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It was in episode 9 where they showed her friendship with Yeyun fully is what I remember. Episode 8 I am talking about mostly the scenes where they show the whole school is in uproar just because a girl is found with a guy. Anyways whatever the episode number point is basically the whole school gossiping along with getting parents to the school just because she is friends with the guys etc was not enjoyable to me. It was a bit much. It still makes sense if it leads to something in a story. But here it just happened for nothing and it was forgotten.
I love Youth dramas and WIFTY is my favourite. I do not know how to explain but WIFTY is way more organic that way. Here it was a bit all over the place around episode 7 and 8. As I have said in earlier threads, it caught up in episode 9. Problem is not FL's friendship or showing her life but the whole imaginary made up fiasco which did not go anywhere that I had problem with :) Anyways, if you are enjoying to the fullest it is fine. I was just explaining perspective of people who mentioned filler episodes and because the above comment mentioned that it was double standards which is not the case.

Not really. When half or more of the episode is about random school students and teachers behind FL for being with her guy friends for no valid reason then it becomes a filler episode. It does nothing to the story and it is a bit much. Just pointing that some like me felt it is filler episode because of that. We found episode 9 wholesome and enjoyed it because it showed FL and her friend's friendship and team work. Nobody complained on that.

I second you . ML scenes are not only missing whatever scenes are there those are rushed as well. I found specially episode 8 as a waste of time . Quite a lot of school gossiping scenes are over the top and repetitive as well. After that it picks up thankfully

Hahaha I suppose we are like those side characters. Busy reading novels and other's stories than focusing on our own 😆

To be honest for me he fits this kind of role. Coincidentally, two shows I have watched of him both Flourish In Time and this show he is this silent school kid types which does not need a lot of versatility so I did find him fitting the role and acting is okay not bad at all. Nothing awe inspiring but not bad as well.

Having said that, I do not see him as flexible as FL. He definitely is very stiff and does not allow himself to loosen himself and jump into the character the way Jinmai does. So I cannot imagine him doing any eccentric and vastly opposite role like may be the way the male lead of Someday or One day did.(i honestly cannot remember any C Drama actors to compare. Someday or One day is an amazing Taiwanese youth drama by the way if you haven't heard or watched) . He definitely has room to improve. But I do not want to go as far as to say he dragged the FL down because at the end of the day both their dramas are extremely popular. So both benefited out of it.

And melodramatic lines as well. SRK level 🤣

But his work in Flourish in Time which is about a disabled poor person. I do understand the situation of "idol" actors in C Drama but w.r.t ZLH he did not hesitate to be the disabled no make up looks in that drama. I do not know about his current filmography but he did start out well that way.

Same while everyone were gushing about the best thing drama I got bored and dragged myself to 10 episode or so. It also depends on your taste . I love youth school dramas because it will have the growing up phase so I don’t find it boring even if sometimes it’s just a childish happenings in school. If you like such dramas then this one is good . I personally liked ghis more than The best thing

I have never seen so much blushing in Cdrama as this one ☺️
A little off topic. Is it only me ? I had expected period C dramas to have this kind of blushing and slow romantic and burn vibes when I initially started exploring them but I found period C dramas are more modern than modern C dramas.

But I found that is something would definitely happen in real life as well. He is a star kid. So principals and teachers would definitely be behind him. It is not only good for school's popularity but without knowing his background it is very rebellious as well . We are trained to "not waste the talent". So they are following the same mindset.

Yep. You said it right. We just have different pet peeves for both dramas.😄

You should give WIFTY a try for sure. I found the school and the whole friendship thing fun to watch. It is light hearted but fun to watch specially their school arc. The later episodes with their university time is so and so. It is like any other cheesy modern cdramas. It was still enjoyable for me:)

Haha I do not know which actress you mean but I was not fan of both Our Secret and Go Ahead FL. Go Ahead FL looked too old to be a school kid for me

Yes quite a lot of things are over the top in this story, It could have been toned down a notch

Ya but little things like this make it over the top and does not make it enjoyable to watch. they should have taken care of it even if its is difficult to shoot. Else It does not feel organic. I do not want to keep bringing another drama to compare but I cannot help but do. If you see in WIFTY it was more organic and natural that way. I do not know how to explain briefly but it does.
At the same time I want to commend FL's acting is way more organic here than in WIFTY so it is not like I am blindly liking one and hating another. Jinmai is a natural. Little things she does is very age appropriate and she does not force herself to be super cute. I even like shopkeeper and his daughter's arc here is so organic. Somehow I do not see that with JQX, his family situations and some of those initial school bitching and gossiping scenes.

this mentality existed mostly in high populated countries who have come from poor background. Competition is really crazy over here. It is changing now gradually though.

I agree about the community being very tight knit and also to some extent nosy may be.
But usually atleast in my neighbourhood we would hear/listen if there was a loud shouting. We cannot help it anyways. It is loud 😄 But we never stood in front of their door peeking. That is not normal atleast in my part of the world. Only if it comes to obvious physical violence then someone will run to interfere. But we have seen here that every little thing of Jiang family is a public spectacle.

Poor kid. He also needed someone like YingTao and QunShan squad

Yep, I feel the character was written to hate. There are no two ways about it. No grey shade like in the drama WIFTY

And the location is so pretty too!

Gosshhh, I thought his mother needed some timely help and that she did not get right support system. But she needed help much before that. She did not learn her lesson even after losing her first son. I do not have sympathy if she is hell bent on doing the same mistake she did years ago.
Go Ahead mother is better in comparison now.