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Does anyone know whether this will have some romance in it too, like a reset, or if it'll just be a fully mystery/thriller revolved drama? I love BJT, and his shows are good even without romance, because he picks his scripts so well, but I just personally can't really watch a show or stay interested in it if it doesn't have even a little romance in it.

I can't wait for next week's episodes after the preview for Ep. 8!!! I hope their romance finally develops a little because right now it's soooo slow. I have a feeling the ending's gonna be really rushed, so maybe they should've done 16 episodes instead of 12, but I know I'll still love this show either way.

It's extremely helpful, thank you very much for explaining. Cancelling culture and the toxic fans in the Chinese industry is always so scary to me.

Can I ask who Zhang Zhe Han is and what he did that was bad enough to get him blacklisted? I was really looking forward to this drama, but I'm a little sad now that I just found out it isn't going to be aired ever.

Aaaah okay. Thank you! It always amazes me how much history can be in just one dish.

Well, it's not confirmed yet by anyone, but it's the biggest theory out there since most of the shows similar to this have a sad or VERY bittersweet ending. Since the FL needs to return to her life in the future, I don't see how they can have a happy ending unless he gets reborn and falls in love with her again in modern times without his memories, but that would still just be bittersweet.

But are those dishes not both Korean?

The only thing on my mind when I see those scenes is how the actors must have felt with all those close-ups of their mouths while eating and their eyes widening in amazement, and the noises they had to make for that. And I keep wondering how on earth they didn't burst out laughing while filming such scenes. 😂😂

As someone who has developed the ability to decipher just a tiny bit of Chinese due to the amount of Cdramas I've watched, the scenes where the envoys were speaking had me pausing in both confusion and amusement. I was hoping there would be a scene where the FL shocks everyone by presenting her dish to the envoys in Chinese bc she's a multilingual queen, but unfortunately, we didn't get that.

Omg yes, they should've just hired actual bilingual actors in my opinion, because listening to badly spoken languages is one of my newfound icks in dramas apparently.

I can't believe we're already halfway through the show!! It's so good so far, and I can't wait for their actual dating era. I just don't want it to end and be left to face the sad ending.

So far, there's a really great balance going on. There's enough for us to classify it as a drama that revolves around cooking, without that being the entire plot or taking away from the romance and comedy of a typical K-drama. And each episode is even named after the main dish the FL makes in that episode. If you're interested, I'd say give it a shot and just stop it if it's not for you. If not, you might miss out on a drama you like a lot.

Agreed. I think I just liked the mortal arc a little more because it was a lot fluffier than the demon realm arc. Also, I just felt like they maybe stretched out her amnesia phase a little too long. And the demon arc having like an extra mini arc at the end was a little unnecessary. I think a lot of people would've maybe preferred the third arc longer and the second one shorter.

Yes!!! I also remembered them in that scene when Sima Jiao told Ting Yan that he would rather keep all his memories since they include her, even including the 500 years of pain and torture, rather than forget her and their love at all. So glad I wasn't the only one thinking this!!

I have such mixed feelings now that this is over. I loved the ending because we actually go to see them in the same frame and he was smiling too, so im gonna be delusional and assume they're gonna live happily ever after for the sake of my mental health. I really hope we see this pairing again for a modern drama. I'm so obsessed with their sizzling chemistry, and I would love to see what it would look like with another amazing script and less censorship in a modern drama. This was my first time watching a drama from both of the leads, and I fell absolutely in love w Ying Lu's expressions and her range of emotions, as well as Fei Yu's deep voice and super expressive eyes. Most likely gonna look for more of their dramas soon after I finish the next upcoming ones on my list!

I think they're referring to the laws China has against transmigration and time travel being portrayed in dramas, so the writers always have to find a loophole in the end by making it a coma, a dream, or a book written by the character that experiences it. If you've watched even 2 or 3 dramas including these themes, you'll most likely already know what I mean. But most people usually ignore the endings and make one up themselves for the sake of their mental health, though. It's really just a way for the creators of the drama to legally still be able to make content with those themes in the plot.

Honestly, I'm really happy with this ending because the only other xianxia drama I've watched is LGIEF, which, if you haven't watched it, is also a drama where the FL transmigrates into the story. And comparing this ending to that one, this is about a 100x better. I feel like we can interpret it as a HE since the leads were smiling at each other and they purposely showed us the scene with the parallel in their third life, which ended with them falling in love again and getting married, so I think it's safe for us to assume that that's what's going to happen again.

I haven't read it personally, but I remember reading in the comments here and on tiktok that the book has a similar ending. Meaning they meet again in real life, and he's her boss or something like that. I'm not sure if he recognizes her or if they actually fall in love, so idk if that helps, but that's as much as I know.

OMG OMG OMG!!! I'm absolutely freaking out about the fact that he titled his book the same as the one that brought her back! It's just helping prove our theory that it's his book that he fills with the recipes of all the dishes that she cooks for him, and then when she travels back to the future, he writes that poem for her, hoping she comes back to him. I know it's gonna be a bittersweet/sad ending, but I love our main couple so much right now. It's safe to say this drama has me completely hooked. I wish they would release all the episodes right now so I can binge them!!!!

Same!! Their chemistry is so hard to hold back from!!!