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Same!

Yup! You can tell with the way they filmed the diagnosing process with ALS and the amount of testing Lin Tuo had to do first to rule other causes like tumor. They really went in depth.

Sometimes it is the hardest to tell the people you love most SIGH. Based on the clip, he is hiding it from his grandpa because his grandpa has a weak heart. From his brother because his brother just started college. From AZQ because he knows no matter what she chooses, she will suffer. Either she leaves him and feels guilty, or she chooses to stay with him and go through parting with him later on. SIGH.

But yeah, he is not going to be able to hide it much longer when he needs to start using a wheelchair.

Interesting fact: The doctor who diagnosed Lin Tuo with ALS in the drama is an actual doctor who specializes in ALS in real life. He is not actually an actor but an actual doctor who also served as a counsel for the production.

Interesting fact 2.0: Cai Lei, former vice president of JD, is a leading ALS advocate in China and he was diagnosed with ALS when he was around 41 years old. He too served as a counsel for the production. He is really well-known within the ALS Chinese community and is one of the leading figures there. His story with his wife is pretty well-known too. After his diagnosis, he wanted to divorce his wife, but his wife refused and stood by him all these years. He posted about this drama on his Weibo too to promote it.

More information about Cai Lei: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1300998.shtml

Also a funny thing the cast mentioned during the livestream was all these random endings they saw people talking about on social media for this drama lmao. Li Landi laughed about the ending of AZQ supposedly marrying Lin Ye and Li Xin Ran laughed about the ending of her character becoming some wealthy woman and AZQ marrying the senior but then running away on the day of the wedding to propose to Lin Tuo haha.

Lin Yi actually posted on Weibo about this (he mentioned it in during the cast's livestream too) how people kept on asking if it is a happy ending or sad/bad ending before they start this drama and he said this drama shouldn't be wrapped up as either HE or BE, but that it is about love.

I agree with him because I think a "happy ending" (aka no one dies, main pair marries, have kids, etc.) in a drama doesn't necessarily mean the romance itself was good and a "bad/sad ending" doesn't mean the romance was bad either.

Despite the main theme of this drama, it honestly has been heart-warming too. There are quite a lot of sweet and funny scenes before it gets to that specific part. Definitely recommending this drama! It is well-acted and the script/dialogues have been excellent.

Douyin (Chinese social media). It makes sense though since it seems like Lin Tuo will be telling his parents soon (but he asked them to hide it from grandpa, Lin Yi, and AZQ) so the next 1-2 episodes will probably be focused on his parents and their reactions to his condition.

Seems like He Xin Di showed a picture of CGP pushing Lin Tuo in a wheelchair and AZQ confronted them thinking Lin Tuo was faking it as the reason for their breakup (since he never gave an actual reason for their breakup so she thought he is putting on a fake show because he wanted to break up that badly). But when she grabbed his arm and his arm fell to the side, she realized then it is not fake. I think this might be around episode 16.

Based on preview clips I have seen, it seems like she will find out about it another way. 😢

Yuppppppppp.

AZQ eating all the lollipops that Lin Tuo gave her because lollipops were supposed to make her feel better but it didn't help so she ate one after another... I am so sad (and this is just their break up, not even her knowing the truth yet).

I can't even be upset about Lin Tuo not telling his close friends, family, and loved ones because how do you even bring yourself to tell your loved ones? That it is a medical condition with an end date already set in place. Seeing CGP breaking down is already rough, we still have to go through it with his family and AZQ... my heart.

Episode 12 and 13 = Basically just me crying non-stop, MAN

This drama was filmed in 2022 and only came out this year because they have been waiting for it to air on CCTV-8. Most dramas get aired online so they usually come out within a year after filming.

It is usually a special case to have 2 dramas of the same actor or actress airing at the same time (happened to another actor Chen Xingxu this year) but other reasons are also because the platforms are fighting/competing sometimes by dropping dramas of the same actor or actress at the same time.

Yeah, the process is very heart wrenching.

Yup. 💀 They know a lot of people have been straight up hesitating to even watch this drama/not giving it a chance because of the potential end scene. And since this drama seems to want to go for a more hopeful/warm vibe, I had a feeling that it won't show it at the end. I didn't watch the Japanese original but I read it didn't show the ML passing away either so that makes sense.

They said the ending is "warm" and it won't really be considered as BE (aka bad/sad ending).

Edit: Li Xin Ran straight up confirmed Lin Tuo isn't dead by the end of the drama, god bless lmao.

Slight ending spoiler based on the cast's recent online talk:

Lin Tuo officially diagnosed with ALS after multiple testing to rule out other causes of his muscle weakness and muscle atrophy. BIG SIGH.