It's more crazy delulu SML doing the pestering. Neither ML nor the FL really care about the SFL.
It's not SFL who fed it tho. That was her mother meddling by having SFL's maid serving the aphrodisiac infused food/drink to ML. SFL even gets mad at her maid and her mother for ruining her good image in front of ML.
She's not as annoying or pestering as SML. This is one of the few dramas where you'll hate SML more than the SFL.
SFL does however manage to become ML's concubine (not of his choice.. her father schemes to get her into ML's residence as his concubine while he's out fighting battles). ML comes back and marries FL. And neither FL nor ML take her seriously.
where did you find this? is this true? because as a MM fan who hasnt seen ALP, i need to know!
MM, TLI, and ALP -- all three are indeed connected in the novels. The dramas however were made to be stand-alones, so do not get disappointed if the characters you loved/liked in TLI and/or MM appear to be a lot different and not to your expectations.
FL goes on to have half of her stomach to be surgical removed so that she can't over-eat (she's a foodie) and look fat on-screen. She's also extremely busy, only takes 5 days off per year, and to keep with the busy schedule, she frequently takes injections.
Hey guys.. a bit off-topic. I just came across a Chinese novel and started reading. I'm almost at the end, and I felt like this novel truly depicts how C-ent industry runs. I did read Chinese novels based on entertainment industry before, but they all felt like they are sugarcoating everything. This one however is so brutally real, while also able to convey a good love story. The novel is about two ex-lovers who are now at peak, ML is at peak in the movies while FL is at peak in the dramas. It talks about CP hyping, billing issues, table reading, variety shows gimmicks, and a lot of other things very realistically.
I highly recommend it for everyone to read it, so you might understand the C-ent industry a little bit more.
SFL does however manage to become ML's concubine (not of his choice.. her father schemes to get her into ML's residence as his concubine while he's out fighting battles).
ML comes back and marries FL. And neither FL nor ML take her seriously.
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The dramas however were made to be stand-alones, so do not get disappointed if the characters you loved/liked in TLI and/or MM appear to be a lot different and not to your expectations.
But honestly, we haven't seen many really good C-ent industry based novels being adapted.
FL goes on to have half of her stomach to be surgical removed so that she can't over-eat (she's a foodie) and look fat on-screen.
She's also extremely busy, only takes 5 days off per year, and to keep with the busy schedule, she frequently takes injections.
It's terrible what they are doing to themselves.
The novel is great though.
I just came across a Chinese novel and started reading. I'm almost at the end, and I felt like this novel truly depicts how C-ent industry runs.
I did read Chinese novels based on entertainment industry before, but they all felt like they are sugarcoating everything. This one however is so brutally real, while also able to convey a good love story.
The novel is about two ex-lovers who are now at peak, ML is at peak in the movies while FL is at peak in the dramas. It talks about CP hyping, billing issues, table reading, variety shows gimmicks, and a lot of other things very realistically.
I highly recommend it for everyone to read it, so you might understand the C-ent industry a little bit more.
Here's the link: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/2110629/dream-river-night-navigation--by-yan-xue-jie-/
Looks like they removed the series from the website. They uploaded it on another website which is up for download if anyone is interested:
https://loveeattea.blogspot.com/2026/02/dream-river-night-navigation-by-yan-xue.html