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I said multiple arts, not martial arts. I know he doesn't have martial arts and combat abilities.

I have a positive attitude, especially towards Chinese dramas for some unknown reason, which is why I always hope for the best before getting completely annoyed and dropping the show. I don't even read summaries, reviews, comments, or spoilers to avoid any sort of bias and try to judge it by myself. I'm very optimistic about this one and hoping that he will not completely rely on his luck throughout the entire show. Being a reckless and flawed character is one thing; being lucky the entire time is different. No issue with the former. Hoping for the best.

He built underground tunnels at the age of 7 or 8. He went to that underground hidden tomb with his father around the same age and thought about it like a detective, figuring out who it belonged to. He solved difficult puzzles at the age of 8 and was almost exceptional at geomancy. He became a master at age 18 and was 100% certain about the rain when seasoned astronomers were uncertain. He has exceptional memory, reflexes, and planning skills. The only missing part is martial arts and combat abilities. But very well, he's not a genius - only smart. But the issue is that smart people don't play Russian Roulette with their plans, risking everything to either win or die when the revenge stakes are so high and you have all the time in the world. That was my actual point. The revenge trope is so common - the only thing that makes a show go from good to great is the execution of plans.

I'm on episode 9, and so far, he's been playing Russian Roulette with every plan. Not what I expected from a supposed genius trained in multiple arts. I hope the writing improves going forward.

Anyone 29+, reply here with a 'guilty as charged' comment. And yeah, I'm guilty as well. 😂

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It's really sad to hear your story. Something similar happened to me too. I was taken advantage of before the age of 10 by someone probably around 18 or 20. I remember crying, and he told me not to tell anyone or he’d hurt me, and he actually did, just enough to scare me. I was so afraid, and no one knows about it to this day. He disappeared not long after, and I felt ashamed and thought telling anyone wouldn't change anything.

This is the first time I'm ever sharing this, and it only came back to me because of your story. There was another incident when I was around 16 or 17, this time by a so-called friend who was about 8/9 years older than me. He later apologized, cried, and begged me to forgive him, and after a while I did. I never told anyone about that either.

I'm totally fine now. These bad memories barely exist in my daily life, but sometimes they resurface when I read stories like yours. Just wanted to say, you're not alone.

I'm not really hung up on Li Xun for beating FZJ, though I didn't really feel he got proper revenge. In my opinion, true revenge for his sister's death would have been permanently disabling FZJ - like breaking his leg beyond repair or putting him in a coma for a few years. The FZJ character isn't well written in my view. There's this whole contest where he was exposed for terrible software while receiving awards, then caught on camera bribing officials, yet somehow Li Xun is the one who gets in trouble for exposing him publicly, and even his apology wasn't enough. FZJ's character would have made much more sense if he were the son of a powerful politician or business tycoon whose backing would let him get away with anything.

But what really bothers me is GJH's ending where he suddenly gets sick for no reason and gives up everything. The show began with Li Xun being released and going straight to GJH, promising to take everything back. Then we got the backstory showing how genius Li Xun is - I was expecting a clever move, a brilliant strategy, something like beating GJH at his own game and reclaiming his company through his own intelligence. Without physically harming GJH, he could have gotten revenge for his sister, which would have made for a much more satisfying ending. From the moment he joined that unknown company and started developing the first game with Zhu Yun, I was looking forward to seeing where it would lead and how Li Xun and Zhu Yun would reclaim their company together. Instead, we learned he didn't actually have any genius plan. If GJH hadn't conveniently gotten sick for plot purposes and hadn't acted crazy by blatantly copying a game and resorting to blackmail, there's no way "genius" Li Xun could have won.

Happy Birthday my hero.

Not just in E22 where a genius does something this stupid, but also in E34 or 35, when suddenly GJH gets a head disease to gain sympathy, forgiveness, and voluntarily gives up his position. The plot was so predictable that I smelled the whole ending when I saw GJH in front of the doctor. I was expecting something much better for a revenge plot. That ending with sympathies and too goody-two-shoes main cast was worse than him beating someone in front of the whole public out of pure hatred. Not to mention, FZJ was remarkably fine for someone who lost an eye. An eye patch would've been more realistic. Until the very end, I was never convinced that Li Xun actually got any revenge at all.

And the ones in the middle, suffering and thinking it could have been much, much better if they had done this and that differently, yet still watching until the end.

No. He just needs to get permanently cancelled. Don't take someone's life over stuff like this. What KSR did was her own decision, and this was not the only factor. If what I understand correctly, the YouTuber caused more harm than KSH. That YouTuber needs to be behind bars.

"but that ***child*** had no problem sleeping with various men"

Read this again, then read it once more. If this still make sense, think about an actor you don't like and replace him with KSH in this context.

Nah, Kim Soo Hyun's PR team is good, working hard even on international websites. Trending is always based on a combination of factors, and comments hold more power than likes. It would be a weird algorithm where too many comments cause something to end up in the buried sidebar. What the admin said about it being "based on the comments and likes" makes sense for this sidebar stuff on internal pages where he's always trending for this scandal. The featured section on the homepage is all carefully curated controlled content.

Someone replied to my earlier comment, and according to them, when the king attacked, everyone sided with Xu Qian, and he became a public hero. The memory-forgetting part is only in the TV show - it didn't happen in the novel. I don't know how the TV writers are going to resolve this in the next season.

It's still funny that Kim Soo Hyun news is only trending in the buried sidebar of MDL and NOT on the homepage. I wonder how much money the PR team is spending.

It's funny how all KSH news stories are trending only in the sidebar of MDL. LOL.

Got it. And you're right. They should be true to the source material. I don't read novels, so I'm sure I missed a lot of stuff and in a way don't get disappointed. But I had similar issues with anime adaptations when they were not true to the manga and got on my nerves.

Thanks for telling about both parts from the novel. The source material is more epic than the adaptation. I didn't like the last memory part but then I thought they did it for the father-son meeting. I'm not sure how everyone will get their memories back, otherwise it wouldn't make any sense.

As for the warning, since there is a single spoiler option in the comments section, I thought if you're talking about the part that is not covered yet, then a slight warning should be enough.

Never put web novel spoilers which are not covered by the show without warning. The first part is from the show but the second part about his death doesn't look like from the show. I thought you were talking about when he was attacked in the Yunzou silver case. But since you mentioned that someone came to his rescue, I stopped reading as I don't think that part is covered yet, or am I missing something? I hate future spoilers.

I didn't have much expectations but it turned out to be a great show. Really loved the last few episodes. The Chuzhou Bloodshed case build-up and conclusion was the purest enjoyment I have experienced in a long time. Many inspirations from Joy of Life, though I don't know which one came out first as a web novel.