Forever and Ever Episode 24

Very, very sad, but beautiful episode.

This episode was full of all kinds of sad. But it was beautifully rendered and one of the better recent episodes by far. One thing this episode clarified for me was it reinforced the reincarnation premise of the series because it becomes clear that this modern life is not just a chance for Shi Yi and Zhou Sheng Chen to find love & happiness together that was denied them in the past life. It is also a life of atonement, obligation and penance for Mei Xing, who was the prince, Liu Zi Xing in the past life. His loyalty and sense of obligation to Chen is his soul's obligation to pay back the debt he owes Chen from the prior life. This includes coming to terms with and dismissing his former obsession over Shi Yi. The pain he is suffering now at the loss of Zhou Wen Xing is his penance. But it is also his chance for his soul's atonement as he finally comes to realize the love he had overlooked - not just in this life with Wen Xing, but also in the past life with Qi Xing Hua (who was probably Wen Xing's past life). Mei Xing's story clearly has been to atone in this life for the sins of the past life, with the hope that he and Wen Xing will finally find happiness in the next life.

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