AleksandraSucur

there's still people who can't believe YX really colluded with He freak to kill Wanwan and frame Bai scholar, they are wondering what benefit would she get, lol
I don't know if we are watching the same drama.
It's crystal clear that the discovery of the owner of the footprint by the unruly sister was a game changer for YX:
- the unruly brat will testify the shoe print was Wanwan's (and that's true)
- the authority investigating Yang's death (which none of the Rong sisters fear at all btw) will close the case with Wanwan as a Yang's killer (everybody knows she is not of sound mind) and with Bai scholar as Wanwan's killer (in a drunken state of mind).
- as a person who always protected Wanwan, RSB will be seen either as an accomplice to Yang's murder or as a person who covered for the killer. RSB will definitely be "brough down from the pedestal", as He freak said.
- YX will be praised by her grandma for helping to close two hot cases fast. Fantastic plan.

Ofc. the things won't go the way YX and He planned, bc RSB got a tip in advance (probably from the blind sis), but even if YX is discovered to have colluded with He freak in his killing plan, what would grandma do to her? Hand Yunxi over to the authorities bc she killed a retarded cousin suspected of murder? What will happen with the Rong's family reputation if she hands her to the authorities? What leverage will remain to the old lady over RSB without YX? She can at most be punished according some "family punishment", although I don't see what rule YX broke.
"The Rong girls cannot do only two things: marry outside the house and damage family's reputation". Everything else is allowed, including a plan to kill another Rong girl. That manor is a better ground for killers and schemers to go rampant than those in the Squid Game.

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The bracelet can only be with the Yang's killer. And, although the twin bro cannot be ruled out, in this moment, the greatest suspect for that crime is He psycho.

The perspective changes accordingly to the presumption we make. If we presume Yunxi is the greatest threat (for the FL) in the house full of snakes, then this action may seem ill-timed and reckless.
But lets first analyse what we've actually seen happening. We've all seen YX lured the maid while He made the scholar drunk and then drowned Wanwan (brought to him by the same maid) wearing scholar's clothes in order to shift the suspect towards the scholar. The unruly sister will testify the shoe print was Wanwan's (and that's true) and the authority investigating Yang's death (which none of the Rong sisters fear at all btw) will close the case with Wanwan as a Yang's killer and scholar as Wanwan's killer (in a drunken state of mind). As a person who always protected Wanwan, RSB can be harmed either as an accomplice to Yang's murder or as a person who covered for the killer. RSB will definitely be "brough down from the pedestal", as He freak said. So, it is not a bad plan. It won't work bc someone allarmed RSB (probably the blind sis), but even if discovered, will YX collusion with He bring any serious consequence to YX?
Now, if you remain stick to this perspective (YX is the greatest threat), you'll think: yes, she'll be harshly punished.
But if you change the perspective and think of how their bad deeds never got punished (bc. the old lady never wanted to seriously educate or punish them), then you'll think: no, she'll get out at most with some bland "family punishment". Can any of us imagine the old lady to hand Yunxi over to the authorities bc she killed a retarded cousin suspected of murder trying to wrap up the Yang's murder case as fast as possible? What kind of leverage will the old lady have on RSB if she hands YX over to the authorities and what will happen with the Rong's family reputation? YX can do and could have done all what she has done simply because she can, she is allowed, she won't suffer any serious consequence. Remember the motto "Rong girls cannot do only two things: marry outside the house and damage family's reputation". Everything else is allowed.

