Lizzy

I am less than ten episodes into LoZH, but am liking it a lot. I like the cohesive partnership that the leads are developing, but I did hear that there isn’t a lot of skinship in it which is something that I really like in my romances. Regardless, I wasn’t expecting to like it as much as I am, and as long as the leads get equal development I’ll be happy. I loved TSoML after the leads got together because he was SO touchy feely with Minglan!

I’m currently watching this one on the side! (Really enjoying it, actually)

The Prisoner of Beauty 👈🏻👌🏻
Shadow Love
Legend of Shen Li
Legend of the Female General
Fated Hearts

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Yeah, it was more just the jumpstart for her infatuation with him.

I think JZ figured out it was CYY quite a while ago. I remember her making a comment about it?

Did he ever have one to begin with? 😂

Yeah but she decided to keep it a secret from him in the beginning. It would have been nice if she at last initially apologized for that. If she was honest with him the day he showed up at her sister’s new house, so much could have been prevented. The only reason she was going to talk to him was because she suspected that he overheard them.

I personally think the best romances are the ones where you can’t pinpoint the moment they developed the feelings because they grew naturally.

I think I read elsewhere that they are actually hand warmers?

Yah I’m a little mixed with how that conflict was handled.

I haven’t watched any of the previews yet. I think since their engagement and marriage JZ has been really great about showing her love for CYY so I guess I personally don’t see it as unbalanced. I just wish her guardedness got addressed and that she would be allowed to have faults and be accountable to them.

I already did watch 34. And honestly- I’m starting to get the similar Rah Rah Girl Power vibes as PoJ after how the resolution of their fight went. Like CYY pointedly told her he was hurt that she didn’t tell him that CXQ was harassing her and her only response was “What would you do in my position?” No apology for hurting his feelings at all - and to make matters a bit more unsatisfactory, she literally brushed away all of his concerns by kissing him. Seemed a little patronizing to him tbh.

When they release the last five episodes all at once, usually for an extra payment 😊

I think I’m a bit mixed about how the conflict unfolded and about how it was resolved. I JUST finished it and am still processing it, but it seems like they really painted the whoooole conflict as CYY being petty and jealous, while JZ did not do anything wrong whatsoever and didn’t need to apologize. Like ofc she wasn’t wrong for having a crush on CXQ before, I don’t even think she was wrong for not thinking to talk to CYY about it when they got engaged buuut… keeping it a secret that he was pestering her? That’s where I think she did mess up, but she never apologized. I also was a little bothered that while she was signing the divorce papers she reflected back on CYY asking her not to retreat when problems come and instead try to solve them with him… and JZ used that memory to reinforce her belief that CYY was the one who was not trying to work things out with her— which is partly true because he was avoiding her — but SHE was the one who wasn’t honest with him when CXQ was harassing her. SHE was the one who shut him out and went ahead to try to solve all of it on her own while keeping CYY in the dark. In not keeping CYY in the loop, the situation escalated to a painful moment when CYY was humiliated and put on the spot.

It didn’t really seem to me that JZ was held accountable for any of that, but rather CYY was all in the wrong and just being petty and jealous. Hmm. Yeah I’m still processing the past couple of episodes.

Episode 34–

Yeah, supposedly. I just really hope they don’t use his supposed death as a means to keep the love triangle going with any of her other suitors.

Yeah, well he told CXQ that he and the FL liked each other from the beginning, so there’s validity to your point.

Eh, I don’t know if jealous is the most accurate word I was going for. My point was that I can see how he may feel a little insecure because JZ didn’t exactly chase him, nor was she overtly enthusiastic about marrying him (her mom died since CXQ, so it’s understandable she’d be more jaded). So for CYY to hear that she chased CXQ, I can see how that would sting. And with all of the cultural components to this situation as well. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I get both sides.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the conflict that’s coming up in the next few episodes (yay for hyperfixations!). I am comparing how JZ was with CXQ versus how she was with CYY during their “courting” phases. With CXQ she sought him out and tried to chase him, and was very receptive to any attention she got from him… whereas with CYY she rejected him how many times before she said yes? She was a LOT more guarded and standoffish, and wasn’t, like, enthusiastic about saying yes to getting engaged. None of this bothers me at all, and I don’t fault JZ for her reservedness whatsoever. BUT looking at the contrast between her mannerisms with CXQ and CYY, I absolutely understand even more why CYY may feel insecure or jealous. Even though she’s affectionate with him now, he really had to work to win her over. Heck, even after their first kiss she was still on the fence about being with him. So for him to hear that she chased CXQ… yeah :/ Gah! this drama is so good!

A plot that may be more complex, more in depth, with lots of good twists and turns, and with characters that are well developed :)