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ahhh the premium shish kebab! 😂
need to grab a bite, now 😂 😂 😂

it's lively here, suddenly, after that arrow shot 😂

difficult to "buy" that explanation, though. Definitely contrived,,,

Check section 4 (and 5+6 for snapshots) here :
https://kisskh.at/discussions/zhu-lian-yu-mu/131556-the-story-of-pearl-girl-companion-piece

Alright: I am taking the hint and adding explicit initials in the Alphabetical list of characters, section 4 of companion piece, then 🤣

Master of Langhuan "dockyards" (ep.17-19)
You can check screenshot on the companion piece

agree. But waiting for further development.
If nothing comes to fill that apparent inconsistency, I will, regretfully, add it to some minor ones, which will prevent me giving the drama top marks :(, despite I generally like it, and appreciate much of acting and cinematography and the incentive to look up culture and places of Tang dynasty.
Actors/actresses said they discussed and even brought ideas, so why leave such a bizarre turn of events, when the story seemed logical before. Was it a problem of miscommunication with the team of scriptwriters who expanded on the original book?

lovely!

About the characters and cast (section 4 to 6 in my Companion piece, where you can find a character from their screenshots as they first appeared when they were named in the drama ;some, like elder Sun and elder Zhou had already appeared, but were not named/identifiable yet in previous episodes) :
https://kisskh.at/discussions/zhu-lian-yu-mu/131556-the-story-of-pearl-girl-companion-piece

I checked the 77 actors list + the 78 actors list on Baidu to build the illustrated character directory (by order of appearance)

According to my count, there are still 8-10 characters missing (one of which I remembered when checking end credits, was in "flashbacks" earlier, but I did not tally him in then, so I will add him in later after hunting the episode and taking screenshot :) ) I suspect I overlooked a few others because they did not appear identifiably, but were "lost" in the background when I was less attentive. Here are the ones I'd like to find or have not appeared yet 😎 :

a- Yuè Jīn 越金 played by Guō Hán 郭晗 (m)
b- Zhū Jī 珠姬........................Sòng Fāngyuán 宋芳园
c- Yuè Jiào 越峤...................Duàn Xīngyǔ 段星羽 (f)
d- Ā Táo 阿陶.........................Liáng Ruìlóng 梁睿珑
e- Ā Shòu 阿寿.....................Sòng Jiāxīn 宋嘉心
f- Shangren jia (Businessman 1) Lěng Hǎimíng 冷海铭
g- Zhāng cìshǐ 张刺史 (provincial governor Zhang?) Wáng Lǔ 王鲁
h- Cuī shì 崔氏...................Jiǎ Shūyí 贾舒夷 (mother of C19?)

I don't know where a lot of actors with no identifiable character name came from on MDL, I didn't spot their names even on the 294 additional "guest cast" in end credits. So, I was on the lookout to recognize facially Smile Wei or Shī Yǔ 施羽 or Winnie Yu, but could not find them in the past 34 episodes. Except for Huáng Jùnpéng 黄俊鹏 who I think could be "Ying Peng" number 74, black dragon bandit luring YZJ into a trap.

Now if someone spotted those, or any of the 18 "mysterious ones" on MDL list, and can point to episode 🤔, I'd be happy if they inform about it, in the comments to the Companion piece, for completion. Below is the list of these 18:

1 Zhāng Wǎn'er 张婉儿 (f, 14 yrs old)
2 Fán Yǔjié 樊雨洁 (f, 14 yrs old)
3 Mèng Zhǐxù 孟芷旭 (f, 13 yrs old)
4 Yú Wēinī 於薇妮 (f 13y) Winnie Yu
5 Yáo Xiǎoxiǎo 姚筱筱 (f26y)
6 Cài Zhuóyīn /Joyin Cai 蔡卓音 (f 29y)
7 Dǒng Yán 董颜 / Wáng Tíng 王婷 (f 28y)
9 Dīng Xiàoyíng 丁笑滢 (f 28y)
10 Wèi Xiào 魏笑 (f 28y) aka Smile Wei
11 Zhāng Lì 张俪 (f 39y)
12 Gāo Lù 高露 (f 42y)
13 Qí Xiāng 齐襄 (f 45y)
14 Zhāng Kāitài 张开泰 (m 27y)
15 Huáng Hǎibīng 黄海冰 (m 51y)
16 Gāo Shǔguāng 高曙光 (m 60y)
17 Shī Yǔ 施羽 (m 62y)
18 Zhāng Xǐqián 张喜前 (m old)

Thanks for liking!

