Nauriya

No wonder ML surname is Feng, I remember there was a person name Lei Feng, who was used as a huge propaganda prop to promote CCP as well as other Party activities and there was literally a term "Learn from Lei Feng as a Model" or "Follow the examples of Comrade Lei Feng" that was heavily instilled in people and he was used to promote socialist values, and he has several burst, measures to this day in China.

FMY personality is exactly like him, for example, uneducated but shown as highly intelligent, no greed, always helping, labeled as hero, living in frugality, prioritizing others, upholding socialist values, and so on...

In the EP21 or 22 where they showed Gang of Four has been dealt with and the country is on progress and they started Boluan Fanzheng to reinstate people to their class.

People who don't know, it was a super intelligent move by DXP (who was a real power holder despite any official position and he shaped what China is today) to punish Gang of Four to reestablished China's image by blaming all the wrongs on them, and they were indeed wrong, but in doing so they protected Mao, as they couldn't blame him for anything as he was a face of CCP adn hey were afraid if they labelled him as anything but hero, the country wouldn't survive, so what they did to settle the score, they blame the 10-years wrongs that plunged people to their lowest by blaming, Mao's last wife and her three associates.

Having said this I mean no diss, as it is not for me to make a judgment, but the history is also written by men, what is in the history it is not always true. Truth and facts can be distorted anytime, by anyone. Men after all, is master of all corruption.

Professors weren’t “safe” in the Cultural Revolution. If anything, being an intellectual could put a target on your back, and once a family got labeled (like 黑五类 / bad class background), the stigma often spread to relatives too. Intellectuals were frequently labeled as “bourgeois,” “reactionary,” or politically unreliable, especially if they had overseas ties, “wrong” family background, or were associated with “old ideas.”

Being sent “to the north” usually means 下放/劳改 style re-education or forced labor in remote, harsh places. Later, when the political wind changed after the late-70s, many people got 平反 (rehabilitated), were allowed back to the city, and could regain work-unit housing, so the parents returning with a house actually fits the timeline.

So common punishment was being sent away for 劳动改造 (laogai / labor reform) or 下放 (sent-down re-education), often to remote areas with tough living conditions. It wasn’t always “prison” in the usual sense, it could be forced labor + political supervision.

Also, when people say “Black Five Categories” (黑五类), that refers to class labels like landlord/rich peasant/counterrevolutionary/bad element/rightist. In practice, the label could spread to family members (so a whole household could be treated as “problematic”), and it could be applied broadly, sometimes based on rumors, past jobs, or a single accusation.

Hope that answers your question!

So I have been wondering since last episodes, so what it is? good guy or bad guy? Lol it is too confusing....

the SYJ list case is 100% based on real life tragedy of actress Jang Ja Yeon, who was playing a supporting role in Boys over Flower K-version and committed suicide, leaving a list of 50+ names who raped and sexually abused her but nothing happened, as they were politicians, big complies heads, so the president, prosecution has the case closed with not results or further investigation.

it is not clear yet, it wa sher dream I think, may be something else was going on.

the biggest problem with such type of series is they make FL look badass and unhinged but as episodes unfolds they make her look pathetic, desperate, hiding her true vulnerability and in the end it will be the ML who will break through her, give her real comfort and solves her problems for her and I hate to see such progress of a character … be badass, be unapologetic and be bold till the end. But the hot shot personality of a character they build in the beginning it always starts to fall by the end of it.

I can't believe how corrupt her mother is and she still keeps the morality look on her face.

I like it, but editing is 0, some fake stuff as well but will give it a go, typical messy BL. But so use to this type of production nothing feels wrong now!

Did BJB just used left hand to shake hands, that was weird…idk if it’s makeup or wha but PMy looks different like her skin is stretched to the core, also the eyelids she is not doubled but her make try to look she has double eyelids… Korean loves double eyelids,…. anyway it is interesting and not boring. my man WHJ is fucking fine man. KJH should be leading every series but his fate in this industry is very ambiguous one moment he is famous and all and the other he plays support, negative or side roles. method acting has him gone mad.

burning sun is different scandal, what I am talking about it is same case as depicted in serie. the actress who left a list of her rapists br never convicted infact currier president of that time promise to investigate but nothing happened.

also it is pretty much clear that writer wrote this based on a 2009 case of Boys Over Flower supporting actress who was rapped and pimped by high profile people in SK and she committed suicide leaving 50+ name who were never charged or apprehended. the Seo Ji Yoon case they were talking is a replica of what happened in real life. Even though the series is based on other series but the resemblance is almost uncanny.

I am now 90-100% sure about the tech guy … but still hoping he isn’t what I think or we all are guessing … but his expression this episode was wired as hell…and it is clear he has a motive and hidden cause …

I don't know the book, but I am afraid, someone evil close to them, will reveal his family problems, specially LY who is after YF but YF though accepted her but stil don't love her, so in jealousy she might try to ruin ML and FL by revealing ML family issue.

I am just waiting when she will finally get to go to university.

I am super proud of this series ... EP9 was the best, not because of "that" and "those" but it felt like something real happened!!!

Earth and Mix are one hell of a good looking CP. Earth has this face of true Thai beauty. He reminds of old faces back in time with dark skin tone of Siamese people before this white wash came in (no offense) and same goes for Apo. Mix really upped his game and they are sexy…

Beleive me when I say it that I am fan of Gawain but both Joss and Gawain aren’t best actors and this series is no exception, really lacking in acting perspective but visuals are like 100%… Aou and Boom are love as well… love all pairs , exciting and really happening and not boring.

their training suits are just replicas of FILA, couldn't they come up with different colors and logo style???

he is red flag, he married her as she looks like her ex, by giving her no choice but to free from her so called "bad family" status quo. But he is not voilent, or bad person, he will coem about, when he will fall for her and she will leave him, he will chase her!!!

Christy's acting was marvelous in EP9 when she sat down in front of mirror, confronting the start of her miserable fate, knowing fully she gave up earth for sky, but doesn't have wings. She now can only sit there, staring at her own reflection, realizing the choice is already behind her and the consequences are finally in front of her, with no way to climb back down and no way to fly forward.

The way she looked at Qu Hua, before standing up from the dressing table, that was an actor moment!!!

super cringe and bad writing on how he got to know her…the boyfriend was one hell of the bitch person, his passing doesn’t even make me sad. so the entire bak story feels like super forced narrative just to start the drama.

it wasn’t any trap, as he build echosphere it can get infected since it has moss, natural CO2 to keep the system alive, so instead using pesticides he add fly catching sticky paper. I didn’t suspect on that but yes it also played part in it as he is mysterious to me until now and he is tech guy so it is apparent and reasonable connection we can made that he created Connect

I really hope the CEO TJ is not the head of them, he is giving low key feeling of last piece of villain that was right under their arms and had them since the start…please be a good ma as you have always been…