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I am catching up on all older (pre 2018) K Dramas I haven't seen before. This is one of them. I don't usually like dramas with ghosts or any supernatural element to it, but I really enjoyed this one ( I know it was a tiny element). It was really good. The acting by the FL was outstanding. To make me love her as one character and then turn around and hate her as another character was truly done well. I really liked this drama. It was one of the few that I didn't skip any episodes.

LOL so I am finally giving this drama a shot. I basically have done what you did. Started and dropped several times. I have watched the Taiwan and Chinese adaptations of it. Really liked the Chinese one, don't remember the Taiwan one that much. I agree about the laugh as well. I actually fast-forwarded when he started laughing crazy, cause it was kind of cringe for me. So far I have made it to episode 5, really enjoying the female lead, hoping the male lead gets better, also, I have watched a few of Choi Jin Hyuk's dramas and have really liked him. So staying for glimpses of him as well. Now on to finishing it.

Your right, I meant What's Wrong with Secretary Kim? I am going to fix it. Thank you.

A little bit late on the news, lol. I just now saw this, but still so exciting.

Just saw this article. So excited. https://zapzee.net/2022/07/25/park-seo-joon-to-reportedly-play-noh-varr-in-the-marvels/?fbclid=IwAR00C4iLTjGjVOlp3HPZ_PdytH8qvBCae_1o8-4ad54YgZRj67FtSz_8az8

So I watched the Chinese adaptation of this first awhile back. I preferred it over this one. The only reason I had this on my list to watch was because of Park Seo Joon, because I watched him in What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, which I absolutely loved. Unfortunately, this was just ok for me, because I watched the Chinese one, I was constantly comparing the two. I didn't like the FL that much in this version. It was rather slow and boring. I skipped a lot of scenes and fast forwarded a lot as well.

Like many others I made it for the first few episodes. Then I fast-forwarded and skipped episodes even fast-forwarded through the finale. It was very lackluster. I am not sure if it was the acting, the story, or what. It just didn't grab my attention.

Yes I love that one, I have seen all of her dramas (except for Prodigy Healer) at least once, some I have watched multiple times (Dating in the Kitchen). I have also watched her movie Autumn Fairy Tale.

As much as I love this drama, because the first 12 episodes were so freaking awesome. I am waiting til the 1st half finishes. I can't take these long pauses in between and on top of the teasers. Especially I can't handle her being in the relationship with LY, I don't want to see it all drawn out. So I am going to go and watch previous ZLS dramas to sate my appetite while I wait. Then I will come back and make more comments :)

Well written review. Loved it.

I agree. I feel that instant chemistry, I mean like hot hot fire when Leo Wu and Zhao LuSi are together. I felt the chemistry between her and Yang Yang as well, but not near even close to what she has with Leo Wu. I don't think it is all about age, because in Dating in the Kitchen she had really good chemistry with Lin Yu Shen as well. She in a way is like Dilraba, in that they both always have great chemistry with their costars imo.

I agree about the guy following her. The thing I hate the most about most dramas be it modern or costume is how they have these characters who absolutely refuse to give up even when they are told no or its not going to happen. I get they do it for "drama" etc., but there is a point where it becomes overly annoying.

Agree, also want to add, it isn't that Niao Niao is uneducated, she is just illiterate and also doesn't know family history of the noble families (which she doesn't really care about). She has had or was not given rather a proper education. Niao Niao is very, very smart, she loves carpentry and she is very clever (example, when she discovered her grand uncle hiding in the haystack and also punching herself in the face to make the other girls look bad). I love Zhao LuSi's character in this and she does such a wonderful job at portraying this character.

I heard that was really good as well. I am definitely waiting til AoS finishes before I start watching it.

I first saw him in Nirvana in Fire and he was really good in that as well (supporting role, but great)

Yes and she also said she never wants to marry someone in the military, she doesn't want to go through that hardship and she wants a simple life. I understand why she goes to LY first. I know it will be growth for her. I personally from the stand point of not having read the novel or knowing the background that much (except what I have read here) do not see anything with LY, he acts to much like a puppy dog around her, I could see him being a great friend, but not marriage material. If she had to choose anyone right now (before she knows her feelings for LBY), I would have rather had her pick Yuan Shen over LY. He right now seems more compatible for her. LY is more like ok I am settling cause I don't want any hardships or difficulties. Although, she has yet to meet LY's family which we see that she will in the teasers.

I agree. I feel like LY is more of a brother/friend type character, I see no romance possibility at all.

As of right now, she is very aggravating and you just want to go through the screen and slap her. I understand partially about why she is doing this, but Niao Niao has already been put through so much and now her mother comes back after practically abandoning her, just to dig at her more, talk about needing therapy after this. Not only that, I was in tears after her mother had her guards beat Niao Niao and then sent her away, basically abandoning her again. "Worst Mom of the Year" award goes to.....

So finally finished the first 12 episodes and this drama is so good. I even hate to say it, it seems to be better than her WRTW drama, so far. Although, I am going to have to stop watching the spoilers though. I think they ruin to much of the drama for me. Also, I don't like seeing that she is going to be spending way to much time with Lou Yao in the next few episodes. I think he is so not challenging enough for her. (I know from everything I read and seen they don't end up together, but I hate seeing them together at all.) She is so headstrong, smart, and independent. He is so boring and just so blah! The whole story about why it took them so long to come back and "rescue" Niao Niao and her aunt, was so lame, lol.

OMG, I didn't even notice that. I see it now. Also, Lusi's 3rd uncle in LLTG was Yang Yang's older brother in WRTW.