KimcheeLover

I keep eying this drama every now and then since the day it came out. The novelty of the premise, Song Weilong and Liu Hao Cun, the OST (can't go wrong with Liu Yuning!), ...
But I can't deal with horror/thriller, esp. jump scares, heavy suspense, and visually apalling stuff... So, until now, I didn't dare to give it a try. T.T

But just now, I realised that ARP, whose shows I'm currently watching right now to fill the hours between Coroner's diary, is in here too!

So, I'd love to get your opinions:
- What are the thriller and suspense tags about? Will I have any nails left if I watch it?
- How much in danger of getting SML syndrome am I?

I can see your point there...
I'm good at turning off my logical brain if I'm served enough other goodies 😂
plus, they're usually just one scene
if done nice cinematographically, i can deal with them... XD
but if they fake it with those wind machines.... those have me roll my eyes too XD

Also crossing my fingers that there is more to the story, here. Bc otherwise... /shakes head
Actually, when I watched the scene, I felt like I remembered that in season 1 we were shown that her mother's death was connected to the enemies that JCY is fighting. And that JCY knows this, but wanted to prevent Mu Dan taking on the path of revenge. Hence he didn't tell her, and now has that uncle tell her only a half-truth...
But it's a very hazy memory. Maybe it's also from another drama...
Does anyone else remember something like this from s1?

Not the amnesia trope... 😔🙄

I like my clichés, but that one I just can't deal with. All it does, is make the drama repeat itself... 😑

That talk Tanghua had with the Meng lady gave me ominous foreshadowng vibes. Let me be wrong please...

I really wanna pat our poor FL on the shoulder! Jia you, dear Qiao Man! 😅🙈🤣😂

oh, the cushion! love ya for explaining it to me! thank you!

also thank you regarding duolingo. it is on my want-to-try-list. just unfortunately that list is quie long ahaha

Thank you and thank God!
I'm still traumatised from Journey to Love and The Story of Pearl Girl! 😭

Oh, would you mind explaining it to me and where exactly this one was said? I'm always eager to improve my Chinese. And doing it with dramas is my second pleasant way of doing so (first is travelling XD). Plus it adds that extra little bit of salt to the drama that you simply miss with just the eng subs...
So, please? ☺️🙏

FR! Every time I'm like, dear mother, can't you just pause and think for like two seconds before you open your mouth?!?

That mother sure is talented. Befriends every single shady character in the vicinity, immediately spills any politically delicate knowledge she has at the first chance she gets, and always manages to say the most tactless things. That's got to be a talent. I almost pity her.

This is only my speculation; I haven't read the novel. So, I'm not marking this as a spoiler.
But I wouldn't be surprised if that disaster 14 years ago that led to the animosity between Wei and Qiao was caused by a third party (cough, Bianzhou and that annoying uncle, cough) which wanted to prevent Wei and Qiao forming too powerful of an alliance...

Love you for that recommendation! 💞 I just binge-watched it in two days lol
You wouldn't happen to have more of those recommendations? 🙈🤭

I think I need to re-evaluate my opinion on short dramas. Some of them are really good, I noticed. Good, well-paced storywriting with some substance and realistic characters, nice music, and most importantly, none of that over-the-top, dramatic acting that made me stay away from them so far. Instead we get realistic acting with a lot less standardised or cut scenes. I hope they keep them coming and that they manage to stay under the radar from the censorship office!

Yes, like @HotGeGesWife said, the OP meant to say that the drama was dropped without much advertisement, announcements, or hype (=fanfare) about it that she/he was aware of. But despite the "silent drop", it already made it onto the list of "new uploaded episodes" on k i s s k h (a website). That list is on the website's home page and works like a banner, hence "front banner".

(I can't see how the OP's English is bad though, correct grammar and everything and nuanced choice of words. Just the missing "kh" after "kiss", which is probably the reason for the confusion.)

By the way, I'm totally with the OP! This show came out of nowhere for me and I'm loving it!! Wonderful acting, screenwriting and oh, the fewer censorship restrictions are simply a blessing! I couldn't bring myself to watch the currently airing full-length productions (Love in Pavilion, Love Never Fails, Serendipity, etc.)--the same tropes for the billionth time over... Instead, I'm addicted to this one and Dominion and Devotion, now XD
If anyone has recommendations for similar shows, I'd love to hear them!

I think, after this gem of a drama I may finally be able to let go of my fury and disappointment about Unchained Love's cut scenes... 😭

My thoughts exactly! I love this drama for being different! I like me a no-brain-fluff-fluff show too sometimes, but unique gems like this one are the reason I continue watching dramas.

I love the story-writing and characterisation here. The fact that it wasn't the ML (and the FL's love for the ML), but Ah Zhi that saved Hanyan from her revenge-abyss by evoking the parallels to her own mother's story? That was brilliant story-writing!
And Hanyan's wardrobe! I could watch this show simply for her costumes! 😍 She wears them like the queen she is!

Lol, I think the OST of this drama is messing with my brain. Some passages give me funny flashbacks to movie scores.
First Pirates of the Carribbean kept popping into my mind whenever that string instruments part in, for example at, ep 3 at 25:12 or ep 4 at 42:30 played. An now in ep. 19 at 42:27, My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music popped up in my brain.
I know they are not the same, but somehow my brain just makes that connection every time I hear these passages. 🤣 Make no mistake though, I love the OST!

Ok, either this drama just went full makjang on us or, and my money is on this scenario, our leads are faking it to make her father lower his guard and coerce him into admitting he is the adopted son. Which he did.
I refuse to believe that our smart, quick-witted, and level-headed girl just suddenly turned into an emotional fool. She knows that the adopted son was said to be a man in his 40ties. And her main objective of this entire set up is to get her mother's divorce letter. Her suddenly forgetting all that for emotional reasons would be so out of character for her.
This entire situation is just too illogical for a drama like this one that thrives of well-reasoned political schemes and calculated moves.

Ah, I didn't know you were refering to a scene where he was shooting backwards. That is indeed harder.

But I still wouldn't call it crazily hard, I guess. Given, like I said, he already had a good seat and balance. Gallop is a pretty comfortable gait to ride, especially if you have a horse with round movements. I have taken pictures and videos of my friends with my phone while in gallop. Worked from the first try.

I mean, what he did was amazing, no questions asked! I'm just saying, the admirable part about it is him having good enough balance and feeling comfortable while riding that he could do the arrow-shooting on the spot. Compared to letting go of the reins and turning the upper body, learning how to sit a gallop well is the bigger challenge.

That may actually be why he was able to pull it off without any prior training. If he has had enough practice to attain good balance and a "good seat" (not sure whether that's the correct translation), riding hands-free shouldn't be too hard. Especially, if you only need to go straight. Reins should not be held on to for stability in the first place.
That is not to say, I don't think he is talented though! Having good balance and a "good seat" while riding is not something easy to learn!