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yessss its so sad but sometimes you gotta cut of toxicity before it ruins you

is no one going to talk about how a SML (xiao nan) that is a childhood friend/close like a brother is not romantically interested in the FL? I LOVE IT. finally, we see that not all close male-female relationships are romantic.

Mmm I think that recently feminism has been on the rise in China...I think that culturally, its now less acceptable to only favor boys of the family. The Chinese gov does censor a lot of things, but there's always gotta be a villain. Also, he is the way he is today partially because of the patriarchal mindset of the dad

petition to rename this drama "I have a dysfunctional brother"

Her selfish motives included moving herself up in society and helping her family (I think she wanted to be more affluent for herself, but she could also claim that if she is better off, then her family is better off too). The sinister thing is that she chose to cheat people of money (while looking like she works hard to gain their trust). Nothing wrong with trying to make more money to help your family, but she just did it the wrong way.

I do have to say, I thought she was more sinister too, originally (I thought the guy laying in the bed wasn't even her dad lol)

no recommended/similar dramas so far...no other drama has this amount of toxic characters. no one can compare
at least its unique

Not sure if I'm understanding your first part right...
But the issue is that the father in law put his whole savings and I think even became a shareholder in the company. Also, the brother put the car beibei bought for him as loan collateral. Now that the company is gone, all the money they invested in the company is gone as well. I think the amount of money they invested can't simply be made up by a few shoes. The brother is considering mortgaging the house just to make up money.

also, I do want to kill the brother too...he's a bottomless pit
I don't know how they're gonna make him grow up...but then again, I also thought that of the ML mom (she seemed helpless) but then they broke her by putting the ML career on the line so maybe something crazy like that will happen to him.

honestly tho BeiBei is way to good for him

Yah, it's kinda crazy how she went from swindling people to finally recognizing part of her wrongdoings (admitting she caused her dad's death)...I kind of don't believe it...
But I think she just withdrew the sexual harassment claims of the ML when she called the hospital.
Or if your talking about how she claimed that the brother in law sexually harassed her, she just made it up to talk to the ML mom.

yahhh I'm excited for ep 30. Wonder how they're gonna get around it tho. Theres no way ML is gonna bend

Mmm not really...he has some romance history tho (I think they unlock the full story half/two-thirds the way through? But you can guess from the opening/closing theme snippets

Am I wrong to get excited that the homewrecker is kinda checking out Qingfeng? Ready for her to get R.E.J.E.C.T.E.D.

there is romance! but it's not overwhelming (like its not a set kissing scene every few episodes or something like that)

Honestly the Lu Yi Yao actor's full potential has been unlocked from his hip injury.

How comedic is this show? I'm just not in the mood for melodrama

I agree...the beginning was very fast but now the main character storyline is slowing down (their relationship has been in that muddled state for a good portion of the drama now)
The second couple is...interesting...what is the age gap if she was the teacher of the FL but he is younger than the FL?
The third couple...apparently she's not even 20 yet? And I have an impression that he's 30?
This drama is really into age gaps lol (all 3 cps...although the first one isn't as dramatic but her always calling him teacher is really throwing me off)

AHHH nvm got to episode 28...finally I'm not confused half the time

I'm still confused T-T
So she's a corporate spy right? And thats illegal right?
So interesting that this drama is done from this perspective

AHHH why are ALL the parents so annoying T-T did the writers have some PTSD

I agree, the mom is just too much...and how she victimizes her self is just disturbing. But then I think about real life and there really are people who victimize themselves and are trapped in this endless toxic loop...