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Cheng Xiao, the FL, is a gamer from what I read. She has played on a professional and is known within the community so she defo knows her way around.

Ah, guess will have to wait and see who did the dubbing... Can you please drop a comment if you happen to come across this info later? I would be very grateful :)
I think it's just a case of it being out of sync... But it's only a problem with Xu Kai... Cheng Xiao looks like she's using her own voice and it was set recording too. Really hope it improves later :/

I have a question. Does anyone know if Xu Kai and Cheng Xiao are dubbed? I saw an interview and Xu Kai's voice was pretty similar, but dunno why it feels like dubbing still? Maybe he dubbed himself but they didn't sync it properly?

I've caught up to ep12 and I could swear they're trying to set up Petch with Poom with the amount of screen time they get together. Petch looks more at Rut like a person would look at their idol than someone she loves. Why in the world will they make her end up with Rut when her and Poom are already a very good pair beats me at this point

Episode 12th, Lan finally opened his mouth to confess his feelings of sorts but then he goes and kisses the snake?????
I'm glad Mook is finally trying to see if the contract can be broken early, but why do I have the feeling that Lan will find the contract before then and then everything will go down the drain again :////

Thank you so much for your comment! I'm so glad my review could help :)

Yeah, I hope we get the ball rolling today's episode onwards... It's past the 10 episode mark, high time they need to start pushing the plot forward else last 2 episodes all they'd be doing is tying up storylines and rushing the ending :/

Literally all they need to do is COMMUNICATE and everything will be fine, but do they? Of course not.... The drama is 17 episodes, after all, not 7 :/

Hehe, I mean it's kinda hard not to when thousand others have done the same thing before. It really does have all the trappings of a typical sis redemption plot, but I just wish they'd do something creative with it for once -.-
I don't think it's misogyny at work here tho. Remember when dad takes a completed project from sis and hands it over to Lan? It wasn't cauz he wanted Lan's name on his sister's efforts but because he wanted Lan to oversee it and get experience since it was already done and self functioning while the sis can take over something else that needs her expertise, something fit for her position. It's sort of like handing over a completed project to juniors to oversee final progress and grease some cobs, do followups while the seniors move on to something else. She has the exact same power as her dad in the company, so she is his equal at work. Even with Lan having a VP position, he would still need approval of the sis and dad to make decisions from what I could understand. Cauz while he is smart, he lacks experience, something that dad knows. But sis is so far gone in her insecurities at this point that she can't see things clearly. And dad doesn't know how to talk to his kids beyond giving them vague one sentence orders. In the last episode, even mom commented that dad needs to have a better communication with his kids. I think this is also one of the reasons why Lan is always so against his dad.
From the looks of it so far, it really is a colossal misunderstanding and I won't be surprised if the root of it all is her own husband who wanted to distance her from her family so that he could take over instead, all in the name of helping her.

Yeah, 2hr+ episodes are no joke. But you get used to it, I guess :)
So far, my absolute fav is Sen Cal Kapimi, followed by Hercai, Marasli, Teskilat. Hayat Sarkisi is a league of it's own. It's got the typical villainous, blonde female character who does whatever to get her way, only here she's the FL. Coupled with her BFF, who is a guy btw (they NEVER have a love line, which I absolutely love) they navigate crisis after crisis to get to their end goal. Having a family and protecting them at all costs.
All of these dramas have strong women, women in position of power and who know when and how to speak up for themselves and not bow down to patriarchal pressure.

Totally agreed. It just doesn't make sense. Here is a girl who is independent, smart and knows whats best for her and yet all she does is go and tussle with this guy who very clearly doesn't want her around. Unrequited love aside, his actions have proven time and again that he's against this relationship. So why keep going to him, forcing him at the expense of your own personal safety? I mean, he's not above pushing her or throwing her down. And she still gets up with a "I'm not that fragile" dialogue... *face palm*
This could've been so much better. They have the potential, like you can see it in pieces and the cast is amazing if only you work with them properly. The trailers where so misleading that I'm still fuming about it. Literally the only reason why I'm still watching it is cauz I support the people involved. The entire cast and crew did their level best and they're self aware too. Pon and Bua are always on Twitter, and they know what's wrong with the characters but there's only so much control an actor has over a script... Pon has played characters who behaved like humans. I just wish they could reunite in another drama where they behave like actual humans and not some bipolar beings :/
Tbh, they never really drew me in for some reason. I think the last Thai drama that I really enjoyed was My Forever Sunshine. I liked the storyline without the unnecessary violent ML. It made sense atleast. For now, I guess I'll just keep fuming over Praomook while I gorge on some Turkish and Korean dramas. They seem to get the memo that it is indeed 2021 :)
There's this new Turkish drama, Cam Tavanlar where the FL is hard working and talented. It's all about breaking the glass ceiling and not bowing down to patriarchy. And the FL is a CEO on her own. When she's unfairly thrown out, she doesn't bow down but starts her own company instead. The ML is respectful and understanding, yet firm and capable of standing on his own. He comes from a rich family but knows his privilege and works to empower the FL instead. I think you'll like it. It's only 2 eps in so far :)

