Yamuri

That is because he is not an allround genie. He is smart. But criminals can also be smart. Because he is smart, he knows that Captain Luo won't support it, if he goes all in for risky investigation and puts his life on the line. Since he knows, he can't tell Captain Luo. He studied Law because he wanted to investigate the case of his father alone. Captain Luo would have said, he should let the police investigate and stay out of it. But since deep down he loves his father, he couldn't let go, he had to do something. Thus he did what he did. That's not dumb, it is only reckless and stubborn. As for Xu Zhengqing. Xu Zhengqing did tell him some truth and some lies. When Wenjie investigated Mr Xu he discovered that he told the truth about the present. Since Wenjie didn't know about the past - he was unable to find out that Mr Xu lied about the past. Thus he took the gamble and decided to trust him, based on the truth he had told. He is still young and thus it is human that he made a mistake. Maybe the writer could have written the drama a little bit differently. It could have worked though (might have been interesting, but this way, I'm afraid he might have easily become a Gary Stu - which is the reason why I like it, that Wenjie has flaws and is not someone who knows everything and can do everything correctly and in the best way possible). However - if we do a psychological analysis of Wenjies emotions, throughts and past trauma - his decisions were something that can be expected from a person with his past. Also, I think, the writer wanted to indicate that Wenjie, despite his wish to step out of his father's shadow, did indeed have some criminal energy within himself as well, which was triggered by Ding Shenghuo and also Xu Zhengqing. Thus I guess the writer wrote the character like this, because they wanted to show, that Wenjie is a morally gray person, who can be manipulated by criminals, if they are smart enough.

Unfortunately, there're still no updates. 😒 I wish there were.

For everyone who watched the ending already. I've started to write and post a fanfiction on AO3. It's a sequel to the drama. If you need some closure check out my profile for the link. :)

Aw, thank you :)

Look out for my fanfiction to get such an alternative ending ^^ So many people in the comments, me included wished that Xiao Qi is Doudou - and that's enough for me to get me inspired to write something. A little drama included, but I'll get there. For everyone who wished for this relevation.

That's heartwearming and nice. Still writing my fanfiction though, but yeah these scenes do indeed give sme closure. To bad that the extra scenes are only for premium users. Would love to see them otherwise.

Oh, damn, I forgot. Thank you for the reminder. :)

Still missing. :( The ending gave us a glimpse of what parents go through, who lose their children and keep searching for decades. To find closure I've started to write a fanfiction. Will add the link to my profile, when I start posting chapters.

Aw, Bù kèqì. ^^ I hope you'll like the Drama too. Some people happened to not like Wang Junkai, but to me his performance was good. He's still a young actor, coming from the background of being a singer, but he did a good job in my opinion. As he does more roles like this, he will become better. So don't let yourself be biased by some comments. As for the 19th Floor it has a little bt Sci-Fi in it, due to the VR-Game the Drama is about. VR fascinates me and I happened to like it.

Well ^^ I just noticed you have Be Reborn on your to watch list. Be Reborn had a great impact on me. It made me come back to my roots and start writing english fanfiction again. I even feel the courage again to translate my original work. That's what makes the drama really special to me. I loved the plot and the father-son like relationship between the two male leads. So yeah, I would say, if you have it on your plan to watch list already, go for it. Watch Be Reborn. Aside from Be Reborn I noticed that in general Mystery/Thriller Dramas with Zhang Yi playing a male lead are very good. So I would recommend to seek Mystery/Thriller with Zhang Yi in a main role. He is a very good actor. Other chinese Mystery/Thriller I liked were Age of Legends and Chase the Truth. Reborn, I also liked Reset, 19th Floor and Night has Come. Korean Thriller/Mystery I can recommend are Bad Guys, A Killer Paradox, Awaken, Revenant, The Killing Vote for example.

I will do so. ^^ Sent you a private message as well, just before you replied here. And yeah, that's actually what I seek as well - some kind of closure, answers to open questions.

Yeah, I agree. It also makes it possible for us to feel what they must feel, this pain inside. Maybe through the message of the drama it can also rise people's awareness. Some crimes or accidents might not even happen, if people were more aware what's happening around them, if they would pay more attention and show civil courage. There were people on that bridge. It was not only Jin Manfu and Doudou. Jin Manfu said there was police nearby on the other side of that bridge. So how was it still possible for Doudou to get lost? What happened? And why did nobody notice, even though there were people around? I think if more people became aware of how it feels for parents to loose their children, maybe they would be more attentive and might prevent some things from happening, because they intervene or just make sure that kids who get separated from their parents by accident find back to them. As for the Fanfiction - I'm still uncertain whether it will be a true Happy Ending or not. I have that theory about organ transplantation, and that Doudou is dead, but lives on in someone else - Qi for example. Maybe he survived his fever because he got new lungs. But Im not quite sure how far medicine was back then. Will have to do some research on this. On the other hand a true happy ending might be helpful for us to let go of the drama. It touched me quite deeply. So deep that it disturbs my daily routine quite a bit.

Somehow it keeps to make most sense to me. Also because of what Wang Shitu's wife wanted him to promise. She actually asked him to let go, to forget about Doudou. Why would a mother do so? She would, when her instincts tell her, that her child is dead. And maybe, when people die, they see relatives who died already, so maybe she saw Doudou in the light and knew when she dies she'll be reunited with him and thus she wished for her husband to let go and more on, instead of tormenting himself.

Yeah, I know. I thinkin China it can alo result in Death Penalty? But I'm not sure.

Ah, I see. Thanks. :) I'm not very familiar with chinese law either though. Where I life we don't have death penalty.

Got a 10 from me already. ^^ I also think the rating should be higher. Is there somehow a way to push the rating and rate each episode? I tried it once, but somehow it only counts my rating only once.

That's true. I even encountered a girl once who looked like me in my teens. It was interesting to see that there is someone in the world, who is not related to me, however younger than me, but still looks like the past me.

I will write some kind of Sequel and give you a better ending ^^ I need closure as well, even though as a writer I have to admit the ending they choose was the best for this drama. It has the biggest impact on the audience and fits to the tone and message of the drama.

That's true. It gives hope. And as a writer I have to admit, the ending they choose did create the biggest impact and fit perfectly to the tone and message of the drama. Even if I need closure for myself and answers. But the open questions make us as audience being able to actually feel what Wang Shitu went through, how all these parents feel whose children are still lost. They have hope, but no answers. It must be devastating. That's where my fanfiction will come in. I will probably ignore that untill 2022 Wang Shitu searched for his son and give answers earlier. In a fanfiction I can do so. However I wonder, whether it might also be possible that Doudou is dead. And that's why during the reunion Campaign he was still not found. But that would be so sad and somehow I'm not sure whether I want to write a sad ending. I also had this theory, that maybe Doudou died, but he lives on in someone else, because of organ transplantation. What if Seven survived his high fever when he was five, because he got Doudou's lungs or something like that? But I don't like that theory - it's too dark and sad. So I will probably not use this theory in my fanfiction. I wish for some kind of happy reunion even if it is unrealistic.

Why do the Child Trafficers in the Drama not get the Death Sentence, while Jin Manfu gets it? Is there always a lighter sentence on women, or how come? These women ruined the lifes of many children. Their crimes are as evil as Jin Manfus Crime. So, if there exists a Death Sentence, why do these Child Trafficers not get it? Or is it because they technically never killed anyone, while Jin Manfu did commit murder?