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Yes! I recognize that landmark in all the Shanghai dramas, and that elongated building in the photo. LOL

The two characters might as well sit behind a laptop, and pretend they are writing the story. The woman is a bad painter btw.

I was getting confused with the names Liuxi, Qingzhi, Longzhi, and seeing two females only. Also, who is the female painter? Which world is she in, and why does she and the old man know so much about what is going on in the Yumen Pass?

Most of the modern dramas are set in Shanghai, so I wondered if this setting was Shanghai. I never saw smog in the Shanghai dramas, so I guessed it was Beijing, famous for the smog.

It looks like Beijing, with all the smog.

The Li Na/Father story was very agonizing to watch and assimilate. They could have removed the whole segment and shorten the drama by four or five episodes. The legal drama should be about clients, not family problems. The needy brother-in-law story was also another waste of time. Cut out another four or five episodes, and the drama would have been down to 30 episodes.

The birth mother might have been the impetus. Did she meet a lover at the inn? Young Wu Lian might have seen or heard them. The wedding night must have pushed him over the edge.

I can't recall any drama adding an alternate reality ending. I am just surprised that the director and writer would take that route with a drama that carried a social message, that is relevant in modern times.

Jiang Zhan He went off the rails, and lost his arm. Jin Han looks nice, btw.

The writer decided that Wu Lian should get his POV. We learnt that his childhood was painful, and he hated his parents. He discovered that his wife was not a virgin on his wedding night, and hated his wife, father-in-law and mother-in-law for the deception. Hopefully we will find out his motivation in the next episode.

The husband is very nice looking. He caught on quickly when she was making up her story. I wish we had seen more of the actor in the previous episodes.

Everyone had a POV, including Wu Lian.

Almost everyone in the cast got their own POV and fifteen minutes of fame.

I wonder if Master Wu is not Wu Lian's biological father. He seems to hate the boy.

So episode 25 is Wu Lian's redemption. WTF!

It seems that the Zhangs were rich, and above his class. He thought he was marrying a decent woman, and found out she was not a virgin on the wedding night. He realized he was being played for a fool, and set out on a revenging plan. He might regard the rich parents as manipulators like his own parents. I am sure there will be more of his POV in the upcoming episode.

Ep 19: Wu Lian accepted the matchmaking request with the Zhang family. He thought he was marrying a virgin. He found out on his wedding night. When he and Rong were toasting the Zhangs the following day, they looked happy, but it was all an act. I surmise that he wanted revenge for being used by the Zhangs. His Yanyu pupils are daughters of the rich families. He also admitted daughters of poor families, like Meng Wan. Once he started molesting a few victims, he was on a roll.

I predicted several episodes ago that we would see his POV. LOL

I had the same impressions with Journey to You.

The villain is playing everybody.

Thanks for your essay. By the way, I don’t evaluate, or observe dramas through the eyes of Chinese netizens. I watch dramas for my own personal entertainment. I don’t follow the Chinese entertainment news because almost 99% of it is in a language thst I have zero comprehension. If I like an actor's performance in a drama, I review his or her acting resume, and check out his or her other performances.

When I was watching My Journey to You, I told my friends fhat the second FL would have been a better choice for the main FL role.