PeachBlossomGoddess

Yeah I like the couple but I keep dozing off from the talking I can't seem to progress the show. Really hope the plot shows up soon or this is just gonna be a talk show...

Spot on! Tsk tsk - he is one of those pain in the ass, complicated introspective and misunderstood types. Lots of baggage that sucks the lifeblood out of you!!!

Wow they actually speak Taiwanese Hokkien in this - it is an especially effective dialect for cussing!!! LOL!!!

At least that involves two people, which would be a big upgrade from where I am... the ML is just talking about himself a lot. Yawn!

Hmmm... could have something to do with the fact that the ML occasionally looks like a Chinese Count Dracula. This dude needs some sun.

Not at all fussed about tiny hints like that :).

It’s got some beautiful prose and deep meaning so if you need subs don’t watch amazon/YouTube version. Drama cool has the best subs I have seen.

heheh I am not there yet but I will keep my ears open for that now.

Yes, it is quite adorable.

It cracks me up that they are still addressing each other so formally!

She is young and naive but she is not weak. In fact, she is quite spirited.

It is a very passionate love story that goes through many dark and even abusive moments. They have a time of happiness together and then the drama ends due to censorship. In the book they both die tragically. My opinion is that if the drama aired in full (16 more episodes) they would have all died as they did in the book.

Yeah this was definitely a much better executed production with truly top notch actors. My only issue is both Lingxi and Jiuchen are the too good to be true kind of characters. I kind of prefer the darker and more flawed Ye Hua and Bai Qian characters that have a bit of a mean side. But that is just a small thing, so so happy with both shows.

Yeah me too, it is the upcoming one I really want to watch. I think I figured out what happened to all these shows. Advertising has not recovered in China so the streaming platforms are all losing too much money. They are delaying new shows and raising membership prices and hoping later ads also recover. iQiyi just announced a new extra expensive Diamond VIP they are just waiting for the low price and free memberships to roll off before launching their exclusive shows (which this one is). I understand they can't keep losing 10bn yuan a year so I don't mind paying more but I wish they would not hold up the shows. In the meantime they are launching a bunch of crap - all the junk that should have never aired.

This Duke Yuan is a real ass.

So far I also have the impression Yuqi's acting in this is not on par with Yunxi's. He keeps eyeing her very heatedly but she just avoids his gaze. At some point she needs to make eye contact, which she doesn't and that just makes her seem like she is not that into him or the chemistry is just off. I just can't figure out if she is just trying to behave like a bashful young girl or if it is just bad directing and acting. I am only at 8 so maybe it gets better later.

Cou;dn't agree more. If you read the book, you can take it as an open ending. I wrote about it in my review ending spoiler.

I love it, I have to stop myself from rewatching it and I am still cyber stalking Chen Kun.

My understanding is that AOL is a happy ending but tbh, I dropped it after watching 10 episodes. It is more me not the show that many people loved. I can't watch anything where the FL is too naive/stupid, I dropped Pillow Book for the same reason - same director, I really hate the way he likes to make young women look stupid. I will never watch his shows again but I am a biased opinion on this.

One of the female characters was raped. Not one of the two leads.