SkySphere

You're onto something.
It will make me a lot happier if I think that way, and the actor did a good job at portraying the character so we might as well get the most out of the characters suffering

Maybe I'm wrong, but for me the whole confrontation in ep30 was more of "someone took something that should have been mine" and not "I lost someone I loved".
I was never really sold of his feelings for her, because if he wanted to be with her he would have. But I know I'm being a little biased because the way the went about everything related to her annoys the s***t out of me.

It's not about whether he is evil or not. It's about that actions have consequences and until now he never had to face them. He's 22 years old, he's not a kid.
He made assumptions, and choices that affected the FL when she never did anything wrong to him, and he never took accountability for them. Even in this episode he was blaming everyone else but himself.

I'm assuming you think I'm mean by celebrating the treatment he received in this episode, that's fine, I am. I feel like he got what he deserved and it made be happy to see him suffer. And when he grabbed and pulled her, she should have slapped the stupid out him

I feel the situations around the misunderstandings of ZX and LYS are different. And I can't agree that ZX wanted to be with her, because he had every chance to and never took them, and never tried to fix the misunderstanding. Meanwhile LYS even before the misunderstanding was clear really wanted to be with her, so he let it go and "forgave" her.

I don't know if that's what the writer wanted to say or not, but I would say people have more expectations from people who have money or power, and they are held to higher standards because of it, so usually the burden of proof rests on them. Whether or not this is right or wrong it's the way the world works.

I think he guessed, by the way she was when he found her

It annoyed me that Chris told him (but I understand why she did it), but I need to thank her for it, cause the SML going from hopeful in the taxi to being put in his fucking place made my day.
God he deserved it. Him being drunk depressed and sad was everything I needed because he absolutely deserves it. He's still blaming everyone but himself.
I love that she cut him off when he said he received the message and that she got her closure (finally).

Now hopefully this pathetic disgrace of a man got the reality check he needed after NXG destroyed him in front of his friends

Btw, having his friends watch him being destroyed was a diabolical move by the director. I loved it. I whish Chris had been there so she knew just how pathetic he is and how lucky she got by dodging that bullet

It's a big deal for him because the accident changed his life, there's a lot of emotions evolved in the situation, and the accident happened because he was supposed to meet NXG who he first saw at the party, that's why he accepted. But they never actually talked to each other until they started working together.

He took it out on her when they met by making her work a lot of overtime and being slightly mean, but it's not like it was that bad.

He made her work overtime and she got tired, yes he overworked her a bit but that happens a lot in professional settings. And if you're talking about him making her work when she was in the hospital, at that point that was not him being a dickhead. At that point she was not injured, and only in the hospital because he was being "overprotective" and wanted to spend time with her.
When was he shameless? I feel like based on the whole story, his apologies makes sense, he shouldn't have to grovel to the FL.

I mean, before he met her there was no reason for him to think it was the wrong person. Afterwards he "forgave" her so there was no need to bring it up. He didn't really do "anything" wrong. They were both victims of the circumstances.

I feel like this apology was more of a "formality" so they could put the situation behind them and move on together. Because they both knew and understood the situation. And at this point they know each other well enough

You make it sound like he treated her more horribly than he did. He was a tiny dickhead, not a full on. And she knows he "forgave" her even without knowing the truth, since he has been pursuing her even with the misunderstanding. While I also would have liked a better apology, one could argue he has more than apologized through his actions.

I do wish he would have just talked to her about it day one, but at the same time I somewhat understand why, since they didn't really know each other.

About 2), people put hands in pockets when feeling anxiety and stress, so while it does come across as bad, I can see why the director would choose it

I know most people might disagree, and maybe I was just not on the right state of mind for this show. But I feel like this show is just a 16 year old girl fever dream about romance. Similar to how Twilight was back in the day.
Is this just one of those shows that I'm way to old to really enjoy, because I've seen a lot of shows, but this one is the first one that really makes feel like this.

Not really. For example I didn't like Speed and Love and A LOT of people love that show.
They are both love story's, but they are very different.

He has struggled a bit, but I can't pity him. First, I don't feel the amount of struggle from him I think I should (maybe it hasn't been shown), and second, while it's true there were a lot of lies from Rong I don't feel like he ever really went out of his way to find the true. And third, he hasn't taken any accountability yet nor has he apologized.

Marrying beyond ones status is like marriage with large age gaps, both people need to have personalities that mesh well together, otherwise the added challenges these types of relationships have will end up corroding the relationships.

