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He wouldn't have orchestrated the massacre, his family would have been victims of it. We know he's from Haiya. He was brought to Qi by the FL's father. The question is whether he is orchestrating this revenge scenario. Maybe to force the truth to come to light. But, he even seems young for that. Especially if the plan started 13 years ago.

Perhaps, though, he is related to whomever is orchestrating. Or he picked up the mantle after someone else started it.

Somehow, I can't shake that he's actually connected to what's going. He never says, "no. I'm not Yesha."

exactly. why is she in the scene where Kong Yun's team is leading the proceedings?

End of ep 25: that sure sounded like the ML. But he would have been too young.

was hoping that's the case. will keep watching. thank you.

I understand why her unofficial team wants her around. I don't understand how it is that she's allowed to stand in official meetings. Why would the head of the Secret Investigative unit allow that, for instance?

She looks so out of place.

Starting this. Only ep 1. She is injured, with a lung injury, supposedly. She needs medicine and has to go get it herself? (I'd be leaving this sect full of narcissists ASAP, but I digress.) Next thing we know she's hiking and rock climbing. What?

I'm in ep 23. Why is Huo Dai Rong in all these meetings and proceedings about the criminal investigation/trial? She has no official position and isn't, technically, involved in the case. And she's the only person there who isn't an official. She has nothing to say. No one asks her anything.

Every time the camera pans and I see her, I'm utterly confused as to why she would be allowed there.

Enjoying this mostly. However, I'm in ep 7 and finding Chai An to be completely oppressive.

It was already offputting that, from his position of wealth, he was harassing their business and possibly depriving them of the ability to feed themselves. Now, he's imposing himself onto their property and making construction changes? wtf? he has no right to step foot on that property without their permission, much less bring in a crew to make changes.

Are we supposed to like him?

I get that that is what they are trying to portray. That only works for a very short time before it becomes too annoying to keep watching.

Also, with this, she's literally suspecting and not listening to the person she supposedly loves enough to marry. What kind of relationship is that? I'd never accept this person as a spouse. The one person in the world that I would want fairly absolute trust from is the person I'm going to share my home with. Its not too much to ask. Yet, these stories so often have people being immediately suspect of their partners.

no. that is not a fact. please cite scientific studies which has concluded this.

It's men who kill women when they are rejected. Hell, they lose their minds if you just laugh at them. Men who going around committing mass murders. Men who lead genocides.

Women endure a lot without going around murdering people. So, who's more emotionally stable?

Please, get out of here with your misogyny.

And you know that the predictable will happen: he'll "die" and she'll suddenly "realize" that she shouldn't have suspected him and wasted their time together. Blah, blah, blah. The writing is very amateurish. Though the actors are doing what they can with it. Oh well.

I was just coming here to say this.

Its not as though she'd only known him for a little while. They grew up together! And, somehow she believes that he hid, since childhood, that he's a psycopathic killer? Even if you want to say that she was traumatized and not thinking straight, it's been 3 years, and there are all the things you pointed out. They have absolutely nothing to support the theory that he killed all those people.

Him standing there, in shock, unable to speak, doesn't exactly support the idea that he was killer either.

So, the story loses all of its impact because its so patently absurd that you can't escape the attempt to force you feel something. I mean fiction is always contrived, but its supposed to be written well enough that you forget that.

I'm also not feeling any magnetism between them. They seem like friends, but not lovers. And, yeah, them both agreeing to use their own wedding as bait for criminals doesn't exactly suggest sentimental ties between them. More like comrades, doing their comradely thing. It made the whole notion of the wedding seem fake.

I hope the FL character matures a bit. (The actress is good. it's the character.) Her rapid fire blasting of people without having all the information is going to get tiring. (For instance, she knows the ML well enough to marry him, but doesn't trust that he wasn't "wasting his time" gambling? That she doesn't even bother to hear him out doesn't bode well for a healthy relationship.

Also, the misogynist framing of "women are difficult to handle" is just boring. Move into the 21st century, writers. We're over this crap.

Finished this. Now, I want to read the novel.

This didn't feel like a romance. It felt like the story of a remarkable woman's life. She is more remarkable than any of the men around her. Her life is filled with tragedy and disappointment. Yet, she maintains her integrity and autonomy and does what she can to have a fulfilling life based on her own choices.

I was so glad that they didn't do some cringey romance thing, in the end, and have pine so much for him that she would a) forgive him for doing the unforgivable; and b) give up her freedom for a man. As she rides off for a well-earned vacation, she seems happy with herself. What a refreshing take.

EP 26: doesn't the crown prince have ample excuse to just kill his brother, when meeting with him, because his brother kidnapped his son? Why would anyone just sit there and take this?

Also, I really don't like his mother. There is something sketchy about her.

Ep 25: I've been really appreciating the male lead's character. He's quirky in good ways. But with this, "I plan to hide it from her forever" business, he lost me. I hope this doesn't last long. He's ruining his relationship with her.

Just stumbled on this. I'm not quite half way through. Really enjoying it, even with its flaws.

Seems very underrated.

you're right, I did use the term "PDA". I think it feels like its a little public, because they're always being "caught" by the people around them. And everyone around them knows. I mean there is a scene, where they ask the entire police/guard group that is there to turn around and to act like they didn't see anything.

That suggests that, while it's not exactly commonplace, it's also not seen as so scandalous. Otherwise, tongues would be wagging regardless of orders, I would think.

Anyway, it feel confusing.

Mostly, if we see kissing, its with couples who are publicly acknowledged to be couples.

Again, I don't mind. I noticed and wondered.

ON ep 28 and I really don't trust Zhang. Feels like they brought a snake home.