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Yes, I've liked it and watched that drama, too. Although not that zealously as ST and Glory

I'll go now, was in this sections till this moment. Or maybe, I'll rewatch today's ep again, lol. I think I've gone truly crazy 😂🤦‍♀️

I've even wrote a review when finished it https://kisskh.at/profile/11598319/review/523090

You're exactly my case. I've watched Silent Tides almost religiously ep after ep. But it was airing around the noon, so I've got everything ready for lunch to eat while watching... For Glory I have to wake up at 5 a.m. even on Sunday, dam'it!😂

oh, you were referring to the level of tension this murder brings into the narrative. At this point, we've passed 1/3 - actually, an ideal time to raise the tension bringing the plot on another level or arc.
Don't expect the evil sis (who is not grey anymore, but black black) will soon get what she deserves. The plot will deal with scenes related to two "deaths" (one real and one faked) for at least another 4-5 episodes and there's also a cold case (Mrs Yang, aka Mrs Liang) that must be wrapped, closing this arc between ep 18-20 or even later. And even then, I am afraid grandma will still be willing to back her, especially after knowing Wanwan is still alive, so she'll get out of it with max. some sort of "family punishment". For the He freak the case is different: if he was truly responsible for Yang bull's murder (ie., if the death was not an accident, due his drunken state but a premeditated murder), he won't easily come out of that s**t.
So, I think it isn't early, we'll see.

exactly. 👏

we can form a club of "Rong sisters envious of their privileged sisters living in Australia, NZ, Japan, Phillippines..." 😂

Tea bone is a special gift, believed to be innate to a special person of Rong family destined to run the tea business and the family.
The "gift" consists in detailed knowledge of all things regarding tea cultivation, tea tree health, soil, roasting, tea business etc. In reality, it's an acquired knowledge but the Rong family has its reasons to make it a belief and legend to which in particular tea plantation workers are very attached.

It may not make sense but the murders committed by siblings, usually for inheritance, happen every day in the world. Beside, this drama has elements of a palace intrigue drama (the scriptwriter is also the author of Yunxi Palace), such crimes are very common in this genre. We may think of them as exaggerated, but the real history was even crueler. In Ottoman empire it was totally legal for one prince to kill all his siblings of whatever age together with their mothers at the moment of death of their father.

Yunxi is a He's ally. She discovered (actually unruly sis discovered and then told Yunxi) the shoe print belonged to Wanwan. They feared Wanwan saw He freak murdered Yang bull (actually, his target was Shanbao who was supposed to consumate her wedding night there with Yang) and decided to get rid of the possible witness.
For Yunxi, there is a benefit to help He. He is the only person who hates RSB enough and is a psycho enough to kill her. In that case, she'll be in charge. Although He failed to kill RSB (bc she wasn't in the room with Yang), she still benefits from the chaos, bc a chaos shows how uncapable RSB is in keeping the things in family in order.

you can only be scared to get addicted and suffering like we do.
I woke up at 5 a.m. this (Sunday!) morning to watch the latest ep. That's the level of addiction this drama creates, lol

yes, I think that too. When they found about the footprint, hey've thought she saw He freak the night of the murder.

The two are parallel powers, one is in power of the household, the other is a breadwinner, in charge of business. I still can't believe people couldn't see what was so obvious throughout this drama, that the old lady - instead of supporting RSB's authority and asking for respect towards her from other granddaughters - directly or indirectly, yet constantly, undermined that respect and that authority. She was "strenghtening her" my a*s. In the best case, she is just a bad educator-enforcer of the respect of rules and roles. Don't want even to think what she is in the worst case.

you've explained it exactly in the same way. 👍

Regarding the maid, yes, that's a possibility.
Regarding the Wanwan's murder... it could be He freak and Yunxi are thinking Wanwan saw who murdered the Yang bull, leaving her shoe print on the floor. Remember how Yunxi told He freak she has an idea how to get rid of the "Rong girl"? The Rong girl she was referring to could be Wanwan, not RSB.
Right now, the highest probability is that the Yang's killer was He freak, but his target was RSB, who was supposed to be in the bedchamber consuming with Yang their wedding night. His hatred is a plausible motivation to kill her and her freshly wed husband.
And even if Wanwan didn't see who murdered Yang, killing her will add (emotional) burden to RSB and show how uncapable she is in keeping the houshold in order. For Yunxi is enough