Yu behaved poorly but it was because she was shouldering all of the financial responsibility for the marriage…
You expressed it perfectly. The character I dislike the most is Luan Luan. She behaves as if she is a saint who rescued a man from his “evil” wife. Yet she took the couple’s private conversations and turned them into a play that is clearly based on their relationship. In that play, she highlights only the wife’s wrongdoings while completely ignoring the man’s flaws. unfair. Honestly, I would really like to see Yu suing her for that.
I loved the theatrical play. Yu married for romantic feelings, expecting life to stay “pink” forever. When reality appeared (money problems, social status, pressure), after the honeymoon period ,she became constantly dissatisfied. Her mother’s influence makes things worse as she keeps humiliating her husband, attacking his dignity as a man and as a person. Instead of supporting him, she turns the marriage into a place of criticism.An Xiu is passive and weak in confronting the situation.Instead of solving the problems with his wife or setting boundaries, he escapes emotionally.Even if he doesn’t physically cheat, he creates another emotional life with another woman—friends, home, even a dog. That shows he has already left the marriage in spirit. I love how the drama doesn't tries to make you "pick a side" but instead letting you, the viewer, pick by your moral standards.
I remember that i looked at this page around two hours after the drama was uploded and i saw the first review , which had 4.5 as the final rating. It isn't physically possible to watch a drama that fast , even if you watch it at 3x.
I just completed episodes 7 and 8, and honestly I don’t understand why the makers of K-dramas often ruin the second half of a drama. First of all, I don’t get why the second male lead suddenly has so much screen time with the female lead. I do enjoy their interactions, but it has reached a point where the male lead barely has any scenes with her—even though we know they are supposed to end up together. Also, the whole father trope is so frustrating. It was obvious from the start that he was manipulating the situation. It’s tiring to watch a plotline when you can already predict exactly where it’s going.
This drama sounds awful but I must give it a chance for Liu Yuning…
It’s not bad at all. The storyline feels pretty fresh, the characters are well written and the drama is unpredictable, it keeps you on edge the whole time.
As many people have already said, the characters aren’t like those in typical dramas, where people are romanticized or smoothed out. These characters are messy—and honestly, most people are. The human mind is multidimensional, and so is the way we think and act. That said, Luan Luan really gets on my nerves. When she was talking privately with Gong, I genuinely wanted to shout at her. It always amuses me when some people try so hard to present themselves as open-minded and non-conservative, when in reality it’s just a mask to cover up a very messy personality.