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Yes definite head start. I can speak Kindergarten level Chinese dialect which led to watching Cantonese dramas from age 12-18 and then Mandarin dramas I only started last October…now it’s almost been a year and I’m so proud of myself for such growth 😩😂

They have Chinese subs

More or less but I cheated. I learned Cantonese from watching dramas when I was younger so there’s slight overlap in the languages. But I’m also Chinese…just a terrible daughter of Chinese immigrants who failed at learning the language 😭.

This was terrible. Really terrible. I’m embarrassed for everyone who signed on for this. I came for Tiffany and Luo Jin but their romance development was 0% believable. I’m pretty sure that if they had the choice, they would throw acid on this series so it never exists again.

They portrayed the 2ML as a STALKER. Not only is he a stalker but he STILL gets the girl. I couldn’t believe it. This is NOT ACCEPTABLE to show even in a fictional drama. Nothing about anything he did was normal nor could you rationalize it as “oh but he loved her”. No. It was unacceptable.

They stereotype of black people committing a crime is another mark against this series. I’m disgusted that we are still propagating these horrible stereotypes.

I love the main leads and went on a watching spree of their other shows after watching Princess Weiyoung but this was worse than a flop. Perhaps they needed money desperately and picked up this series but this was SO POORLY WRITTEN. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE WRITING AND DIRECTING. 😣 0 stars.

I made it til ep 12. Are they only dropping one episode a day??? I can’t make it through if it’s only one a day 😭. I loved how flustered she got playing her game to catch ZY and trying to be the flirty one. Now YMR doesn’t know what to do with her awkward self.

I wish every episode could have these scene snippets that show the background of someone’s back story or action.

I’m so smitten with Esther and VZ’s awkwardly developing relationship.

She is but you can see she works hard on her interests and career despite helping him on his quest to find the plant

Supposedly doesn’t know who she was or about the doctorate yet and I’m on ep 12. I think he’s realizing she’s not as ditzy as she plays off to be esp in this arc where they are in her village

I think they were HS rivals from the same town. And then they became rivals as adults bc she’s trying to take YMR’s job as a new social media influencer.

Different people, different skin tones

OMG I binged this all in 24 hours and watched eps 6-10 without subs. My mandarin is sub par but I got the gist of it and I was so smitten with them! This is a light romance and I barely watch any modern shows so the premise is new to me. This is probably the second modern show I’ve seen as I’m usually partial to xianxia and wuxia.

I haven’t seen Vin Zhang since TMOPB bc I couldn’t get past his role there and wasn’t interested in his other roles to date. I came here for Esther post LBFAD and now I’m a VZ fan! I love their cute interactions and VZ slowly coming out of his shell.

Sorry SML/SFL but I’ve fast forwarded past that plot bc I’m stuck on the mains! If you’re on the fence, watch it!

I came here after LBFAD because I’m aimlessly wandering around now.

This was actually a good, chill show to watch while watching for “bigger ticket” shows to air. The group dynamics were super strong and sweet. I love how they always gathered for meals. The dedication and loyalty to the group was really genuine and sweet despite the misconceptions and hiding of identities.

The ability of the ML and FL to be together seemed unrealistic based on how men/women were treated at that time but I totally ignored this, lol. The class gap was too wide and lying to the emperor would have never met with such ease in consequences.

I found it really interesting that they “tortured” the FL too. This usually isn’t done to the level shown here and it’s weird but I appreciated that she got equal treatment and they didn’t spare her the torture which leant more emotional draw into the drama.

Pretty healthy relationship between ML and FL and I like how the cases were quickly wrapped up when the 4/5 Musketeers got together 😜

Definitely worth the watch. The kisses were better than the usual “touchmyliponly” kisses of usual dramas.

Definitely recommend if you’re between series and don’t want to be too emotionally drained! ❤️

Nice to “see” a familiar face here from LBAFAD as we wander around hopelessly now…😭

Unsure. It hasn’t been a week since it’s dropped. I don’t see why not though

JAYSUS. I did NOT need to see this. Thank you Esther and Dylan for your emotional/psychological sacrifices for us. 💔💔

2 eps a day

I know but it really should be set as a spoiler for new people watching the show now since it’s on Netflix

It was so nice to hear DFQCs voice again! Two mins was not enough. It’s sweet that they’ve been together for 300 years but no new scenes is disappointing. 2 mins long recap. I guess I should have known given the track record of previous bonuses.
I assume the next/last “episode” will be for XLH’s POV of the last 300 years. I better see a toddler next to XLH when she does her flashback/commentary 😊🫰🏼🫶🏽

SUPER SPOILER FOR BONUS EP RELEASED ON 9/12. 🌙🌙DO NOT CLICK IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED🌙🌙

8pm china

Omg same