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yes it was! Hopefully this will be out very soon. I am really looking forward to seeing them together.

I first saw him in a drama called Novoland Pearl Eclipse and I was instantly hooked. He is very talented, and I also find him very handsome. He is manly, and not so thin a stiff wind would blow him away 🙃 He was also in a drama called Adoring which is about pets and learning to love and protect them. He’s very versatile and regardless of the role he always excels.

Pairing him with Zhao Lu Si is a stroke of genius and I look forward to this drama.

PS - Did I mention William Chan is very handsome?? 😍

As to the number of episodes being discussed, China’s National Radio and Television Administration has capped the number of episodes at 40 and encouraged producers to keep it under 30. This regulation was implemented in early 2020 to improve the quality of TV shows. These longer dramas in 2020 were probably approved before that regulation went into effect. Plus, it’s a business first drama, the romance is secondary and not the sole focus, it’s a side story.

I think people set their expectations on everything focusing on the romance and ignore the order of the genre(s) that align with the drama. This is listed as business THEN romance, not vice versa.

As this is a rewatch for me, I am now on episode 8, and there’s a scene in a restaurant that has white floors and tables, clear chairs with glass and silver walls and ceilings. It’s like being trapped in a box of aluminum foil. I never noticed that before. 😆

I will give it a try!

I had to check to see if I did the same 😁

I really enjoyed him in Love Designer.

I have not seen that one yet. I tried watching it a few years ago and put it on hold. I will try it again and see what happens. I loved her in Blossoms of Adversity too.

PS Johnny Huang is very manly 🥰

Thank you for your review on this drama! I have never seen a role played by Johnny Huang that I did not like. And Zhang Jing Yi also has a very likable presence. I like the roles she’s undertaken as she always seems to play strong, capable women who isn’t afraid to love or stand up for her principles without turning into harpy, an overly domineering cranky woman or into a pampered princess who expects her man to emasculate himself just to please her.

I agree also that this was every good drama - even the ending. I think people rely too much on the princess dream of romance rather than the harsh reality that relationships take hard work, compromise and commitment - even in disappointment or difficulty. So when the ending doesn’t fit their expectation they grouse and whine and give it a bad rating.

1 official wife, 3 concubines

His wife was poisoned by another woman, and the girl he married replaced her position as his wife. She was not his concubine.

Abandonned or abused puppy is a good analogy for both of them. Fear makes them bite and snarl and protect themselves because they have no trust in people. They both had to relearn how to get along without constant suspicion. Trauma dies that to people - which they both experienced, especially with their work and how they were trained. Imagine having to get close to people in order to end their existence. You’d probably live in anxiety all the time and protect yourself from everyone. His heart is more open because of the people he worked with but still guarded against her because of her profession and pushing him to father a child for her initially, while she was obeying the last wishes of the one person she trusted and had no idea what it meant to be a loving person. It was an interesting dynamic as it unfolded.

I am in the US

Yes - and once she figured out that she was no competition for the FL.

That Censors daughter was so very annoying.

This very rarely happens. What can be expressed with words in a novel is very hard to translate into moving images. There are constraints with people, censorship and time it would take to turn the exact representation of the novel into film. A drama could end up being over 60 or so episodes in some cases. It’s the same with movies. The books are adapted to film. Even Hollywood with all its experience in movie and television leave things out and , inject other things in order to make it work on film.

I noticed that too. And the leash was wrapped around its back foot. zone shot show it where it’s leg was pulled off the ground and hanging in the air because of the leash.

That is why I asked. It’s fine if they watched it and don’t like it. But the people who do this are just childish. If they don’t like an actor for legitimate reasons but only want to ruin the rating for everyone who worked hard to produce a drama, then they are the just foolish.

According to your list you haven’t even watched one episode, so I am curious how you came to this conclusion?

He already had a phd when she started college. Her birthday cake when she celebrated her first at college said 19. And there was the scene where she accidentally met his parents and the mother counted out the year difference of being about 8 years if I remember correctly. The age gap is consistent with his education level and the scene with his parents being about 8 years.