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The VERY simplified version of it is that Tu Li is essentially boy-crazy over Chen Yi. They're fuck buddies for about 2 years, and since she is the woman who's managed to stay with him longest, she gets delusional and wants more with Chen Yi. Chen Yi rejects her, but she keeps persisting. When Miao Jing first comes back, she's nice in the hopes of winning over her "future sister-in-law". But then she realizes that they're not blood-related and that CY has feelings for her, and does some more crazy shit, eventually getting dumped by Chen Yi.

As for how Chen Yi behaves, in the novel he is just a very vulgar, rude person. He smokes and drinks a lot, sleeps around with multiple women during their separation, and is really crude to Miao Jing when she first returns after 6 years. He even forcefully kisses her multiple times throughout the novel before they're officially together, not stopping even when she slaps him. This is why I'm glad they changed his character because otherwise I don't think I'd be able to watch the drama.

I really like how they changed Tu Li's character and her dynamic with Chen Yi compared to the original novel. Makes both characters a lot more enjoyable. I'm rooting for Tu Li to have a successful business and find her true love now, too!

So happy that Hwang In Yeop is back on my screen as a ML again. He's never escaping the school uniform curse, but at least this time he's broken the tragic 2ML curse! I really liked the first episode and hope the rest of the drama doesn't disappoint.

When they were eating chicken together, Sim Yu Geon said something along the lines of "it's his mom's fault you're like this..." so I'm assuming it was a "you're not good enough for my son" situation where his mom did something to ruin her future as a filmmaker behind his back after they went abroad and he doesn't know about it, but it's the reason that she resents him. If this ends up being the plot, I wouldn't be surprised at all.

I let the episodes stack up for a bit over the weekend. Binged the last 5 eps today and what do you MEAN Wen Jie is dead?!?!?! 😭 Even though I predicted this and even commented that this was going to happen around like ep 8, I can't bear the news. Poor officer Zhou, oh my god. We barely even saw her character, but I miss her so much. I want their little family of 4 back 😭😭😭

she dropped out halfway through her PhD program due to her past trauma that we are yet to know about. In the beginning of the first episode, we see her almost ending her life, which was due to her depression that is also caused by said trauma. She came to teach at the school due to her grandpa's last wish and also to get away from her former life and try to just live peacefully. But as she interacts with her students, we see her getting back her spark, and slowly overcoming her depression. As for what the trauma is and fully resolving it, that's going to be near the end of the show.

I think that it's purely for the sake of not having the funds to actually hire more than 11 people to be in frame all the time, when we really only see like 5 of the students having truly important roles in the drama. I was wondering this too in the first 3 eps, but if you want to watch rom-com cdramas in peace, turning your brain off and disregarding real-world logic is the best solution lol.

Ohhh. Yeah that makes sense then. I thought it was supposed to be 32 originally, which is what let to my confusion about the few choppy edits between scenes here and there.

I don't mean the whole show in general, but rather that I'm noticing abrupt switches in just a few scenarios. So far I've noticed it around 3-4 times. But it's honestly more abnormal when the majority of the scenes are well edited and directed, which is why I was just wondering about those specific bad cuts.

I'm glad they used that funding to the maximum level. There's really no part of this drama which I find lacking so far.

Is it just me, or do some parts of the show seem overly choppy? As in, the transitions between some scenes are so bad that it just switches to the next scene in a way that seems kinda abrupt. Were any episodes cut from this to make the post-production so choppy? Because the only other instance that I recall with scenes being cut like this is with SAL, and for that, about 8 episodes were cut post-filming, which made the end result really choppy between scenes and the story quite rushed, which is exactly what I'm feeling here, but on a milder scale.

I'm assuming this also had pretty good funding, based on the production quality and the fact that both the leads are pretty well known.

One thing about this show that I just can't understand is how in the world it's making me feel nostalgic when the students are all 2 years older than me. 😭 Maybe it's because this is the high school experience I've always dreamed of and know I'll never have, but it's nice to live it through a screen at least.

I haven't watched L&P personally. In fact, this is my first Jingyi drama, but from the numerous clips I've seen of the show online, I 100% agree that her styling for LFY is a lot better. I think it also has a lot to do w how she has matured since L&P and the way she carries herself and is confident in the role too.

I was really looking forward to their marriage announcement. I guess 14 years of memories don't truly matter in the grand scheme of things. I hope they're both doing well and that they get the privacy they deserve during this time.

There isn't even subtitles! While I admire that they don't need us, I do wish Chinese networks would throw us international fans a bone sometimes, lol. But thank you!! At least I got to watch the trailer for one of the episodes.

Is anyone else in Canada not able to watch the episode previews on MGTV due to "location restrictions" or is it just me? It's really pmo that there are previews for like the next 7 episodes, and I can't watch a single one. 😭

I love the way the creators of the show styled Miao Jing's character through the show. Before the separation, she really does look and act like a child. But after, we see the confidence and sexiness only an adult can have. Hats of to Jingyi for playing two different ages so distinctly and the producers of the show for not overly adultifying a what is supposed to be a high schooler. Also a special shout out to the stylists because in every single scene in the adult arc so far, Miao Jing looks SOO GOOD. Like I'm seriously only thinking about how good she looks. This makeup style really suits Jingyi and the wardrobe department has been going above and beyond so far. I can't wait for 2 eps a day again!!

Based on what I see, she's posting this on like a "private diary" on QQ. So I would relate it to like Facebook or Instagram Threads in todays time, except nobody can see the posts but you since it's private. At least that's what I'm assuming it is.

And I don't know what she does for a living, but with her investigating something related to Zhai Feng Mao, him warning her to be safe while dropping her off at work, and him being the leading officer on the case investigating Zhai Feng Mao.... this ALL ads up to a sad ending and I don't like it one bit.