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i'm happy Mrs Deng got out. I'm even happier that the FL in spite of her all consuming vengeance was conscious and compassionate enough to lend a hand. i'm only sad that bastard grandpa deng also got what he wanted, but it is a man's world in the end

her post wedding costumes are gorgeous, and they're mostly a variation of black and red, perfectly suited for her whole vengeance is mine vibe. wardrobe department, accept your flowers!!💐🧎

ep 20 - I have low hopes for their partnership/marriage. he's not fully onboard her revenge train its just a means to an end for him, but that's all she cares about sooo

rip mummy dearest. I never liked you, but not a nice way to go

fu yunxi proposed to her like someone who thinks he doesn't have long to live 🥺

ok i took a break at ep 14 and now i'm back and well hm I need me a frenemy/ 'nemesis' like the noble consort, where can I get one pls 👀

i liked this drama lmao, i generally think kdramas are all the same shade of boring so this was a very welcome change. it was a rom-com to the hilt and i really enjoyed it. totally recommended!

that prison scene where liu xue Yi acts out the five sins 💯. hm the man can act

tan yin is very no nonsense and direct, i like that in a fl

good first ep. very intriguing

🤣 I came here to see if someone else saw that. like what was happening there? they even had the same haircut and outfits and mannerisms

she's too slow for that smart and ruthless man. girl he finna kill you sit up!

the way she feels towards her mother has so far not been conditional, she has repeatedly stated that the woman is her bottom line, always. the ml even asked her what she would do if she had to choose between chai jing who literally got tortured and 'died' for her and is arguably her closest relative, and a woman whose only ties to her is birthing her 17 yrs ago and with chai jing's life on the line, she could not answer that question. the way she was patiently enduring under her mother's torture? that woman would kill her and the girl will die with a smile on her face. and yes her mother has suffered and is abused and traumatized, but none of that is the fl's fault, and none of that is an excuse to treat her so cruelly and the fl is also smart enough to see that bc she said at some point that she is not a 'filial fool.' which is why i blame the writer, they tried to appeal to everyone hence all the contradictions that just make her character half hearted, and to borrow someone else's word insincere.

men will literally marry their enemies

just how many women is he sleeping with at once omg? everyone needs to get tested

I watched three eps and I came here to see if it has a romance tag before I continue, glad it doesn't bc bro...

well the dad stopped fidgeting and blinking rapidly, guess its time to abandon the act

I said a similar thing already in another comment but i'll reply to this one too. yes you are correct, her desperation to be loved and protected is a natural product of all her trauma, except they've told us and shown us that's not all she is. someone who is only craving parental love would never have survived up until this point. they showed us her trauma and told us she is more, it is only right to expect more than trauma effects, heroic suffering.

yeah like what is she doing there? 😭 she can establish her own residence and then go visit if its that deep? if it was just obsession borne out of trauma that is driving her actions then that is fine, but her love seems to be the automatic mother child type and that is the problem. I really balk at that idea of automatic love like why is that just a given? between two adult women with complicated traumatic pasts at that? especially when one side has repeatedly acted otherwise?

yes she is traumatized and needy and wants to be loved that much is clear. but she is also intelligent, determined, she knows right from wrong, comes from a place where she had to fight all the time to survive and she can hold a grudge, enough to kill. put all those into a blender and add on the fact that she just met these people, and her unconditional love should be a bit more conditional