Keshein

When Song Yan saw Xie Zheng and did not yet know he was the marquis, he said something like: "She did not abandon you, she took you with her to the riches. How are you better than me." And while of course I understand he had to find out Xie Zheng's real identity, I think it would have been a better lesson for him if he didn't. Because now he probably thinks FL stayed with ML because he was a marquis and good enough for her that way. But she would not have cared if he was just a normal guy. So it would have been good for Song Yan to understand that ML was not better because he was a marquis, but because he was loyal and treated her well. And for that she would have taken him with her to riches, had it been necessary.

Some thoughts about when ML and the ex-BF meet towards the end, under spoiler tag in comments. What do you guys think?

Did you end up watching this? The ratings tend to go down over the years so 8.0 is excellent rating for a drama from seven years ago. I thought this one was good and chemistry was good too, some excellent kissing scenes. Just some boring side plots and you should know that it's a comedy, even though it's not mentioned in the genres for some reason.

There is very much romance

My Secret Bride

Is there any place where I could watch this with reasonable quality? This is from 2020 so there should be HD versio around, right?

Did you find better quality somewhere?

Thank you, I started reading it now :)

So where are you guys reading the original novel? Is there a good translation around?

Oh no, I don't know if I can take it

Thank you! I'm watching ep 15 now

Someone tell me how many episodes are they going to spend apart so that I can mentally prepare

Are the leads apart a lot? I just started watching

This started promising, but soon fell to a classic c-drama cliche: the badass ML is suddenly a puppy who never hurt an innocent person. Towards the end the main story was just full of pompous speeches about right and wrong and love, but what kept me going was surprisingly ML's sister's story. I did not care about her at all in the beginning but later was so invested, just anxiously waiting what will happen with her. This one is very hard to rate, some very good aspects/parts and some not to my liking.

Oh, I did not know that. I just googled and it seems like they still recommend 40 eps but can make exceptions based on quality of the content. I hope most will still stay shorter. I don't remember ever seeing a 40 eps drama that I felt was too short. Even if some parts are rushed there are other parts that are dragged out and it has been more a balance problem.

Me too, the only good decision censors have made :D

I watched this before I read the novel and liked it. Then I read the novel and realized, how much better the drama could have been. I will never re-watch but I keep re-reading.

I hope this will not turn into another "General and I" where the leads don't meet for like 20 eps...

Excellent! I've been dropping or putting on hold a lot of dramas lately, but this one kept my interest all the way through.

Thank you! I usually think it's best to watch the original, but for the picture quality I'd rather watch this newer one :)