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Glad to see a drama where the disguises actually fail to disguise and fake identities get tested. Usually in dramas, even the worst disguises get passed off without any effort. Here, even the characters acknowledge this. [Yao and Crown Prince don't get selected as servants, yet Qing does. Not to mention Qing's disastrous moustache-man disguise in EP2. Ji Chu only needed one glimpse to recognize her. ]
Supporting characters such as Manager Wang is always wary of Qing, even when she had passed his test.
Heck, I'm actually interested in Ji Chu's revenge plot. Even Gong Que.
Qing Ge still hasn't thrown caution to the winds, but she does seem to have finally realized that the Wei family deserves a whack and that maybe Ji Chu is not a complete bad guy.
This is a Chinese Drama, so I'm keeping my hopes low as most tend to take a sudden tumble down the road. But, so far it has stayed grounded and managed to keep me waiting for new episodes.

To drive a rift between the Fu Yu (the Empress of Liang's family) and Liang Kingdoms.
The Emperor hides that her death is murder to maintain peace. But, I guess it definitely invoked some deep grudge. Exactly what Ji Chu needed.
This is what apparently happened... if we believe what Hua Qing Ge had written.
But, she herself admitted that she added plot after plot to increase word count and never created any 'real' characters with depth except for the Crown Prince and the Coroner.
So, there is a high chance that there is another reason why she was killed. Her own maids, and the Crown Prince already knew what was going to happen, based on what we saw.

Enjoying this a lot. From what I gathered, Hua Qing Ge spent all efforts in crafting a 'dream male lead and female lead' for her story and just added in the villains without focusing on 'why' they were villains. [Plus, throwing in a dramatic ending to make the main couple unforgettable.]
Which is why she is struggling to keep up with Ji Chu's actions and keeps getting surprised by him. Her intention is to change the ending for the sake of the readers -- and herself, unfortunately-- but, she still doesn't know any character beyond what she has written, particularly the villains, whom I deduce were pretty one dimensional in her novel.
Though, I have to say, Ji Chu "is" ruthless. But, his decisions are not out of pure evil.

Oh dear. Actually, the two Chu Yings have nothing in common except their names. But, the bromance definitely reminded me of HNG. [Grudging admiration.]

The first six episodes were done well in spite of the run time. [The last two episodes were excellently underwhelming. They really stuffed three months into 13 minutes. Like, how?]

I've heard of people surviving getting shot in the head, but it often comes with a price - change in personality, or improving in certain aspects. She lost too much blood to come out alive even if thats the case. This is fiction of course, but there is no way anyone came out alive. Two of them got head wounds, and one had already collapsed from three shots, lost a lot of blood, and got shot again.

It's a well written drama, if you remove the last two minute or so, which is just to satisfy viewers.

It seems like the ML was planning on killing her family anyway. Someone else did it for him based on EP18 and he simply watched everything. But, Gu Meng took it upon herself to get her revenge and ML brought that upon himself, thanks to what he told her. This is one insane drama. I have no hopes of a HE.

This was hard to watch. It took me 20 minutes to watch a 15 minute long episode.
Sad truth is that I kind of understand why both of them are acting this way.
I might be stupid, cause Han Joon really did fool me into thinking for a moment that he might've gotten over his emotions during his first post-drunk meeting at college with YJ.
But, I can't blame YJ either because dude had a boatload of emotions heaped on him overnight (and he doesn't handle them well) and HJ legit told him that he would disappear from his life, which I find perplexing. He doesn't want to lose his friend, and still hasn't sorted out his emotions. But, boy did lose a cookie when he threw those chocolates again. It might be him trying to erase those bad memories or him testing Han Joon. [And the kiss at the end, why do I have a feeling that HJ will push YJ away? Or will we see the rest of that in the next episode?]

Either way, for a 14 - 16 minute long series, this one is really manages to convey all the emotions well.

I think he really did kill her family. Or did something that lead her family to death. (But, whether her family is actually innocent or guilty is the question. (Gu family was influential it seems, as Zichen mentioned how the whole city shakes if her father breathes. And he did tell her about how he never forgot his hatred for his family after what they did to his.)
I'm 95% sure that she'll regain her memories and kill him in the end like you said.

ML killed her family. As to whether her family was wrongfully killed... that might decide the futre.

I will only be satisfied with this series if Gu Meng attempts to whack the ML at least once, even if she is not successful.

This drama is giving me 'Goodbye, My Princess' vibes, especially the storyline of the FL. But, the ML has valid reasons for his doing, so I can't blame him either.

I expected both of them to react as they did. I was internally telling at Han Joon not to do it as the timing was not right. Him exploding like that so early cleared any confusion between the leads. This is going to be either good or bad for the future episodes. If the writers had a solid story in mind.

Honestly, I am enjoying this one. But, they shouldn't have ended EP4 like that. Han Joon is one of the most thoughtful characters I've seen. But, so is Yoo Jae.
I'm surprised that so many people don't like him. He has a hard time opening up and responding to emotional situations from what I gathered. He reacts almost aggressively everytime he has to deal with them.
But, I love the best friends dynamic. In the end, someone always makes the move to apologise and 'fix' it.

I don't know if they were aiming for it, but the first episode was giving me a melancholic and sad vibes.

Their romance never even properly took off to begin with.
Well... in the novel, I don't think TTJ became a God. He is reborn, but the drama skipped that part and went straight for the throat.

You really explained well the very same reasons I have against LSS's character. I felt that she took TTJ's feelings for her very lightly, she acts on impulse multiple times to the point that I didn't trust a single one of her actions in the mortal realm.

And well, LSS doesn't bother looking for TTJ cause there isn't anything there to look for. Gods in this drama die for good and the last bit what we see is just a sliver of his soul replacing Ming Ye's place in the scale. He isn't coming back.

I think she expected the baker to be a regular friendly dude. Which was why she gave away his name so easily. (Though, I don't understand why she never questioned him appearing all the everywhere.)
But, then again, he never asked her anything suspicious and even helped her with the case.
He was a purposefully written character that got tied up waaay too neatly.

This drama is one of those gems that I'll remember for a long time. The last episode was it's peak, both in terms of the circle finally closing as well as the performance by every single actor.
Here are my jumbled thoughts:
1. The baker dude story and his involvement seemed too much of a coincidence - that too, in two cases. As if the script was carefully planned to wrap up all ends within the exact duration. It was excellently done, but what exactly was his problem?
2. I expected that Grandpa will wake up by the end, but I think old age did catch upto him, finally. It was nice to see him smile as if his story was over.
3. The Old Lady. This is the main reason why I think getting a second season (unless the writers had a clear idea about what they were planning) might be a bit difficult because to me, she is akin to those deities. Like... there is an unnatural aura around her. As if she wasn't human to begin with. Or was she misery personified?
4. The Dad. I knew something like this was going to happen right from the first episode after that opening scene. But, the whole conversation was heartbreaking. Although, I was beyond happy that Yi Yong got to see his dad again.
5. Cao Guan Yang going insane when Chu Ying and he were trying to revive Yi Yong on the ground. I did not expect him of all people to scream that way. It was excruciatingly painful and gut-wrenching.
6. Every single supporting character in this drama. They were plain fantastic. The sequence before Yi Yong wakes up ending with the zombie was heartwarming.
7. How many years was Yi Yong in coma? Guan Yang mention that he was interning. So... another two years?
8. Glad to see that his friends from HS are still there for him.
It's not everytime that we stumble across dramas that manage to give you both the sad and happy moments in a perfect balance.

His performance in 'Oh no! Here comes trouble' (particularly in the finale) was unforgettable. Hope he gets more roles!