Draco

I don't agree with you, yzm was already attached to the mai family before his father came into the picture. Yzm wouldn't have anything to do with him if not for mch and her family encouraging him to give his father another chance to prove to him that he has changed. Mch's dad told him that he always regretted not having a chance to say good bye to his father because of his embarrassment about his dad married later in life to ml's grandmother. He told ml to make peace with his father before it's too late, mch let his father lived at her hotel without paying and got him to have lunch with his father, the mother even asked the dad to come and have dinner with them, and told him to respect his child choice and trying to understand him. Things only improve with yzm and his dad only because of the mai's family help, if they didn't interfere i doubt yzm would even let his father get near him, he would pack his dad on the next flight as soon as possible.

This drama is a mature romance, the main leads both have career and both are bosses who are responsible for a number of people. Also in term of promotion, i don't see any promotion that would consider it as anything but a family drama even the posters that were used for promotion of this dram have the fl's parents, brother and best friend beside the ml as well as the trailers that were released.

Yes i did see, and we saw them being worried for her and looking for her, but you also forgot she got a diagnosis for an illness that she was afraid to go for treatment because she was too scare to face it head on so she left on her own thinking it's best not to burden her family. In term of being selfish, she has been focused on her family her whole life, now that she got older she is depressed and didn't have anything to look forward to being the treatment is not something everyone can go through if they don't have anything to live for since her children all grown and she think they don't need her anymore. Also there was a dialogue of the husband saying to his wife if he get cancer, he will not go through with treatment and he said his wife must've misunderstood him and thinking he meant it for her not go through with treatment. This is a journey of growth for both the mother and daughter, mch trying to give her mother a reason to want to hold on to life because cancer is a serious illness, only those who are strong enough and willing to fight it can go on living, so she makes it possible for her mother to want to fight for her life by giving her what she always wanted to sing opera in front of audiences again and showing her that even though both of them are grown, they will not abandon her in her old age.

Kind of funny that lots of viewers got out of this is how selfish the mother was when her decision to leave and suffer in silent was unselfish, she was depressed about her illness and didn't want her husband and children to have to take care of her while she was sick, not thinking she would make them worry even more. The many time she told them to leave and go back to work showed she understand she was a burden to them and didn't want to make herself a burden to her family.

Agree, i was salivating with the salted fish dish, and i don't even love fish lol. The way they talk about this dish and the way it was made got me curious to try it myself ^^

I thought the drama ended well, mch and yzm start a hotel merger and became partners in their joint venture. This is at heart a family drama, at the end of the drama the mother finally learn to let go and live for herself as i think this is what this drama is addressing the emotional bond between the mother and daughter that most viewers can relate to.

I like the last 3 eps, true it has lots of focus on the mother, but i think the drama has always put the mother and daughter relationship as the main focus, and i'm glad to see mch finally understand her mother after coming to her mother's hometown and i like that yzm was alway supportive of her and how they both always have each other back, him helping her to give her mother a chance to fulfill her lifelong dream and her cooking for her mother just gives us the warm of family.

I heard it too, but i'm still curious if it's as rumor or of something else that were cut.

Lots of haters hating on the mom and expecting more romance i suppose, as well as xukai and yangzi haters.

I doubt another ml could play yzm's character like xukai can. Kind of weird to drag on an actor and complain about him in this drama when the drama didn't even have the romance as the center and most viewers like their chemistry your opinion not withstanding.

Are you for real, he's not a bad actor, did you watch him in arsenal military academy, once upon a time in lingjian mountain, dance of the sky empire, court lady etc. where his characters are much more expressive. He's a very good actor who is very good at emotional portrayal. I love him in sahph with yangmi because he was able to portray an introverted character who is kind of nerdy, so different from his character in bce. Both xukai and yangzi are great in bce and by complaining about his acting in bce you didn't watch this drama right, he was especially moving when he was grieving for his grandmother and dad in in bce.

This drama has 38 eps and got cut to 37 eps, i wonder what was cut from the drama, and if we will get the last ep in the future. I don't regret watching this drama, this is a very heartfelt drama and got me really emotional in so many episodes. Now that we can watch it from the beginning i think i will rewatch again to get a better feel for the drama. Thanks to best choice ever and for xukai and yangzi for introduce me to this drama, hope to see them pair again. I love their chemistry and can't wait for their next project together ^^

Watch the last ep and mch and yzm wanting to cook for her mother the fish she craved growing up, and yzm tending the fire, the both of them acted like a unit, yzm beng there for mch and helped her to fulfull her mother wish to sing opera in front of many people again. I got really emotional when the ending song came on when the mother was on stage in her costume and all the flashback moments of mch and her mother came on. This is truly a family drama and i'm happy to watch this drama as it makes me appreciates my family even more even through all the hardship and disagreements. Yzm and mch establish a hotel with yueda and xinganli merger was really a next step in their career, mch wanting to enjoy life and is not ready for marriage yet, i think as both of them are together and yzm is only waiting for mch to agree to the marriage i expect their marriage will be very soon in the future. Mcz being the first to marry before his sister was a surprised, but i'm happy for him and mao, that little boy mao's son is such a cutie. This drama at heart is a mother and daughter relationship, mch traveled to her mother hometown made her understand her mother a bit more, and her saying she wants to be there for her mother and protect her as she was protected as a child, she wants her mother to live her life and be herself not just a mom, i don't think it means she's not a mother anymore but what mch means is she wants her mother to enjoy her life rather than worry about her and their brother since they're grown and can take care of themselves.

