A very unpopular opinion but I have to spill it out or else I'm not gonna get any sleep! I know after reading…
She clams up because she doesn’t consider him a safe space to share those things and she’s right. He’ll just start yelling or saying something harsh even if he means well, so how can she confidently tell him?
Couldnt wait for the 1 episode drip feed so turn to reading the translated novel posted in this group instead.…
😭Girl, please😭 I really enjoyed this story too. What a journey. Many times while I read, I felt that, while neither is perfect, a regular person would not be able to bear what Flora/Zitao endured in their relationship. Her extreme generosity gave him room to grow over many years, make mistakes, and ultimately learn from them through that very important separation.
Reality is more difficult because after someone has hurt you like that, it's difficult to give them a chance again, because we know that human beings will usually not change at their core. It only happens very rarely, so how can we so easily give so many chances? Because we do not know what someone is really thinking inside, how do we know that they're not just apologizing to take advantage of us again? Or because we're easy and convenient? How do we know that after apologizing, they won't drop the ball again? Maybe she gave so many chances because she felt that the person inside was ultimately very good; that's why she gave him so many chances? I don't know.
The most important thing was that he grew and changed in this relationship. I wouldn't say he was "willing" at first. The changes that first happened simply happened (like his affection for her). And then his slow understanding of her emotions and what he should say or not came more slowly (after the 3-year separation) and intentionally because he realized how valuable she was in his life and wanted to keep her as much as he could. But it was a struggle fighting his nature like that. Most people cannot change like that, and that's why, in reality, most people would just mess up again. So, in our reality, all your decisions make 100% sense. I wondered how she could bear his strong criticism of her work so much. He was lucky that her personality let it slide time and time again, choosing his actions over his words for a long time. How can we, as people, prevent resentment from taking over the situation when it starts to feel like the other person is just taking us for granted? We start to feel like fools if we continuously let it slide. Though I'm glad they made it, if Zitao understood life better and knew what it meant for someone to show you respect, then she probably would have ended the relationship earlier.
She would show him love even when he showed none, because she felt that it was there based on his past actions. She just sort of trusted. "But I have learned that real love needs work. It needs showing the other person they are loved every single day. It needs not taking them for granted. And it needs not letting resentment build until it chokes everything else out. "After reading your comment, I'd like to remember that for the future too.
Was Luke's father such a big A-hole in the novel? I dont remember him being this antagonizing, I just remember…
Nope. His parents both had strong personalities in their youth and instead of getting any soft parts, he just got their hard parts with soft basically buried. I’d say he definitely had psychological issues because he was born with a lack of empathy which is very strange for a child
it was fun
had to put my life on hold while I read it
I really enjoyed this story too. What a journey.
Many times while I read, I felt that, while neither is perfect, a regular person would not be able to bear what Flora/Zitao endured in their relationship. Her extreme generosity gave him room to grow over many years, make mistakes, and ultimately learn from them through that very important separation.
Reality is more difficult because after someone has hurt you like that, it's difficult to give them a chance again, because we know that human beings will usually not change at their core. It only happens very rarely, so how can we so easily give so many chances?
Because we do not know what someone is really thinking inside, how do we know that they're not just apologizing to take advantage of us again? Or because we're easy and convenient? How do we know that after apologizing, they won't drop the ball again?
Maybe she gave so many chances because she felt that the person inside was ultimately very good; that's why she gave him so many chances? I don't know.
The most important thing was that he grew and changed in this relationship. I wouldn't say he was "willing" at first. The changes that first happened simply happened (like his affection for her). And then his slow understanding of her emotions and what he should say or not came more slowly (after the 3-year separation) and intentionally because he realized how valuable she was in his life and wanted to keep her as much as he could. But it was a struggle fighting his nature like that. Most people cannot change like that, and that's why, in reality, most people would just mess up again. So, in our reality, all your decisions make 100% sense. I wondered how she could bear his strong criticism of her work so much. He was lucky that her personality let it slide time and time again, choosing his actions over his words for a long time. How can we, as people, prevent resentment from taking over the situation when it starts to feel like the other person is just taking us for granted? We start to feel like fools if we continuously let it slide. Though I'm glad they made it, if Zitao understood life better and knew what it meant for someone to show you respect, then she probably would have ended the relationship earlier.
She would show him love even when he showed none, because she felt that it was there based on his past actions. She just sort of trusted. "But I have learned that real love needs work. It needs showing the other person they are loved every single day. It needs not taking them for granted. And it needs not letting resentment build until it chokes everything else out. "After reading your comment, I'd like to remember that for the future too.
Thank you for sharing your story with us