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The writer wanted a sad tear jerking scene at the door to his mansion room that really wasn't necessary. Unspoken was that she really was the Crown Princess with more right to the throne than the Emperor. And perhaps show that she can be happy without Mutou and isn't dependent on him for her happiness. And perhaps she is mostly secure in the knowledge that when he is ready and has fixed his problems, that he will come to her. Clumsily written, though.

The villains play for sport. But the innocent die in earnest.

What problems you point out about the combined 2021/2022 ML is true, but he is like that because he is slowly integrating one with the other. The best sign that the old 2022 is taking over is the softness in his voice. speaking to her. Listen to it in the fireworks scene. And 2021/2022 is still not confidant that he can win her heart. Remember she is a one man forever love person. 2022 ML also hadn't been rejected so often so 2021/2022 proceeds with caution. That's my thoughts. This is still one of my favorite cdrama rom/coms.

If Yunjiao looks like the late Empress, she may be sister of the emperor. And Murong Cang also goes by the name Du Gong.

She will turn out to be the missing Princess. In ep. 7, when the Mu parents are killed by the Duke of Defender, his daughter, shows up. He takes her out and orders everyone else killed. Mutou is hiding in the cabinet and sees everything. She is looking back and may have seen Mutou watching from inside the cabinet. The connection between her singing to him as a child may be that after the killing of his family, he suffered Night Terrors as a young boy. That is why in ep. 10, when Murong Cang denied that he was Mutou, she specifically listed Night Terrors as why he was Mutou.
Part of the problem with the FL is that the story has a love and resentment between the two. The writers chose to have the Chief Eunuch either testing her love or with hiding his true end game. He says it in ep. 9, 6:20. and it really is to help the young Emperor to establish a society that provides peace and prosperity. He then says he believes that the good days won't be long. The Duke of Defender happens to be a major threat to the young Emperor, so it's a two for one. Because he is supposed to be a eunuch, and is plotting to take down the enemies of the Emperor, he has to be guarded and deny his feelings. So they have the FL thinking that he is lying. They play her alternating between very perceptive and too naive. After falling for the letter, she then knows that he is Mutou from seeing the red cloth wrapped around his index finger, and he knows that she knows, but she only knows the immediate game, while he is playing the long game.

The ML was the crazy rich son in Destined but struck a cord in Butterflied Lover. He plays the same type here. I would follow his dramas after that.

I skipped much to the end but from what I can see, the CP are pretty much apart until the last moment. The 2ML who is a best friend of the two from college years kinda guilts the FL to stay with him which leaves the ML looking from the outside. Before that the FL takes up with a sugar daddy and from what I've read, the FL makes a poor decision to be drunk alone with a scumbag. I guess this is one that I'll get around to finish one day.

They keep glancing at each other. And in ep. 16, they have a talk near the river. Romance is not to the fore front, but if you look, you can see interest.

Ep. 13. Sang is one of his Father's students. The ones that took away his Father's time. And she snapped a photo of the framed picture of Lei Ming with his Father and kept looking at him when he entered the room to get some stuff.
Ms Sang is the only student who visits the Father now that he is stricken with Alzheimers. It may be significant that we know nothing about her Father or Mother. Especially about her Father.

I think the Sang's bestie has no chance with Lei Ming. She was using his being a graduate of Qinbei to rub salt in rival Song Jie who tormented her for years.

The romance is shown by glances and sometimes by proximity or interaction. Pairs walk next to each other or sit next to each other outside the classroom. The interest is there but it isn't the focus. Even Ms Sang and Li Ming wouldn't be so emotionally at odds with each other if there was no spark between them. At the beginning of ep. 13, at his Father's apartment, she snaps a picture of the photo of Lie Ming and his Father. Sang's reaction when she came upon the female teachers were sitting around Lei Ming.

The rich kid has his own demons and it's similar to Lei Ming in that he craves approval from his Father. But he has grown up very twisted. Watched Ep. 11 unsubbed. I thought that in the long run, it would have been better to find a way to connect with him. Couldn't understand what was being said, but his parents may divorce.

I don't know what piqued your interest, but a similar teacher helping a bunch of students is The Heart of Genius (2022). At least for the first 9 episodes.

The female student in the 2008 lecture is the reason Lei Ming quit teaching? Is that the falling student at the end of ep. 6?

I feel that this is more gritty than GTO.. I remember from seeing bits of GTO here in Tokyo that it had more a comedic and over the top feeling. Haven't seen any of DZ. I enjoy this show so much that I've watched the last two episodes un-subbed and still enjoyed it.

Thank you.

Autumn Moon recommended My Treasure and I enjoyed it very much. Haven’t watched A Dream of Splendor yet.

Give a shout here if you enjoyed it, please. Thank you.

SM should be written as love hate relationship.

ep.14 16:52. You are right. Perhaps what was lacking was caring.