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in those times, if a man is of a lower status or wealth than a woman and they marry, the man "marries into the family" as opposed to the other way around, and any children they have would have the mother's last name. This was considered "unmanly" so it wasn't super common, but did happen, and I think that's their situation. The crazy BIL we know had no family when they married

the show went downhill after the first few episodes lmao there are so many plotholes and illogical moments and overall really bad writing. And bad acting. Xu Kai and a few supporting actors were great but most of them were so unbelievably theatrical, it was hard to get immersed. This sort of role also doesn't suit Zhou Ye at all... she's better as the impulsive, strong headed but innocent type of protagonist she has played before. At least the cinematics were pretty good.

Thanks for the comment! This is actually the first time I've watched a cdrama where the plot went nowhere this hard for a good chunk of the show... but I'm pretty picky with which dramas to start. Long runtimes aren't a problem if the show is written well, and there was so much material here. Oh well.

This show could have been leaps and bounds closer to perfect if only the three MLs discovered her gender within the first 10-15 eps. There could have been so much more interesting conflicts and comedy if they knew and she didn't know. Instead, nobody knows anything, potential scene set ups go nowhere, and I'm on ep 24 and I still can't really tell you what's going on because nothing is going on. There is such a perfect mix of ingredients and characters here for a very good rom com, but it's like the writers don't know what a rom com is. They should have focused on the rom com aspects, because it's too lighthearted for the whole political conspiracy they tried to revolve the story around, neutering the parts of the show that are actually interesting. Also, ML feels more like a 3ML because of how little mutual romance there is until near the end of the show. She has wayyy more chemistry with Ao Lei and Le Xuan. Extreme second lead syndrome. This could have been fixed or overlooked had the reveal been done earlier, as I mentioned before.

I'm watching until the very until because it's a pretty show, and I like the characters a lot, but the whole drama can be summed up as: lost potential. :(

genuine question - why don't you like wang hedi and esther yu? i watched LFBAD and it was a pretty good story but i think they're both kinda bad at acting (especially esther)... is that why?