There are some characters/cast I still hope to find for completion: am posting the list in a more recent comment, for the hawks eyes who know/perhaps noticed them, if I overlooked any ;)

yes yes yes but do you think it was elder Zheng who summoned Li Kui to shoot his son? I doubt it, and find it also unlikely that it could be YZQ doing that, since Li Kui was his arch enemy. So what was the real motivation is still mysterious.
Some say Yuchi Wuyi might be a double faced friend/enemy (possible leader of Black dragon bandits) but he would be far from his turf there, and how does that killing benefit him ?

If you want to find actors and actresses who might have been overlooked on the MDL drama cast, you can check the 'sections' 4 to 6 in my Companion piece:
https://kisskh.at/discussions/zhu-lian-yu-mu/131556-the-story-of-pearl-girl-companion-piece

i.e. Section 5:
Number 15 -Dù Míng was played by Gào Chén, for whom there is no more info, but he is among those listed in end credits.

I checked that 77 actors end credits list + the 78 actors list on Baidu to build the illustrated character directory (by order of appearance) where you can find a character from their screenshots as they first appeared when they were named in the drama (some, like elder Sun and elder Zhou had already appeared, but were not named/identifiable yet in previous episodes) , and there is one which I plan to insert soon, because I overlooked him in an earlier flashback which I need to hunt up again for snapshot ;)

that was one mighty arrow, the shaft looked like the stick of a broom!!!
Li Kui (but was it YZJ's arch enemy, there?) did not even use a crossbow, and shot it from rooftop, appearing in a fleeting moment, shorter than that devoted to his hawk! Like a demon who magically knew how to get there and vanish immediately, once the deed was done, but why shoot a Zheng family member, if the Zheng were allied with Black dragon bandits (summoned by same ZZH to get rid of YZJ in earlier "forest hut" episode)?

nice! ❤️

oops, its "rival" LGiEF is down there as 96! but these audiences seem to prefer modern times Chinese dramas since they had Romance in the Alley as 24 (perhaps I'll go give it a peek too now, after recording director Xie Ze interview excerpts and links in the "companion piece" 😅 I also added some more stuff about pearls, the impact on tourists going to make pearl hairpins in Hepu and such, as usual lavishly illustrated with pictures and gif linked to their sources. https://kisskh.at/discussions/zhu-lian-yu-mu/131556-the-story-of-pearl-girl-companion-piece)

This drama was not a small production : I have been checking the 77/78 characters with end credits of episodes and Baidu "complete list"; there are even more with 294 listed as guest actors (but just names, these are the anonymous for most, who walked the set or had bits roles).

Now, I am both looking forward to and slightly uneasy about how this will end ; wishing to trust LYN that it will be sweet enough to get cavities (and hoping his quip about being abducted by aliens was just his doubling back for perhaps having spoiled the ending and disappointed those who -are there any?- wish to see him go off again into the great beyond like in AJTL)

In need of some hot tea; enjoy the drama, all !

yes, I saw that quickly too ?

Thanks! ❤️
adding a Gif with link to the footage, into the last section of the "companion piece" 🥳
https://kisskh.at/discussions/zhu-lian-yu-mu/131556-the-story-of-pearl-girl-companion-piece

she is so tiny ! ...a cute and plucky doll 🥰

Ah: that was in the beginning, when shipowner Yan was just the heartless devil having come across a "pebble in his shoes" which did not shine like a gem or pearl yet. (On ships, that sort of punishments could certainly exist back in those days, as the English chanty 'what shall we do with the drunken sailor' reminds.)

Well as a c-drama trope, it all goes back to the Meteor Garden quip : "if apologies were enough, why would we need the police?"
Anyway, dramas should not be construed as a moral blueprint for present day 'civilized behavior' specific models. Just like some people in far away Pacific islands eating fruit bats as a traditional delicacy should not be looked at with disgust and accused of spreading germs (they did not).
Actually, heartfelt apologies are not that common, even in the real world, even when parents try to teach children on playgrounds, to make an end to strife through apologies. It does not always work and is not always done.
If you need that sort of portrayal in drama, have a peek at Our Days the modern drama just finished airing on WeTV. There are interesting moments with children being taught to apologize when the moms refuse to, out of principle or power play, very realistic, until other factors have them at last 'end strife'.
Dragging in public opinion to force apologies is also a subject there.