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I would love her to play a villain role too! But I'm afraid that she plays it so well that ppl hate her in rl 💀 (maybe a imperfect character that you are supposed to hate but can't hate would be good)

Can I just ask, is ZLS one of the more popular Chinese actress in your country? I really wonder how comparable is her current international popularity...but for a post-95 actress I think she probably is one of the most popular ones...

My greatest wish (don't mind me) is that this drama would be so successful that it gets remakes like 'Itazura na kiss. Understandably, the plot might not be as poignant or meaningful, but if the drama can make you happy with its sweetness, then it serves its purpose well. I really hope this gets adapted well!

I need to realize that as a ZLS drama fan, I'm already spoiled because she acts in dramas back to back, and we just have to wait for them to be released...but please....can her new drama start releasing teasers or something to help with drama withdrawals

I want her to act in some tragic slice-of-life drama that whenever you remember the drama it be painful but beautiful. LOL

She'll likely be offered even more projects now that she's had another success with a drama series ( I hope). I pray that the affection for her will only increase. Naturally, there may be more naysayers as a result. The best course of action, though, is to remain rational and never descend to their level (because we have dignity as rational human beings). Let's not promote negativity and instead honour her accomplishments. Spending time debating with trolls will just make you more frustrated and exhausted. Let's instead surround ourselves with warmth with fellow fans

I want a new ost from her!!!

The greatest tragedy after LLTG is finished is waiting for her to pick up another historical drama

No joke, I literally kept myself from searching her name up on Twitter or Weibo during that era

I know people do not really care about this but seeing her ranking higher and higher on the stars leaderboard made me slightly emotional LOL

I feel the need to talk a bit about this so that people would be more objective in looking at the issue. (and actually, I hope that we don't bring such issues here as it wouldn't look good for any of the party involved) First, it was clarified by the support group, but the hot search was quickly bought down. The point about this is that they would want the lead fans to fight each other, as it would seem like those cp fans would instead become ZLS fans due to the issue. Mainly, one of the objectives was to sow discord, disgust drama fans and cp fans' experience, and bring down the drama ratings. XHZ's nickname among cnetz is "cp assassin" because this was not the first time she did such a hot search. But the main takeaway is to see such issues more objectively, or else we would just be doing (fanwars) the things they want to achieve.

I've been following her dramas since The Romance of Tiger and Rose, and I'm really happy that she got a lot more fans now. I always thought her greatest strength was her crying scenes rather than comedy (which she is good at undoubtedly). People would choose what to believe about her, and I still see some people hating on her, but those who work closely with her always have good things to share. I wish she would continue receiving more love from people, get better scripts, and grow as an actress.

Ep 11-12: CSS first step out to the world, where she expresses her desire for a peaceful life. But these a turbulent time, and CSS had to grow fast. Today everyone even the extras was someone with a story. From Miao to the Magistrate who is a father and a grandfather to someone, I felt for their loses.

episode 11-12: me crying every few scenes

Today, controversially I'm not too fond of CSS actions heh..but it didn't affect me in still liking CSS 's character (cause yay to flaws). What I am used to are characters that are perfectly polite and dignified that CSS act would be a character flaw in comparison...Ironically enough I started sounding like her mother.

I think they made a good decision not to release all eight episodes in one go, it helps to process the different emotions of each episode and highlight memorable scenes from the respective episodes better

The sentence “I’m sorry” is quite rarely heard. Rather it's often actions that may resemble some sort of apology. For example, telling you that there is your favorite treat in the fridge or making small talks about life. That's why CSS's first lantern festival was an important moment for the mother to correct her wrong. What she did for YY, she should do for her daughter too. Buying a hairpin for her daughter is really not that difficult...but oh well, she only would have to live in regrets.

The joy of watching cdrama is ofc reading how cnetz likes to nitpick on everything /s I just find it funny how blatantly rude it is HAHA

The table scenario appeals to me because it is realistic (at least for me growing up in an Asian household). Clearly, her mother made a mistake with CSS. It was plainly the maid's fault. The elderly, despite their mistakes, sometimes refuse to apologize in order to preserve their dignity. And CSS speaking up for herself would be interpreted as a form of retaliation. CSS was in a situation where if she stayed quiet, the injustice she had suffered would be a persistent ache. And if she spoke up, her mother's bias would merely label her as obnoxious. It is a predicament that is relatable, which makes it much more aggravating.

I agree that CSS and her mother have similar personality traits. After all, both genes and the environment make up our personalities. CSS is able to plot and strategized. CSS was famished and had to think ahead to secure her survival, to me it was a battle too. Similarly, her mother is familiar with the complexities of military strategy. So it is ironic that for the mother, CSS's actions are viewed as flaws rather than strengths when both must strategize to survive. CSS's mother is so entrenched in her own prejudices and unmet expectations ( for her CSS is being 'unruly') that she refuses to embrace CSS's personality, despite the fact that it has some resemblance to her own.