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of course, sometimes you cant put it down just cause you cant go to bed not knowing how it ends. I binged on the entirety of case file compendium in a day and even took a sick leave lol

haha true, im with you on that! I personally lowkey find this version of Lu Feng healing bits and pieces of the trauma I still have from reading the book with all the aggression he had. I think on the show they've retained the part of him that's obsessed with Chen Yi Chen, especially in terms of being unable to stay away from him physically and they've shown how he loses rationale when it comes to him (not great) as well. However on the other hand, here they've also chosen to portray his character as a more vulnerable version than he was in the book. On the contrary, Yi Chen is portrayed as a way less vulnerable character than he was in the book - here he seems like he has more power to make decisions, more independent and functional as a human, as a man, which is a nice spin as well. The book was just a round trip to hell honestly

hmm round trip to love NEEDS to be toned down so it's remotely ethical, the book was far too wild

OMG YES! I really wish the novel would be re-written ... the shit that came after on 40 year old middle aged men was a little too much to read honestly

I remember Yi Chen being super poor in the novel, he seems decently well off here

Wait, so we aren't following the novel right? phew... no biological kids and nephews and traumas/

No the book is more extensive, that ending from the previois version of the show was only the first two volumes , the book goes on from there, he wakes up from the coma and all that

No gosh i hope we dont see all of that with his sons, nephew and the mess with li jing…

eg: revenge love did have NC too in the book and the show downplayed a bit, but Lu Feng is a whole different level of evil in comparison to Chi Cheng, I'm watching this partly cause in some ways funnily enough this is gonna be healing - healing everyone who couldn't accept the level of atrocities Lu Feng was upto in the book, and if you read the entire universe series you know what I'm talking about, cause this toned down Lu Feng MAAYYY make us feel like they deserved to end up together

Kind reminder that the show is set to follow the novel mostly, which means it's highly likely to have a HE since we get past the two leaps in the show as well. But it also means, it's highly likely we get all the NC stuff from the book. While I wished that they sugarcoated it, like they toned down their falling in love story, I guess the plot cannot run while Lu Feng remains what he was in the first few episodes- KIND AND LOYAL AND IN LOVE. Honestly the book itself was quite the traumatic experience, but there couldn't be a more accurate portrayal of these characters - Ayden and SiTong are the perfect fit! - so I'm seated to see what they decide to make out of it. Please make sure you're watching this knowing that the worst is yet to come, and if this isn't something you're not interested in, then kindly spare yourself the trauma and triggers. The show isn't grey, it's black. and unfortunately, most chinese BLs written in that time were

lu Guang ming appears to be more savage here than he did in the book tho lowkey

Im pretty convinced they have a bit of season 2 filmed already, cause this season was the extras in the book and just 30% of the book, there's more of the story to unravel tbh. But nicely done, they did skip a few things from the book tho I guess which made chu san and liu yi's relationship a lot more complicated at the start --- and the OST -- CHEFS KISS! and the main leads are absolutely fantastic!

the fact that the book covered decades was one of the most unimaginable parts for me

I think next we're gonna have his mom getting sick, then he engagement, then the time lapse... im just praying they make the show's Lu Feng kinder than the one in the books - because he was legit a psychopath

im. just prepping my heart to be broken, literally dreading the scenes that's to come with all that's left in the book. the romance in the show felt much sweeter than the book as well... which means the trauma Is gonna feel twice as painful. I wish we'd get there faster because the dreading is killing me

I see I see thamk you , always looked for it in NU but wasnt there

Yeah I went back and read it, both do. But I was wondering if yi Chen z was not his biological but it is is it, where can I read volume 5 and 6, for yi chen and qin lang’s arc. Also does Lu Feng’s son and Yi Chen’s meet?

In the book, Lu feng has a biologucak son but yi chen doesn’t right? I read it so long ago

it's like the lu Feng in the first two episodes died by the 4th, and now I fear the trailer. I was hoping they toned down the book, but apparently not

full novel eng trans link please