I have a question. Was the script written by two different teams? Like one wrote it but then the production house went to another team to add that spice that they thought was missing? Cauz the scenes are really giving me a whiplash..... You have these poignant scenes where Lan and Rut are counseling the sisters on the importance of being a family, ep 9, which was a masterpiece by changing the mood by literally a snap but it wasn't awkward or anything. You moved with the story, it flowed and made sense. But then they hit you over the head with the whole "No, this is a forced marriage. They can be happy, but only this much. No go be a jerk" Like, seriously. There are points when you see Lan has depth. He is resisting his family cauz of something that happened in the past. He hates threats and being pressured into things. It's there for the taking, but then then follow it up with stupid behavior and even worse storylines. One saving grace is that he's always been suspicious of Nutch and never fell for her tricks. Apart from that, I wanna puch him most of the time.
At this point I'm genuinely questioning Mook's intelligence of stubbornly thinking that this sham of a marriage is the only way to keep the house. Girl, sit down with the parents and have a chat. Since they consider your dad such a great friend, use that to have some leverage and gtfo from this marriage. Like now. The whole Lan antics at the funeral was a joke. Like seriously. And Mook being all thanks to Nutch just didn't float my boat. She should've kicked them both out the first chance. Lan now practically throwing Mook to the floor for her own safety... My god do I want to kick him.
My only advice, run Mook run!

From the opening sequence they seem to be promoting the whole happy family vibe. So I guess the sister is going to be more of a passive role in pushing Lan out. Like breaking his marriage, discrediting him etc. I don't think she's behind the attempts on his life yet. She might order one next ep onward judging from the previews but idk might call it off last min cauz she has a change of heart. But her husband will do it instead and then all the blame will go to her. She'll be pushed out cauz they don't believe her, her husband will take her place instead, then she'll see his true colors. Lover boy will assist her and then she'll turn over a new leaf with Mook's help.... And I'm getting way ahead of myself lol
But really, I don't think she really wants Lan dead. It's her own insecurities acting upon her and the dad is only making things worse. If only they could just sit down and have a chat, everything would be resolved in a snap but no, lakorn needs to be dragged to the last ep when they'll suddenly turn happy family with 10mins to the ending :/ Maybe mom should run communications instead, cauz it clearly looks like she has the gift of logic with the kids ^^

No they just modified the subs to put their name before it. I think raw sub files are now on subscene. Subs where either lifted off AGC or Viu -.-

I'm so confused by her age I swear. I could've sworn that she was 17 or something but there are so many conflicting accounts. She does behave like a 15 year old though, so there's that. But I really hope that she's 17 or else they'll need a BIG time skip if she and Rut are to be endgame. Still grossed out by this, tbh :/

Yup, but I guess the confusion between all the attempts was whether it was the sister who aided him knowingly or the guy who liked the sister but didn't get to be with her. I had my bet on the husband but the lover boy would've been a nice twist as well idk :)

I don't think it's the sister though who's behind the life attempts. At least not yet. She was more of trying to push him out by destroying his marriage. That might or might not change now from the previews. But I do believe that she'll just cancel her plans last minute but her husband will carry them out instead. They're promoting the whole happy family at the end vibe, so they need to make her passive for redemption later on I guess ^^

yeah, watched it live and it still gives me creeps, this guy... I just hope he doesn't pull the sister down with him

I think I'm too far gone down the Pon Bua rabbit hole to stop watching now lol
But yeah, it does seem like Lan's finally regaining his braincells... I just want Mook to stop being all passive and get into action :)

Yeah, he was always creepy af if you ask me