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Thanks for pointing out the obvious: Ming Ye's culpability in this fiasco. A lot of people gloss over the role the Ming Ye plays as he didn't pay proper attention to his wife to protect her from a jealous suitor. I kept asking myself why he never moved out of the house as he threatened to do, why he didn't realize that Tian Huan was getting more possessive and unhinged; why he didn't go check on his wife when she was avoiding him, and instead expected her to come to him. He could even have sent servants to check on her welfare while they were still together and easily found out that Tian Huan was lying to him. There were several things he could have done to prevent this disaster and to check Tian Huan's obsession, if only he paid attention. But he never did. Too busy saving the world, I suppose.

They just got married. I really wish the media would just congratulate them and leave them alone to live their lives in peace. There's already a slew of negative articles on the bride, her dress who was invited and who wasn't, who attended and who didn't...... Don't the media have anything better to do than hound a celebrity couple?

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Ah! I see!! Thank you.

Yeah I had the same issues as you did. I waited for a scene showing her carrying her daughter, and thankfully we got that in episode 28. But why draw the curtain to separate your husband from seeing you nurse your child? I couldn't understand that. He's your husband, you guys have been intimate, isn't the intimacy that you share as a couple supposed to flow into your relationship with your child ? Just shows that the production was uncomfortable with dealing with real babies. Also, I don't recall him ever holding his daughter once. Mostly they just cooed to her in a bassinet, like she's someone else's baby.

One more thing I couldn't understand - why aren't men allowed into the examination room like when she was listening to the heartbeat of her unborn baby? Is it a cultural thing? She had to record it and text it to him. Why not come in, see the ultrasound and listen to the child's hearbeat with the mom? This way the bond between father and child can develop?

It's the same with Ming Yu and his son. I personally disliked how Xiao Nan was often handed from one adult to another to suit their convenience and it took them a while to settle him in a stable home, secondly, it bothered me that the drama didn't show Ming Yu talking to his son on the phone much, and instead chose to focus more on the relationship with Duan Rou. For a kid Xiao Nan was just way too understanding. As a parent and an adult, my fear is that he is internalizing his insecurities and has developed this façade to 'get along with' any adult that is thrown his way as a survival tactic, because normal teens would often complain about neglect from their parents. Unless his parents called him 'off camera' and we didn't get to see that.

I agree that was really dumb. Why would you tell a woman who is about to go into labor that her husband is critically injured? Why not wait until after she has given birth? What a dumb idea!

I always get confused about time skips in Chinese dramas because I rely very heavily on subs and the translations are never consistent. In this drama - Episode 29 states that the wedding took place two and a half years after their daughter was born/and his hospitalization. However, when she was speaking with him in the same episode, she jokingly accuses him of waiting until after his daughter was one year old to marry her. So, I'm confused, is it one year or two and a half years? (although that child looks like she's over two years old). Anyone who understands Mandarin, could you please clarify for me? Thanks!

I agree with you. I too, felt that the ending was anticlimactic so I ended up skipping many scenes in ep 29 (after the wedding) and not watching ep. 30. This is one example of how NOT to end a drama. The editing throughout the drama was quite choppy, although I adore the actors and strongly believe that the acting saved the drama from being a dud. There was no strong plot as it is a slice of life romantic drama and even the dramatic scenes of his injury and her child birth were more or less handled off camera while we, the viewers were just treated to the aftermath. Even the scene where she convinced her father that Lu Chen wasn't after her money was done off camera, which bugged me a little. Why were all the dramatic resolutions done off camera? And don't get me started on Lu Chen's dad, we are made to believe that he just had a personality change over night? Why did he change from an abusive personality to an upstanding one? What caused the change in behavior to his wife and family after years of abuse? Too many plot holes. In the end, I feel that the Douban initial rating of 6.0 is fair, as the acting and cinematography were the only things going for this drama.

I agree. I’m a rabid fan of You Are My Hero, a huge, huge fan of Bai Jingting and Sandra Ma, and other than both dramas being about men in uniform, and being about romance, they are vastly different dramas and need to be appreciated on their own merits. This drama is melancholic, and deals with the reality of loss that men in uniform face in their everyday jobs. You Are My Hero deals more with the glamour of being men in uniform and has more of a romcom vibe. This drama’s plot is much simpler and straightforward, toned down, but the stellar acting of the lead couple elevates the plot. I admit, I wouldn’t be half as captivated with this drama if it were acted by an actor of lesser calibre than Jing Boran. He’s charismatic, sexy, masculine and manly, but is able to portray stoic quiet confidence very well. And his micro expressions are priceless. Not a lot of actors can ‘act quietly’ without making the character seem wooden. This drama has solidified my respect and admiration of him, which began when I watched A League of Gentleman. He’s a huge talent.

Yeah. The boy needs stability, but being passed around friends, no matter how well meaning, must be traumatic. Poor kid!

I ended Part 1 loving the chemistry between Moon Dong Eun and Ha Do Young, and ended Part 2 convinced that they were better off apart, and impressed by the chemistry and connection between Dong Eun and Yeo Jung. Their chemistry and connection just felt right, they are each other’s support systems, you could see how he crumbled when she was not with him.

The one thing that bugs me about the drama was Jae Jin’s end, which I felt was caricature. He definitely feels didn’t deserve to be buried alive in concrete. I’d rather that he spent the rest of his life blind.

Those bags were a present from Jae Jun to Yeon Jin for s*x.

Yes! You may be right!

The ending of this drama made my heart ache. I cried at the end. So much angst created by some stupid kings with false prophecies. My one regret that the stupid kings who created this controversy in the first place by destroying the tree and wiping out a nation never got their just deserts.

They keep showing the crown prince as morally ambiguous, but until ep30, I never really believed he was a bad guy. For the first time, I’m asking how involved he is in his uncle’s machinations. Was he aware of it and just turned a blind eye even if he didn’t get involved? Did he warn his uncle that they were coming to the hunting grounds? Why else would his uncle have been prepared for their visit? Does the Crown Prince genuinely care for Chilian or is he just pretending? With only 6 episodes to go, I do hope they wrap it up nicely. There are a lot of questions raised to be covered in only 6 episodes. And they haven’t answered any overarching questions like where is MuYan? Was he involved with the disappearance of the Ember of fire? What happened to Jiu Er’s father? What kind of sickness does she really have? Show, please don’t disappoint us with an open ending.

Quick question, what episode shows that Kaka’s father is Qian? I thought it was established earlier on that Kaka’s father is Qi and poor.

Yes, it was shown in the earlier episodes that Kaka’s father is Qi. Both parents are Qi, actually.

I agree. I noticed FL does not empathize with the Qi race when they face discrimination. She doesn't defend or really look out for them and sometimes is very quick to point fingers at them as well. Also, she doesn't really seem to understand when the ML gets angry for being discriminated against. I wish she would travel to a place where she is in the minority and face discrimination herself so she can become more empathetic.

Oh! I see. Thanks.