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Lol, but that is different, that is the ideal unicorn kinda love coz they love each other in similar ways and just as much both ways. So cutez.

I can’t wait for all the episodes to be out, going to hold it out!

Ikr… I don’t think I can beat LTG in terms of devotion and obsession…. 🤣🤣🤣

I have to say…. Cecilia Liu is just….. mesmerising in this series. 😍😍😍

I’ve always been neutral towards her acting, only watched 1-2 of her works. BUT damnnnnsss….. she’s just…. on a whole different level in this series…. Partially also because the scripted character/role is inherently very attractive, but she totally brought it to life AND owned it.

I mean, she is physically ‘beautiful’, very proportionate and the gold standard of what is considered ‘Chinese beauty’ (not exactly my type…). However, in this series she’s just….. enchanting, making it very believable that she is LTG’s ultimate love… esp with the whole teacher-motherly-sisterly psychological aspect factored in…

My eyes are just GLUED to her on-screen presence…. I mean even I want to have her as a life-partner… 🤣🤣🤣 [please choose me! 🙋🏼‍♀️🙊💃🏻🤙🏻🙇🏻‍♀️❤️]

Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy, finally no more torture! Thx for the news. I’m going to hold it out and binge then.

Master of my Own! It’s similar in the sense that the bits of the working/corporate life is also super realistic. It’s also based on a novel, most likely the author works in finance too, evident because of some fine details depicted in the drama.
BUT… the romance is probably slightly cliched….. I still really enjoyed it.

Meet Yourself. Also very similar vibes, messages sent and similar type of romance.

I’ve heard of another one but have yet to watch it. The Ideal City.

My Liberation Notes but that is more of a ‘art film’ or more of a niche type of drama, but the meaning/messages behind is really similar. This also has a romance kinda sub-theme.

Yes! And the thing is I usually roll my eyes at these kinda characters (for both men and women)…. Coz they are usually annoying, revolting and it gets to a point whereby it becomes illogical. I’ve never seen him previously too but he’s seriously super convincing. I think it’s not easy to portray a realistic role like this and I actually find him pitiful….

Damns…. That ice-bath, forehead kiss…… the chemistry couldn’t be more real!!!
They do look really different physically, I.e they aren’t the best on-screen physical match, was neutral for me, but both the leads did an amazing job. All the supporting actors + actresses were also superb!

Special mention to the actor who plays Li TongGuang ! Like at the very least NO forced villain laughs and OTT extreme expressions, smart that they mixed it in with puppy eyes… He totally is a very believable obsessed first-love-crazed YOUNG lad. (Mainly believable coz the actor also looks really young…. 🤣, highly plausible)

Actress who plays Yang Ying is also spectacular, having to pull off a female-as-male disguise, which is typically a joke, and then the maturity/aging challenge, no-easy-feat..

P.S： 😭😭😭 I totally want to just pay for all the episodes. This is real torture!! How can I buy all the episodes….. 😢

LOL same! It has this mysterious dark vibe and of course the film set, props and wardrobes are superb detailed and tastefully done… this makes a significant difference… The music as well…. Wow, the Mission Impossible rendition caught me off guard.

I couldn’t find much written up on the original French production…. I wonder wot the mystery/thriller bit is all about. And damns, Lee Moo Saeng is damn good in the role. Crazy, annoying, charming, obsessive, intense and attractive…. I wonder wot kinda role he plays here given he is the ML. Protagonist/Antagonist…. Grey? I can’t tell which side the FL is on either….

Ah I watched 1/3rd of LLiT… she already lost all the baby fat there, so much so that I was surprised with her very high cheekbones. 🤣 So I don’t know. I can’t really put my finger to it…

I didn’t watch SotD… But she must have been very young there…

Damns but she is really very alluring here. Lol, esp after todays episodes. Like the perfect balance between warm and cold. Esp with that face. 🤣🤣

HELLO!! 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

Huh, but in LLiT her face is already super….. chiselled… boney… no? So much so that her checkbones was ultra prominent. Lol. I don’t know, maybe it was the weird comb-back hair there…

Like her cheekbones are less high/protruding here…. Hence why although she expresses a lot of the cold killer vibes through her eyes, I still find her veryyyyyy feminine. 🤣 or more of sexy actually…

Have to say Cecilia Liu became wayyyy more attractive in this series, I think it’s probably partially related to the role, and also better makeup….? Or she lost more weight vs Lost Love in Times….. or maybe it was they weird hairstyle there but the hair here is normal….. I don’t know. Pretty sure it’s not plastic/cosmetic surgery. 🤔

But damns, she’s such an attractive character/ person here…. My heart skips a beat for her in this drama.

LOL, I thought so too, but it applies to the both of them! I think it’s quite rare that in Cdramaland that both the leads are really on equal ground. Like basically two CEOs…. Or like two prominent lawyers… hence why I saw that someone recommended WoH as a similar drama…

Well starting on the premise of equal grounds is great…. BUT oh boy… lol. Damns, I wasn’t expecting so much jealousy and angst between the leads. Hahahah, it make sense though coz nobody is above or below the other AND they are ‘normal’/flawed/realistic characters…The way the screenwriter did it reminds me of modern day dating given all the advancement in technology…. Like fancying someone happens quickly and it almost always starts off in a state of limbo, basically like wot the leads are going through…. Some of their dialogue and interactions are surprisingly real-life.

ME TOO! I wish they released everything. But with the amount of heart tugging moments I’m going to try to stop watching this until they release all episodes. It’s getting stressful in a way with all these tension and uncertainty building up…. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Lol, I had the exact same thinking with the episodes today… BUT…. Damns, this drama is kinda different. I just realised it isn’t adapted from a novel/webtoon…. And the background to the story is quite different. It is similar to WoH but that’s a BL… it’s basically the only one I can think of….

LOLLLL!

Life saviour!!!

LOL! i have the exact same question!! I’m just here twiddling my thumbs wondering….

Yeassssss!!! Thanks for the info, I’m totally dying with the wait. Feels like forever.

Sighs…. Fell into this evil airing scheme again…… wth, this wait is torturous…. And there are 20 eps left. Totally need to stop watching….

Ah…. No wonder. Hurm… ok. Yea it defo was more of a palace drama.

I watched this thinking it was similar to the dramas you mentioned. BUT I realised like mid-way that this is a palace drama which got edited and changed apparently due to censorship, coz someone mentioned that it is so in the novel. If it was in a full fledge palace setting it would have made a lot more sense though the weird editing would still remain.

I actually think this is closer to Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace… like a lower budget version… and the execution isn’t as good. Lol, a messy version…