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The Best Thing is pretty nice and just finished airing. It’s maybe a bit lighter in tone but it does have some issues for FL to overcome. People rate is pretty highly here.

To add to what others wrote: others do call her “Shuangjiang” (like nickname) but only ML has called her Wen Shuangjiang (like full name).

Sounds like I really need to read the novel! :)

Thank you! There are great dramas without unnecessary breakups so it is strange the drama writers felt a need to add that element.

They will show how that happened in the next episode. Hopefully, he told Evil Grandma it’s time for her to retire to Jeju or something 🤣

In this drama she’s just portraying the character as described in the novel (at least, according to people familiar with the source novel).

Yes, time for grandma’s retirement!
Thank you, it’s 1897 photo of IU’s character in Hotel Del Luna 🥰

Totally agree. Especially since this wasn’t in the novel, to the best of my knowledge.

The parents weren’t even THAT bad (at least, compared to many other drama parents). But the way ML reacted and handled it is kind of weird. How exactly does he plan to prove himself if even winning an Olympic gold medal 🥇 isn’t going to be enough?

Ah, I see. I thought she walked into a men’s restroom by mistake.

Yup. And to make it worse, I believe people said original novel had no breakup. Drama scriptwriters made it a lot more like a typical trope-y drama (e.g., in the novel Yan didn’t know Nanfeng in school).

No, they won’t get together in Episode 18 (it’s already out for SVIP). Maybe in Episode 19 but preview is not definitive on this.

No, it’s not necessary because ML would have left her city very soon to go train with the national team, so they could have continued long-distance relationship like Shan Shan and Dai Duo do. And the most ridiculous thing about the breakup is ML has no way to prove himself to FL’s parents outside of becoming a billionaire overnight. The parents already told him multiple times that even winning Olympic gold medal would not be enough.

The most ridiculous thing about the breakup is ML has no way to prove himself to FL’s parents outside of becoming a billionaire overnight. The parents already told him multiple times that even winning Olympic gold medal would not be enough.

The most ridiculous thing about the breakup is ML has no way to prove himself to FL’s parents outside of becoming a billionaire overnight. The parents already told him multiple times that even winning Olympic gold medal would not be enough.

The most ridiculous thing about the breakup is ML has no way to prove himself to FL’s parents outside of becoming a billionaire overnight. The parents already told him multiple times that even winning Olympic gold medal would not be enough.

The breakup is not in the novel (AFAIK). FL is not a sheltered orchid who seeks/needs parental approval. She already lives independently, pursues her passion (not approved by parents), and has her own source of income.
But — setting all of that aside — how exactly does ML plan to prove himself to her parents during so-called “temporary break”? They already told him multiple times that even winning Olympic gold medal would not be enough and they are concerned about longevity of his athletic career. Is he going to magically become a billionaire overnight? That’s the part that makes the least sense to me 🤨

To be fair, they did show how she was without contacts and Mr. Glasses Cloth handed her the cloth. Did they cut something else important about that?

Sonce they had to edit the series from 30 episodes down to 23, they should have done everyone a favor and removed 95% of Episode 17 and related parts of Episode 18 (and 19 too). It’s painful to see such a good fun drama resort to such a trope (and they didn’t even do it well) 😔

Yes, the breakup is absolutely ridiculous