Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao’s Story and Romance

 H19279:

season 2 of LYF is a separate product with borrowing characters' name instead of adapting from the original story.

Can you even call it an adaptation anymore when you have essentially changed the essence of the characters? At best, it's an "inspired by" situation.

 MengXiang:

I hate Jing so happy he doesn't get official mummy approval. Even though it seemed more like mummy asking her daughter 'Are you sure'

Yup. I'd hardly call that exchange "approval". More like Ah Heng was resigned to Xiao Yao's choice because she felt that she had no right to say otherwise given the role that she inadvertently played in Xiao Yao's abandonment issues.

 MengXiang:

@liddi, Does this scene happen in leaked script?

There is no attempted assassination with Xiao Yao becoming delirious over hibiscus flowers in the drama, at least not based on the leaked script. What we do have is Cang Xuan put under a hallucination by his grandfather, which had him imagining everything up to Xiao Yao committing suicide (she never even poisoned him because she promised her grandmother and mother that she would protect him).  This is as a warning what would happen had he continued his obsessive behaviour over Xiao Yao.

 blabla100:

As she said in regards to TianEr, the fake gets mixed with the real and thus is becoming difficult to diferentiate between the two. The bugs though are a testimony of her true feelings. Nothing has changed, her heart was still belonging to XL. 

Excellent observation, particularly with the parallels between her situation and Tian Er - thank you.  The significance of the lovers bug is paramount to telling Xiao Yao in the novel, where her heart truly lies. Which is why it is so frustrating that in the drama, she never finds out the true nature of the bugs she planted in Xiang Liu.

 Kokuto:

Ha!  Beloved Ru Shou kicking Feng Long's butt.  WHY must he fight for CX and stand against Xiang Liu??  sob

Xiang Liu's death scene will be tough to watch, with Ru Shou playing such a pivotal role there.

 Kokuto:

But the sense of melancholy for both the Irish Wild Geese and XL, symbolized by migrating geese, feels the same.

Very true. 

 HeadInTheClouds:

I seem to be causing you a fair bit of pain lately, liddi :-). Misery loves company you know? 

Noooo... misery needs to be a distant stranger. It has been 5 months and it still persists on being an unwelcome presence. I have to keep reminding myself that he is not real. 

 liddi:

What happened in Once Promised with regards to the Tushan clan?

My impression of the Tusha clan is that they are merchants through and through  - it's all about self-interest and profits with them. 

It has been a long time since I've read Once Promised, but there are mentions that the Flame Emperor helped the Tushan Clan with some difficulties. However, when Shen Nong and him were in trouble, the Tushan Clan did not want to help as they wanted to stay out of the politic. The Flame Emperor had to ask the matriarch of the clan (Jing's grandma in LYF I believe) for help, only then did she offer help reluctantly. This falls in line with my impression of them.

Considering the Heavenly Mother's relationship with the Flame Emperor, it's possible that she doesn't have the warmest feelings for the Tushan clan.

 Elise:

Petty is one of my favorite colors ❤️

It's so refreshing hahah

By the way, did I miss the question about the potbellied doll? Please explain to me what this means in the relationship between Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao. 

Why this particular tree? Well, or tell me if I missed a page somewhere =)

 nathsketch:

I'm such a villain now. Bring on the pain!! More!!!

 Elise:

Petty is one of my favorite colors ❤️

We can revelled in our pettiness together :-).

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