Saffy88

30 eps too short............

It's been a while since we saw LYX play a more humorous, tongue-in-cheek if not downright cheeky character. He really should do it more often.

If grandad can just pronounce a death sentence on his granddaughter without blinking why not just send an assasin to take care of DCQ once and for all so she can't blab about her indiscretions? So crazy ruthless against his own family............

Actually I find the Lin family attitude and principles rather inconsistent. Previously they were quite hardhearted towards the Shens - not even dropping any hint of the disaster that was about to hit them and instead just severing ties as fast as possible while scarpering off to save themselves. Now such a family is unwilling to be more ruthless towards a woman who schemed meticulously to kill them?

Obviously a plot device so that there will still be a villain for the rest of the story, but still.........

Will become textbook case of what happens when you don't 斩草除根.......

Ah so douchebag dad finally turns up and is the murderer - I was wondering how she was so sure the Xie family came after her mum.........

Liking this so far. Xu Kai is cracking me up as the overbearing official and he's so impervious to ZY's death stares 😂

Did way too many xianxias at a certain point and got a bit stuck in those roles. Am a fan but dropped quite a few of those.

Ya the most extreme is probably poor LYX in TTEOTM right, if memory serves? Cannot tell whether blood is coming out or just finish vampire meal 😂

I do remember hearing my mum sometimes say it in Cantonese - 嘔血.... so this is the literal visualisation lah. Altho' I can't remember if the old HK TVB kungfu series had so much 嘔血 going on 🤣

When people are in a relationship they tend to have heightened and unrealistic expectations of each other, at times maybe even assuming the other parner should know them so well as to be able to read their minds and act accordingly - I think both are somewhat guilty of this. In YL's case she really has mostly only had imaginary convos for years on the mountain, so even though she is awesomely sharp and intelligent, she really doesn't have a wealth of experience with people IRL who haven't been conjured from her own mind. And MXY too has his own issues to overcome, quite aside from having to keep in mind/honour the deaths of so many people. For me it wasn't the divorce letter but his burning of the wrapper which was too OTT (am sure there was suppressed instant regret) but then as we have seen previously (when quarelling with the emperor or with his bro) he can be quite impetuous in the heat of the moment.

While we as viewers can sit and dissect dispassionately (or not so dispassionately :)) what should or should not have been done sooner/better, I think the portrayal of their relationship including the breakdown/missteps in communication and the subsequent consequences is quite realistic. More to the point, we are about to see how they overcome their difficulties and really move forward together.

Read an IG post the other day that said it's mainly to show the reversal of qi and blood flow - oklah that I can accept 😂.

Yes, she definitely knows on some level, but has blocked it out as a coping mechanism.

Yes, Ye Li totally missed the chance to control the narrative, instead letting douchebag marquis fill in the blanks as vindictively as he could. Under the circs, I think MXY's reax is perfectly understandable. He never met or knew YL's mother and compared to the tragedy of his entire family and their dependents, indeed how and why should he be able to symphatize with the mother's situation which arguably she brought upon herself in many ways. I don't think he blames YL for everything, but he is right to feel this way, especially when it must seem that YL could have told him sooner rather than letting him find out in the worst possible way from his mortal enemy. She is also unable to redirect the narrative once losing control of it, as she is burdened by guilt and fear of losing him.

Crucially she also misses the chance to convince him that she is truly in love with him and not acting only out of guilt and to fulfill a promise to his brother. This to me was what MXY really wanted to hear above all.

Sigh - while one can understand YL's difficulties in revealing everything to MXY, she nevertheless missed the opportunity to take control of the narrative.

Think this is Cheng Lei's strongest performance to date. He's really been able to infuse depth into the character without tripping into over dramatization 💯💯

Yes, I wonder why they bother when the plot is completely and utterly different. And this is not the only drama to do so. Do they think they will get more traction if they say it's based on some popular work? It seems to do a disservice to both the original IP as well as the writers of the drama especially when the drama's storyline can stand on its own merits.

I think the best thing about this drama is the way it has turned what at first glance seems to be just another "I'm back to seek revenge and right the wrongs of the past" storyline into something which has such psychological mystery and depth. Everything seems to be following well-known, well-trodden paths but the viewer starts to get glimpses of a deeper reality and begins to suss something is off. The clues are revealed quite deftly and I like the way they let the viewers work it out on their own and have their own eureka moments. It's very refreshing.

ahhh luckily the seperation does not last too long altho' poor YL will finally have to wake up to the devastating reality of Lishan

I have to say everyone is being very impressively considerate of YL’s mental state. Neither her senior nor MXY call her out even when they figure out she’s having imaginary convos and/or taking on different personas.