AleksandraSucur

It wasn't your fault, it actually wasn't explained properly and the authors used too many red herrings in this particular case, so many things remained without an explanation (eg. the trigger of the disturb/obsession with spiders) or remain blurred (egg-reproduction). Frankly, I've also remained a bit confused after it. Yup, spiders are interesting creatures.
Happy New Year! 😀

dolls were props used in a movie shooting, while cow remains were probably used for testing how the internal organs dissolve/liquify when an acid is used on them as to simulate the similar reaction when spider's gastric acids enter the prey. I have no medical knowledge as well, but have observed on my home-spiders how they kill their prey. The insects caught in their web don't die of suffocation although the spider carefully wrap them all over: if it is hungry, it'll kill them immediately injecting these venomous gastric enzymes and then suck it back together with liquified content of the insect (and that's how it kill another spider even without wrapping it in a sausage, I rarely kill them at home bc I know they'll kill each other sooner or later and are useful to keep other insects at bay) but if they are not hungry, they'll leave the prey hanging there for "hard days" exactly as we hang sausages, the only difference is that the content of that wrap still isn't "processed food", on the contrary, wrapping is a way of keeping them "fresh". I've saved a ladybug using a needle three days after it was wrapped and it was still alive. When they inject the liquifing enzymes into the prey (and there's no way for the prey to be saved at that point), spiders will immediately suck its content leaving the exoskeleton and outside wrap almost intact.

as well as are yours for me ❤️❤️❤️

Me too. I think I've dropped FoF because I disliked the cold demon king character (among other issues) in that one. The role he played and I preferred was of the tai qi master in I Am Nobody, because it involved so many skills he masters, including a bunch of microexpressions conveying wittiness, scheming, innocence, surprise etc. For actors, it's very difficult to play comic book's heroes in general, because they must excercise a great restraint to keep the character "bidimensional" in general appearence while still putting (an even greater) effort in microexpressions and martial arts movements in singular scenes to convince the audience. He slayed in that role, can't imagine any other actor performing that character in such a convincing way. Years passed and I still remember several great scenes, including tai qi lessons he gave to his father in that drama - pearls of pure comedy.
Happy New Year, my friends! 🎇

don't worry. Yes, ep 12 was still watchable, but 13-14 are simply disappointing. I understand why the fun disappeared - both the ML and the FL (+ SML) are in a much harder position than ever before - but I can't understand why the thrill has gone too in this weird illusion-land stocked with wicked females. I can only explain it by a drop in the story-telling quality. If the story drags within this arc even in tomorrow's eps, I believe many people will quit it...
It's a pity, it started well

I beg to differ on this. She stood bravely for the FL even when she was more scared in several occasions, in situations that were life-threatening for her as a weak flower demon. Here, she is against FL bc she wants to win a competition, wants a beauty and is jealous bc both humans and demons favors FL? Such a switch of personality is unconvincing and - if remains unexplained - it's an unconsistent writing, as Salwa Nice pointed out.

I agree. Although she is a side character, she is still too important for the FL. It isn't ok for such a 180° change in attitude to remain unexplained.

most of the dresses and hairstyle we've seen immitate the late Ming fashion-style (as the outfit AtsukoM mentioned), you're right, but not all. Hanfu worn by the old lady and servants is Qing (even the late Qing, recognizable for its diagonal closure from neck towards shoulder), as well as the sleeveless short vests over the dresses. And there are other dresses from early Ming, which is also a very different style.
I can understand the enjoyment, bc all these outfits are visually beautiful and none can say the contrary, but mixing the styles was not a wise choice of the costume department: there's also an audience who will feel confused seeing them mixed, that was my point

If close siblings behave like that, the responsibilty is of an adult person who grew them up: the old Lady Rong.
Who apparently favours the oldest grandaughter as a destined heiress and beholder of Tea-Bone (clan's insignia which makes me laugh, being a homophone with T-bone) but makes her life hard in order to "educate" her to cope with problems, including her brazen sisters. She perfectly knows they've hired robbers to steal tea buds from Bao and then sent the stupid bro to cover the traces... I mean, is it in this way how you educate your grandaughters? Bao was kidnapped by the people they've hired (and than freed by Lu), but the old lady turned a blind eye and even playfully joked with the mastermind of that plot... She is the person who stirs up their competiteveness, as the Tea Bone game is open until she passes it to one of them and one of the conditions is to get married before she'll do that. Bao is aware of her game with sisters, as well as of the fact the old lady intends to make her marry that wanna be monk...
It is also true that they are not totally at each other's throats, they tend to forget their rivalries the moment Rong family or tea business is exposed to some troubles

No, I am not critical at all, it's a fictional setting, why bother... it's just the mix of styles that makes me confused. I'd prefer they've chosen one style or completely fictional style dresses

I don't like costumes, they make me feel confused. Female dresses mixed too many Ming and Qing fashion styles, men are mostly Ming but with some clothes having smth of Song and Tang. For how they look great and gorgeous, they are very distracting and disorienting for a person who differentiate them

The first day was great, very entertaining

The whole Rong mansion is a nest of born vixens, why should she be an exception, lol?
If I were a man, I'd run miles away from such a place instead of swarming in like crazy

a great parody on phantasies - usually we see them in a form of tropes on male phantasies, but here they are even more hilarious bc they are female phantasies and must contain more materialistic values, sex appeal is not sufficient, lol. I was dying

The husband selection is completely hilarious. I'd hardly reject a man dressed in a black silk with his chest muscles coming out of it like two well built balconies 🔥, sitting on a mountain of gold and jewelry 😍 surrounded by red drapes 🎇, saying: "men are often unfaithful, only gold is steadfast". Not the most romantic lines, but sound highly believable😂

yes, which makes her FL's cousin.

Qing, right, not Qiao... lapsus

I've already seen ep 1 (too short to judge if there's a lot of romance), it's a bit outdated but watchable.
I have two airing mystery/thrillers (Light of Dawn and The Company) I'm watching right now, want to resume a couple of eps of The Miracles as well... Must finish or drop smth to watch this one. I'll send you a request and let you know.

I also think the deceased Xu can be GF's bio father making GF a lawful heir of Penglai shares.

I think he was Pedro José Lobo, as it was emphasised he was of Portuguese nationality and represented Portuguese administration/governor in several occasions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Jos%C3%A9_Lobo
The name was changed (maintaining the initials) to enable his crash for (fictional) Ms Qiao, bc the real one was married and had almost adult children at the time. As well as to soften his relationship with col. Sawa Eisaku
"To expedite food procurement, Lobo was set up as head of the Companhia Cooperativa de Macau (CCM, or Macau Cooperative Company Limited), a joint Macau government–Japanese army private venture. According to journalist João Guedes, by pandering to Japanese political and military interests, this arrangement also allowed Colonel Sawa Eisaku, head of the Japanese Military Secret Service Office in Macau, to act as virtual chefe sombra (shadow chief) of the Macau Economic Services"
as it is mentioned in this sc. paper https://hkupress.hku.hk/image/catalog/pdf-preview/9789888390519.pdf
I don't know if he had a Macanese name, maybe the one you've found is the same person