Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao’s Story and Romance

A tour of the set of Qingshui town. So good to see familiar sights like the Lirong donkey-meat seller's place, Hui Chun clinic, etc. 

We will be back to Qingshui town again in S2, after Fangfeng Bei takes Xiao Yao away from her wedding, the outskirts of the town where Xiang Liu dies, and Cang Xuan returning to Qingshui town incognito with A Nian hoping to bump into Xiao Yao after she and Jing left post-wedding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndNym4RlDvc

 windiaaa041293:

Seeing your comment I immediately visited the thread... it seems like they are trying to find a way to distort the facts...LOL

Now they're saying we're delulu and we're the ones distorting the facts.

 Elise:

Now they're saying we're delulu and we're the ones distorting the facts.

That's ok. Just keep it locked up there. Let us enjoy it discussion here.

 Elise:

I glanced over there. You guys, they screenshot/copy & paste what we say and post it on their thread ^^

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha 

I knew there was going to be a day when this gif would be serving its purpose. The day has finally come!

 nathsketch:

Ok, but let me enjoy a moment of shameless self-pride and say that one of my favorite accounts on Instagram has posted my comment as a sort of news source hahahaha

Congratulations! 

I am still waiting impatiently to see the nod to Xiang Liu in your illustration.

 nathsketch:

Thank you! Oh yes, I finished the book yesterday and now I'm waiting for approval :)

Lol a nod is somewhat of an understatement hehe 

Awesome! Really hope approval comes soon and you're able to share it with us!

Understatement sounds perfect. The more the better.

 liddi:

I think they were lured to the separate thread covering poems in chapter titles that H19279 created.

Either way, as someone in their thread mentioned, interpretations are subjective. As such, it is regrettable to see efforts to mock an interpretation that does not agree with their own, particularly if one is able to provide sufficient compelling evidence to support it. Not to mention that these analyses and interpretations were neither done on the main thread, nor encroaching into their individual threads. In an ideal world, we would be having mature, intelligent discussions or indulging in silliness without feeling the need to attack each other, even if we have differing opinions. 

Yes. We do probably over-analyse here. But I think that's just part of the fun. Engagement with any work of art is inherently subjective, IMO. We all have our biases, some of us are more conservative in our interpretation while others take things further. As long as we're not pushing our view on others, where's the harm?  I don't harbour any ill feelings towards people who like Jing or YaoJing; it's just different strokes for different folks. I just wish there weren't personal attacks being thrown our way as a collective.  These shipping wars are silly.

I was at the peak of my annoyance with LYF and XY last week. But, I've actually found a way to interpret this book that, surprisingly, has nothing to do with romance. This approach makes a lot of sense to me and puts to rest some of the issues that I was having with this story.

 nathsketch:

Yes!! I can't wait to see it published :)

Tong Hua likes to keep things hidden, but I don't hahaha

Yes. Now I prefer she clobbered us over the head with all the extra prose that clearly tells us every detail of her hidden lines!

Read on Weibo that there were rumours of a 2nd epilogue that was initially written which would make YaoLiu shippers happy, but since I have not seen conclusive evidence the rumours and the supposed details of the epilogue were authentic, I won't share them here.