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luckily it looks like they will bounce back from it, JX turned a bad situation into one where it might be profitable.

lol I love your gorilla glue term

I will have to check it out. I have heard a lot of good things about it.

I agree. I was so mad at XYX, when he said that to her. Why even agree to let them meet then? XYX seemed so serious about Lili but now he wants to put the brakes on. So frustrating, I think it is time for her to end it as well. I really liked this relationship at first, but the more it progresses, it is getting aggravating.

yeah I have been on a long drama break, haven't really come across anything to keep me interested, just finished watching The Double a few days ago, then caught up with this.

about as fast as her ex and friend getting married as well

The drama of The Story of Ming Lan is one of my absolute favorites, right along with LLTG, I have rewatched both several times. I haven't read the source material for both. Sheng Ming Lan in the drama is not physically strong, but she is very smart and patient, she sees several steps ahead and can wait for the "villain" to get what is coming to them in the end.

I think that is the reason I couldn't watch Anle. I did not like Dilraba's character or voice over actress in that series at all. I never read the novel, but I couldn't get past the 2nd episode of the drama. I usually for the most part like Dilraba's costume dramas.

I agree, I think she does better in her historical dramas, or rather xianxia type. I liked her in The Flame's Daughter and Three Lives Three Worlds (both TMOPB and TPB), she was ok in The Long Ballad, but I haven't really liked a lot of her recent works.

you do better than me, I can't make it past episode 2 and it has an amazing cast, besides Xu Kai, there's Leon Lai, who is one of my all time favorite actors (although he hasn't been in much lately) among a few others.

It is very good. It is a Republican Era drama, it is actually the only Republican Era drama I have ever watched and liked. I can't really get into those dramas that much. But the chemistry Xu Kai and Bai Lu have has always been amazing for me. I really would love to see them in something else, but unfortunately I don't think that will ever happen.

I skip all scenes of Yi Chen and WQZ, their scenes to me are so boring. WQZ's character was boring to begin with and then putting her with Yi Chen, just added to that. Which sucks because, I love the actor playing Yi Chen, he was the 3rd prince in LLTG and he was in Falling into Your Smile with Xu Kai.

He didn't break up with her on her birthday, they broke up in episode 8, I think. He just felt they didn't have the same goals anymore, she was concentrating on her startup and he was sort of being ignored. Basically, he wasn't wanting to support her anymore at least that is my takeaway. The birthday episode is where she found out one of her best friends was dating her now ex.

I agree. My favorite of all of Xu Kai's dramas is Arsenal Military Academy. I first saw him in The Legends, but I really started to notice him in AMA. So many of his dramas have been hit or miss for me. I was worried about his chemistry with Seven Tan here, cause to me it was an unusual pairing, but I have been proven so wrong, they are so great together, probably one of my favorite pairings of his, besides him with Bai Lu (which will always be my favorite).

That was my first thought. How the hell did she find out what hotel he was staying at, because he didn't even decide that until he found out what hotel Ji Xing was staying at and then for ZD to get the room number as well!?! creepy!!!!

I actually started early yesterday and caught up late tonight, so closer to almost two days, but there was a bit of fast forwarding going on as well.

She is so crazy stalkerish, it's creepy.

I really wanted to wait til this was finished to binge, but couldn't help myself. I started yesterday and just got caught up to ep. 21. I am really enjoying this, although there are a few scenes that I have FF through.

I completely agree with your last paragraph. They are actually boring to watch and I have been skipping their scenes. It is what it is and I really don't care, and I have seen this same trope to many times.

Ending Spoiler.
I personally think they should have ended the drama after their wedding. IMO, the whole going off to fight in the war was not needed. They had pretty much wrapped everything up before that or all that needed to be wrapped up was done.