YiyanMeng

It's interesting to see how ppl can differ widely in how they view dramas. I'm ngl, even my father seems to have very different taste from me when it comes to C-dramas; he didn't like ADWAD and he enjoyed LOTFG (he may have more similar taste to you actually now that I think about it) 🫢 So I get it. You're right too that these dramas are long, so it's best to watch what we enjoy!

Oh, you should go for it. I loved it a lot. Also, your pfp... You seem to love The Untamed / MDZS. It would be an even more delight to watch Xiao Zhan again, don't you think? 😉🫣

I just wanted to share this, and I respect our differing opinions about both dramas, tho I don't totally agree with forming an opinion after one ep esp as the drama's tone shifts and new hidden things reveal (I'd even say this is Liu Yuning's best role as he shows more emotions in it, wkth his character also actually relatong to the actor himself a lot in the way that everyone is like his hater sadly) but you are you and you do what makes you happy 😊 I'm sure what I say won't change your mind anyway 😆

Lemme also bring up:
"He arranges for her to fall off a cliff, evidently unaware that no one dies falling off a cliff in a Chinese drama."

Lmaoo the way you mentioned it is funny 🤣 It's even funnier how you brought up ADWAD bc ironically that drama itself actually plays out this kind of scene where the FL tells the ML they won't die if they fall off the cliff, but he refuses bc he is sure they will, but with all the bad guys coming at them, she decides at that moment they gotta jump to get away from them, and I found it hilarious LOL. As always, no one will die after falling off a cliff... Anyways, as she mentioned, "Plot armor" (I mean, it really is) 🤣
https://x.com/dramaticath/status/1943208331193258439?t=jbwonlaHOOZ96ViAqrWVbw&s=19

Hahaha yeah I'm actually not much of a romance person but I really loved these two and their chemistry a lot. And I agree there is no romance which is nice and refreshing. I wonder how they will write it if NGW remains as his love interest in a future season. I hope they do it well... Also, are you saying it's confirmed this will have three seasons? If so, wow... I am most certainly looking forward to them! It'll be interesting to see Han Li on a new adventure.

If you like more romance and like cases where they do the solving for you but are still pretty interesting (well, depending on your taste) where they instead show the process of it rather than trying to solve it yourself, go for this. Note that the cases don't connect seamlessly to the next.

If you don't care for romance and want to become a detective alongside the characters, with lots of twists and turns, and which you are able to connect deeper with the gang as they each have a backstory but also their own strengths which knits the group tightly together, then go with The Wanted Detective. I watched both and preferred TWD much more~ I'd say that one's much more a detective and investigation drama :)

Coroner's Diary is still good but I'm not sure I'd call it a detective drama much.

I rewatched it back in like December last year so I can't wait to watch it again and pick up on more details that I've missed!!

Ohhh I didn't think about those lyrics!! Wow, that is crazy! Omg... I can't with these discoveries!! And did you think about how it goes from Yichen's lines to Yuanzhou's lines? It feels as if they are talking to each other xD

"I wish to become the wind, or even turn into rain,
To accompany you for thousands of miles—
Walking from south to north, singing from east to west,
With fireworks as our new robes."

Unrelated, but not to mention that one scene where Yuanzhou knew the words to a similar phrase from Little Verses bc of Yichen~ The way he smiled as he thought about him was so?
https://x.com/dramaticath/status/1876107140991185212

Hahaha you read my mind!

Happy to know someone noticed it bc I know it's not smth easy to unless you pay attention very closely! Did you also notice how some final scenes actually match with the lyrics of the song it was playing? Maybe like two of the ones that played during the finale? I was really shocked!

Lol your laughing emojis make me laugh, but I do agree with Wdragon333 with everything she is saying 😆

Now let's not forget the song they played during that final scene where Yichen was looking for Yuanzhou: Return After a Long Dream. Idk if you read the lyrics of the song while the scene was playing out, but I thought about how well it really fit with it. It makes the song even more beautiful 🥹

I asked ChatGPT about this and this is what they gave me. I thought it was done poetically beautiful.

That line carries a lot of weight, especially being placed at the very end of both a character’s theme song and their final scene.

On the surface, “Wind blows far in the distance, and the distant boat finally reaches the shore” is a poetic way of saying that a long and uncertain journey has come to its end. The “wind” suggests forces of fate, change, or hardship that carried the character far away, while the “boat” represents the character themselves—adrift, tested, and at the mercy of time. The “shore” is arrival, resolution, or peace.

But as the closing lyric and final image, it takes on a layered symbolic meaning:

Completion of a life path: It implies that after wandering, struggling, or enduring trials, the character has finally reached where they were always meant to go.

Release and peace: The shore often symbolizes rest, homecoming, or transcendence—whether literal (returning to a safe place) or metaphorical (finding inner peace, or even death as a “final shore”).

Closure for the audience: Ending the theme and the story with this lyric reinforces that this chapter is finished—no more drifting, no more storms. It’s a way of telling us the character’s journey, with all its uncertainty, has meaning because it ended somewhere.


When it’s deliberately the final lyric and the final scene, that usually signals the writers wanted the audience to feel that the character’s arc is whole: their struggles mattered, their wandering wasn’t endless, and they finally “arrived.” Depending on the tone of the show, it can feel bittersweet (if it suggests death or farewell) or quietly hopeful (if it suggests peace and fulfillment).

Happy to share. Even I myself am still shocked about this ✨️ Below, I'd also love to share the beautiful hidden meaning behind this if you are curious to read at all! 🫶

FL isn't even that bad and you're already ranting 4 eps in... Also, did you try not think from her perspective? For instance, if you were her, wouldn't you be questioning why he just disappeared for three years without an explanation to the FL? Wouldn't you suspect him despite how close you were? He just left like that and didn't even try contacting her. Also this isn't me hating the ML bc I love him. You just have to think from their perspectives, not just one side.

Woahhh are you telling me we're getting a trio reunion in Blossom? Meng Ziyi, Li Yunrui, AND Quan Yilun?? That's so cool!! After the highly successful Blossom, dang... many will sure be tuning into this! 😆

Hahaha feel you. Ngl I am still way behind (ep 12) so I still have lots of time of him being Jin'an hehe (don't tell me when Prince Annan appears or if he does soon tho 😄). But actually, let's hope Jin'an doesn't completely leave us, but instead we see his personalities combine? 🥲

Thank u for your reply! Do you mean asking the kid about him and him as a kid telling her there are other ppl (I do rmr that). But she does come to know Jin'an adult and kid are the same. Not sure if I understood you 100% correctly tho? Now I get why tho why no one knows it's him in Yao State. Thank u for clarifying!

Okay thank u for your reply! I do get confused in the first one still bc she looks shocked to me as if she didn't exactly know? And I wasn't so sure if he wore a mask all the time but it seems so then! Thank u!

On ep 12. I am loving it. But wow, I am confused about some things. I feel like there's some big plot holes.

1) How did Li Shuang not know Jin'an was actually the one always saving her? I thought he had his scars shown openly to her in the beginning so she knew. I mean, remember the kid who always had those blue scars and she caught him having it so she knows they're the same person? Lol I am confused.
2) Yao State caught Jin'an and put him in chains. Tell me how can no one tell he's Prince Annan (besides the other two) when he doesn't have his mask and scars? Or does no one really know what he actually looks like? I doubt he always wore a mask back then when fighting so... what is it?