This is very common in Chinese webnovels/novels, they do it all the time.
If I had to guess, I think it's quite possible netizens found many factual problems with the "real" cities the novelists wrote about, so instead at one point everyone just decided to make the novels more removed from reality.
Yi Fans annoying aunt is Bai Lu’s mother in forever and ever, she was so sweet, even the styling is the same…
I've seen Kong Lin in countless cdramas, most of the time she plays the annoying mom that attacks their child's significant other, she is the queen of annoying middle aged moms. That's what they cast her for & I have only respect for the actor, I just don't like how typecasting often gives the viewers spoilers about the plot direction. Here at least she is playing something a bit different.
I saw some people saying on twitter that the next episodes gonna ruin the show😐 If u have read the novel can…
What's in the novel is pretty good I think. So worst case they'll waste 2 hours on the second couple that's not in the novel. Additionally It's possible that unlike in the novel she would have to make up with her mom, 50-50% of that to pass censorship.
Not many watches these type of dramas, even some hardcore fans also avoids them bcz it will not have Romance like…
There are very good reasons why Chinese slice of life dramas are not popular. They are full of social engineering & without the romance it's a hard swallow, even if they are otherwise excellent.
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If I had to guess, I think it's quite possible netizens found many factual problems with the "real" cities the novelists wrote about, so instead at one point everyone just decided to make the novels more removed from reality.
It's only March xD
This is already "too" fast in terms of maximizing the impact of product placements.
Unless they deviate even more from the source material that is just her going on a business trip, while being in a fight, no breakuperino.