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It's because people saw his face with wrinkles. They don't have any problems with an age gaps of several centuries as long as no wrinkles were ever sighted 😂

Yes, it would be super weird if they fell in love and then the selfish, creepy grandson somehow came back! It's clear that the string of fate is between Xia Cha and Ye Haiyuan, and that Ye Haiyuan never saw Xia Zefang as a love interest. He was clearly not into him at all and wasn't even very sad about his death.

Exactly. The right one came back.

People are fine with romance where one party is young and the other is centuries old as long as they never *looked* old, lmao (like every single vampire romance). But here we see the character looking old in the beginning and suddenly it's "creepy" and "disgusting" lol.

Yeah, it's not very well made. It's incoherent, the pacing is off, and the acting and characterisation are less than stellar, which makes it a bit unconvincing. Props to you for complaining about what is *actually* wrong with this drama unlike 99% of the commenters lol

Ye Haiyuan does NOT like Xia Xefang, it's clearly one-sided, and Xia Zefang comes across as selfish, obsessive, stalkery, and with no respect for Ye Haiyuan's wishes or his boundaries. The fact that he tried to force himself on Ye Haiyuan makes him a creep. And yet people are shouting about the kind, gentle grandpa being a creep simply because he is old and ended up in his dead grandson's body, even if he himself had nothing to do with it and clearly thinks he is the one who should have died...

Istg, people here in the comments are just disgusted by old people as if they are some kind of different species. Funny how nobody complained about the old people in Century of Love or My Golden Blood or every other vampire romance... Oh, wait, it's because they never *looked* old even when being older than any living human being...

That is not what is happening at all. You haven't even watched it but are judging it based on your interpretation of a synopsis?

Both Xia Cha and Xia Zefang died, but Xia Cha's soul came back in Xia Zefang's body. So it's Xia Zefang who is dead, not Xia Cha.

Haha me too 😂

I agree. Xia Zefang (the grandson) behaved in a very inappropriate and toxic way, but Xia Cha (the grandpa) seems very kind and gentle and considerate of others. And there's no power imbalance involved. If anything, Xia Cha is at a disadvantage now.

I don't judge people who like toxic or predatory romance dynamics, or people who dislike them. But this isn't either, so far!

I think we're going to find out that the connection (probably from a past life) is actually between Xia Cha (the grandpa) and Ye Haiyuan. Just my speculation based on the setup. And Ye Haiyuan was clearly not into Xia Zefang at all, and obviously didn't even like him very much as a person, since he wasn't even very cut up about his death. So it's not like Haiyuan thinks that Xia Cha is his lover or anything. Which means that no, Xia Cha didn't "get" his grandson's love interest, because that was all in Xia Zefang's head, and Xia Cha also didn't have any such ideas before. At this point in the story, they are not lovers.

This. Also I think it's just about a lot of young people being disgusted by old people. If there's a power imbalance inherent in the age gap, then it's creepy, or older people perving over teens, sure. But that's not the case here. As you say, if reincarnation exists, then we're all old souls in younger bodies, we just don't remember it.

It wasn't written as sexy, though. It was clearly harrassment and I think we were supposed to feel disgusted. Xia Zefang came across as obsessive and selfish with no respect for other people's wishes or boundaries. It's clear that Ye Haiyuan doesn't like him and for good reason. Probably so we as audience wouldn't feel too bad about his passing.

Both Asian Crush and Tubi say it's unavailable.

How are you watching The Promise of the Soul? I thought it didn't start until Friday?

How are you watching The Promise of the Soul? I thought it didn't start until Friday?

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This. Especially since they went around the ban by only airing it outside of China, so they are relying only on us international fans to earn back what they invested in this. Chinese fans can't support it by watching it legally, but we can.

There's some bad history between them that makes Guo Cheng Yu think that Chi Cheng will always go after his partners.

It's made for overseas audiences, it cannot be aired inside mainland China. Just because the government has banned BL doesn't mean people in China aren't trying their best to get around it.