Soft, soft, and easy, all in the best way. There's a lot of learning about ceramics and restoration while two awkward, possibly verging on slightly autistic, introverts meet at uni and obsess over ceramics together. Love, as the title notes, comes eventually, but you can see the sprouts of it from early on, when their mutual hyperfixation brings them together and they're obviously at peace in each other's presence for the most part.
There are small bits of drama or tension, but they're not too stressful and usually resolve within an episode or two. If you want something soft, sweet, and mildly educational, this is it!
I just cont wtching ep 23, and is such an annoying trope, i know, they hv remorse to the qin xiaoyi father, coz…
You're right that the ML is not to blame. And also, I don't think the FL hates him, not really. One of the most insightful pieces to this puzzle for me was the speech she gave while they were getting things from her parents' apartment.
For each of them, the building collapse was life-defining in different ways. For him, it was the start of his path to revenge. But for her, there was no direction or fighting back, no purpose in the pain. That tragedy changed her family's life negatively foreverâher father will always be disabled, no magical treatment can fix his leg or his pain. It also took a key member of her family, her uncle (even if adopted), someone who was an integral and beloved part of the family's everyday life. It changed her career and her future, taking away her choice to study overseas, and very nearly kept her away from her dream of architecture forever.
The ML didn't tell her who his father was, but he didn't tell anyone that. Also, he didn't know until the conversation in the hospital garden that her father was involved in the tragedy as a victim, or he might have tried to tell her sooner...or at least been more cautious before starting to date.
You're correct: He's not at fault. He's blameless for anything except trying too hard to keep her out of a dangerous situation. Her breaking up with him was a dramatic response, but perhpas understandable in the circumstances. She was processing the emotional weight of his family being (she thought) at fault for the worst tragedy that has ever shaped her and her family's lives. She was equally processing that her parents finding out about their relationship had "caused", however inadvertently, the accident that landed her father in the hospital this time. And, like someone else mentioned below, I think she was also trying to respect her parents' wishes, as they found out all of the above without having the same knowledge of the ML's character and history that the FL had.
So...all of that to say: you're absolutely right that he's not to blame and they shouldn't take it out on him, *and* I think the FL was somewhat justified, but that's perhaps just my perspective. :)
I respect that everyone has their own, often quite valid opinions on dramas, as each of us have different preferences,…
Since his entrance, the SML comes across as villain-coded, not "romantic rival"-coded. He set off 8/10 of my gut instinct alarms. Later in the story, he thaws a bit into more of a sad, beaten puppy, yet a crappy, abusive father doesn't excuse bad behavior on one's partâit helps us to understand the behavior; it doesn't excuse it.
Even if SML has affection for the FL, every metaphorical nerve ending in my intuition is saying that it wouldn't be a healthy, happy affection. It seems to me more like she's the first person to show him genuine care, and he latches onto that as his only comfort in the harsh and unfeeling world his father's built around him. He wants someone to heal him and his childhood (life-long) trauma, not an equally supportive partner.
Also, that he immediately reverted to villain mode, going nuclear and attacking the FL's family and exposing the ML's father's scandal to rip the main CP apart less than 24 hours after finding out they were together...well, it's the red flag on top of the mountain of warning signs.
Finally, he's never a true contender for the FL in any way. She treats him professionally during the company collaboration phase, and she calls out his smarmy bs when he tries to make himself look good and put down the ML. (I think my favorite things about her are how she's objective even in emotional moments and communicates directly and articulately. She's a fantastic FL.)
They do make the SML a bit pitiful in the final 1.5 eps, in an attempt at a mini redemption arc, but...I'm slow to forgive and slower to forget.
All of that to say: a love triangle doesn't exist here, imo. There's only the CP and the creep in the background with seven episodes of unrequited obsession.
I respect that everyone has their own, often quite valid opinions on dramas, as each of us have different preferences, biases, and perspectives. However. I admit in this instance that I don't understand so many comments mentioning second lead syndrome with the SML, or shipping him with the FL. [details in spoiler marked comment, below]
Between watches, I always forgrt how much my teeth hurt from watching, because it's just SO SWEET!! Kick your feet, slap a pillow, squeal out loud sweet. Also, other dramas need to take notes, because this couple does "unspoken tension" unlike any other I've seen so far. It feels like a rubber band pulled back in your own chest watching his smolder and the palpable anticipation of...something...that builds every time they're together.