You can see in the parents relationships that the father had a very fragile ego and maybe too much confidence in his abilities. He couldn't take the fact that if she wanted his wife could easily outshine him. And you can see if ZX and NXG had dated, the relationship would mirror her parents(thought I think NXG would see the warning signs after a while).

Well, I'm glad the author decided to leave Lin Yu Sen and Nie Xi Guang as the end couple and not break them up.
Because from what she show has shown so far, I can't think of a good reason for why they would break up while staying true to their characters.
Maybe the author just got lost in the plot xD, but I do find it weird and unlikely that the author really planned to make Zhuang Xu the final ML and end up with the FL, because LYS really is like people like to say a whole green forest, while ZX is just trash.

At the end of the day, I'm glad the author listened to feedback from fans, because I really like the story and the romance between LYS and NXG, and I would have absolutely hated it if they broke up.

Unless the rest of the episode ruin the drama, this will be one of my favorite romance dramas alongside others.

He did say that, and I laughed when he did, but even though he said it he never acted on it (until now).

I never read the book, nor do I know much about the author. But is it a knows fact that she thought about him as the ML initially?
I think you used some tropes that are usually used for the ML and used them on him instead, but I have doubts that she seriously planned to initially make him the ML, or if she did then she removed/reworked the story.

If she really planned to make him the ML she would have had to show is internal conflict about his feelings of inferiority and prejudices against his emerging feelings for the FL, because for people to root for him we would need to see he was willing and trying to become better(this is what happens in most haters to lovers, or cold ML in other stories), and we haven't seen that, that is why almost no one has 2nd lead syndrome, he doesn't come out like a misunderstood ML, he just comes out as a spineless prick.

And another thing, usually most watchers have trouble don't really care about the main leads past relationships because we are told, now shown, but here we see it. So it helps if we can see that this person, at least for a few episodes was the ML.
That's why I think the writer wrote him not like the true ML, but thought of him slightly like one initially, but then removed some qualities from him, making the story also somewhat realistic, as there is a reason they never got together.

First, you need to use punctuation cause I thought I was having a stroke trying to read this.
Now if I read that correctly.
The problem with saying the the SML might have expected more from the FL is that he never acted like it, all we have seen from him until now is him mostly being rude to the FL.
The way he treated the FL is because he projected is insecurities to the FL, and that lead to him never believing her, never standing by her side and be mostly rude and dismissive to her. It's the fact he has a fragile ego.

Contrary to the SML, we can see from the way they act towards each other that the ML has bigger expectations from the FL, and the FL for the ML as well.

Maybe he will have good qualities, but for now those haven't been shown. The only good quality he has shown when it comes to the FL is the fact he has been respecting the boundaries of the fact she "has a boyfriend". But we still have to see if he will continue doing that now that he knows the FL and ML are still not dating.

People do start expecting better/more for people they develop feelings for.
I like that she's aware of it, she just hasn't connected the points to realize her feelings yet

Did the switch made the show better? No
Did the switch made the show worse? Not really

It's not like the actress is a horrible or even bad, the character just became a little different than what we got in the beginning, but that also could be explained by the switch, and her personality change happening because she was no longer shunned and "ugly", they just didn't do a really good job at explaining it.

People just seemed to get hanged up on the character switch and then not really give the show a real chance.

His insecurities don't come from the misunderstandings, but they might have become worse with some of them so I understand your point.
You are right, we just have different perspectives on the character, and that's a good thing.
You're seeing him in a better light than most of us are, so the future behavior we expect from him is different.
Chances are we both end up being right, and he goes "evil" for a while and then gets a redemption. We'll just have to see

Maybe it's a difference in personalities, but I don't take what someone tells me at face value, I listen if I trust the person, and I keep it at the back of my mind but I don't let it lead my interactions with the person.

But you see, in most of the little dialogue they have he is rude and dismissive towards her. On the bus stop before he "tries to confess his feelings" he also takes some potshots at her.
He acts/thinks like he is better than her because he had/was to work hard, and at the same time feels inferior to her because of her money. That's why he could not even confess properly

We might be a little harsh when we say the SML is spineless, a coward, a self-pity victim but they are truth.
Can you imagine what it would be like to date someone like that, to always have to try to interpret the things he means to say but doesn't, to have to manage his feelings and your actions so it doesn't damage his ego

Maybe, I don't think it's been shown him receiving it, or at least I just don't remember it right now