CristyRawks

Neither.... the ending shows where it was all just a movie that Gong wrote.

I was left confused over this weird ending. Was this whole drama nothing more than Gong's movie? It's like Dallas where the whole season turned out to be nothing more than a dream. First, I almost dropped the drama several times but I made myself watch it despite it's convoluted premise and the strange scenes. I love Liu Yu Ning but I think that maybe as an older American female, I just don't understand certain Chinese quirks. Such as "A Dream Within A Dream" which was highly recommended, even by Avenue X. But it was too odd for my tastes. I was sad bc I really wanted to watch Liu Yu Ning again since I had just watched "The Prisoner of Beauty" one of his best!! So, then moving on to "About Love", I held high hopes and altho it was sorta annoying I made myself stay and now I wish I had dropped it with this bewildering ending.
As for the characters, strangely, I rooted for LuanLuan and Xiu the most. I did NOT like Xiao Xi and hoped so hard that Bei would not end up with her. Which turned out to be not even an issue by Ep 26 because it was all a farce. I wasn't invested in Yu and Xiu or Sen and MingMing. Sen was such a pathetic simp and Yu was too powerful for sensitive Xiu. Not a good match. Gong was quirky and sorta fun, he made things more interesting. Strange role for Vengo Gao however. The friendships were nice to watch until Gong went after Bei's love. That was so wrong. One thing before the "movie" ending, Xiao Xi jumping into the lake while the two men couldn't even swim. What was THAT all about? sigh... annoying.
All in all, next time I come across another odd C-Drama, I won't make myself watch it if I can't get past at least 4 eps. Can I rate this one? Not in the least. I hope Liu Yu Ning comes back with another "blockbuster".

Wanted to see another Li Qing drama after seeing him on Pursuit of Jade, but this one I will never watch.

The first time I saw that I was stunned and felt so bad for them. I wouldn't have been able to say my lines (my lips would have been frozen lol) much less stand there with just a costume on. brrrr I remember an interview, I think it was Bai Lu, who said that they had to get in freezing water and pretend that it was the summer with warm water. gulp I deeply respect and admire the Asian actors and actresses. Much better in many ways than Americans. I am a Senior citizen and remember the acting in Asian movies and such and the running joke how the lips never moved in sync. Now I think well DUH that was because of two different languages being spoken at the same time. But times have changed and we have CC now. Even so, the acting has evolved and they do their own stunts and the dramas are more exciting and there is amazing history, etc. Anyway, I haven't watched an American movie or TV Show in over 5 years. ha
Sorry for my lengthy commentary.

I'm on Ep 8 and I am not liking the FL at all!! She hates deception but isn't that what's she's doing to Bei? And one of her deceptions is one of his good buddies? grrrr I have a bad feeling that Bei is going to get his heart badly broken. But as much as this drama bothers me, (with all the angst) the dynamics and the twists and turns is fascinating and I keep watching. lol

Additionally, I've always wondered why they film in empty buildings/houses where the temp is so cold you can see their breath. Just heat the building for mercy sake. smh

Always on for a Liu Yuning drama. Looks like it's going to be a sexy one.

That's great information and solid idea. I think I will learn to juggle the major platforms. As it is, I'm not using IQ as much lately. Thank you so much for your wonderful response.

I see. okay, thx

My bad, I wasn't aware. Thx for telling me. Some truly are despicable haters for no reason!

I see, I will have to stop using that but then I won't be able to see some of the best dramas. sigh...it is what it is.

Oh, I thought they did away with those so that when kiss still remained I assumed that it was ok. Thanks for telling me. So whenever it's Tencent, then we join as a member like with IQ? That would be a bummer since I don't have any monthly funds for both IQ and Tencent. Well, I will have to sacrifice one of them, which one would you choose? Thx

Oh yes I saw that, it was directed to someone else. But I just won't go to the comments again, saves me the heartache. ;-)

I suppose so. I just hoped to get a generic critique, but now I give up on that. Thx

But its not obvious to me bc I don't know why you say shame on you. ??

Why is that? Is there sthg wrong with kisskh?

I'm watching it on kisskh.

Thank you for your kindness.

I always see your posts for OSTs. Thank you.

Thank you for your rating, it makes me want to continue watching it.