have seen, untouched by jealousy, villains, or unnecessary drama. And then came the moment that broke me. In (Sea) finally opened up about the tragedy of losing his parents. His voice carried the weight of years of grief, and in that fragile moment, you could feel his loneliness bleeding through. Thap (Jimmy) didn’t try to fix it, he simply stayed, listened, and became the strength In could lean on. When he wiped away In’s tears and held him while he was breaking, it was love in its truest and most painful form.And yet, that is the cruelty of love. To see someone so broken and to love them so deeply, knowing that no matter how tightly you hold them, you cannot erase their past, nor can you promise to keep them forever. Watching In cry in Thap’s arms felt like watching love and grief become the same thing. It was beautiful, but it was also unbearably tragic, because sometimes the greatest love stories are the ones that remind us just how fragile happiness truly is.

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Life and death choices

The young mom brought in had done all possible to protect the baby. This resulted in a horrible head injury for her. The emergency doc was all for saving the mom and Dr Sakura was for the baby. This episode centered around the horrible choice of the husband as to which patient to focus on….mother or child. Prior to this there is another mother on bedrest who wants more children. Dr Shinomiya was all about removing the uterus. While it was the easiest choice for safety of the mother, he was pretty callous in his remarks. There was another mom to be reducing her smoking habit. He told her she didn’t deserve to be a mom. Here I appreciated Dr Komatsu showing her via pamphlet how her smoking hampered baby’s growth and her habit could kill them both. She calmly explained it and told her not to be scared but to understand the risks she was causing herself and unborn child. She then requested a new doctor. Dr Grumpy does not feel inclined to apologize..his argument…rude and capable or nice and not.😝😝 The woman with head injury had left a recording for husband…that she finally learned there was something more precious than your own life. The love for your child. This gave the husband the strength to fight for his child tho he was absolutely devastated at the loss of his wife. I liked the dignity given to the patient from the doctors in sewing up the mother in respect and presenting her child to her. Even Dr Grumpy paid his respects. Dr Konotori took it hard as well since this was similar to his birth circumstances. He goes to the club and plays melancholy music to vent his sorrow. Dr Grumpy is again reading to the unconscious boy that has something to do with a surgery going very wrong. The ER doc is out with the group having a meal and is told the widower appreciated his efforts to keep his wife’s heart beating so their daughter could be born. She is named Mei and his goal is to make her feel happy to be alive every day. Hope from tragedy.

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OMG, I was all over the place with this ep...

OMG, I was all over the place with this ep... There was... cuteness right off the bat with big smiles when In came on the screen being oh so cute with Thap after watching up and remembering the kiss. 😍 Thap being flirtly making me laugh from watching In get shy, more cuteness and flirting, seriousness, seeing an ass and wanting to beat him, sadness, proud, a bit more laughs and cuteness, sadness over loud, gladness because Thap was there for In, some more cuteness witha bit of laughter to smiles/sadness back to smiles, than we get lovely singing (BTW great song for them both in this series) last but not least the main event! Than smiles at the end.... Sea is just to freaking cute... I can definitely say Sea just fits the role so darn well!!! Jimmy is doing a great job aswell, don't get me wrong. 😁

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