In ep 36, the mother finally find time to speak to her son and apologized to him for neglecting him when he was a child, we get a bit more background info why she was so protective of mch, it was because she was sickly when she was younger so the parents decide to keep mch with them and left mcz to his grandmother to take care since they were both busy with work and can't take care of the both of them.

Yeah i would've like to see more of his family background, but i think when you compare to the brother i don't see his background either just his words to his sister about being abuse as a kid and his confrontation with his aunt's family. And in my opinion i felt yzm character and the brother character both were really pitiful growing up, the brother didn't have the attention of his mother and was sent away since young, he live with his family and didn't have a room of his own, he fell in love with his sister's best friend because she was there for him when he was neglected as a kid. Both yzm and mcz are boys so they deal with the neglect by hiding their own emotion and kept their own feeling bottle up, yzm dealt with it by becoming cold and only care about interest and promotion, mcz dealt with it by being more sensitive and trying to become the model son and kept silent when he was asked by his mother's unreasonable demands, he still tried to accommodate her. He was much luckier than yzm because he still has a caring father and a caring sister who gave him the attention he craved from his mother. I like both their characters, but i felt more connected to yzm and i think it's because yzm has a much harder life growing up, there was a flashback scene of him working and eating while he was abroad and we can imagine how harsh his life was before his grandmother came into the picture. Watching him grieved for his father made me realizes that he has always been strong and never show weakness before that moment, the only other time was his grandmother's death when he was by himself and refused to cry in front of other people, we see him curled on himself and finally cried showing his weakness to mch and her family, he has finally shed off all his armor and finally reveal his true self and i'm happy that he has that change because of mch and her family being there for him when he was in his most vulnerable state.

I agree with you, i think the mother's personality is strong and stubborn and set in her way, as a result in order to not disappointed her or worried her both her daughter and son kept lots of things secret and didn't tell her. Like that one scene when she went to the ex-boyfriend's house we as the audience knew the relationship couldn't be salvage because we saw what was happening, but mch never told her mother and kept her in the dark because she didn't want her to worry causing her in thinking to help her daughter and her ex to make up so she came to the ex house, and got embarrassed by them talking down to her and her daughter. The mother meant well because in her heart the ex was a good prospect because he's rich and can provide for her daughter with a good life better than what she had, she didn't care that she was looked down on as long as her daughter has a good life. Those people who said the mother is greedy and they misunderstood her just because she wants her daughter to marry into a rich family, when she was willing to move a small house in order to provide her daughter with a dowry. She's cheap because she doesn't want to squander her daughter money, and prideful because she doesn't want to be embarrassed and looked down on as a result she loves to brag about her daughter having a good prospect because of what she didn't have, many parents are the same being prideful of their children when they're successful.

I find it a surprised that you didn't sympathize with xukai's character who grew up abandon by this own parents and have to relies on himself for survival,, even though his grandmother spent money to give him an education, he still didn't have the closeness of family from her beside the occasional letters they send to each other until he went back to china and meet his grandmother and mch and getting to know mch's family. His character changes gradually as he spend time with his grandmother and mch. I find the introduction of yzm's father was the turning point and i got really emotional when he loss the chance to reconcile with his remaining family member whom he thought would never change only to realize that it was himself that didn't change and still clinging to his bitter past. Once he finally let go, he was able to move on and accept a new family in mch and her family.

Thanks for sharing, this is such a nice reflection on yzm's growth that not many see because they were too focus on the mother.

I think the mother being afraid of her diagnosis is understandable, not many are strong when it comes to the thought of them dying of a serious illness. For her to not want to burden her children and husband by deciding to leave and go back to her hometown is a decision that is not taken lightly. She was living in a city she not familiar with, so she wants to go back to the place she grew up in to live her final day. Not knowing making such a decision will worry her family even more. Mr. mai is a good husband, Mrs. mai is very lucky to have him in her life, they were poor but they were able to provide for their children to go to a good school and their children turn out to be very sensible adults who go on to find career of their own and also find their life partners. This is a family drama and is resonate well with people who also consider family as the most important in their life. Yzm word is so true family is more important than work, yzm and mch took a break from work to be with her mother while she's going through her depression showing how much they love the mom, even though mrs. mai is not his birth mother, he still consider her as a part of his family. That scene of them looking for a duck of the neighbor is so funny. So mch and yzm is thinking of developing a hotel in her mother's hometown, both of them really know how to take work with them even though they took a break from their work ^^

I'm so happy yzm found the mai's family, that scene when he went to his father room and lock himself inside and mch told him she would wait for him outside show her love for him, and her parents showing him care and told him they will starve together with him if he doesn't go back is so heartfelt. Yzm is accepted as a part of mch's family now he has somewhere to belong even if his father the last member of his family died, he found another family whom he consider as his home. Mrs mai knowing his birthday and cooked for him noodle, and yzm finally cried letting him let go of his regrets about his father, he finally realizes his father has changed for the better and it was him that was holding on to the past. Finally he can let go of the past and move on with his life ^^