Michelle Topham

Why should he? The ML had NOTHING to do with any of that. He only did what he did to protect his nephew, and that's how his nephew repaid him. No guilty conscience needed. He had ZERO fault for the situation.

Hahaha, I know!!

And I started it after reading in several places that "people said it was bad", but started it as I like Ren Min, and thought I'd see how she did and then drop it after a couple of episodes.

OBSESSED right from the first 8 minutes of Episode 1. Best drama of the year for me so far, NO competition :)

No, he would be bothered no matter who it was. He's a stereotypical Alpha-male, and wants to believe HE was the only one his wife ever had feelings for. So it wouldn't matter if it was the nephew, Chen Yi, or some dude living down the street, his feelings would be exactly the same.

Remember, this is the first woman he's ever really loved, and you can tell by his reaction to her, not only now, but right from the minute he first saw her. (Has he ever mentioned his late wife? Not once. Not until his mother tried to push him to marry someone other than GJZ, and he used his late wife as an excuse).

Unfortunately for him, another man had already realized his feelings for the FL three or four years previously, whereas it took CYY longer to figure out his. He knows deep down he can't blame GJZ for that, as he himself wasn't even in the picture back then. But...he's still jealous, and jealousy makes you do stupid things. Even men as upstanding as CYY.

Besides, he always liked his nephew, raised him well, promoted him where he could, and did the best for him, even warning him not to go after the woman he really loved (he didn't KNOW that was GJZ) as he wanted his nephew to marry into the Yao family so they would protect him. And that way his nephew wouldn't have to worry about the truth about his real father being exposed.

He began to hate his nephew when his nephew went after his WIFE and, by doing so, not only threatened his wife's reputation, but that of his own family.

If his wife had once had feelings for any other man, moved on, and then that man had gone after her, he would have had exactly the same response. He adores his wife, and would never allow anything to happen that would either hurt her reputation or hurt her. And so any man doing what the nephew has done would have had the same response from CYY.

Oh and BTW, I TOLD you what was hinted at in the teasers yesterday would NOT happen today. They always twist reality in teasers to make people be obsessed to watch and then, when the episode airs, it's "sort of" like that, but not really :)

Ooh, things are getting good :)

And, honestly, the only thing I don't like about this drama is that the writer has not put just ONE instance in it where, people are talking about something not going to happen, and then a servant rushes in to say it just HAS, but about 97 instances.

It's at the point now where, if anyone is discussing something that may not happen, I start counting to see how long it takes before the servant rushes in with the news it has :)

Somewhat shoddy writing that takes away from the brilliance of the rest of the script. But.... it still hasn't dissuaded me from my 10/10 for the drama, IF it continues as superb as it has been right till the end.

I never thought he was remotely handsome in previous dramas, but he's absolutely stud-ly in this. My favorite ML right now :)

Oh you're correct, I'd forgotten that as it's about a year since I watched that drama. She's so damned talented, isn't she? :)

Saw some hints about what was shown in the previews for Eps 33 and 34 (haven't watched them, don't plan on doing), and I will GUARANTEE you what the previews are supposedly showing is very likely not what actually happens :)

Really happy for her. She started out being very welcoming when Jinzhao first arrived at her father's house, but was then pulled in a bad direction by her stupid mother which was not entirely her fault. Happy to see the sisters getting along, and pleased that Gu Lan has found a lovely man who actually loves her AND understands her :)

Huang Yi, btw, is doing a fabulous job in the role. 2nd drama I've watched her in in the last two weeks, and she's brilliant in both.

He's so great. My favorite ML in a long time. An incredibly cool character performed by a superb actor.

Thanks for the clarification. And, again, very interesting :)

I love to learn about other cultures' idioms. There are so many very colorful and cool ones :)

Yep. They apparently do :)

Sadly, its not on WeTV in my region (Austria).

I kid you not, I once had a guy AT HIS WEDDING ask me to dance, and then cry on my shoulder "What am I going to do without you?" I mean, I kinda knew he liked me, but his freaking new WIFE was right there!!! And she was lovely, and a friend of mine. WTF, dude. 🤣

And, honestly, I'm not saying this because I think I'm hot stuff, far from it :). I just think some men are very very weird in how they express or don't express their feelings :)

Oh, I wondered if that comment was because salt was so expensive back then, far more expensive than rice, and he was pointing out how rich she was?

I guess that's where the Chinese idiom originally comes from then - the high price of salt being made into an idiom about experience? And thanks for the info. Very interesting :)

Hahahaha, nah, I was worse than you. I got the response I deserved. Peace :) And enjoy the rest of the drama. It's SO good.

Look, I will apologize for my rude response, and I'll tell you it's because we have had SOOOOOO many people with this exact same shipping going on, it's getting old. Especially for those of us who are in the 30s episodes and know what she told him, AND what he's like :)

You came in at the wrong time and got my nasty response. Didn't realize you were also early on in the drama so, to some extent, your comment does make sense.

Sorry, I'll try to control my temper a little better :) And hope you enjoy your shipping :)

Wow, you're incredibly defensive for "nothing to do with him being Winwin" :) Anyway, moving on. I have more important things to do.

So you get to decide in a public forum who responds to your posts and who doesn't? Are you such a snowflake that you can't take some criticism of your patently incorrect post?

If so, you're probably not built for a public forum. Just sayin' :)

What gets me is they keep coming back to waste minutes of their finite time slamming a drama or an ML/FL they hate.

I have hated many dramas. I usually (not always) leave one comment (maybe two if I'm answering someone's response) and then I move on to a drama I DO like.

I just don't get why anyone would waste sometimes many HOURS of their will-eventually-end time on this earth on something they hate? Totally bizarre.