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He would never have tried to take her virginity if he truly loved her

I wanted to give Du Zheng the benefit of doubt because I really thought he seemed to be uncomfortable and unaware of his sister's hairpin scheme to marry Lin Jinqi but he's just as bad as his sister.

I'm convinced the dangerous situation Jinqi was in that enabled Du Zheng to save him was a setup to allow a couple of poisonous snakes infiltrate the Lin family.

He has an upcoming drama with Yang Mi and it has a huge budget. I think it's airing on CCTV too so I expect the production standards and value would be high

Yes, she's being a filial daughter by obeying her mother's final instructions.

I just realized Xiaolian's surname is also Du (dunno if it's different characters though). I hope she doesn't turn against Lanxiang

I think he's a samurai. Those guys on the boat called him Lord Fujiwara.
They abide by a strict code and that's probably why he committed ritual suicide to avoid the humiliation of being paraded like a criminal. If people at home hear that he allowed himself to get arrested instead of dying honourably as befits his station, his reputation would be tarnished.

It's airing on CCTV too so they have to follow the TV broadcast schedule.

Lanxiang voluntarily coming forward about the clue she might have on how to find the shady merchant is unusual because she normally keeps her mouth shut about the things she knows. But she desperately wants to get away from that household and sees this as her best chance to earn enough merit to gain her freedom.
If only she knew it would make Lin JinQi want to keep her beside him for life.

And Ms Du isn't as smart as she thinks she is. She couldn't even wait for the dust raised during Xiuwan's coming out ceremony to settle properly and she's already visiting JinQi for no good reason and offering to be a listening ear and companion. It just made her look even more suspicious.

Did anyone else notice in ep 9 that when Yuchan was talking to Lanxiang and the other 3 maids that she made statements that looked like it was foreshadowing their futures because of the way the camera focused on each of them as she spoke. Lanxiang becomes free from indentured servitude, Xiaolian and Baogai get to choose their own path and who they marry but Gantang meets an unfortunate end

He did get the divorce without causing a scene because the only witnesses were her father and brother who already knew what was happening. He also had the forethought to send Scholar Shouyi out of the library and also asked for a mutual consent, no-fault divorce so that no one outside the both families would know exactly what happened between him and his wife

I wonder if it's partly because a lot of people shipped Liu Xueyi with Zheng Hehuizi after In Blossom and since they're reuniting here, the shippers transferred to this drama and are trying to start a ship with the FL and someone else

She was the only one putting that library to good use 😂😂

He has negative points in my book for apparently forcing the FL to marry him but the jury's still out on his character

Nothing screams new money like a huge library of ten thousand books neither you nor your sons even read Lol

The background score for this show is just so good, especially in the scene where Lin Jinqi confronts Zhao Xingtang at the library. It adds so much to that scene.

Yes, he doesn't have a lot going for him right now and from the trailer he does even more unlikable things. I can't wait to see how it's handled

From the vague descriptions we've gotten about him, he seems like an opportunist social climber who isn't proud of his humble background. He might have felt disdained by Grandpa Shen at some point and decided to move against him

The part the ML lead's family played in her family's downfall is so insignificant that it almost doesn't matter. The Emperor was the one who ordered their death. The Lin family was tipped off that he was going to go after both families but failed to warn the Shen family but warning them wouldn't have done anything because the FL's grandfather absolutely refused to change his stance and denounce the former Emperor.

It's also implied by the narrative that Grandpa Shen knew that the Emperor would strike judging by the way Grandma Shen carried poison around and Grandpa Shen's lack of surprise when the Jinyiwei came to arrest them (he's also a second ranked official like Grandpa Lin, so realistically there's no way he wouldn't have been tipped off about the Emperor's intentions too because he's just as well connected). Judging from what Grandma Shen said, He just didn't think the Emperor would wipe out his entire family.

Ratings always go down in the first 2 days of any drama's premiere because only a small percentage of the people that are currently watching have rated the episodes. It would go back up when more people start rating

The script writer for this drama wrote both the novel and script of Lost You Forever. She's really good at evoking emotions.