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look at the names LOL, the FL is actually Qi Cai played by Zeng Li Yao. Shes the fourth picture for some reason! If the second picture was her, then that would be catfish aha

It’s a must watch! There’s no breaks ups or annoying SML or SFL :)

when they started singing “Xue Hua Piao Piao Bei Feng Xiao Xiao” in ep26, I laughed so hard, it reminded me of the TikTok trend LOL

I think he just came to his senses, and also coS he found out that the fire started because DongShi’s assassins knocked over the table candle not because of the princess. So he realised that none of this was the princess’ fault :)

The princess was in prison because she was accused of lacing NaiXi’s alcohol and making NaiXi fall into a deep sleep. The general married NaiXi for political reasons (for access to the mines that were on Naixi’s land I think?), however he and the Emperor quickly realised that they had the upper hand, so XueYao divorced Naixi the next day. The princess became blind because of the powder that was thrown into her face when she saw DongShi behind the blinds. Hope that clears everything up!

ehh how should I put this... it’s a bit too light hearted? Too much comedy and not enough plot maybe?

the epilogue very cute and sweet. However it’s also very unrealistic because there is no logical reason as to why ChuYue would wake up. And unfortunately we never see ChuYue and XueYao with their child and we only see Meng Er under XingChen’s care. They also never addressed the Mr Guan Shan and Wan Wan scenario. There are so many questions left unanswered.

The part where Naixi saved NingWang was when the poisonous gas was released however if ChuYue changed it then the poisonous gas was never released and that means that NaiXi and Ning Wang wouldn’t of met.

I think the timeline was still out of order and it didn’t make sense. I suppose it depends on how u interpret everything. Nice watch overall tho.

I don’t think there will be a season 2, The part where they imply that Tian Ran is adopted is merely suggesting that blood relation is not that important cos the bond between TianRan and her adoptive father was stronger then that. The real father is not the focus of the story, so I don’t think they will devote another 24 episodes towards him.

I don’t think a second season is needed at all! I mean it was clearly a happy ending. Although the drama did imply that TianRan was adopted, we do not need another season just to address who is the father is at all! The drama is merely suggesting that blood relation is not that important cos the bond between TianRan and her adoptive father was stronger then that. After all they literally had a whole song devoted to TianRan’s adoptive father, he is the star of the show, TianRan’s real father is not the focus of this story. Therefore case closed, thankful for this drama but let’s move on :)

I think First Romance is sep 14th, I don’t think Love is Sweet is sep 14th coS they haven’t announced anything on their weibo?

anyone else feel like the guy in the van from ep15 preview is QingFeng? Since Xiaoen didn’t want to become a wondering person with Qing Feng, so Qing Feng followed Xiaoen to the real world under a new identity?

Also I think in that scene where Tian Xing took over AoRan’s body for a minute (when he gave the wedding invite to QingFeng) is a good thing, because this means that when Tian Xing wakes up, he will maybe listen to Xiaoen because he remembers that in some world he supposedly was supposed to get married to her even tho he doesn’t know why.

aha I’m glad it made you feel better :) -a lot of ppl don’t know chinese let alone have weibo so without MDL or Soompi ppl wouldn’t even know about the epilogue or the director’s thoughts. These platforms are rlly good for discussion and information I think!

I honestly dk what the editing team was doing, they rlly acting like “ok use ur imaginations and imagine them committing suicide” THE END lol

I’m just a silent Soompi reader LOL

MDL is not always correct. For example on MDL’s page for Way Back Into Love, it says 24eps. However on the airring poster it’s actually 26eps. For lost romance Soompi says 18eps and on another website where I watch my dramas (90% of the time it’s very accurate) it says 16eps. So I’m assuming it’s 16eps, hmm could be 20eps tho :)

no worries! I saw that u quoted my comment on Soompi lol :)

for me sad and open ended ending are both terrible. But I agree, opened ending are worse! It’s just lazy writing and they cover up everything by saying some bullsh*t (like use “your imagination”)for damage control. It’s ridiculous because the drama is not that deep, why make reality into a fairytale/dream.

Not necessarily, unfortunately a few other websites are saying there is only 16 or 18 episodes :( anyway fans have received the novel ending this week they had some mixed responses, the ending is not looking good. But Drama series usually have different endings though so hopefully everything is tied up nicely and it’s happy!

We can hope for a happy ending, but I wouldn’t bet on it. Even tho it’s a rom com, it also has a lot of depth and mature themes. The drama could go in so many directions, so we can’t rule out an open ended ending yet. Only a few more episodes to go!

Very true, I’ll be so disappointed if they decide to broadcast a different version of the ending. I mean did u see what happened to Sleepless Princess. The Tv studio cut out the happy ending and are making ppl pay extra for the happily ever after “special episode”.

I saw the director’s official statement on weibo and it looks like it was originally scripted to be an open ended ending. However they decided to make it happy while filming it. (Mango Tv’s fault for cutting it out) anyway the director comments that he actually likes this open ended ending better. Because it is is more realistic and it feels closer to heart. He also says ofc the princess waking up also makes him happy. So that’s why the happy epilogue/special episode is coming next week, u can choose how u want to interpret the fairytale because essentially everyone interprets and understands the story differently. His weibo post: https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4545162422004806

Personally tho, what is reality and what is imagination anymore...

Chinese is my second language so my chinese is not that good either. But it’s not that deep so it wasn’t that hard to interpret. Another thing is that it makes no sense for ChuYue to wake up, there’s no proper logic that she should. The curse is forever! She is only going to wake up for the sake of a happily ever after. Lol

No idea, it makes no sense. It was just showing a happily ever after ideal. He never addresses why the characters are there in his dialogue either. That’s why I’m saying at this point even if ChuYue wakes up, it’s probably all in Xue Yao’s head. We just to assume that it’s reality, but I honestly think this is just his imagination. Now it just depends on the audiences perception. They left it as an open ending and if u wish for more then u can watch the epilogue. I guess they made it a little unrealistic now and more creative lol

He was basically just talking about how he wishes she could wake up and see for herself that their friends are all living a happily ever after. (the part where the characters just showed up and disappeared) nothing but bullshit to drag it out. Even the costume changes don’t make sense when they are meant to be in the same day but they changed clothes! So essentially they just threw in random clips they filmed and made that the ending for ep35. CoS again originally the happy ending was not meant to be cut out ;(

And then when they are on the top of the mountain, the final 5 minutes, he talks about how their journey has taken them one full circle and they arrive back at this place. He also wonders what will ChuYue do when she wakes up one day and he is dead already. Then we see him holding her in his arms and it looks like he is preparing to jump off the cliff. So at this point what is his imagination and what is reality anymore LMAO.