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hahah I've resorted to rewatching Blossom (on my 3rd rewatch)

Agreed! The screenwriter is Tong Hua. She's a famous chinese novelist and most of her novels has been turned into dramas already - Lost You Forever, Bu Bu Jin Xin are the two most popular!

Nanke my hero... in both episode 35 and 37 🤣

haha I love that he's such a Loser in love. Loser is a capital L!

most are cousins (they all live in the same household as they're cousins from his paternal side).

It's chinese opera and it's very popular and common back in the day. A lot of historical idol dramas will not include it because it's not pretty lol.

yes this! It shows how close and comfortable they are. If they were not close, he would have called her Xu guniang to be respectful.

hahaha his expression every time he hears 'Xu mei mei'

Thanks! I've removed the name from my comment.

Jiugao is like 2 heads taller 😭 just remember that Nanke has no expression (literal -_-) and Jiugao has a kind face 🤣

Okay, so regarding ep 16's "you're too clever to be a maid" - the translation doesn't fully convey what he's saying.

What he actually said was more like, "you're so intelligent, being a maid, it's a pity (it's a pity you're a maid)."

He thinks she's way too talented and intelligent to just be a maid, and it's a shame because she could be so much more (like his wife ahem).

And we ALL know this man already has it bad for her 😭

she's his cousin from his dad's side and they share the same surname.

In china, cousins from the paternal side are considered 'closer' and are referred to as 'tang sister/brother'. or just simply sister/brother. they're raised together in the same household so they're essentially as close as blood siblings.

cousins from the maternal side are 'biao sister/brother'. the same term is also used for your paternal aunt's kids.

people can marry a maternal cousin, but not a paternal cousin since they share the same surname.

kinda crazy since the dna percentage is the same regardless of which side of the family they're from lol.

the stares. shoulder touch. the whispers!

we all know what he's really trying to say is she's too good to be a maid, she should be his wife.

he's intentionally belittling her career, but that's the reality - she's a servant. she's someone's property that can be sold at anytime

story of minglan

same!! I was like Noooooooo when I saw the block.

yessss! thank you smoke.

The landlord also lives with them! I guess he kept the place after his divorce and got roommates since he's never really home anyway, and it probably costs a lot.

Nian's aura during the entire real estate scene was 🤌🏻 When he said I was the one who reported you... 🤩🤩😍

What a great episode! Finally an episode where they're settled in and I actually feel like they're dating.

Lumi is my favourite character in the novel (aside from taotao, of course!) and the actress really brought Lumi to life 😭

One of my favourite line from the novel is actually from Lumi...


'She genuinely wanted to crack open Luan Nian's skull to see if it was filled with literal shit.'