ION why have these two not gotten another pairing togetherâŠafter this.. she really complements Gong Jun
It's been a while since I watched the entire thing (I like the last 10 eps and will rewatch those from time to time), but what I remember is below:
1. I don't recall, but I think it was a bit mutual 2. ? 3. Yes, in about ep 33-34 4. There's no love triangles that I remember, but there's a second couple, Yang Jian and Xiang Zhao Yangâhe's liked her forever, she's obsessed with another guy, they enter a marriage of convenience, and end up liking each other in the end 5. Yes
I wish the second couple had split up, as she DID NOT DESERVE him!! The SFL calls the ML âcold-heartedâ at one point, butâŠgirl, have you looked in a mirror recently? POT, MEET KETTLE. She ignored all nice things the SML did for her to obsess about one nice thing she thought another guy did for her, and she used the SML as much as she could throughout. Sheâs a self-centered brat with a mother who manages to be equally or more selfish. The SML is a sweetheart and was the only one who disagreed with the betrayal and consistently supported the FL. He talks about SFL having sacrificed too much when heâs out here giving her the shirt off his back. My guy needs some standards.
When SFL finds out it was *actually* SML who had done the one nice thing sheâd been obsessing over, she flips 180Âș and is toGETHER-together with the SML in a third of an episode. Iâm not sure once throughout the drama that she actually liked him. It was too much, too fast. But perhaps thatâs my personal opinion.
There are dramas you love in their entirety, and there are âjust okayâ dramas that did one section so AMAZINGLY…
The lead-up to the big, awful betrayal was paced well enough that you can *feel* the tension building step-by-step, as characters oneâŠby oneâŠby one...find out about The Secret and collectively agree to hide it from the FL. When she finds out on her own, she breaks like a STORM raging against them all, thereâs a magical catharsis in her letting it all out, all of the words youâd also want to say to traitorous characters. I silently cheer her on every time I watch this scene. How many times have we wanted to step through the screen and shout at idiot characters who failed to communicate? She helps to fulfill that desire.
One of the most difficult things about this betrayal is that, technically, no one was âwrongâ in the initial decision-making. The ML made the best choice according to his job and the task he had been set. The uncle and adoptive aunt genuinely thought this was the best option to ease the FLâs burdens. The designer âfriendâ thought this would help the FL achieve her goals better and faster. Their mistake was in not talking about it with the FL at all, thus removing any and all of her agency from the decision. It was a choice made for and against her, not with her.
She screams at them that they werenât worried about the decision itself, but rather they worried about how to manage her reaction. While sheâs not wrong, and their worry was, as we see from the factory's anniversary debacle, not unfounded, their âsolutionâ was incorrect. They did not betray her legally, possibly not even ethically, but it was a massive moral/relational mistake. They broke her trust in an irreparable way, and she calls them out on it in front of the entire factory and internet.
And then she *holds onto her anger* for multiple episodes. Asđ sheđ shouldđ. âFamilyâ isnât exempt from this, nor is friendship. Forgiveness comes, eventually, but only after the key characters have finally understood that they were wrong, (mostly) *why* they were wrong, and apologized properly. Nothing is brushed under the rug, no one pretends like the betrayal never existedâthere is rightful anger and reparations are required. The emotional fulfillment in this section is why I keep coming back to it, I think.
I know many people donât like the FL, and sheâs not a perfect character. Sheâs grieving and lost and desperately trying to hold onto any shred of her fatherâs memory and the home he had given her. As a result, she comes across as pushy and shameless, especially in the beginning. (As an introvert, I could *never*.) And yet, thatâs what was needed to keep the factory going. While she can be overly stubborn, I admire that she holds consistently to her principles and her bottom line, regardless of who pushes her.
Many people also donât like the ML, who is equally imperfect. Heâs been raised as a logic-first business capitalist whose only goal and god is money. He does slowly change over the dramaâs courseâI donât think he would have helped the FL in the beginning if he didnât feel at least SOME emotional connectionâbut the contrast in their values remains, even a few episodes after the betrayal. At one point, heâs trying to win her back (after she rightfully dumped his a**) and argues that they should just âlet it goâ now that itâs done and canât be undone, since he stillâSTILLâdoesnât understand that this happened because their values and priorities are in two different places. She responds that itâs easy for him to say when he âwonâ. He asks her which is more important: him or Tengyueâthe factory/brand sheâs just spent 36 episodes trying to keep alive, and that has, in some ways kept *her* alive. She says âTengyueâ. And you can see the shock in MLâs faceâhe genuinely thought the power of love could make her forget the pain of betrayal, but our girl *does not let him off*, and I appreciate that about her. In the last episode (ep and a half?) the ML finally realizes the root of the dissonance and makes proper repentance. Iâm a little disappointed it took him so long, but charactersâlike peopleâcan be slow to change. But his character was consistent with the background and build-up he had been given, so I cannot dislike him entirely.
