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Probably the first 3 episodes put together into 1 episode.

This is like the short drama version of Fight for Love. Very similar plot but with some differences. Just like Fight for Love, there were parts I liked and others I found boring.

If you have nothing else to watch, this is not bad for a short drama.

This could have been a good short drama if it tried to be its own thing and the production team had put any effort into the script and editing...instead this was a complete waste of my time.

I will give you a few reasons why you should not waste yours:
1 - This is basically a mashup of several popular dramas, the most obvious one they copied was the drama The Double;
2 - The scenes were lazily put together, like forcefully trying to place a puzzle piece in the wrong spot. This was the result of my previous point (wanting to do a mash up of several popular regular dramas) + bad editing. So we go from one scene to another abruptly without things being properly explained. We do not know how they went from A to B, they just show us A and then B, no explanation whatsoever;
3 - The characters are completely unbeliavable even for short drama standards. One second they hate someone then love them for no reason then someone they love they start to hate. The characters are always saying and doing stuff that makes no sense. You can tell not even the actors believe in the parts they are playing. Sometimes it feels like you are watching a parody because of how dumb some of their actions are yet you can tell they want you to take it seriously;
4 - Although the drama is trash, they give us an open ending with the promise of another season, as if this was a masterpiece that everyone would want to sit and wait for a second season. Not me, that is for sure.

Do not be fooled by the summary or the cast. I thought this would be an entertaining watch but soon realised the production team put no effort into this. It felt like a school project that was put together last minute.

If a page for The Princess Decree is added, let me know. Tried adding this title but it is still not showing when I search MDL.

If this was kept shorter at 24, max 30 episodes and with a different ending, this would have been one of the best short dramas I have watched. For the first 25 episodes or so I was fully invested. It was as if I was watching a regular length historical drama.

Unfortunatelly it started to drag near the end and I did not like the ending. Still a good watch if you have nothing else to watch right now.

Thanks for the tip on the nationality thing.

I do Body Pump too, also like Power Jump, Cycling, Pilates, pure strength training. I like to switch it up a bit. I have a huge admiration for calisthenics, I just don't think I have enough strength right now but will get there some day.

Seems we have some things in common. I am also still single at 31 because I like the idea of being free to be myself, travel, learn and do what I like without having to worry about a husband and kids. I am not against the idea of marriage and having kids, its just not something that I feel I need to have, at least not right away. And with all the cases of violence against women, I think I am better single than hurrying to get into a relationship and finding myself in a bad situation. Plus, I am already pretty busy, imagine if I had a husband and kids. I admire people who can do all that, have a full time job and still keep it together. ^^'

1. Neither me nor my sister have French nationality, probably should have but don't. Both our cousins have both French and Portuguese nationality tho. The benefits are for some other reason that should would be able to explain better than me. I think it has to with her age, being single and such, not sure. Other benefits are specific to working in Auchan.

2. That is definitely a problem here in Portugal too. If I was not working remotely, I would have to drive 30-40 minutes to get to work everyday and that is because I live between 2 cities that are not some of the cities with the worst traffic. About the racism, I cannot talk about black people but I have noticed quite a bit of racism against Algerians. I rarely deal with racist people tho, as soon as I notice someone is racist or judges people based on their background or such, I walk away, cannot stand people like that.

3. It used to be for fun. I also wanted to get Asian languages to the same level of fluency of my English but I have had to make choices because I had to prioritize my health. I do not have enough time to study several languages so I had to stick to one. Which does not mean that I will not go back to Japanese or Korean in the future, might even pick them both at the same time since they have similar grammar. I also learn most things on my own and love a good challenge. Keeps life interesting.

4. Ideally you should be sleeping at least 8 hours but I know it is not always possible. Exercising is about consistency, even if you can only dedicate 2h a week it is better than nothing. I also had back pain (my work requires me to be sitting for many hours) but strength training has helped a lot with that. Maybe you can try going for walks while practicing a language, listen to a podcast or something. When we have a lot of things to do it helps when we can do some at the same time. Sometimes I cook or clean the house and practice my speaking or listening skills at the same time.

Well, as you previously said, 加油!

