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Months actually

They may show the backstory when she gets caught with her feelings. It is very likely he did not introduce them though

The part about the people trying to destroy her is not really his fault. She has to bear responsibility for being in this situation too. She could have said no to his investment and taken up his Dongyan offer instead, but she wanted very badly to not be an employee. So she has to bear the consequences of being an entrepreneur without the funds or the connections to make it happen by herself. She would face challenges with any other investment. If she was under his cousin, there'd still be problems. But at least he is protecting her in this situation.

I actually think WQZ held herself well enough until the break up. Then it was like breaking a dam.

They are definitely being nit picky. They want to use it as his weakness to land a blow because their issue was not that big of a deal.

She wants to run the company like a family lol. She needs to quickly understand that even though you have the best intentions and provide the best environment, human nature is human nature. Not everyone will act according to the kindness received. Her conclusion about the responsibility sharing was okay, but she should not repeat it. How many times will she take the bigger hit because of the employees? This is a good solution that can only work in the short term.

It was either invest in her or destroy her. Since he wants to be with her, destroying her would not work in that interest. She is not useless anyway. And since he has the controlling stake, it makes things easier for him. This whole investment issue will cause a problem later though.

He is a good person, but for now, not a good partner for a serious relationship. Let's see when that will change.

I do not think she facilitated it. The guy had it in mind for a long time. In their relationship, he was constantly catering to her and giving in to her needs above his own. The idea of starting a business was the straw that broke the back of the camel. She actually did not think it through properly, realistically. And she did not consult him about it. They were saving up to buy their own home and then plan their wedding. They had already chosen a place and were preparing to make a down payment. That is someone she was supposed to spend her life with, but she did not consider his opinion. She did not discuss it with him. She made a decision that would impact both their lives heavily and expected him to follow along. He just wanted a simple life as an ordinary person. And she wanted to feel valuable and worthy by achieving something.

She really needs it. She has no experience and the rest of her colleagues also do not have the experience.

We only really talk about him putting Zeng Di in her place because he likes JX. Ideally, ZD is more important than ZD. If JX was not someone he cared about, she would have been looking for a new job at this moment. He was going to destroy her company, and would have very easily done not because she's just too easy a target. ZD is his family friend, a friend he has been close to for 10 years. They have more close history than he and JX. And she is his business partner, a partner that is important to Dongyang, and is also a good threat to the company if they partner with TongKe that is his biggest competition. JX's company is also a competitor for Hanhai, HT's company. Logically, he should be ruining JX and maintaining his relationship with ZD. It is his personal trust in her, his desire to eliminate obstacles in his path and his feelings for her that are holding XingChen up. She frankly does not have management abilities. Like he said, the best path for her would have been to take his offer to work in Dongyan or a similar company.
ZD is managing her own company well and does not need to overly rely on HT to do business. Her business is also in line with his company's interests. HT is being too kind and very protective of JX at the moment. He has helped her a lot already. Telling her directly, what to do is counter productive. Why does he have to do that with his enormous responsibilities? If she cannot figure it out with all the help he is already giving, then he might as well listen to the board and his grandpa and get professional managers to run the company. He's trusting in her abilities and giving her the space to grow and perform, while also providing necessary help. He's doing more than enough.

Yeah. She will learn and she has the perfect mentor.

She was not manipulated at all. She just followed what she knew best. She and SRQ were similar in their outlooks on life. SRQ has chosen his path in this second life because of many reasons, but most importantly because of the annihilation of his family. LR did not experience such catastrophe, so it is easier for her to look back and choose a different path. That is why she and PWX sympathise with him, even though they are still heavily fighting against him.
LR and SRQ's arguments actually made a lot of sense. In the end, they thought that they were seeking benefits for everyone and it was the path with the least damage.

She is 28 in the drama. From her conversations with her parents and general knowledge about her, it seems like she grew up very sheltered. And as she did very well in school, she did not have much difficulty. She was also likely treated well by others because of it. So she can't conceptualise a lot of hard reality.

We'll have to wait and see. Let me prepare my sadness for either Su Zhizhou or XYX lol

I really wonder who she will end up with. XYX is good at being a player or being unserious in relationships, but he seems to be a good guy and is HT's bestie, so he is trustable on a basic level.

In SRQ's world, I do not intend to harm you means I will cut off your wings, cripple you (in both, he wanted to reduce her funds, take away her position and power), kill your family and everyone that you love, including Shangguan Ya, because they stand in my way. He is working overtime to take away everything that she holds dear, but according to him, he understands her and knows what's best for her. He wants her to rely on him only and do only what he says.
You know, I want to poke him in the eye for this reason, not even on account of what he is going after. I fully understand his reasons for his actions, but like LR said, everyone has selfish motives, he should just admit it. He's too much of a self-righteous mansplaining power hungry hypocrite.

Lu Linjia's mother is the most adorable person in this show. The way she smiles is wayyy too cute. She really is a late last born. I inferred this because she obviously looks much much younger than her brother. Then her son is at least 7 years younger than her brother's second grandchild.

XYX is moving in a way that he is going to regret lol. When he decides to become serious in this relationship is when LiLi is going to lose interest in it because she is trying to move forward, but he is treating it as a fling.
So he and HT may decide to twin as heartbroken besties, or HT will be on a high in his relationship, while he is down in the dumps lol.

25 years