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Zhang Yun Long (Love in the Pavillion) was rumored to be the male lead and was spotted at the first script reading, so that is who it most likely is. It's odd that filming is supposed to start soon yet there have been no updates to the cast.

I'm so sorry that happened to you. Reading reviews like yours I'm in awe with how much care and thought you put into your review. You can really tell it meant a lot to you. At the end of the day, dramas are here to entertain us, so it's sad that someone's enjoyment of a drama illicits someone else to go out of their way and personally spread negativity.

I’m not sure if this was ever discussed, but was the engagement ring supposed to be a moonstone? That was my first thought and if so, that’s a super cute nod to Mu Mu.

Glad it looks like he now has more bodyguards to help out. I feel bad for the people who gain sudden popularity and have to change how they go about their day because people can't be normal in public.

Welcome to the club ❤️

There's a decent number of us who still haven't been able to move on, so you're welcome to come in here to talk about the show. There's a lot of us who are still working through the recovery process and it's been fun to look back and discuss the show with other people who were also hit hard by all the feels from the show.

I guess it depends on what you consider campy. I would say it gets a lot more emotional around episode 19, but some might still find it campy after that. Overall, the series is Wattpad coded and the cringe is part of the charm of the drama.

I would be really interested if YSX starts to step more in the producer role. It definitely feels like in her past projects, she has a lot of ideas when it comes to what sort of things will appeal to the audience and how to tell the story. I've seen quite a few of her co-stars also mention how she has a lot of ideas and SAL in particular has shown she can do a pretty good job at promotional content.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY_9AgwZ39M&t=394s

Try searching through this. It should be all the BGM.

To be fair, I'm not sure if this was ever going to be in the show considering that looks like their EP1 outfits haha. I can see this as them messing around and YSX wanting to try to "ride" the bike even though it would have been cool to see in the show.

YES!

Mariana Zapata

I just saw an author I follow with an IG story watching SAL. It’s getting to more of the international audience I think would love it. Ahhhh!

Please put this on Netflix or Amazon Prime IQIYI.

I love this!

There were a lot of cute BTS clips released of them as the show was filming. It seemed like they genuinely got along which was nice to see! Also, there were a lot of funny helmet BTS clips. If you want to watch clips to get more fluttery feels, I would also recommend looking up BTS of the night beach scene where YSX is in the red top and white skirt.

I read/saw both have learned to ride horses too so add that to the maybe drama.

Yeah, it's one of the frustrating parts of the show and definitely a topic of discourse amongst viewers. It's a combination of you understand a bit more when you look at the big picture/overall story arcs for JZ and JM and them skipping over a key plot line from the novel for some reason.

I like this! I feel like there's more but I will need to think a bit on how to word it.

One thing I noticed in my rewatch is in the beginning, they have JM in a lot of whites and light pinks while JZ is always in black. I think that was a nice little touch to visually show the contrast between the two. I also liked when their relationship does blossom, you start to have JZ in colors sort of showing how JM's brightness has rubbed off on JZ.

Yeah, if Dr. Julia isn't in the web novel, I wonder why the included her. The only thing I can think of is having JM be momentarily jealous/play into the rumors that he has a wife and kids.

They establish pretty quickly they know they aren't related and he's adopted. The yearning starts pretty quickly too so a lot of viewers view it more as childhood friends/star crossed lovers if that makes sense. There are some scenes where he mentions he was there when she was born though, so if that makes you uncomfortable, that might weird you out still.

She's not going to be everyone's cup of tea. Yes, she acts cutesy and sometimes over the top and some people take it as too cringey while I've also seen comments from people who aren't Esther fans say it fits the story and they actually enjoyed it/didn't mind it. The cringe is part of the charm for a lot of the fans of the show, so I think it's not a one size fits all sort of situation.

She does fit JM's character who does act spoiled and childish around JZ (ML). She also matures throughout the show so you do see growth too.