Calla

so what i'm hearing is... let's meet here, same time tomorrow?😅

i really felt bad for lanxiang in that moment. a room full of people, and only she carried the burden of knowing the truth. cuique looked crazy as hell. 😭

i completely agree with your sentiment. du cuique lacks charisma and du zheng is forgettable. both of them are boring. love her or hate her, at least zhao xingtang is able to make us feel something deeply...

i agree! he's a very underrated actor, but his screen presence is undeniable. i hope the success of this drama gives him more opportunities!

they will get married! it's in the trailer. as to whether they will be happy, i am not sure. but i think they are the perfect match for each other. i can't waittt.

i find the 2nd sister to be really shallow and annoying atm, so i guess it's just my wishful thinking that she will grow up to become a better person in the future. 😅

as for the 3rd sister and the marquis:

his gaze, his voice, his dimples !

he's killing it in this role lol.

it takes several episodes for them to even meet / interact. in the beginning, they are both guarded / cautious, but eventually they both end up having mutual respect and trust for each other. their relationship is a slowburn, but it's the good kind.

- least favorite character: the emperor. he hasn't shown up yet, but he's there, lurking, contemplating which family to ruin next.

- favorite character: xu lanxiang. normally, i prefer my protagonists to have a little more grit to them, and i find goody / perfect ones to be a bit boring, but i really admire lanxiang's resilience and softness here. she didn't let the cruelty of this world turn her cold and bitter, and i respect that.

- character i expect growth from: lin xiuwan (2nd lin sister). i have a feeling she will be the one to surprise us all with her transformation.

- who i am shipping: lin xiuru (3rd lin sister) and marquis yuan. i love when introverts end up together lol.

to a certain extent, this was kinda how i felt at the beginning of the drama too... until i acknowledged that breaking off his engagement to the fl and marrying someone else wasn't really his choice. he was a young man, powerless in society and even within his own family. he had two generations of elders above him that he had to obey, and they dictated what he did with his life. every choice he made affected the safety and well-being of his own family, and his loyalty and priority were to them. the true villain in this tragedy was the emperor.

starts at the end of ep8 and continues onto ep9.

and their reactions were priceless lol.

fr. i had to cover my own mouth too. 😂

"it's me. nanke. 🧍‍♂️🥷😐"

now why would he do that? 😭

oooh. okay, okay. that sounds a lot better lol.

i love that you mentioned lost you forever, because one of the screenwriters for this drama is tong hua, the novel writer for lost you forever. she knows how to tell beautiful stories that tug at your heartstrings. 🥹❤️

a man that *yearns*. i love to see it lol. ❤️

i wonder if she will gain her freedom, but continue to work for his family as an employed servant.

not sure who has more audacity: that old nanny thinking she’s bigger than the program and disciplining our FL like a street dog, or the madams of the xie family getting more upset over a servant getting beaten than about their own descendant getting beaten. either way, they all deserve what's coming to them.

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