Sounds about right. For that amount you would buy an old house that needs repairs in Portugal. A good house that is not in the middle of nowhere, will start somewhere around 500 000€

Our grandparents would be able to buy a house by selling a cow and a few chickens. Nowadays we cannot buy one even if we sell a kidney.

For a bit of context, my mother is French and my father is Portuguese. We visit France at least once a year, more often now that my sister moved there. Last time I stayed there for almost 3 months. Since I work remotely and make my own schedule I have the freedom to travel anywhere at any time of the year, as long as I have access to a computer and internet I can work.

Yes, her net salary is around 1500€, she works at Auchan and also has other benefits like extra money for grocery shopping there and such and in terms of government support she applied to be able to get an appartment for cheaper and while she is waiting she is staying at my uncle´s house. They live in Orléans in a ville called La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin so yes, the rents will be nowhere close to the ones in Paris. It has been a while since I last visited Paris but I can never forget that even many years ago, when I was like 13 years old, my aunt paid 12€ for 2 coffees and 2 hot chocolates. ^^'

From my past travelling experiences, I have noticed places like Paris, London, Toronto and such have extremely ridiculous prices. Back in 2016, a simple house in Toronto would cost about 1 million CAD. Not that Portugal is in a better situation right now. Portuguese people earning a minimum salary just cannot rent anything in big cities. They have to rent outside the city and then commute everyday to work.

So yeah, my sister is doing well and is able to save money, even bought a car and a trip to Sri Lanka ftom our uncle's workplace, because she does not live in Paris. She gives 300€ to my uncle to help with the rent, does all the grocery shopping and has some other expenses with the car, clothes and such but is still able to put aside about 600€ every month so saving up is not a problem.

About languages, I studied Japanese when I was still a teenager but life got in the way. I cannot really write and read but I can hold conversations and understand about 90% of what is spoken. Korean I studied for a few years but also had to stop (can read, write and speak since 한글 was pretty easy to learn). Chinese I attended classes but had to give up for an opportunity to do a 1 year intensive course in programming which is what I wanted to work with and it was through an internship from that same course that I got an opportunity to work for one of my teachers. I work independently but he has enough work for me that I do not need to look for work elsewhere and now that I have the freedom to make my own working schedule, I went back to studying Chinese. I think out of all Asian languages it will probably be the most useful one to learn and since I have been mostly watching Chinese dramas, I am not so dependent on subtitles. Other than these 3 languages I speak Portuguese (native), English (fluent) and Spanish and French (conversational). I understand almost everything in French but need to work on my speaking.

About sleep, yes, please get proper sleep. I know exactly what you are talking about and for us women sleep is even more necessary than for men. Even for weigth loss, at one point I was doing everything right, eating healthy, going to the gym 4 times a week and was stuck. Turns out sleep is extremely important for weight loss too. I was not getting enough sleep. And since the work I do needs a lot of logical thinking, creativity and attention to detail, I just cannot disregard my sleep. It was a hard lesson to learn.

True. Which is why I think if they had reserved less episodes for the present timeline they would not have wasted so much time with business stuff. I would have loved to see more of them in a relationship. I don´t think any of us went into this drama wanting to watch them work, we wanted romance.

I thought I would enjoy it less than I actually did. The romance is very slow paced due to how the ML is and we basically go through 16 episodes to see one kiss BUT I did find myself laughing at some of the things the ML says. He has no filter. I understand why the FL would fall for him but I could never. XD

With that said, this is not something I would recommed to just anyone and not for the romance. I would recommend this if you are looking for something a bit different from the usual drama, with the male lead being the center of the plot and are okay with slow (very slow) burn romance. I had this on my plan to watch list for a while and only picked it up now because I had nothing better to watch.

I'm glad you liked the ending. I wish there was more. Maybe if they had gotten together earlier we could have gotten a wedding or at least a proposal. The FL also deserved to be a mother, specially when she was almost one in the past. She would be a great mother and Li Wu would definitely be a caring and protective father too.

Where do you live? I'm guessing some European country. I live in Portugal and here 1000€ would also be above average salary. I work independently so I do not have a fixed salary. At the moment I am charging 15€/h for my web design/programming services. Soon will increase it to 20€/h since I would like to eventually move out. ^^'

My younger sister moved to France 2 years ago and is better of than me, earning about 1500€/month.

