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Hang in there, it will happen eventually...
(Though I gotta say I had hopes for an announcement at their second concert in Hong Kong last Sunday... I guess maybe after the rumoured Bangkok concert then? 🥺)

But, but... we had an entire Xizhao concert today 😌

Personally I'd stop at "The best Chinese BL" 😉

She was, and I believe still is at the end of the drama. But at the same three years has passed before they met again. When she was living in London and was doing her thing, she might've picked up a habit of writing (as another person in the comments mentioned) and decided to write down their unusual story.

It's honestly still a bit wacky that they'd suddenly show us her having a new hobby without any prior foreshadowing. But it makes more sense than her supposedly waking up from a dream and still being playful and kinda intimate with the ML + receiving the bracelet from him. It makes no sense if it was just a dream 😅

btw I actually don't think what happened in a drama was her dreaming about it. Here below in the comments there is one person (Muffin) who wrote their take on the story's ending and I agree with it.
The drama might've made it purposefully confusing, but it looks more like FL simply wrote down what happened to her and ML as a novel, but her and the ML are still together (which is quite obvious from their behaviour in the final scene and him giving her the bracelet again).

you might wanna put it under spoiler before someone who hasn't watched the drama yet sees your comment... 😋

They did, in May or June (I honestly don't remember which, there's been so much content, I feel like a year has passed since ep 9).
And they're actually back in Bangkok again, like right now.

They have two concerts in Hong Kong this week. And as @Effie_Joon said, there has been rumours of something in Bangkok too...

Aside from that there's literally tons of content from them, released almost daily (brand deals, magazine photoshoots and promotional videos, vlogs, cover songs recorded by them, an EP released a few weeks ago, livestreams, appearance in Cannes, appearance during Paris Fashion Week). If you haven't followed anything of what they've been doing, you'd have enough material to keep you busy for an entire week of just watching (and listening)😋

They are planning a second season, so the ending you're looking for might happen there...
So ep 9 is more of a cliff hanger set-up than an actual ending to the story.

Apparently it's also free on GagaOOLala right now.

Girl, as if I needed any excuse 😉

Guys, they're releasing the entire season 1 on YouTube. Starting today new episodes will be made available to watch for free every Monday. So if anyone wants to rewatch and has no valid subscriptions or wants to recommend to friends who didn't wanna pay, now it's a perfect time to do that ;)
(Personally, I'm happy for the prospect of the series gaining more exposure and potential fans. It surely deserves it).

I'm only two episodes in, so maybe it's a premature opinion, but this is soooo good. I started it solely for the cast, but I am really enjoying the heavy, suffocating vibe this drama has.

22 episodes... I hope they managed to maintain this quality.

Acting-wise it's of course really good, but I expected nothing less.

I actually can't watch any other BL post-SCD (no, that's a lie, I watched To My Shore, but I think I was able to finish it because I didn't watch it as a romance and more like a psychological... thriller at times).

As for anything actually romantic, whenever I feel like I might try some new BL series, the feeling of "there's just no way it will even get close to how good SCD is" overcomes me and I just give up 😅
I have a few BL series waiting to be watched, but I always end up feeling "meh, I don't feel like it, I better rewatch my favourite SCD scenes" so I'm stuck in the SCD limbo since ep 9 aired.

Use whatever you want, we all (well, I) appreciate your dedication to counting 😌

Still thinking of this wonderful piece of art from time to time, trying to ignore the fact that it brought me so much disappointment with the whole s2 mess... 😔 I loved it so much and I actually can't bring myself to re-watch it for that reason 🙄
Still... one of my absolute favourites till today.

Yeah... I seemed to have that impression but I wasn't sure abt their work arrangements 😅

I know that feeling of anxiety because I was amongst the people who really hoped for s2 of The On1y One... 😔But for me it actually works pretty well to compare the two dramas and by doing that convince myself SCD situation looks way more promising.
Basically, I tried to console and reassure you 😋

It's not the same thing though. With The On1y One, the one who talked about s2 the most was the director himself, who was just hired by the company who had the rights to film the novel to direct the first season. There were also very little promotions after the drama aired (aside from one fan meet, which I don't think was even particularly successful).

In SCD's case, both lead and secondary couple are constantly promoting, booked and busy.
Xizhao are also under the same company (I don't know about Matthew and Mingbo), so it's easier to coordinate filming etc. (and they've been doing works as a duo anyway). They seem to not suffer from lack of popularity either, with both if their concerts in July sold out. I heard the brand deals had a pretty decent response too. So it all looks like there's every intention to continue with them as a duo...

And the actors themselves mentioned that there will be a second season (not just suggested there might be, but specifically said there will be) on multiple occasions, not just on their livestreams, but also in interviews etc. They used to be more careful about making declarations concerning s2, so I kinda feel like they wouldn't sound so confident if they did not know for sure (or almost sure).

Now, of course, there was no official announcement. However, the situation doesn't look as bleak as The On1y One.

They really didn't need to go so hard just for a concert trailer! This looks amazing. I love the colours and the small narrative.
Also... the chemistry is mind-blowingly insane.
P.S. The close up shots on their hands create such intimate vibe. I love it 😌