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I've just read on page 804 of the book that Anueng spotted Nueng in the market 14 days before she approached her, and she secretly spied on her for these 14 days before she worked up the courage to approach Nueng and have her sketch her.

[Edited after watching Episode 2] - 18 and 34 at the start of the BOOK, but we learn in episode 2 that the DRAMA has them aged 20 and 36 at the start. In Thailand, a person is not legally an adult until they reach age 20 (unless they are married), so I understand why they made both characters 2 years older than the book.

I'm interested to see how the drama differs from the novel. Even though the book is about two ADULTS (i.e. people aged 18 or older) in a relationship, I understand the issue some more conservative people might have. Even Nueng in the novel admits their relationship is "probably inappropriate". So, I'm fully expecting the drama to bring forward the time skip that happens towards the end of the novel. I'll also be interested to see how they deal with the some of the more "interesting" intimate scenes in the novel. I suspect they will just cut them all out completely.

There are plenty of evil parents / grand parents in Asian hetero-dramas as well. But I agree it was surprisingly good. I was especially impressed by Faye's acting, but Yoko was good as well.

At the start of the drama, Anueng is 18 and Nueng is 34.

https://www.mebmarket.com/ebook-278699-Blank--English-version

You really should have clicked the spoiler box when your post contains spoliers.

There is no grooming. In fact, it is the exact opposite. The younger woman aggressively pursues the older woman who continually rebuffs her. In the drama, I am close to certain that they will insert a time jump BEFORE there is any romantic relationship between them.

The age gap of 16 years is fundamental to the story, as you will discover. They simply could not have shortened it (by perhaps more than a year or two) without having to fundamentally change a central part of the plot. The book has a 5 year time jump towards the end. I'm pretty sure they will bring that time jump forward in the drama and only have them in a relationship after the time jump.

The drama is following the book. In the book, the younger woman is just like she is in the drama, maybe even worse. But she does "grow up" and become more serious, so my advice is stick with the show for now.

The drama is following the book. In the book, the younger woman is just like she is in the drama, maybe even worse. But she does "grow up" and become more serious, so my advice is stick with the show for now.

In the book, the older woman works as a self-employed sketch artist, simply sitting in the market each day hoping for customers to approach her and ask her to sketch them for a fee. The younger woman first met her in the market and asked her to sketch her. But as you will find out, their "connection" goes way back.

I really enjoyed the first episode - it was better than I expected. The acting was perhaps the best I've seen in a Thai GL, especially Faye Peraya Malisorn.
I bought the English version of the novel from MEB so I'll be reading that as well as watching the drama to see how they are different. Link to the online store to purchase the English version of the book in Spoiler.

Thanks to your post, I too went to MEB and purchased the English version. I haven't finished it yet, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

For me, it was https://kisskh.at/29367-the-witch

Initially, I was really enjoying this, but dropped it during episode 21. I just found Xin Qi's behaviour was becoming too toxic for my taste. He is becoming increasingly manipulative and selfish. All that seems to matter to him is what he wants, and he is happy to lie, deceive, stalk, fake injury and illness to try to get it. He consistently ignores, disrespects or dismisses Min Hui's desires when they conflict with his own. This contrasts sharply with Yao Zi Zhu who was prepared to give up on Zhou Ru Ji, because she prioritised his happiness over her desires.
Clearly other viewers found Xin Qi's manipulative behaviour "cute" or "romantic", but I just don't enjoy watching a man coerce or manipulate a woman, and I find it disappointing when a female script writer writes her male characters like that.
6½/10 from me.

Having just finished the series today, I understand exactly what you mean.

Just finished this brilliant series. Close to perfection. Acting was excellent, story was realistic and soothing (slow slice of life drama), cinematography was breathtaking. This is the best Chinese drama I've ever watched, and probably my second all time favourite drama from any country, only slightly behind "My Mister". If anyone knows of other dramas that are similar to this one, please feel free to share them with me. 9½/10 from me.

I don't know about that. Yoon Woo-Ri in the nude was pretty sexy if you ask me.

I can't remember any unambigious cheating scenes. One main female character broke up with her loser boyfriend before she hooked up with a new guy. The other main female character didn't have relationships, she just had sex partners, so even the concept of "cheating" isn't meaningful in her situation. There is one scene where two very attractive work colleagues have spontaneous sex in their office. I'd speculate that cheating was probable because it seems unlikely that both of these people would be single, given their appearance. But again, this is speculation. The show provides no details of these characters relationship status.