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Agreed! I also thought her giving up her license was a bit unrealistic. I wish they had told us what she was going to do next. I would have also liked to see more repercussions for Cheng Gong in the end. He seemed to get away fairly lightly. But otherwise it was a great drama, and I am glad we saw justice for both Mi Mang and Zhao Xun in the end.

Loved this drama! Amazing cast, brilliant acting and such an important subject matter. Really glad I didn’t miss this 🙂 I was also really happy with the ending, although I wish they told us what Lin Kan would do next. I got so attached to the characters!

I guess everyone is different in what types of dramas they enjoy. To me, it’s one of the best dramas I’ve watched in ages and definitely worth watching. Maybe just watch the first couple of episodes and see if you enjoy it? I was hooked immediately and I don’t think the plot drags at all, even once you get to the later episodes.

Sorry! I should have maybe waited for more people to watch the latest episodes before spoiling things haha. But I was also super nervous about whether she would survive. I feel like this show is quite realistic so anything might have happened.

Sorry!! I am spoiling everything
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Yep, ep 25 and 26 are already out on iQiyi. Sorry for the spoilers!

He finds out about the suicide attempt in ep 24 and still wants to sue her. Given that he actually had a personal relationship with Zhao Xun and supposedly cared about her, I actually think he’s much worse than Li Yi who always saw Zhao Xun as competition.

And I think his son is actually just an excuse. If he really cared that much about his son, he would spend more time with him. But ultimately, I hope the series ends with him losing everything - his wife, his reputation, his son and his position in the company. I doubt his wife will give him custody of the son after what happened. And I can’t believe he still thinks he’s totally innocent. The fact that he’s willing to sue a girl who’s just tried to commit suicide shows that he doesn’t have good moral character and his wife knows it too.

Turns out that you were right! I didn’t think she’d take such drastic measures as giving up her lawyer’s license 😲

I’ve just been reading articles on true cases that may have inspired this story, and I am actually amazed that this drama was produced and passed censorship! It sounds like the Chinese government massively cracked down on the Me Too movement, including Weibo accounts that support victims.

One thing I was previously surprised about is how little support Zhao Xun got online and that there aren’t any feminist movements supporting her , but after reading some of the articles, I can see how the culture in China is so different and how pervasive victim blaming and slut shaming is.

The story sounds so similar to the JD scandal with Richard Liu, and it sounds like the victim got almost the exact same treatment online with videos being released etc.

This is a really good article for anyone interested: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/business/liu-jingyao-interview-richard-liu.html

I always thought he was a predator, especially once they showed him kissing her while she was sleeping or unconscious. I have zero sympathy for him, and in the latest episodes he’s definitely showing his true colours. I also think that deep down it’s not just about his reputation, but mostly about his bruised ego because she is the first woman to openly reject him, and he is trying to punish her for it. Which is so hypocritical given that he keeps telling people that he would never use his power to get what he wants.

I don’t know if Lin Kan would be allowed to defend Zhao Xun given that she was Cheng Gong‘s defence attorney in the criminal case, and it would probably not be in line with professional ethics to switch sides. And it looks like her law firm will be leading the defamation suit against Zhao Xun (even if Lin Kan refuses), and I doubt they could represent both sides. So my guess is the most that Lin Kan could do is support Zhao Xun in the background and recommend a good defence attorney for her.

I really don’t like him. I hope they’re not going to have Zhao Xun end up with him, because she really deserves a better man with a backbone, and also someone who doesn’t constantly judge and victim blame. I get that he‘s young and still struggling with his own sense of morality, but I can’t stand him. She deserves better.

I think he has romantic feelings for her, but I’m not sure to what extent Zhao Xun shares those feelings. I think she mainly sees him as her only friend who believes in her. I personally don’t like him - he does a lot of victim blaming later on, and doesn’t support her unconditionally. I also don’t think she needs a romantic interest at this point, and especially not one who seems to constantly judge her moral virtues.

Great review! And totally agree that it’s one of the best cdramas ever produced. I’ve now watched up to ep 23, and storyline is still super solid, realistic and engrossing.

Why’s there only one episode today? And such a cliffhanger 😒

Agreed. And the fact that he’s promoting women to senior positions based on his relationships with them (or attraction) instead of competence. That will impact company performance sooner or later. And in ep 23, he even admitted that he liked Zhau Xun because he liked to see her struggle with her inner conflict. Which suggests that he must have been aware that she was reluctant and he still kept going. He’s awful.

My guess is that the drama isn’t actually trying to show her winning the criminal case but rather a pretty realistic portrayal of how those cases go (and why so many never make it to court and hardly any are won by the victims). And to help people understand victims who are “not perfect” and why they might end up changing their statements. But it’ll be interesting to watch how the defamation suit goes, because my guess is that the CEO will end up losing that and his reputation will then still be in tatters.

I had suspected that too, but as of ep 21/22, it now looks like it might have genuinely just been Yin Sheng making the call after having been fired and Li Yi then paid him off for not saying anything further once they found out it was him. And then he used the money to help Mi Mang. So right now, it doesn’t look like the wife had anything to do with it. But even if it was her, I still like her way better than the slime bag. Hope she keeps the position as chairman.

I wonder if in China that rule doesn’t apply? Because spoiler alert, he did release it in ep 22 and the police did seem to use it for the purpose of criminal investigation.