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Fugui tried, it is not his fault his dad blocked him. 😭

The others? Totally.

💯 he’s rotten to the core

To Fugui he shall offer this tip:

1) Realise you like her. (Yes, that it was it is when you have exactly 1 person you feel restless without and like life's all right but just not /as/ good without that person around whom you would like to journey with forever and talk to, and who you will wait for forever, whom you stare at fondly and let pat you and hug you whenever she's there and smile when people ask if that's your wife.)
2) Do something about it. (She was staring at your lips while you were staring at your lantern, my dude. But I don't blame you, you were raised on a frozen lake with zero exposure to romance, it's understandable you don't know things when nobody tells you.)

To Rumu he shall offer this tip:
1) Suffer miserably in front of your love interest, ideally because your father is torturing you, and declare that you will die for her and do your best to do so. Bonus points for ensuring you'll suffer miserably unless she saves you and protects you.

And both his masters shall share in their puppy's success.

He will be the new love guru to offer tips to both his hapless mentees 🤣🤣

Good as a standalone, they give flashbacks on the rare occasion anything from the other series is relevant :) (I've not watched them either :D)

Rumu is worrying me though like x1000
The slo mo dinner
The sappy smiles
The 'i'll protect you'

Like I just wish he had even half as many death flags on him as he does, for real, but that dinner has officially ended my hope for him having any kind of happy ending ;-;

The highlight of Ep25 for me:

Fugui: *genuinely, gently puzzled*
"I had no idea sacrificing your life could be so bad for your health."

Also ROLLLL ONNN EPP27 THAT PREVIEW IS EVERYTHING!!!!

Seconding this *points too*

Ep24:
Qingcheng, forgetting what you've said and not doing what you promised? Suuuuuuch a good idea. Look at those juicy incentives she's offering! (at least to us viewers)

50 mins to goooooo

don’t say 10 😭 It’s only been 6 so far, it’s going to be so sad if it’s 10 😭

(Still I’m loving how they’re each developing separately so there is that to console me.)

Mysterious Lotus Casebook
The Journey of Legend
Draw The Line

^I think just these three, though I’ve not watched the last one as there’s nowhere I’ve found with watchable subs 😭

that's the kind of music that makes even spreading toast epic

^this. And he could have made a living doing anything in the Western Regions, but what he chose to do was make lanterns, since that's what they did together, painting the patterns they learned together back then ;-; They warm each other's lives and illuminate the darkness in each other's lives like the sun, and each of them is longing for the other ;-;

It's not really an incest arc. They would need to be related for that, but they're not even hatched from the same batch of spider eggs, I don't think.

But he is a total creep, and I want him dead too.

On the plus side, though I miss our Fugui, I like that they're taking the time to flesh out the side characters so that I can care about them too, and see why these guys care about each other. Their bonds feel earned, and if anything happens to any of them I will cry ;-;

Doubt it’s his fans, the editing here is fine (it’s not got any vibes of being an unfinished project) so the search is from someone who’s not watched it, hence likely haters.

Some hater bought a hot search, and since there's nothing really in this show to attack (aside from the annoyingness of some villains) they decided to attack the screen time, since it happens to be lower these last two eps to allow for some side character development + development of the plot and female lead that don't happen to involve his character? That's what I'd conclude, anyway, from what you've described. There's no way this one's half finished with the level of GCI and HD-ness in the scenes in it.

Well.... I mean he's in 22 and 23 so maybe it's wrong?

I rewatched the trailer, I think he's the guy leaping at blond Fugui with the brolly of power in the desert, till we get that scene that rotter won't die ;-;