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I’m probably biased but how is the rating only an 8.5 (yes yes it’s already considered good) when the comments here are obsessed with the drama 😫

Aw thank you!

Yeah like where he went to her college to check up on her (and possibly more places!) and the wedding. Those are rated G -_-

Btw do you know why it was cut down / any reasonable speculations on Weibo and XHS?

yessss ep 25 was chef's kiss. ngl i was really pleasantly surprised by how much esther has improved -- always been her fan but never seen her deliver gut punchingly tearful lines like that before

Same haha I gave the drama a 10 rating since it really touched me with how well the leads' motivations were fleshed out (and the very very convincing acting during the Nanjing arc). it's a very memorable and immersive drama.

there was indeed supposed to be a bathtub "kissing" scene in the novel. i saw the same photo on XHS and read a related screenshot of the script in the comments (idk if it's real but it was pretty well written..) and that was where Jin Zhao says "I love you". maybe you saw the same thing lol

Her adult years are fantastic, keep watching

I’m cackling at the comments on video edits — when ppl see small details in the edits they didnt notice before, they’re like “was this edited out too 🤬” even when it wasn’t LOL

commenting yet again to appreciate smth else the show did really well -- showcasing the nuanced psychology and personalities of the leads vs. creating caricatures of traumatized boy vs. bubbly often shown in idol dramas

when Jin Zhao visited his mother in law, he became a 10 year old boy again. he was insecure that he wasn't good enough for mumu, that he doesn't have a proper family (mentioning he didn't have any relatives to ask about proper marriage customs), that the only mother figure in his life wouldn't want him (he stood from afar just to see her in Thailand, likely cuz at some level, he missed her). i also appreciate that jin zhao gave a voiceover towards the finale on where he "messed up", signaling his growth. some shows leave way too much left to the audience's imagination.

mumu, while being the light of jin zhao's life and bravely fights for their love, is still often times frustrated by his pushing her away, and eventually logically figures out a solution forward / cheekily tries to understand him better/ etc. while she's very feminine, she's still very capable in completing college in another country, securing a post-grad job, and even learning how to cook! her more playful & petty side only comes out with jin zhao, even after she matured, which i find endearing.

it's also easy to understand why mumu loves jin zhao so much, who always prioritizes her in the both the big and small ways. although his dream was astronomy, he chose to become an auto engineer in china (i assume to make more money, in hopes of eventually becoming "good enough" for mumu and to ofc fund the coffee shop); while mumu chose astronomy since jin zhao didn't have a chance to study it. after she moved into his nanjing apartment and she was running late and couldn't eat breakfast with him, he already prepared her a to-go box (likely a call-back to when she overslept for school in Thailand), showing how he still remembers her schedule and habits

i think all these details really make the characters come alive and be unforgettable. idk how im gonna move on :(

this sold me on why she thought no one else was good enough for her wahhh. he'll never stop putting her first

may both sides of your pillow always be cold!!!!!!!

hahahaha thanks

1st time: Ch 73-74
Black dress: 75-76
Bath: 78 (keep reading after the bath scene)

happy reading!

Lemme get back to you LOL

Remind me again if I forget

It’s a huge scene in the novel hehe. I think almost all the Nanjing cuts were part of the novel. I’m gonna go reread them now

Also maybe the FL was a lot more shy in the Thailand scenes so easier to pass censorship? While she’s a lot more forward in Nanjing. I’m bored so I’m imagining the director / editor getting censored, throwing a tantrum, and purposely editing it like this to tell us they got censored 😂

instead of surgical scissors they used a paper machete

I feel like we’re all dr*g addicts craving those scenes haha

probably made it to my favorite drama of all time. like everyone else said, the editing was choppy at times, but i thought the emotional scenes were extremely well directed and acted. with the cinematography, acting, osts, OOZING chemistry, insane push and pull tension, and sensible enough plot, i truly felt immersed in their world. the double yearning is a cherry on top

my complaints about a lot of dramas these days (both korean and chinese) are that they don't focus enough on the leads (too many characters and subplots), plot takes a 90 degree turn to squeeze out more episodes, chemistry fizzles out immediately after leads get together, screenwriter makes a stupid sad / open ending for no reason (cdrama) or to leave an option for season two (kdrama), etc. etc. this has none of that, which makes me so so so happy.

trust me, the cnetz are demanding for it too 🤣. even saying if the govt wants them to have more kids, they should let those scenes air