Winnie

I watched a clip on YouTube where she is back in the present day, runs and hugs the old ML and says to him that she is Zhuang Yan, the one he met 30 years ago. I assume this means she goes back to the present day and doesn’t just cease to exist.

I’m also confused about who her biological parents are because of the blood types. Any ideas?

I don’t remember ML calling the FL’s mother cousin? Which episode is that? He did call her “Mei Mei” like little sister?

He’s only her “uncle” because his younger sister later marries her dad. But they’re not blood related in any way.

Oh he disappears pretty quickly, like the next episode or two?

I think he has the most scenes in 23-25, 27 and 32

Sorry, I meant no disrespect to anyone else's opinion.

It was just my view of whether I thought she loved him in the drama, regardless of whether the way she treated him was right or wrong.

I actually wondered whether Rong went back to being more reserved in her feelings after Lu regained his memory. I think one can see her keeping him in the dark about her plotting towards Governer Jiang as manipulation or using him as part of her plotting which is not ideal, but she doesn't actually do anything that harms him. I think she had some real trust issues at that point but who knows.

As for abandoning Lu and going off to marry Yan the next day, Rong knew that she wasn't actually going to marry him and had set him up to be exposed at the wedding. Yes, locking Lu up is obviously frowned upon but given Lu's hot headedness, I think she was simply just trying to stop him from causing a scene/interfering with her plan. As for why it had to be a wedding (at least what I understood) was to demonstrate in front of everyone that her grandmother was no longer as sharp as before and able to carry the house hold.

I think the point where I thought it was obvious that she loved him was when she went to the Duke's household. Otherwise, I can't really see why she would go there to begin with. Even though she was planning to leave (probably like Lu said, from the moment she got there), she did not actually make plans to leave until the day after Lu and his brother had reconciled. And then of course when the brother was found dead, she didn't leave and stuck around to help him figure out what exactly had happened.

The part that I personally thought was mature given the circumstances (and I understand many disagree) is when she decided to leave at the very end. I think there is something romantic about two people sacrificing everything and flying off into the sunset with no care in the world. But I also think there is something romantic in the way this drama ended, in a realistic way. Not everyone gets to ditch their family responsibilities and she was not prepared to do so, and she didn't force him to give up his.

Like she said at the very end when they were on the boat, leaving his family was ultimately his choice and now he can't hold it against her (or be resentful towards her) in the future. She gave him the space to see for himself the toxicity of his own family and gave him the freedom to choose whether he wanted that life for himself (without any undue influence from her).

I thought it was very obvious that she loved him, but obviously had responsibilities that she could not give up. I also quite liked the ending cause she left it to him to decide whether he wanted to go with her without expressly saying so. I’ve seen in real life others having to move to a different city or give up a job for their husband or wife, then ending up with a lot of resentment over time which is terrible for the relationship. I actually thought it was quite a mature way that she dealt with it 🤷🏻‍♀️

How did you know he was also poisoned?

Who is Shuyu?

And he lost his leg in the novel, got a prosthetic, which seemed to make it all more serious (not to justify it but yeah another factor perhaps?)

I think she was waiting for Cheng Guan Yu [the family steward] to rock up? Cause she was delaying the wedding ceremony and looked back?

Thanks! Found it

@JV55X @yogurt
I actually purchased a hard copy of the original novel and there’s like a second epilogue/extra chapter (the online versions don’t seem to have this)

I can’t seem to see any trailers for ep 31 and 32?

It was early on, he kept her handkerchief (which she used to wrap a cut on his arm) and some other trinket that she left at his door (after seeing that all the other staff had one hanging off their belts during new years but he didn’t). Basically things he kept that represent his feelings towards her.

@Mailyn @lana264 I’m also curious why it panned back to that scene. Maybe we’re thinking too much into it and she was just a bit angry so she kicked him 🤷🏻‍♀️

Uh, should this be a spoiler

I sent it to as a message to you

@xiaolongbao I guess we will have to wait and see! I saw a post saying it was going to be released on 19 February?

I can send it to you when I get a chance