I know that a lot of comments also dislike the ending, but I thought it was fitting for the pace. The changes and reconciliations near the end happened without rushing, which leaves our two main characters with a clean slate to start over as they face each other in the final scene.
There are dramas you love in their entirety, and there are âjust okayâ dramas that did one section so AMAZINGLY well you must keep returning to it. For me, this is the latter. It's a very business-heavy drama with spicy bits of romance dropped in later, and while I'll admit that's not my favorite genre, I keep returning to the last several episodes when I'm a bit lost between other dramas. If nothing else, the last 10 episodes will always be some of my favorites.
They have one of the clearest examples of feminine rage that I've seen directly expressed in a Chinese drama. Several key characters, including the ML, hide something from the FL, and when she finds outâbecause they thought they could hide it forever?âshe feels, rightfully, betrayed. Thereâs an entire scene where she gets to angrily articulate and call them out on why they were wrong, and I love that for her. These episodes also provide an emotional build-up and catharsis that is unique in my experience.
[spoiler-y essay more about this in comments, below]
Is there a reason why FL's superiors and colleages don't like her and want to get rid of her? I mean she is hardworking…
She's a potential candidate for promotion. Her being promoted would throw off the "power balance" of the Legal Department, and the boss + her rival for the promotion are buddy-buddy. Or rather, there's a buddy triangle with the lady in charge of the Administration department. So...cronyism, jealousy, power, control, and a touch of nepotism.
Can someone confirm that tomorrow Mango will drop the Express package but it will only be available on Mango and…
That's usually how it works when the main platform leases the drama out to other platformsâonly the main platform can release early to get the benefits of people purchasing express packages. :/
https://kisskh.co/ pretty great site to watch shows on haven't found a better site since them it has 32 eps out…
I also think that *only* WeTV has the express episodes' option. I have iQiyi VIP, but there's not even the *option* to see/purchase the last 4 eps yet. đ
There are small bits of drama or tension, but they're not too stressful and usually resolve within an episode or two. If you want something soft, sweet, and mildly educational, this is it!
For each of them, the building collapse was life-defining in different ways. For him, it was the start of his path to revenge. But for her, there was no direction or fighting back, no purpose in the pain. That tragedy changed her family's life negatively foreverâher father will always be disabled, no magical treatment can fix his leg or his pain. It also took a key member of her family, her uncle (even if adopted), someone who was an integral and beloved part of the family's everyday life. It changed her career and her future, taking away her choice to study overseas, and very nearly kept her away from her dream of architecture forever.
The ML didn't tell her who his father was, but he didn't tell anyone that. Also, he didn't know until the conversation in the hospital garden that her father was involved in the tragedy as a victim, or he might have tried to tell her sooner...or at least been more cautious before starting to date.
You're correct: He's not at fault. He's blameless for anything except trying too hard to keep her out of a dangerous situation. Her breaking up with him was a dramatic response, but perhpas understandable in the circumstances. She was processing the emotional weight of his family being (she thought) at fault for the worst tragedy that has ever shaped her and her family's lives. She was equally processing that her parents finding out about their relationship had "caused", however inadvertently, the accident that landed her father in the hospital this time. And, like someone else mentioned below, I think she was also trying to respect her parents' wishes, as they found out all of the above without having the same knowledge of the ML's character and history that the FL had.
So...all of that to say: you're absolutely right that he's not to blame and they shouldn't take it out on him, *and* I think the FL was somewhat justified, but that's perhaps just my perspective. :)
Even if SML has affection for the FL, every metaphorical nerve ending in my intuition is saying that it wouldn't be a healthy, happy affection. It seems to me more like she's the first person to show him genuine care, and he latches onto that as his only comfort in the harsh and unfeeling world his father's built around him. He wants someone to heal him and his childhood (life-long) trauma, not an equally supportive partner.
Also, that he immediately reverted to villain mode, going nuclear and attacking the FL's family and exposing the ML's father's scandal to rip the main CP apart less than 24 hours after finding out they were together...well, it's the red flag on top of the mountain of warning signs.
Finally, he's never a true contender for the FL in any way. She treats him professionally during the company collaboration phase, and she calls out his smarmy bs when he tries to make himself look good and put down the ML. (I think my favorite things about her are how she's objective even in emotional moments and communicates directly and articulately. She's a fantastic FL.)
