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lol, i was excited when they mentioned it, only to see so much chicken broth instead

yeah it's not looking like LJQ is listening at all to anything she's saying.

Perphaps to him, Scholar Han was/is the main obstacle to them being in love, even though that's far from the truth (at this point, he himself seems to be the main obstacle lol).

Yeah Lanxiang will be able to provide a lot to LJQ life that he's lacking. But still I'm sad, cuz what will he bring to hers?

exactly this! and the worst part is that there really isn't any upside to her marrying him. at-least not one we've been shown yet.

Lol

99% of the times where the FL is in danger come courtesy of the ML, so yeah not really sure what good deeds she should be seeing.

yeah..... but then the Ml still went ahead and got engaged to the FL without seeking out her parents consent (or even giving them a heads-up). he must have figured her family wouldn't be thrilled, and decided to bypass them . imo, his respect to their family is kinda superficial.

Spot on! imo, at this point in the drama, the ML is not at all a great choice as a partner for the FL. His career and family have too much baggage for the kind of life that the FL has envisioned for herself.

Great comment! This is a continuous problem for me with many romance c-dramas. Writers don't seem interested in showing viewers why the leads are meant to be together.

Idk, a lack of ambition might not necessarily be a bad thing if one is looking for a peaceful life like our girl is. With Scholar Han, she can continue to live life on her own terms without constantly being trapped by social status/power-tripping ppl like she was while living in the Lin family.

Honestly, apart from a rise in social status, life in a family like the Lins doesn't seem to be that great.

Right! Even from the earliest episodes, the Lin household has lacked discipline And for a family so focused on status and toeing the right political lines, they sure seem to lack the most basic shrewdness. Even LJQ marriage alliance to the Zhaos doesn't quite make sense to me either.

I felt the same way after watching a couple of episodes. But then I started fast forwarding through most of those scenes, and things became better. Of course, it might mean that I didn't get to watch most of the plot, but after watching 10 episodes and reading most of the reviews of the rest, it doesn't feel like I missed much lol.

Why do asian writers like the trope of a FL without any backbone so much? She's insulted in every episode, kicked when she offers a helping hand, and treated like the gum scraped off their shoe by the ML. And she never snaps, she's forever forgiving and self-sacrificing. Acquiesces when she's being coerced, and mute whenever she's wrongly accused.

Then don't even get me started on the ML. It's like the writers think because he's rich and handsome, he can be the rudest jerk and the FL must accept and try to reform him simply because of that. It's a cliche, but not sure why writers (and audiences) still eat it up this late in the romance game.

Tietou was never gonna be able to marry Yinzi. Yinzi's family will be forever be a burden to anyone she marries and Tietou is no way prepared to handle it. His mother hates her (and her family), and Tietou himself is one bad harvest away from starvation. Their love was doomed. Worse Tietou's a dreamer, who makes well meaning promises (see the Farmer's Association) that he can no way fulfill.

Sadly, Yinzi had very little options. Her parents are no help at all, and she doesn't feel she's able to leave them behind to go off to see if she can make money elsewhere. So her options for making money are only within their village, which makes things 10x harder as everyone but the landlords are equally poor.

@mione Glad to see I'm not the only one feeling this way about xiu xiu and her husband's unnecessary meddling. Even from when Tietou become director of the Farmer's association, I've been mad about how much these two meddled and made other people's problems their own. It's not kindness, it's idiocy.

Watch how Tietou will blame xiu xiu (again! is this the third time) for his own problems.

When the writing allows the characters to be quieter, a bit more open and unsure, I'm intrigued. But too much time in spent setting up the ML as some kind of svengali with the FL his manic pixie dream girl/muse. There's a lot of pathos to be mined here, but atm I'm not sure I can trust the writers to step away from the kdrama cliches to get there. Will give it another week (episode 3 and 4) before I decide.

Its ironic that the labor lawyer is himself working in a hostile (unfair contract, lack of proper training, bullying boss, emotionally stressful) environment

Unfortunately, from family members and friends who work in medecine in North America. This happens ALL the time . Nursing even has a reputation for eating its young.

Loving this personal shout-out! Happy belated birthday 🥳

Nah, she needed to be that way. The ML wasn't able to stand up to this father - when they were young nor later when they got reunited.

The FL's priority was dealing with her own shit (her dad's death, debtors hounding her, her sick son), and like we saw, needed to be pretty tough to have any chance of handling any of those issues. Him wanting to be with her isn't a big enough selling point regardless of how the writers tried to sell it.