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I guess you just started watching. Yes, he lied. He has been there for 15 years, since he was a teenager. The actor that plays his son is even used later on to portray his younger version from back when he transmitigated.

There are a few things that might seem confusing at first like that or the role of the SFL but everything will be slowly explained with every new episode.

Yes. The beginning was good. Even tho the plot was not new to me, the first few episodes felt interesting enough that I wanted to keep watching but then, like you said, they kept recycling events, conversations, it felt like more of the same, it became a task to watch.

I felt the exact same way, even the start of my comment was also about how long this "short" drama felt. I never felt so forced to finish a short drama. The plot was moving but at the same time it felt like it stayed in the same place, it was really weird. Not the actors fault tho, it was the writing, the pace was off.

The longest short drama I have watched...and I am not talking about watch hours.

The plot is already nothing original, a few months ago I watched another short drama with the exact same premise and character setting. The problem is the writing.

I was not even at the middle of the drama and was already wishing it would just end, then I looked and I had watched less than 10 episodes but it felt like I had watched 60. Around episode 12 or so I just started skipping scenes, then episodes, then I just went to the last episode and at the end I just had one thought: phew, it is finally over.

I don't think it was the actors fault, they did well, it was the writing, the editing, Idk. Things were happening but at the same time it felt like the plot was not progressing.

So yeah, not worth your time. I cannot remember the name of the other short drama with a VERY similar plot but if you have already come across it, don't bother watching this one. At least that one did not make me feel like I was forcing myself to watch it.

haha I just watched ep 25. ^^'

I am weak, I could not wait for more episodes to air.

Your feeling is most likely right. When a supporting character is suddenly the focus and is shown having fun with the main leads...they are about to die. That is what my experience watching dramas for 15 years has taught me.

I am guessing during the final confrontation with Xiahou Bo, Mr. Bei will die too. :(

These 2 episodes were some of the best in the past week. The episodes around the Yan people had some more slow scenes that I was not as interested in but ep 23 and 24 came to shake things up. Hopefully it will keep being this interesting as the ending is getting near. I wish it would not end tho. Will probably rewatch it from the beginning when it is over to get some details I might have missed.

I should really stop watching the episodes as they air. After watching ep 24 I REALLY NEED ep 25 but will have to wait until tomorrow. Should have stopped at ep23 since it ended well. Ep 24 was too good and that cliffhanger ending. >.<

P.S. - And I just found out we are only getting 1 episode tomorrow. T T

Their first kiss just happened in ep 20, so no. But there is plenty of romance, scenes of them having fun and being sweet to each other.

I have been watching dramas for 15-16 years so I have mostly watched dramas where the FL is the one doing the chasing. But I agree this trend has been changing. Maybe because men in the real world have been less and less proactive in chasing after women so the dramas are portraying what women expect since they are not getting it in real life.

Yeah, I'm expecting that too. Hopefully they do not waste too much screen time on the whole love triangle thing. I would rather see the main leads slowly develop feelings for each other and forming their own little family. So far, the FL has been trying really hard and the ML no matter how much he tries to not form a bond with U Ju and the FL, he is starting to care about them but they are still not a real family. I want to see how things slowly change into them becoming a real family that loves and takes care of each other without interests, contracts or just out of responsibility.

True. I noticed how they edited the scenes to show him almost like react to what is going on and it works very well.

I saw the property owner "twist" coming from the moment this said owner did not come right away...specially when THAT character was also on a trip. ^^'

Also, I like that he is falling for her first/they are falling for each other at the same time. Tired of when they make the female lead fall for the male lead first and then chase him for many episodes while he treats her coldly the whole time until suddenly he doesn't.

And U Ju is so cute. I am watching mostly for him. When a drama has a little kit or a dog/cat as part of the cast it just makes it so much more enjoyable.

Your theories are more or less what I think too but they should have still taken the time to explain some of the things instead of letting us guess. The ending was so rushed. I wish they had wrapped up the drama more neatly.

I still spent quite a few hours watching so it is not like I skipped entire episodes when I say I skimmed through it. I watched all episodes, just found myself skipping a lot of scenes (mostly business and the affair scenes).

I know the drama was intended to be like this, I never said it was not well executed in what intended to do. But it was not entertaining to watch and when I watch a drama that is not entertaining me, the least I expect is to take some kind of lesson from it or at least have one character development that makes me feel like it was worth watching.

To break it down, the drama has 3 main genres: Business, Romance, Life

I found the business boring, the romance was barelly there and the life part was not relatable to me because I am not and do not surround myself with people that act in the way these characters act.

So, it is not that this is a bad drama or that the director is a bad director, just that this type of drama is not to my taste because I did not take anything positive from it.

The actors have really good chemistry and did a great job. They have previously worked together and also did well so I am not surprised they did a good job here too. Sadly the script was not great.

People calling this a masterpiece and whatever and saying this is realistic...I mean, Idk what kind of people you are hanging out with but I was not able to like any of the main characters. From being unfaithful, to lacking self-respect, to doing things that go against what they believe in, to just being completely boring people...you got all of it here.

The drama also portrayed men and women in a way I did not like. Men kept being on top and doing whatever they wanted while women were treated as tools, had no self-respect or just had to work extra hard to accomplish anything. I guess that part was realistic, sadly.

Anyway, there are a bunch of characters I could not care less about, the plot is boring, there is barelly any romance (unless you count the affair as romance, I don't). I skimmed through it and still felt it was a waste of time. The dramas by this director have pretty low ratings and I did not like any of them so from now on I will just stay away from any drama he directs.

Yes if he was emotionally available for her but as she said in one episode, he only provided financial support and seemed to keep a distance as much as possible...to the point she grew to hate him because he never took care of her in a way that she was able to recognize and appreciate and never bothered to resolve any misunderstandings.

For it to be grooming he would have to have spent a lot of time with her, being nice to her and showering her with gifts to make her like him, which he didn't. He kept his distance as much as possible while also protecting her from the shadows.

Definition of grooming: "Grooming is when a person builds a relationship with a child, young person or an adult who's at risk so they can abuse them and manipulate them into doing things."

So yeah, even if they ended up together, it would not be considered grooming, although their relationship could be seen as a little iffy.

Not bad for a short drama but they forgot to connect the loose ends. Even for time travel there needs to be some logic.

The way she went to the past and then came back to the future were completely disconnected from each other and not properly explained. The ending was also rushed and made me feel like I wasted my time watching this.

Connecting loose ends and taking time to wrap up a drama is something that can really impact how the people watching feel about the drama as a whole.

WOW, I think the ML is as nice as he can be after going through all that. The FL at least came into the story as an adult and knowing the plot, he was just a kid and had no idea what was going on and just had to go through all that while waiting for someone he was not even sure would show up...it also took many years. Having such a dark past, no wonder he decided to hide the truth from the FL, he is probably scared she will lose all the trust and affection she has for him.