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Three couples from 1993, single mother abandoned by her lover, 2008, wife caught between dueling mothers, and 2022, single working woman fighting to keep her job and custody of her child.
Pretty interesting. First two are strong women and the middle one has a sweet husband who tries as best he can. He grew on me.

I think that for Seo Hee to get a divorce, the ML helped her by faking an affair. The fracture on her face and how her daughter reacts at the meeting implies that the Jeong Joon Kyung, the retired baseball husband is a control freak. The ML is willing sacrifice his marriage and live in perpetual debt because exposing the affair as a sham might put Seo Hee or her daughter at risk. I think that why Seo Hee didn't take the daughter with her in the initial divorce will because her husband had threatened to harm the daughter if she did. There might also be a pre-nup that if she initiates a divorce, she would lose custody of any potential children. The alleged affair gave Joon Kyung a reason to divorce her and punish her by keeping custody of the daughter. Oh Ha Ra's vindictive divorce settlement with her ex-husband probably also maintained that fiction, until Goo Eum Beom and Seo Hee will manage to get custody of her daughter. Both the lawyer and wife suffering probably lulls the ex-husband.
I think that the best friend rifling through Goo Eum Beom's office things will either allow her to 'discover' planted info or more likely, near the end, discover the true reason why Goo Eum Beom staged the affair.

Thank you.

Sorry, but who are you talking about? Which actor?

I think that the FL near the end will come to understand his motives and sufferings and will work to heal his broken soul.

I see the Emperor and Pei, the two brothers, as ying and yang. One has heart and the other brains. Each would not be the best emperor by themselves. An emperor with heart protected by an advisor with brains would be the best. He would stay Pei's hand when need be. I also see the Empress and Pei as being the same. Ruthless to get what they seek. Her, to protect her son and him to seek revenge for his Mother. He has shown that he would sacrifice himself for his adoptive parents. I suspect that she might sacrifice herself to save her son. That may be the endgame to fix the Empress. The Qian daughter might be the next deadly enemy.

The friend is making enough to take care of the college kid. But the same problem might surface again. I wonder if we will see them again, this time on how to repair a misunderstanding. By then the FL should have entered a relationship with the blind date guy and she finds herself/ them selves backed into a corner. She finds that she really still loves him and he regrets setting her up.

I think that you're right.

I think they are showing the problems working moms face.
But, she is slyly? being undercut by her husband and MIL. MIL should never had made a meal when she knows Mom is bringing home pizza. I don't know or remember what the husband does. But perhaps she is the breadwinner as we only see him at home. The husband should compensate for the working Mom by giving extra love/paying extra attention to the son. Tell him that they need to support and protect the Mom. At the eating stand, hug her when she is complaining/crying. Something tells me that she will have an office romance to complicate things.

Thank you, after I posted the above comment, I found the site.

For some reason the English subs for ep. 2 are mostly for ep. 1. And some of the English subs for ep. 1 are missing or out of synch.

Taro leaves and stems are toxic and irritates the throat if consumed uncooked. Cooking will break down the needle shape raphides in the plant cells. I assume the same will happen to the calcium oxalate. I have eaten undercooked taro leaves. It was a mild irritation.

From wiki;
In its raw form, the plant is toxic due to the presence of calcium oxalate, and the presence of needle-shaped raphides in the plant cells. However, the toxin can be minimized and the tuber rendered palatable by cooking, or by steeping in cold water overnight.
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I know her apartment is from his Mother, I believe. But what if it was the one they planned to be together in. Extra angst, I was thinking.

Hope those flopping feet don't mean much. end of ep. 11

deadlilies; Heavens No. People of smaller stature can be the most driven. I'm most impressed with her portrayal of a dedicated pilot. The two of them studying with the traffic cones providing an outline of a B787 and the constant practice on the poor man's simulator is the mark of a top pilot.

CKT_DramaFan; I would have expected that the apartment that Nanting was preparing when his GF died would be the one Cheng Xiao is living in now.

SP-427; The song Leaving On A Jet Plane is sometimes said to be a tribute to John Denver's Air Force pilot Father. But I've read that it was about his constant touring.
Captain Henry John "Dutch" Deutschendorf Sr set a record flying the B-58 Hustler, an early supersonic bomber. Designed for high level flight, advances in surface to air missiles forced it to fly at low level, where it was a very demanding aircraft to fly.

I agree. Nanting can't let go of his past and it colors his present.
Were Cheng Xiao a male, there would be no problem with how she stands up for herself.
Among pilots, there is a professionalism and also a pecking order. Passenger pilots may look down on freight pilots, but word of mouth will establish the reputation of any pilot. Cheng Xiao has proven herself as a top pilot among the freight pilots. Being one of the few female pilots in that airline, she would stick out and her reputation would have spread among the pilots of that airline. Like a top skater in competition, top pilots would be judged not on one landing but over the average of many landings and in this case, given the benefit of the doubt.
There are many kinds of leaders, and Nanting follows the strict boss/CEO trope. He would be accepted by upper management as long as the pilots under him worked efficiently and smoothly. His kind of leader is often called a martinet. But his way is not the only way nor is it the best way. Cheng Xiao said that her former boss would take them aside to reprimand them. That is the approved method for leaders. Nanting's obsession with his past and with Cheng Xiao has lead to a revision (evidently extensive) of the standards for pilots. The problem is that pilots are an expensive investment by the airline and they are chosen because they are professionals, not children. Some of the rules like for sports treat them like children. Those that don't have the self-discipline and common sense to take care of themselves and also fly safely would have been weeded out in the first few years. Also the process for changing the standards for pilots would have a great impact on operations and would need to address an identified problem, be cost effective and also come under review. The pilot's union would also have to review the changes.
Whew, sorry, that was a mouthful.

The pulling of the nails suggest unrequited interest/resentment. But I suspect that the missing manager is tied to her disappearance. He may have offered to take her away but then she was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and so both had to die.
I suspect that the brother will end up saving Youxi/Wenwen in the end. He regains some intelligence or saves her in his simple minded state.

The DNA results could have been doctored by Wang as it's his facility.
The last episode made me question the Father. Why have YouXi or is it Wenwen see the fingernail? That's pretty sadistic. Its existence says that at least one of the parents is pretty evil. My guess that it was the Father who pulled the fingernails.