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As revealed at that lunch, even though they've been dating almost a year, they've rarely spent time together because of their schedules. It doesn't seem like they've spent much time talking on the phone either. Even though Feng Yun Ting says she's not that petty, she's obviously possessive of Zhen Xin. And that media reveal at the end was likely her move.

Since many of them haven't read the novel, they get too impatient and feel it's hard to see a door mat character. For me, it's often about the journey. FanFan needs to figure what he wants. Having not read the novel myself, my wish list includes, FanFan realizing that he needs to prioritize himself, find a job outside the sphere of the Beis' immediate influence, gain confidence in his own abilities, make himself unavailable to both families. The best revenge is living your best life.

Yes!

Sakai Sho is 25. It's still a huge age gap.

I really enjoyed this drama. My only quibble is that I wish their first time was consensual. I felt like she was too drunk to properly consent.

That they are fated to be together.

10/10 for me

The actress who plays Kongdech's mother is the same one who played Ice's mother in The Love Never Sets (Ja Molywon Phantarak).

Exactly. Catholic priesthood is supposed to be a calling, so he's allowed to change his mind until his ordination. Even if he were to attend seminary school, if he decided the priesthood is not for him, he can choose not to get ordained.

What was meant to comfort him at a young age (to live in God's house while he waits until he can join them in heaven) Tanrak took too literally to mean he needed to become a priest, but no one is forced to become one. However, Tanrak still has to deal with the Church view on same-sex love as being wrong. So, his choice to love Barth would not allow him to go to heaven, which would permanently separate him from God and his parents.

Not sure if you wanted a complete list. There's one I noticed is missing: Dangerous Romance.

It's like insulting Keanu Reeves. There are just some celebs that are so kind and down-to-earth, it's honestly a shock when people have bad things to say about them.

I remember his characters distinctly from Legally Romance and Begin Again. I'm sorry to hear this news.

No matter what, Xing Wu made a promise to protect Qing Ye when he brought her back from Beijing. Shu Han doesn't need to know Xing Wu's reasons for his decisions but he was nice enough to give her one.

It's their loss for not taking the time to understand the culture of what they're watching. It was clarified in ep. 1.

It's the false narrative of "I've been the one next to you all this time. Why don't you notice me?" So, she starts blaming Qing Ye as the bad influence when the fact is that she really just wanted Xing Wu to take the job so they could work more closely together.

Neither am I but I heard the ML's mom in ep. 1 say that she and the FL's mom are not related by blood. It was already clarified in ep. 1 for everyone.

The ML's mother says it early on in the show, ep. 1 IIRC, when she was playing mahjong and telling her neighbors that her sister's family was not a blood relation but that she was treated as if she was one.

I think it's the audience who has the responsibility to get to know the culture of the shows they are watching. If you join on-air discussions (often available on Reddit, for example), you will learn a lot more about the shows, including the language and the culture. The producer can't possible predict what would be offensive/a trigger for almost 200 other cultures.

It's common in certain Asian countries, like China. In the Philippines, we call everyone in our parent's generation tita (auntie) or tito (uncle), but we don't call their kids cousins unless we're related by blood. And we keep track of cousins up to 3rd or 4th cousins.

They're 16 or 17 when they meet, so Barth is maybe 37 at the very beginning of the drama. He has glasses and some gray hair. Also, he's Asian and they grow old pretty gracefully. I was often mistaken as 21 when I was in my 40s.