They do make the SML a bit pitiful in the final 1.5 eps, in an attempt at a mini redemption arc, but...I'm slow to forgive and slower to forget.
All of that to say: a love triangle doesn't exist here, imo. There's only the CP and the creep in the background with seven episodes of unrequited obsession.
1. I don't recall, but I think it was a bit mutual
2. ?
3. Yes, in about ep 33-34
4. There's no love triangles that I remember, but there's a second couple, Yang Jian and Xiang Zhao Yangâhe's liked her forever, she's obsessed with another guy, they enter a marriage of convenience, and end up liking each other in the end
5. Yes
When SFL finds out it was *actually* SML who had done the one nice thing sheâd been obsessing over, she flips 180Âș and is toGETHER-together with the SML in a third of an episode. Iâm not sure once throughout the drama that she actually liked him. It was too much, too fast. But perhaps thatâs my personal opinion.
One of the most difficult things about this betrayal is that, technically, no one was âwrongâ in the initial decision-making. The ML made the best choice according to his job and the task he had been set. The uncle and adoptive aunt genuinely thought this was the best option to ease the FLâs burdens. The designer âfriendâ thought this would help the FL achieve her goals better and faster. Their mistake was in not talking about it with the FL at all, thus removing any and all of her agency from the decision. It was a choice made for and against her, not with her.
She screams at them that they werenât worried about the decision itself, but rather they worried about how to manage her reaction. While sheâs not wrong, and their worry was, as we see from the factory's anniversary debacle, not unfounded, their âsolutionâ was incorrect. They did not betray her legally, possibly not even ethically, but it was a massive moral/relational mistake. They broke her trust in an irreparable way, and she calls them out on it in front of the entire factory and internet.
And then she *holds onto her anger* for multiple episodes. Asđ sheđ shouldđ. âFamilyâ isnât exempt from this, nor is friendship. Forgiveness comes, eventually, but only after the key characters have finally understood that they were wrong, (mostly) *why* they were wrong, and apologized properly. Nothing is brushed under the rug, no one pretends like the betrayal never existedâthere is rightful anger and reparations are required. The emotional fulfillment in this section is why I keep coming back to it, I think.
I know many people donât like the FL, and sheâs not a perfect character. Sheâs grieving and lost and desperately trying to hold onto any shred of her fatherâs memory and the home he had given her. As a result, she comes across as pushy and shameless, especially in the beginning. (As an introvert, I could *never*.) And yet, thatâs what was needed to keep the factory going. While she can be overly stubborn, I admire that she holds consistently to her principles and her bottom line, regardless of who pushes her.
Many people also donât like the ML, who is equally imperfect. Heâs been raised as a logic-first business capitalist whose only goal and god is money. He does slowly change over the dramaâs courseâI donât think he would have helped the FL in the beginning if he didnât feel at least SOME emotional connectionâbut the contrast in their values remains, even a few episodes after the betrayal. At one point, heâs trying to win her back (after she rightfully dumped his a**) and argues that they should just âlet it goâ now that itâs done and canât be undone, since he stillâSTILLâdoesnât understand that this happened because their values and priorities are in two different places. She responds that itâs easy for him to say when he âwonâ. He asks her which is more important: him or Tengyueâthe factory/brand sheâs just spent 36 episodes trying to keep alive, and that has, in some ways kept *her* alive. She says âTengyueâ. And you can see the shock in MLâs faceâhe genuinely thought the power of love could make her forget the pain of betrayal, but our girl *does not let him off*, and I appreciate that about her. In the last episode (ep and a half?) the ML finally realizes the root of the dissonance and makes proper repentance. Iâm a little disappointed it took him so long, but charactersâlike peopleâcan be slow to change. But his character was consistent with the background and build-up he had been given, so I cannot dislike him entirely.
I know that a lot of comments also dislike the ending, but I thought it was fitting for the pace. The changes and reconciliations near the end happened without rushing, which leaves our two main characters with a clean slate to start over as they face each other in the final scene.
They have one of the clearest examples of feminine rage that I've seen directly expressed in a Chinese drama. Several key characters, including the ML, hide something from the FL, and when she finds outâbecause they thought they could hide it forever?âshe feels, rightfully, betrayed. Thereâs an entire scene where she gets to angrily articulate and call them out on why they were wrong, and I love that for her. These episodes also provide an emotional build-up and catharsis that is unique in my experience.
[spoiler-y essay more about this in comments, below]