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ShengCheng is likely the current ShenZhen, so not exactly very far, about 3-3.5hours from Beijing to ShenZhen by flight.

Exactly! They spent too much time on flash backs and re-establishing the characters relationships, where the story telling fall short😓.
Totally agreed with your promotion on Young Blood 2.

I was so anticipating this season 2, but was totally disappointed and dropped it halfway. What a wasted material.

Ah I see. Thank you, very informative👍🏻.

👍🏻well written write up. I enjoying reading your perspectives. So true that FL is really a strong and resilience woman, who is also altruistic to want to help her friends and family seek a better life.
I can’t imagine re-living that era and hold on to the wisdom to make such wise decisions like Xia XiaoLan.🤩

Ah I see…Hahahah. Indeed XZ will always think his blood is the best for his wife’s weapon;). thanks for sharing this.

Thanks for sharing. I can understand force kiss, gets a slap. But recent ep., he explained and gently kiss her forehead which she didn’t reject then she slaps…that didn’t make sense😓.
And like you, I never agreed with violent behaviour whether from men or women. As you said, she could just push him away, why that slap?
So what I understand is screen play tried to keep the essence from the novel but lost the appropriate moment. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Xie Zhen is so dramatic as a character😂. There are many ways to test a sword without needing to self harm. Wonder if it’s a deliberate intention to get more sympathy vote from his wifey😜.

Agreed. The second slap feels unnecessary, perhaps only to give a ‘dramatic effect’.😓

Multiverse concept, same name, different timeline, different era.

It’s not scary, it follows closely to the original classic theme, fantastic cinematic feel with great characterization. This director also tells an impactful story that is more character driven and not plot driven. Here is the trailer to share:
https://youtu.be/x--N03NO130?si=uLHWeURQfcbPru3R

Well observed! I like your review, it’s spot on for this drama hence my disappointment too. It just feels like both k drama and c drama industry are heading towards commercialism and formulated way of production, which is rather sad.
Recently I watched ‘Frankenstein’ by Gullimore Del Toro, with beautiful cinematic feel and fantastic character’s growth, so well filmed, the attention to details and yet not neglecting the story arc. And I am glad that there are still such great production around making good movies.

Sorry I meant Zhou Ye, sometimes she also being call Ye-Zhi.

Agreed! And I also want to shout out that the credits go to Ye-Zhi for able to portray a 40yrs old in a young body😍.

💯 agreed. I am okay with open ending. IMO, I preferred to enjoy the ride and not just the ending😍

Same, I first noticed him in Sweet Teeth and now here. He has a very ‘boy from next door’ kind of feel, very clean, bright and cheery;).

Thanks, what you said make sense. 👍🏻

Yup, clever girl. I was thinking that in her own timeline, why wouldn’t she be successful, perhaps it was her lack of opportunities and lack connection with good people.

So FL has to be very observant and smart character to begin with in order to manage the challenges and problem solved.👍🏻

Up to ep 8, I admired this FL character’s confident. In this story, we know so far that she is in the 80s era but a different Universe, and yet she is so sure that what she works on will result in success. It’s like she observed her exam’s questions are different and it’s still because she has been studying hard hence she could get good scores.
But how would she know for sure in this Universe, studying architecture will be the way to success?