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I had pretty high expectations for this one, especially with Cheng Lei, the Republican-era setting and such an intriguing storyline, but I didn't expect to get THIS attached to it. Changxuan, YOU WERE SUCH A RED FLAG, but by the end I realized you weren't really the bad guy. You were just someone who never learned how to love properly. That doesn't excuse all the times he hurt Ping Jun, but it made me understand him so much better. One moment I wanted to scream at him for his decisions, and the next I found myself completely drawn to him. Cheng Lei really knows how to portray a morally grey character, and he absolutely delivered. But Ping Jun deserves just as much appreciation because I adored how she stood her ground even when everything was against her. And after everything she endured during those years of captivity, believing she'd lost her child and being drugged to keep her under control, my heart genuinely broke for her. Jiang Xue Ting??? WHAT A DESPICABLE MAN. I don't think I could ever hate him enough. And honestly, considering everything this drama put its characters through, I couldn't have expected the finale to go any differently. After so much suffering, I knew happiness wasn't going to come without a little more heartbreak. Watching Changxuan meet his son for the first time absolutely shattered me, especially seeing what a wonderful father he could be. And when he and Ping Jun finally reunited, seeing their little family of three together brought me so much comfort. But the fact that Changxuan promised her so many times that he would leave, only to always find his way back to her, and the ONE time he promised he would come back... he couldn't. I'm absolutely devastated. After everything they went through, that realization hurts more than I can put into words.