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Honestly it's different because in the novel XJH isn't close with his dad AT ALL ever since he found out XJH was gay and his dad threw him out. In the show he seems to care more but in the novel it was like he was being more civil with XJH to keep up appearances (with a tiny bit of love still there) to make sure he gets re-elected. If he's not in his high position in the police he can't keep up his double life has head of the triad.

LGM knows a lot because of Jia Qi. Both of them were in love with Jia Qi pretty much and Jai Qi worked for the ICAC and was investigating XJH dad and sorry to say the best way he could do that at first was to get close to XJH. But Jia Qi was found out and was murdered (in the novel he was thrown into a freezer and slowly froze to death which in my opinion was far worse then what happened in the series.)

Qing Long found out about XJH's dad's involvement with his parents death and even thought about going legitimate. and that could mess with XJH dad's business so he had to go. Hua actually was supposed to die the shootout with Liu Yi and Fat Qi but I think having him being murdered in the same way as Jia Qi on orders from the Old Shopkeeper has a better way of condensing the fact that those cases are related.

Right?! He Chu San's dream was way better than reality. But its understandable because this is the first time Liu Yi has even had someone kissing him, wanting a relationship with him, and even having feelings for someone, let alone another man, so it could be awkward for him.

It's hard to decipher because they've condensed scenes that happened in later chapters (specifically the second CP and their investigation) congruently with earlier chapters. They've taken out a few other filler chapters but it has made some progress I guess? So maybe about a third?

Yes, XJH's Dad was involved in LGM's father's death and he's getting close to him because he was trying to get him to see how evil his dad is because get this: XJH's dad is the Old Shopkeeper. He's been corrupt for decades and been pretty much running the entire triad for decades killing any and every one that messes up or could bring about his identity, including Qing Long and Qing Long's parents.

Hua was as corrupt as it gets and the reason he was killed was because (in the series at least) he saw his son investigating Hua, even without concrete evidence suspicions about Hua and possibility of talking could come back to him so he had him killed.

They do end up together in the end (but not without a lot of injuries on both sides, personal and physical) They pretty much take down every one in the triad and corrupt officers and make their relationship work.

Lu Guang Ming is a menace and Xia Liu Yi is a brat! 🤣🤣🤣

Don't forget Liu Yi knows how to kill people, so with him being all shy and meek around Chu San...
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Even if its a tv show. Doing things to another person even if they "love" each other is still not good. Consent and consciousness are a definitely need in any romantic/intimate act. Heck, Marital Rape is still a thing. The fact that people like you make comments like this only further proves how delusional and horrifying the world is...

It was non-consensual. not being silly

FR!!

This is the first time.

She's holding the phone upside down! 😂😂😂

They're both idiots! 😂 Chu San for saying that and Liu Yi for believing it! The kiss while he was sleeping is not good (don't do that people) but now he realized he has to do a much subtle seduction! 🥰

He Chu San is better than me because his mans has a dump truck! lol

I wonder who took the video of Arnold and Dean and sent it to Raffy? I mean Raffy and Rome were together and I doubt Rome would have sat there as Raffy recorded them. Is someone working in the shadows?

I think we're gonna get a lot more scenes in the next episode that we saw in the trailer, specifically the scene where Xia Liu Yi physically "pushes" a woman on He Chu San on the couch but he gets up quickly. Chu San constantly trying to get out of Liu Yi schemes of trying to prove he's straight or manly (the woman and the boxing scene) will lead to frustration and we'll finally get the scene where Chu San has pushed Liu Yi up against the wall. We might get more seeing how a few of their more spicier scenes has Chu San wearing a similar suit.

They are all gay

I feel bad for saying this but I'm sort of the same. I found my first BL in 2001 (34 years old now) when I watched Bishonen for the very first time. Really young I know but I hated all the straight tv shows because it was pretty much the same storyline. I mean BL started me on a spiral because in those times it was deep in the "bury your gays" trope of bl/gay media so I kept watching hoping it would get happier and eventually it did. So seeing all these BLs decades later and how its grown...It's really brings me to tears sometimes.

Did anyone else notice that the second CP Lu Guang Ming and Xie Jia Hua don't actually kiss? They are close and touchy by every time they use their lips they kiss on the side of/near their lips, but pretty much on the cheek. 👀

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