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Yes. He became just like other men in power. I guess his initial self was that way because he had no power but once he has it, he is just like them. It is realistic but still doesn't make it more digestible.

You are spot on and in reality people like Zhao Ling become easily power drunk and forget their initial aspirations. To be frank the current him is getting the benefit of the doubt just because he is the lead character.
p.s. He was also ready to take that shortcut 5 years ago which cost him dearly.

His mindset is no longer the same so that is where the problem lies, 5 years apart and he become an actual stranger. Which is realistic but not something I appeciriate when it happens to led characters.

Ok. You do you. I'm willing to point my finger and criticize characters when they decline but you can keep protecting them no matter what they become or what they do.

I wouldn't mind it as much if he at least stayed true to Ting Yun but at this point I don't think he is the same man who deserved to be waited for 5 years. If this drama continues to be realistic from that angle than I really don't think Ting Yun will have a happy marriage with such a man.

I don't think it is a simple misunderstanding plot, the current Zhao Ling is open to accept another woman even if it is only in the name. That says a lot about his current character and I really don't like what he is becoming.

I don't think he finds it beyond him to accept a woman even if it is only in the name. Which is something I don't think old Zhao Ling would ever even consider, I really don't like what he is becoming.

He is not just jaded but is too comfortable towards someone who waited for him 5 freaking years. I'm not liking his current self.

Ikr, he was still pinning after her just an episode ago yet now he is clueless about what he has done wrong. It almost feels like he is not the same person at all. I'm not sure he is power drunk or he was always like that but his poorness kept him from being this ridicilous. Which is what we see usually with side characters when they start as devoted partners only to become something really vile. So at this point his only shield is the fact that he is the male lead because otherwise he'd be cancelled so fast.

Zhao Ling is becoming less and less likeable by each episode while Ting Yun is becoming better.

That Yu f-ker needs to be placed on a stake and burn alive. My blood pressure never drops with this drama, so much so that I'm getting headache at this point. I need to see them avenge themselves and I need to see it now.

p.s. I love how they used natural wide angle scenes, cinematography is top notch.

This is definitely a good production, but... I don't know why I'm struggling to complete it. There is something missing and half way through it is really getting harder for me to keep enjoying this. Dropping this at ep 29.

p.s. I knew he would turn evil, cause, that actor never gets good guy roles XD

What the hell is going on at this point is beyond me, this drama is like 10 mini dramas crammed into one giant mess. I keep watching it but my brain is pretty much cooked.

Murong Qing Yu is also a piece of sh-t, not surprised though, that Murong family is full of cocroaches.
He is capturing victims instead of bringing down Huo family, he, his mother and sister are the ones made Qing Yi's life hell yet he is blaming Susu for all of it. Had they looked after their kin, Qing Yi would be just fine even if he really killed someone and frankly Qing Yu is no hero of justice so his so called act of putting Qing Yi into prison back then was him being simply spineless. He didn't care enough Qing Yi to go against others yet he is whining about it now. Ugh what an eyesore.(Don't even reply with saying he did that to save Qing Yi's life, that is just him being a coward)
I hope by the end of this drama all those big families burn into ashes, sold into slavery, begging for food on street and even forced into slavery, hoping to die in desperation yet never finding peace.
Before anyone preaches about this being just a drama, let me tell you a harsh truth, more disgusting and abhorrent crimes are being carried out under spotlight in this very moment yet all those monsters in power are still sleeping soundly at night. So, justice is a pipe dream in reality, my only consolance is to see that at least in dramas justice can be served with force without mercy to those with evil hearts. They can repent in 7th hell all they want but in this world I want to see them be torn apart piece by piece, not even left with a bone to bury.

But did you know that men get competitive/threathened on all subjects when a women is better than them, moreso when it is their partner. There are studies that point out how their ego gets bruised over women's success even when the said topic is totally unrelated to them from a career perspective. So, thanks to these comments this drama is a hard pass for me.
I'm not gonna sit through a drama where the female lead's success is just a mat for the male lead to step on so that he can feel better about himself. Who cares if he is insecure, I refuse to partake in a man's pity party.

This was really fun, loved it.

Seriously though, Riley always plays such insufferable characters, he was like that even in a modern romance drama, I don't know if he chooses those roles but I'm in insta dislike mode whenever I see Riley on screen, his characters are guaranteed to be annoying.

I knew Li Mao would turn out like this, I really hate characters like him the most. Li Lejun is a such ho*, she had the audacity to say that it wouldn't turn out like this if I killed you both. Like b-tch, princess saved your life years and years ago, Jia Yu saved you from being sold to another country just a couple months ago, which she risked her life for yet she had the guts to say that bs to Jia Yu's face. Can't we have a real sisterhood friendship just once, ugh.

ok, ending of ep 6 is messing with my head, that diaolougue was just so weird.

I get that. That is your opinion and it is my free will to make a reply to your comment. Also, I replied back because I genuinely thought that you didn't understand my comment due to my sentence structure. Apparently that's not it and I don't get why you are pressed so much. This isn't your blog but an open space for all comments. If you don't want to see other people's opinions maybe you shouldn't look at open comment sections. Babes, maybe you should read the room and relax.