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That is one thing that made me scratch my head in confusion at the author too. FL loved ZZ and he loved her. Dearly. It's silly to me to say that just because ZZ remembers they can't be together. A chinese netizen wrote that the real reason they couldn't be together was because author used their fear of burdening the other to break them apart, but if they had just faced it with a little more bravery, they could have resolved everything.

So I just came from reading some of the novel and I can confidently say you're wrong.

She really loved him. He might have been the person she loved most sincerely in the world, but in this life, she didn't have the courage to pursuit after knowing he still remembered their past life.

I think this sentence from the novel is really telling of that: "Zhang Zhe is the last corner of untainted pure land in her dust-covered heart."

"As long as he stood here, standing in front of her, all the troubles and dangers in the world seemed to suddenly disappear, leaving only a peaceful tranquility." He was her peace. I think it was pretty clear she loved him.

Thanks. I think you should also post about wanting to share a discussion space for hidden love discord on the r/cdrama subreddit!

I'm down, let me know if you want me to create the discord or if you're doing it. We could make a subreddit too.

A bit lost here, what’s the ironic part?

For those of you who absolutely hated the show’s ending and the way they tried to erase Cheolbong’s love and relationship, I tried to fix it and write my own version of what SHOULD have happened had the writers been smart and gone along with the actual happy ending in the original Chinese novel.

My version of the ending: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29565723

Basically a fix-it fic where So Bong stays in Joseon, accompanied with art of Cheolbong as a family (with kids of their own lol) done by Arishatistic. Art can be found here: https://twitter.com/arishatistic/status/1362873374352035846?s=21

Same, Cheolbong with kids would have been so wonderful

The novel was so good and the ending was perfect. The drama ending messed it up for no fucking reason, I have no words!

Yeah, I was a huge fan of GOT too and I raged so much with the ending, but now I'm just empty when I think abt it. Makes me sad that it will happen with this drama that I loved so much too.

The ending destroyed the show. The two people who actually loved each other don't end up together--it's heartbreaking and complete bullshit.

Thank you. I'll try to get over it and pretend the last episode doesn't exist, but am feeling pretty devastated right now. I had such high expectations for this show ...

I wrote a lengthy rant review on here for this drama and am so glad to see at least one other sane person exists. This ending was devastating. Empty. Meaningless.