Drama Thoughts part 2

To get the positives out first: I liked Hongdou and Zhiyao as a couple. I like that it didn't force Xiaochun to get back together with her ex. I liked that it emphasized that it's bad to hide things from your partner to "protect" them. I generally liked the fellow residents of the guesthouse. However, I found it hard to get into the relaxing atmosphere because the show was also constantly shoving Wholesome Family Values down my throat. For example: the show portrays parents & grandparents hitting their kids as funny and necessary in preventing kids from misbehaving. A lot of shows do this so I thought i could somewhat brush it off. But then near the end it has this sad moment around how xiaochun's ex-husband was beaten by his father. the show's been constantly playing this kind of violence as good and cute and now it's tragic? Another annoyance pertains to how damai and nana's relationship was treated. Like I mentioned before, they had a very cute relationship. damai even points out how they have similar traumas from the internet. nana is also friendly w/ xiaxia, but the show portrays this as platonic-until damai leaves near the middle of the show. then it starts shipteasing xiaxia and nana. then there's an arc near the end of the show where nana's old online "scandal" gets resurfaced, leading to her becoming depressed and hiding from the public. damai returns to yunaan when she learns of this to support nana. however, when nana gains the courage to face the public again (a recovery that felt a bit instantaneous tbh), her interactions w/ damai kind of disappear? and it seemed like it was in the interest of further ship-teasing nana w/ xiaxia. but the show doesn't even follow through on hooking them up. and like good, i didn't want them to get together, but it annoyed me nonetheless.