Good Grief

Welcome haters 👋

Season 1 ends with a cliffhanger because it's far from the end of the story.

Season 2 was already confirmed in November last year. We don't know when it will come, but we know it is coming.

As for how many chapters will be covered in Season 2, we don't know but it's highly likely that it won't be the last season either.

I think Luo Wenqian is responsible for supplies/finance (due to his background and studies), therefore i could understand if he could not fight as great as those in the frontline. Even in real life, we would also have different responsibilities in military. The one with the strategy is General Qi.

I wouldnt be surprised if we have AI kdrama soon XD

s2 is coming trust.. we js gotta wait for updates 🥹

well, it doesn't reflect their recent pop culture then. I think it was so 2000-ish, along with gyaru trend. The younger celebrities mostly have "normal" teeth, just like their chinese counterparts.
Btw I prefer real teeth to veneer, so I don't mind C-actors with slightly crooked teeth like Bai Lu or Yang Zi. They're still gorgeous and it gives them individuality.

It ends with a huge cliffhanger, but the whole season 1 is peak

I can't wait Park Eun-bin is an amazing actress

I know I am too shallow, but that little mustache of Benchang's makes him look even more despicable.

I didn't think it was possible to loathe Tian Ben Chang more than I do, but then he does something each episode to make that hate grow. What a vile, despicable character! Kudos to the actor, though. 😉

Thanks for the update…appreciate this…

The rating system on MDL needs some improvement. There are a couple of currently airing shows that are having the same issue (haters giving low ratings without really watching the show). This is such a good drama, and I hope people will still watch despite the lower rating provided.

I am not seeing a repetitive storyline myself. While the aunt is the most insufferable person on the planet, the whole point of it is Li Zhen's growth. She continually has these obstacles and each time gets a little bit better at tackling them. I mean, yes, I want some comuppance for the aunt, but the whole point is the journey. I am so engrossed in each episode that I just don't find it boring or repetitive.

Just binged from episode 20 to 28, and I’m still not sure what it is about this show that keeps pulling me in. It’s not particularly original — the usual family rivalries, business competition, and endless schemes — yet somehow it remains incredibly engaging.
Maybe it’s the charm Yang Zi brings to her character, or the chemistry between her and Elvis’ character and their genuinely endearing slow-burn romance. Maybe it’s the emotional weight of watching the family endure hardships together through thick and thin. Or maybe it’s simply the calming depiction of the ink industry and the history and stories around it.
It doesn’t really matter why I like it. I just do.

I wanted to love this, and I did enjoy it for the most part, though more so in the first half. But the writing simply wasn't up to par. The entire L'Etoile story could have been removed altogether and they could have spent more time on the villagers instead. Eric was never a love rival, and I'm not sure why we were meant to care about the whole thing with him and Michelle. It just felt like a distraction to me.

I especially struggled with the final two episodes. We spent way too much time on the villain in something I feel like should have been resolved earlier, because I really did not need endless scenes of him being annoying and then trying to kill himself. There was so little screen time for the main couple together and it was really weird. We spent so much time on all the other characters, tying up their little stories, that it almost felt like the main relationship was an afterthought for a large part of it.

i stopped at ep 14 because the comments here aren't good, saying it's repetitive. but i picked it up again because i was curious how li zhen and uncle jingdong became close.

i'm at ep 21 now and never got frustrated as the comments. i don't find it repetitive by ep 21 nobody in the family even listens to fourth aunt anymore.

maybe because i watch it all in one go. watching it with the schedule made everything feels unresolved