I was born in March of 1994 so I still consider myself more of a millenial than gen Z, tho I kinda was influenced by both generations. I had my first phone at the age of 13 because someone gifted it to me or I would only have one at 18. It was a Nokia.
I had the chance to live a normal life for at least until pretty much my late teenage years. Social media was not really a thing back then. Most kids did not use it and the ones who did would forget about it for months, nothing like these days with the need to take new pictures and share updates everyday. I played outside, rode a bike, went to sleepovers. I miss those days.

You used 加油 , do you know Chinese or are you learning (I am currently studying Chinese in my free time)?

P.S. - I read your profile and seems we have similar taste in dramas and criteria for ratings. I will not rewatch anything I rated less than 7, if I rated below 5 I will probably leave a rant and ratings of 9 are dramas I would defnitely recommend and rewatch several times. Dynamite Kiss also saved this year for me. Kdrama land has been really boring lately, been mostly sticking to Chinese historical dramas.

I would say it was more like his ego was hurt. That she is now happier than she was with him and is together with a younger and more handsome man.

This comment made me laugh. I am 31 years old and still living with my parents because as a single woman there is no way I can afford a regular apartment much less the sort of appartment the FL lives in.

I know this will be an unpopular opinion but to be completely honest: I was a bit disappointed. I liked half of it (mostly the scenes from the past and some from the present) and was bored to death while watching the other half (business stuff and relationships of the supporting characters).

I have watched other dramas that use this same strategy of showing both the past and the present in the same episode but for this particular drama I did not feel it worked, at least not for me.

I would have found this a lot more interesting if maybe in episode 1 they show the present but then go back to the past, to how they met, and spend a good chunk of the drama showing how they developed feelings for each other (I would not mind the slow burn at all for this sort of relationship where there is a big age gap and where the FL is sort of a parent figure at first). Then closer to the end they would show us how they eventually got to the present situation. Maybe spend the last 10 episodes or so fully in the present, showing how they build a life together. The business scenes would be kept minimal and so would the focus on the supporting characters relationships (which I did not care much about to be honest).

I also feel it deserved a better ending. Her friend got a "happier" ending than the main leads. This was supposed to be about Cen Jin and Li Wu.

With that said, this is not a bad drama at all. Maybe you will be like most people and really fall in love with it. Unfortunately, for me, it just wasn't what I expected when I first came across it. I was not as invested or entertained as I expected because of the way the story was told and the things they decided to focus on. I am not hating on the drama, just expressing how I honestly felt about it.

I think it was episode 1 or 2. I cannot remember what it was called but there was this guy sitting playing on his phone and the FL passes by and tells him to go for it and not miss his chance. I assume that was the scene you are talking about.

I hate gambling, it ruins so many lives. If that is what they were doing then it is yet another thing to dislike since I was not able to find the drama interesting even tho it was supposed to have a lot of potential.

I watched a Filipino drama a few years back but it was not my cup of tea. The acting was off and I could not stand the back and forth between English, Tagalog and whatever else they were speaking. I know this is supposed to be quite normal these days but it still felt weird to listen to.

With that said, after reading the summary, this seemed like the perfect drama to ease me into Filipino dramas since the plot seemed interesting. I though I should give them another try.

Unfortunately, after 3 episodes, I found myself skipping a lot and feeling bored. The language thing is still a issue for me, which is partially solved by the fact that in the past they did not really do that so it is mostly the modern day scenes that will have English thrown here and there. The storytelling is slow and weird, the acting is also not my cup of tea. The male actors look quite a bit older than the female lead and I cannot feel the chemistry. At this point I will just put it on hold until it finishes airing and then pick up from where I left. Maybe this is just not a great drama although it had the potential to be one.

If you guys have any other recommendations, let me know.

EDIT: Finally finished it, felt like a task. Definitely not my cup of tea and did not like how they decided to wrap up the drama.

I actually submitted this title more than 1 week ago and I don´t know if they have yet to review my submission or if there is a problem with their system and it did not save my edits.

If anyone else wants to try adding it, in the menu go to Explore-Add New Title (it is the last link) and add the info needed based on dramawiki and wetv. Hopefully if more people try to add the same drama they will finally review it? Or at least we can figure out if this functionality is still working.