Michelle Topham

Don't forget, the one who is always sucking up to her also took credit when Miyu took that elderly man to the hospital AND took the large bonus she got because of it. The least she could have done, if she felt bad about it, was give Miyu the bonus as it was rightfully HERS. But no. She kept it.

Yep. I think a lot of people are forgetting how difficult it can be for women in their 30s and beyond to get a job after getting divorced, and how so many get screwed over by their ex husband's like Miyu did. It's why I have always told my married friends "Make sure you ALWAYS have a separate bank account your husband doesn't know about". I've had several friends who didn't, got divorced, and suddenly found themselves tens of thousands in debt from debts their husband had racked up that they didn't know about.

As for Miyu, she went from having money and a secure life to broke, no job, nowhere to live, and with no support in the space of a few days. So she's grabbing whatever she can to make sure she doesn't end up living on the street, and when you're in that situation, you put up with a helluva lot of abuse because you have no other choice.

Yep, I think you're 100% correct that the annoying friend will eventually become the enemy. Look how he speaks to Ji Feng. He's only his "friend" because he can talk down to him like he's a servant, and JF doesn't fight back. I think he's in for a big surprise :)

It's obvious Ji Feng will turn the hotel around too. Remember, he's negotiated 10% of the hotel's shares if he's able to turn it around in a year, so it's obvious that's what he'll do. He won't get those shares if his friend takes over the hotel.

Although I also think Mi Yu's friend is going to end up with the annoying one as well -- she knows how to handle him, after all :) So, she may also be instrumental in fixing the friendship between the two guys?

Like you, loving this. Haven't enjoyed a romance drama as much as I'm enjoying this since Why Is He Still Single? (Zhu Zhu starred in that too -- probably need to check out more of her work :)

"Does the vixen not know that Ji Feng knows she's a ho?" -- Hahahaha -- apparently not.

Cannot wait until she gets exactly what she deserves. It will be glorious :)

Because she's teetering on the edge. No money, her parents debt to pay off, nowhere to live if she loses her job, and nobody to support her (except for her friend, who she isn't being honest with, and the ML who can only do so much right now).

When she wanted a divorce, she thought she had a ton of money and, because of her degree, could easily get a good job. That's why she stood up for herself. Then she realized quickly, she has no money and nobody will hire someone in their mid-30s with no work experience. Except for a menial job like housekeeping. It's the same all over the world.

And now she's stuck doing what she HAS to do just to scrape a living, and so she doesn't end up living on the street.

Plus, don't forget, it's only a couple of months since she got divorced. She's trying to overcome a couple of decades of training by her parents and then her husband, who both trained her to "behave a certain way". She's not going to become a completely different person in a few weeks. Nobody does.

She'll get there eventually :)

You're welcome. I started researching about it as soon as I heard it in the first episode :)

I've been awake for 3 hours this morning, and it's been on repeat for about 2 1/2 of those hours. Listening to it now as I type :) It is just the most beautiful thing.

And it's so lovely as it sounds so damned poignant and sad but, when you read the lyrics, it's really so incredibly hopeful.

His voice is stunning, especially as he is only 26 years old. And that gorgeous cello!

I'm always amazed that more people don't listen to C-drama theme songs/insert songs. There are so many incredibly talented Chinese singers and stunningly beautiful soundtrack songs that don't make any kind of ripple outside China. Such a loss to the rest of us :)

It's, sadly, been a common thing in the drama community for years, as they're all so terrified of losing ML roles to someone younger. Which, of course, they will do at some point, as they can't be the 40-something lead man forever :)

Like you though, it weirds me out seeing these older guys that have obviously had massive amounts of cosmetic surgery/fillers/botox etc, It's bad enough with the actresses, but even worse, to me, when it's the men who do it. Just not "manly" at all, IMO, and hard to look at as they look so "plastic".

Throw in most of them are as thin as pencils, so a strong wind would blow them over and, honestly, if you met one of them on the street, you wouldn't look twice at him, and you certainly wouldn't think they were an international sex symbol. LOL.

Yep, watched Ep 10, and she's getting on my last nerve :) Waaaaay too much of a people pleaser, and can't stand up for herself at all. Until she finally snaps and starts shouting, like she did with the ML in Ep 9 :)

Still loving the drama though, and can't wait to get to the episode when she FINALLY grows a backbone. Hopefully, it will arrive sooner than later.

