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After my earlier frustration with JB not speaking up for SY when others trash talked him behind his back, it was sooo satisfying seeing someone finally put these super toxic clients in their place, but especially satisfying coming from SY (and even the ex!). I know the fallout is really, really bad, but from a Dramaland relationship perspective, it was just really great to see SY take a stand like that when someone badmouthed someone he cared about.

Ha, I notice the lighting change all the time in c dramas! You'd think it took them 2 hours to get from A to B, lol.

I loved episode 34 -- so many touching moments, heartful and honest dialogue, and examples of great communication in relationships -- between JB and the mom, SY and his dad, SY and JB. While the mom could've handled the entire situation much better, including talking to her son, I also understood where she was coming from, both as a mom and JB's friend. Imagine if you found out your friend was in a relationship with your son! It's a lot to unpack and digest. You also really felt the growth in everyone's relationships, especially between JB and SY. JB promised his mom she wouldn't hurt him, and then she did anyway when she was at a particularly low moment, but then SY knew to be patient with her and support her within his ability, giving her time to open herself up to him, which also really shed light on how and why she became so jaded and closed off over the years. The whole episode was just well done.

For me, it is mainly the terrible ex-husband and one of the ML's bosses. But a lot of people also find the FL's interfering niece, her friend (a boy), and the boy's uncle also annoying (I don't mind them). But it's well written, and the FL and ML are great, and the ML's friends are wonderful, and the ML's parents are funny and sweet (even though they also have frustrating moments).

Wholeheartedly agree with all of this.

🤣🤣🤣 So true!

Yes, it was filmed there! 👍

Ha, that's true. I'm older than JB and definitely don't care as much about what people think about me or expending time and energy on idiots, but when it comes to my husband and kids, I still care very much -- especially with friends and family. 😅

(all this being said, JB is 100 pct an absolute Saint for putting up with everyone around her -- the dad and the ex individually would make me apoplectic with rage, lol.)

That was the only time, but it felt very unsatisfying somehow and didn't make up for all the other times everyone trash talked him without knowing him at all. And SY cares very much what his parents think of JB. Speaking from personal experience, if people who mattered to me (friends, family, the ex I was still friends with, etc.) -- even annoying ones -- bad mouthed my significant other and made all kinds of terrible assumptions, I'd feel and react very differently, even if I couldn't change their minds overnight. Agree to disagree, I guess! :)

I love the attention to detail in this show, but the speed with which they get around town is astounding. 🤣 Chongqing (or whatever fake city it's standing in for) is technically the largest city in the world -- more than 100 times larger than New York City. Just the urban area of Chongqing alone is more than 7 times the size of NYC. Yet they can fit in a dinner (even cancelled), movie plus travel time to meet up before their next meeting? I want some of that teleporting magic.😅

He is never around during these moments where he is being criticized, so it's never in front of him anyway. He's never around to defend himself during these exchanges.

I do agree that from her perspective, she just couldn't care less what others think and has reached a point in her life where she just can't be bothered wasting time and energy with other people's ridiculousness. She's also tired of everyone's idiocy and just tolerating them, so I get all that. Even so, it still feels a little self-centered. I think she should consider things from the perspective of caring what people think about SY and his reputation, even if it doesn't really matter to her. He is still trying to carve his own career, still trying to overcome everyone's prejudices against him as "boyfriend material", so why not help alleviate some of that burden and stress by speaking up for him?

I'm really enjoying this show, but it suddenly hit me in the hospital scene with the dad and sister why it bothers me so much that JB always stays silent whenever everyone questions SY's intentions and her relationship with him.

Sure, maybe it's none of their business in her view and maybe she's just tired, but everyone around her has constantly made all these negative assumptions about him, and she has basically allowed the slander by not defending him with an explanation. "He's not here, because I didn't tell him" or "He's not after my money because he always insists on never owing me anything" etc. etc.

I could give it a pass in the beginning, but now that they are together, there is no excuse not to stand up for her boyfriend. Now that I've made this realization/noticed this, it is marring my view on whether she deserves him or not and making me a little mad every time she does it (which is almost every time). SY has constantly sacrificed so much for her, always putting her first above everything else, I want to see her really stick up for him for once.

they start dating in ep 31

There are some terrible and annoying characters, but also some wonderfully human and touching moments. Xiao Zhan is really great here, and probably one of my favourite characters that he's played.

Sometimes love is not logical, otherwise "Bad Boy" types wouldn't be a thing, lol. I think she really gets him, relates to him on some levels, and she also has a soft spot for him from their childhood because he was the only one who didn't look down on her and her background. All that being said, I can't stand the guy, and agree, there's no accounting for tastes!

Ha! Absolutely!

She basically raised her sister, and is very involved in her sister's studies and her sister actually whacked the ex after she found out he cheated on JB! That's not what people who have little to do with each other's lives do for each other. They lead "independent" lives insofar as they don't want to burden each other with their problems, but they obviously love each other a lot and not estranged. The sister might be annoying, but her behaviour doesn't feel out of the ordinary.

How about an 18-wheeler semi-truck? 😜 (I can't recall the last time a character (the ex) made me feel so violent, haha)

Adding that I am in the minority in that I don't mind the hockey kids and the uncle. We see SY's home life, so this is showing JB's family life. It's also part of the whole "slice of life" element -- everyone has annoying interfering relatives, lol. That being said, I don't need them either -- the ex is frustrating enough!😅😂