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yaa! The very same thinking; it looks like the Cat plays with her funny Mouse. From her glances to him, at their official introduction, I got a hunch she has something for/about him.

I was also confused by those "parallel endings" and did the same choice as you: ZY saves CQ and live somewhere far from the world of cruel masters and fight for power. Still I keep the message that one who fights for ideal world, barely reach the end to see it happen; in real life there is no place for ideal world.
I enjoyed this drama and IMO the acting was fine, story entertaining in the typical costume C-drama way. Congratulations to all actresses/actors in leading roles, with special mention for the courage of Huangyang Tian Tian to tackle this role - wish her more of that.

if you read Russian, you may also try vkvideo.ru; search for "Святые, сражённые любовью"

Special remark for plot and direction: it conveyed the message, nuances & tones and give way for exquisite performances from main cast. I would like to see the continuation of TS and SA story/saga as they will fight together, peer gladiators in unforgiving life arena.

Just need to share with you, MDL people: one of the most intense drama, striking through the 4th wall, wonderfully carried on by performances of main cast. Congratulations to Ha Ji Won, Ju Ji Hoon, Nana and Cha Joo Young for delivering this art piece.

What about Zhao Lu Si case? With these additional pieces of info, it's strongly raising the issue of aggressive work environment and the need for best practices/regulations to protect the actors and especially the actresses.

Yes, life is by its nature unfair. this is the foundation of success for entertainment, therefore there is nothing wrong to offer people stories that make them hopeful. this specific drama gives hope to people that became aloof due to life challenges, but they still dream of their happy-ending. One of the good thing about MDL, is that you can use info available to select dramas/stories upon your preferences; therefore no need to tarnish the respective drama.
Understand from your opinion that you prefer "real-life" like drama: I would recommend C-dramas "About Love", "Adrift in Love", "Stand or Fall", "Goodbye Love" or K-dramas "Strangers Again", "Dear Hyunri". wish you nice watch!

I gave a longer reply on your Inbox; here I just want to point out about Double Fantasy: I found interesting the J-perspective on this topic of woman challenging the societal norms, the courage to be blamed, ostracized because you want what's yours: freedom to chose, to love yourself and be true to yourself. if you are into this topic, I think you could go over other side aspects ("spicy" scenes, unconventional behavior, double standards characters ... just like real life).

Thank you for taking so much time to express your perspective. imo yours is the most probable outcome for this relation... but there are also real chances they learned the lessons, put the past behind, clear the ambiguous "triangle relation Xi-Bei-Gong and start again with clear table as Romans used to say for blocked situation - tabulla rassa. whether they will successful develop this new start, that's up to each one opinion/beliefs. One important aspect here: it's is a work of FICTION, so it depends on one personal perspective (life experience) and preferences (life expectations). I enjoy exchanging thoughts and perspectives with you - it just makes my "world" richer. hope to meet you on other pages - including "Strangers Again (KR)" or "Double Fantasy (JP)". best wishes!

What about opposite attracts perspective: maybe Xiaoxi and Bei got together and will stay together because their different traits compliment each other... but that is just another question this drama made us think about.

Thank you for sympathizing... there was a lot of tension around last 2eps, then you got disappointed by the ending. Comments from our fellow watchers (especially lilili) contributed a lot to clarify some meanings of the ending and understand the limitation imposed in order to get this drama aired. Altogether, now I feel like this drama was relatable essay about love: how people relate, dream, struggle, settle "about love".

and one of the line was (from Xiu) "she could have dumped both of them". it seems director was really having fun with this "weird ass" scene. Definitely it's needed a special episode showing our CP after a time-jump.

there are 11 episodes; the 11th is on 19.03 1.00 a.m.
https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/konoai/

"jumping in the lake". I would have also ended there... but with Bei forcing to swim after Xiaoxi (you know: the trap question - who yould you save?...)

Thank you for your clarifying comments. I share with you that the ending was annoyingly ambiguous for main CP; the upper part is you could take it like open-ending-ish and imagine your own continuation.

In last scene she is wearing the ring from Bei... so it seems she is back with him.

Wow! you just mirrored my hopes... and thoughts. Also for me is hardly believable Xiaoxi (with her clear moral principles) could really have feelings for another man as she is deeply in love with Bei (so much that you see her so happy when he awkwardly proposed). As the last episode is not showing explicitly how they got back together, I just hope there would be a last episode with that.

thank you

Would you kindly spoil the ending? I would like an HE with LYS & XZL

because if answer is yes, you could understand her ambiguity towards Gong: she has some feelings for him (he's much more fun than Bei), but struggle to stay loyal to Bei (he's much more reliable than Gong). just wonder whether she will end with Gong after her disappearance in eps.25.