Hahahaha, we'll see how I feel. And no, I won't be surprised if she's as useless as always when standing up for herself.

I think too, this should not have been a 38 episode drama, which is why the writer has had to drag out Doormat Miyu for so long.

Then again, I can honestly say I have not been bored for one second so far, so it's obviously written well enough for that :)

I'll also add I'm lucky as i have a mother and father who taught me to always stand up for myself. Hence, I've never let people treat me like that. But... if you haven't been taught that, you're in alien territory and floundering badly.

Sure, it's difficult for ME to understand why she's such a doormat, as it's completely alien to how I do things, but... I have had friends who behave that way due to their parents, so I do understand to "some" extent how absolutely terrifying it must be to try to change as you don't even know where to start.

I think if we have a few more episodes of her being trodden on and allowing it, I'll be fast forwarding through a lot of it, as her being the butt of absolutely EVERYONE's nastiness is becoming a bit stale.

But, I have a feeling we're about to see her move beyond it, and start holding the vile people in her life accountable for their awfulness. (I just finished Ep 9 btw, so no idea what happens in Ep 10 yet.

Don't forget too, this is how she has been taught to live her life by her mother -- kowtowing to everyone so that there is "peace". And it's hard to break free from decades of that kind of training in just a few months. But she's starting to realize, IMO, that all that does is destroy her own life.

Not completely similar, but Why Is He Still Single? Equally brilliant, a superb cast, and it also stars Zhu Zhu, who is phenomenal in it.

ROTFL -- Oh my God, I almost spat out my coffee all over my keyboard. SO true :)

I worked in a small hotel in the UK for a few months when I was a teenager. If I, or anyone else, had done even one of the things this hotel's staff does several times a day, I would have been gone within minutes of doing it. :)

It's hilariously funny really how over-the-top the script in this is, especially as every problem is suddenly "MiYu's fault", and everything that goes wrong immediately becomes connected to her. Pretty bad writing overall but, surprisingly, still ridiculously good fun :) (The writer has good comedic timing, if nothing else :)

And btw, because I'm obsessed with this drama, and all the awful people in it :)

I always make a point of being grateful that I have always had parents who would literally do anything for me and, no matter if I screw up, they will ALWAYS be on my side in front of the person I screwed up with. Even if, later, they might point out my flaws in private :)

When you're like me, who has been lucky to have two amazing parents my whole life (and still, thankfully, have them and they're now in their late 80s), it's always so sad when you see so many other people who never had that luxury in life. And whose lives are immeasurably much more difficult because of it.

But I will add, when Lu Zhen Zhen gets exactly what she deserves, I won't feel sorry for her one tiny little bit. As karma has a habit of biting you in the ass when you least expect it.

I haven't been that nice since the day I was born :)

But isn't Zhu Zhu utterly gorgeous? Those scenes were she strides magnificently into the hotel, hair flowing, wearing a stunning dress, and with a slow smile on her face -- just cinematic glory.

Loving this drama SO much.

All I can say about this one is I am obviously a much worse person than Miyu as there is no way I would put up with the treatment she has been getting from the so-called "important" people in her life for 3 seconds. Her awful "sister", her equally awful "parents" who are never on her side but happy to take money from her (with her dad even scheming to take any divorce settlement she has), and her bastard of a husband who wouldn't know the truth if it slapped him. I would have launched ALL of them out of my life a decade before she does. :) Vile people. Every single one of them.

Just in case anyone is still looking for The Inescapable opening theme song, I posted a link below, but am now in the process of moving all my C-drama related content to my personal site, so you will no longer find it there. Here's the new link.

https://michelletopham.com/whats-the-opening-theme-song-for-the-inescapable-c-drama-who-sings-it/

And yep, I'm still as obsessed with it as I was a month ago.

Just in case you are as obsessed about that ending theme song as I am, I did a little bit of research and, here's where you can listen to it, its lyrics (plus Pinyin), singer etc. And I am so bloody OBSESSED, I think I've listened to it 300 times already :)

https://michelletopham.com/what-is-that-gorgeous-the-epoch-of-miyu-ending-theme-song-and-who-performs-it/