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Haha, okay. The same names are causing lot of confusion. I meant the previously mentioned Marquis in the capital, who is said to be regarded highly by the crown prince, is actual QW’s biological uncle(Qin Laing & him have same mother).
SW with QW’s identity could have gone to him but instead chose Qin family’s third branch.

Okay it might just be because the only family elder alive is grandma Qin, I’m definitely over analysing here.

Yea, I was wondering if there was a reason why with QW’s identity she didn’t directly go to the capital. But like you said we really don’t know how QW’s father’s relationship was with his brother.

They indeed are. There has been a flood of Chinese/korean/japanese light novels with this trope for some time & now we seem to be in the getting adapted phase.

Why didn’t SW immediately go to the capital? The current grandma Qin that we see isn’t QW’s biological grandma anyway.
I understand novel has transmigration plot, in that case, why were they living with the family’s 3rd branch instead of living with QW’s actual uncle.

A quick question for the novel readers

I personally interpreted that as they couldn’t show her without clothes due to censorship. They could have implied this if camera angle was different but her upper body was in frame with the way they shot it.

The way hyeong Min bagged that merger was so cool. She did her homework about knowing the enemy

Same, if she were the main character of a show I’d have dropped it like a hot potato. But as a side character with minimal screen time, it’s fine, at least right now.

haha, especially the scene when they’re talking in the rain. I could hear the rain fall better than what they were saying.

He doesn’t want her to have any leverage over him, hence he rejects the first time. But even so he hears her 3 demands to find her intention, because of which he knows she wants to move against the crown prince as well. All he has to do is follow whatever she is investigating to get the clue, which is what he does and finds abt the gamble den. Later when she offers to paint again, it’s practically pointless. He already has the den as the clue, so why work with her and give her the chance to gain a leverage over him in any way.

Naa, I meant watching JTH’s pretense, since he obviously prefers her actual personality.

I’ll be surprised if SZY wasn’t feeling as cringed as I was watching the pretend lunch scene. Man must feel such whiplash over how different her true personality and pretense personality are🤣🤣

If you’re already on episode 28, you’ll find out soon enough, episode 29.

I just noticed and wonder if I’m just overanalyzing. But there seems to be a parallel between the characters, not just Mi Rae and Hosu but also Miji and Sejin.

Mirae and Hosu are the obvious ones & acknowledged in the show as well - Both were brilliant students but had to visit the hospital one too many times. Both seem cold and uninterested on surfact but at heart both are essentially good people.

Miji and Sejin both have a grandparent figure(for Miji her grandmother, for Sejin his grandfather) who they care about a lot and make a life-changing decision because of them. Both have this “bright” personality on the surface, giving off the vibe of someone with no care in the world, but are obviously people who in fact care a lot.

Give it a go I’d say. If you enjoy action, the last 15 mins of epsd1 will be really fun, I really liked the camerawork.
It’d also give you an idea in what capacity romance is there. I’m not a fan of love triangle either. But the action/comedy part has hooked me enough that I don’t really care abt that possibility rn.

So far the romance is there in sort of slice of life way, if that makes sense. The character’s romance life is a part of their life and we get to see it but that’s not all there is in their lives. It’s also not pure action/thriller either, comedy is a part of the equation as well.

High Man Sik running around like that reminded me of titans, albeit a harmless one😂😂

I do agree she's a bit a dense in that respect. I guess that's exactly where we will see her character development. Let's see what next episodes bring!

While all is well, there is one thing that is making it hard for me to wholeheartedly root for Miji. I really disliked how she gaslighted Hosu, telling him he is self-centred, just so that her lie doesn't get caught.
She knows him well enough to know that he's the kind of person who would take that feedback seriously; he will doubt himself. It comes across as if she is intentionally using his weakness against him, or am I just overinterpreting it?
But I do hope Hosu gets at least a sincere apology from her when she finally reveals the truth.

It was exactly the sulfur arc where I decided to not look too closely or use my brain too much with these “technical” arcs. otherwise my overally logical brain would feel the same frustration. Anyway, thank you for answering my question! Seems they really changed her character and associated arcs a lot.