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Just watch half of this? before the romance really gets going, haha. She’s pretty cute in it. The ML looked way too much like an uncle for my liking (not gonna lie, his ‘moves’ and kisses grossed me out), and plot really starts to go nowhere. But zhao lusi cooking in first few episodes is good.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one. I tried the first episode of MLH and lots of clips, but I just can’t seem to like either the ML and FLs characters.

I thought Daddi Tang’s romancing of the FL was really cringey and, you’re right, awkward is the word. I found he was giving me stressface instead of feels.

Any romance so far?

I’m surprised by the low rating. As a feel good drama about youthful ambition with a sweet romance, it is perfect.

I got here because I was not convinced by Daddi Tang in My Little Happiness. I don’t know if it was the bad make up, bad styling, the suave romancing (too Xing Zhao Lin), or the super wholesome FL, but I wanted to see what everyone else was seeing in Daddi Tang, so I tried this drama. I wasn’t disappointed. He’s really handsome and sharp in this. His character is very funny, and completely at odds with him in PYHOMS and MLH. The FL is also amusing, styled well and behaves according to her age. I love love love their romance!

Disclaimer: I may have FF some bits without the leads...

I love the ML, even though looks-wise he isn’t modern day hot, his acting makes him very attractive. Bai Lu is obviously beautiful, and even though I didn’t like the plot and how slow things were to move romantically, I thought their chemistry was brilliant.

However, can I just gripe about FL make up and clothes? She had such heavy make up for someone who was supposedly naive and didn’t care for using feminine wiles. If they’d kept her make up neutral it would have made her transformation to dancer and concubine much more stunning.
Her hair was also horrible. Her wonky buns and huge off-centre bun were obviously fake and looked tacky. I actually found the SFL (Du Xiao Xian) had much nicer and more elaborate hairstyles. And the horrible rags. And the dancing, the random bad dancing. But apart from that I liked it. Haha. Rant over.

But why no more lead roles for the ML???

Oh yes! Finally it’s out! I’ve been really looking forward to seeing Lin Yi on the screen since PYHOMS. Bring it on!!!!

I was going to say it about Cong Rong. She has super short work shorts in a working late with her boss scene and I swear she flashed the bottom of her bum cheeks! :0

Yeah, I agree. I just Googled and he’s styled better in Way Back into Love. He has his hair down there.

We get it, the director thinks men look sexy when they’re straight out of the shower... I feel like there are a few too many scenes with ML and wet hair though :/ And I feel like it comes across as corny rather than sexy! But maybe that’s because the characters seem more like they’re out of a teenage drama than an adult one (I mean an adult one like Love is Sweet, where there was quite clear sexual tension).

I still don’t quite find the ML that attractive yet. Although often if the acting and character are swoony I will change my opinion quickly enough, haha. But I hope my opinion will change when I watch it. I am still only watching clips, as i would like to binge on this one!

Wahhh! I just saw a clip of the confession scene in ep 11 and for real started tearing up. It was so emotional! He’s so gentle and sincere.

Although I read somewhere she plays hard to get after the confession *rolls eyes.* They should avoid all the drama. PYHOMS and Love O2O had almost no melodrama and were still perfect to watch!

I remember thinking Xing Fei and the rest of the cast looked very fresh faced in PYHOMS. You didn’t notice their make up. I can see what Vi Dao means about Xing Fei looking caked in make up here though. They should fire the make up artist!

Back to the drama (which I’ve only watched clips of) and I like the two leads though. I love the scene where ML tells FL she’s doing her job well and she feels validated by his support. It’s very sweet. Their chemistry will outshine the bad make up! Yeah!

That’s good. I’m definitely going to watch it anyway, there’s such good chemistry, and I love Xing Fei. Just waiting for the episodes to build up so I can binge!

Haven’t watched first ep yet, just clips on YouTube. The amount of make up on the ML is distracting me! The dark eyebrow pencilling, heavy foundation and the shimmering eyeliner is taking me away from the acting :/

He has cheesy facial expressions! It’s when he’s being playful. He’s much better when he’s depressed or angry, haha. I really like him, but weirdly, only as a SML. Not too interested in seeing him as ML.

Put your head on my shoulder. It’s a really sweet romance.

This is brilliant! I’m weeks behind everyone, and I was one of those who complained about the FL/SML romance and the main romance only appearing at the end, but that foundation is really important for their character arcs. And they have solid characters who are believable and therefore when tragedy of happiness arrives, it packs an emotional punch. (Good characters not easy - see Blooms of Ruyi Pavillion for inconsistent characters! Grrr!).

I admit they montage the FL and SML a bit too much, but you can skip those.

I love love Lin Fang. I don’t mind he can’t do Kung fu, as he’s so dignified and smart without it. I did see an interview where Yu Menglong said he hurt himself doing a fighting scene, so he doesn’t like choosing dramas where he has to fight anymore. But he does well without fighting scenes. And fair enough, as I can see how they’re stressful for an actor.

Yu Menglong can’t do romance scenes well (stiff frozen kisser alert), but he does the build up to the romance and the unwavering unrequited love very well, so that makes it even. I don’t expect a huge deal, that’s the secret to loving him, and love him I do!

I’ve seen the FL twice now and I think she manages to have great chemistry with her MLs. Very much looking forward to her next drama with Hu Yitian!

They say:

Don’t worry.
For everything you always have me.
Even though you are in prison, you cannot forget to eat.

I wonder if the box is from Duke An though.

Woooooh! Wu Bo Song! Despite being given a lame role with almost no character development in ALSB I still managed to really love him! He has such a likeable demeanour and a great smirk! I’ll give this a go even though it’s definitely not my genre.

The caption says XJ being used as a human punching bag. And WBQ says to XJ ‘Did I make a mistake while training?’ I don’t think they’re having a proper fight, I think it might be after his dad dies and WBQ maybe punishes himself by training day and night? That’s my guess.

I think FR is in a wedding dress when she’s in the coffin. She certainly is when they’re carrying her about.