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No problem, and yeh another argument, idk what about but she refers to him and Shu elder or Shu da ren in Mandarin so she's talking to him in an official not close type of way, and she said something along the lines of its my decision, if theres a mistake I'll take responsibility, shouldn't you worry about yourself. Seems like WZS just throwing another tantrum tbh like you said.

There better not be a divorce, most I can take is maybe an episode, maximum two of cold shoulders and crying and drinking, I really hope not though. And like you said, ep 31 is way to late for that, if its going to happen please let it happen sooner and then a make up. I agree on the villain front, I'm seriously hoping they kill some people. We let the rat elder live, let the cousin live, like we gotta kill some villains not just let them live to come back. The big brother and WZS better die, we even saw in the latest episode we crated a mini fire that ML put out, moments before FL woke up after he kidnapped her. In terms of him getting kicked out, big brother may know FL is a demon, but I think he's getting kicked out for getting married, as Shuang Jing mention people of Changxi palace can't get married or can't love someone else, so I think for the most part its just because he wishes to get married. But yeh we need the main plot to come together, hopefully happens soon.

Previews for ep 22, 23, 24 and 25. Previews have no subs so just rough understanding.
The preview for ep 22: Him telling his big brother he wants to leave and get married, big brother saying if he really wants to leave he needs to go through something (I'm guessing the punishment or whatever) and they will have no connection anymore, something like that, so he officially leaves this episode. Also we see a disagreement between FL and WZS.
Ep 23:ML talks to his master (some middle aged guy we haven't seen), his master seems understanding telling him he knew he would always leave and to find his purpose away from changxi palace or something along those lines, then we see him reunite with FL saying he really wants to marry her.
ep 24: Marriage scene the whole preview.
ep 25: Hot bathtub kiss and then it seems ML has found out about how there's a "second Chang'an" is how he put it, a demon chang'an. So seems he's very close to fully uncovering the demon night market.
Again no subs so it's my rough understanding of what's happening along the same lines.

Yeh for sure, marry in ep 24, in ep 22/23, he goes and get kicked out from the sect after punishment. Also like you said from trailers we know there's arguing/fighting scenes between ML and FL that haven't happened so likely will happen after she's married. Tbh one changed I liked about LOTFG novel, they changed it so the reveal of her identity was before any marriage or engagement. Wish they did it here also, but I guess to create angst we'll see. Who knows, maybe the trailers are faking us out and they follow the novel and there's no misunderstanding at all. But yeh got a lot to fit so would be nice to start getting some proper answers about the main plot and like what is the actual goal of WZS or whoever the villain is like big brother, what are they actually trying to do beside just obsessing over FL. Like are they trying to create another fire like 18 years ago, or they trying to ruin the world and kill all humans. Like what's their actual plan.

I heard it's meant to be a comedy but no idea for sure, thats the first time I saw the trailer haha. I'm not sure how I feel about it but just have to wait and see.

Yeh same, personally, I didn't mind the novel ending it's not bad, but I think it could be better for sure. Hopefully they improved it a bit.

Yeh sometimes it is hard to disassociate when they play back to back so quickly. but atleast before Mo li they’ll be a long break. But he’s got another republic era show supposedly airing very soon and a historical drama with wang Churan just waiting to pass review and get its distribution license. So he’s got at least 2 other dramas before mo li. A lot of Cheng lei to come still but Mo li is the big one.

I can't wait for that, read the novel also, I really hope it's good! Glad he's getting bigger and bigger roles.

If you haven't seen it one of his earlier break out roles was Familiar stranger. It's a mini/short drama, I'm normally not a fan of those, prefer just longer/normal sized dramas, but it's really good, a super quick watch and he's great in it. Was his first real breakout role.

Yeh pretty much, she fakes her death, he goes to avenger her then realizes she's alive. She takes him away. Because of that he gets his prince status stripped, FL is technically dead (emperor lets her go in the end), so they just go away together. Happy ending.

Hahahaha sound good to me 👌

I really do hope it breaks 10k but gonna be tough I won't lie, got tough competition with the other two main airing shows and thriving land still getting a lot of views. But honestly just under 8k after three days of airing, not bad, it's very possible, especially with fans of Cheng Lei carrying over from LOTFG. This show also, just my opinion. but more fast paced and attention grabbing, likely to get viewers sucked in quicker.

August is the month of Cheng lei 😂

No problem with that everyone has their own opinions, some like feud more, some will like this more, no problems either way. I do hope this drama gets more promotion, iqiyi has been spoiled this year with dark horses though, like thriving land and coroners diary were so unexpected. So they seem to have ignored this drama a bit, more focused on journey to legend then this which sucks. Hopefully if the numbers pick up they will increase promotion, still very early.

Hahah true, less work for them and more Cheng lei for us 😂

Yeh I'm surprised as well but I think because ARP wasn't really big before moonlight mystique, he really took of this year and Landi is really established but doesn't have a big fanbase more just a committed smaller fanbase in china, idk mostly guessing but I'm glad it did do well really enjoyed it (I do agree would have been nice to see them on the throne). I'm hoping the same happens here honestly getting close to 8k heat index on the third day with Moonlit reunion and WDBTD as competition, not to mention the massive thriving land on iqiyi as well, it's not bad.

Hahah probably, the costumer designers definitely know what they're doing with Cheng lei in this drama, and for sure did a bunch of push ups, even his veins on his arms sticking out 😂Man's been shirtless in like 8 episodes more then any other drama I've seen him in combined 😂No ones complaining though continue on

Yeh not or sure, just had two big hits that they put a lot of promotion in (especially coroner's diary was unexpected so they amped up promotions mid way through) , and journey of legend airing after this also really hyped and will have a lot of promotion as the reservations are already very high. It's unfortunate, this kind of got stuck in the middle. Deserves more attention.

You're right, good correction, I didn't word it right

I think in China right now, iqiyi doesn't view this as a big budget hit for them. It's an a+ or S budget drama (can't remember which I remember reading it a while ago but can't remember for sure), so less promotion overall. They just had big hits of feud and coroners diary and journey of legend coming up next which is really hyped, so I believe this drama is seen as more just to fill time (not in like a bad way just dunno how else to say) so hasn't got as much promotion as the bigger dramas they see as hits. Which sucks cause I really like it. Also respectfully, Song Yi and Cheng Lei aren't seen as big, big stars yet in china, thats no hate btw I love them both, big fan of both but they're not seen as big stars that can carry a drama yet in china. So just less promotion overall unfrutantely, they're putting promotion elsewhere.