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LOVING this so far! The dynamic between the OTP are so playful and cute right now, so I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

I watched up to episode 50 and I think I'm going to drop it for now because I've been skimming more than watching.

My problem with a lot of these "strong female character" cdramas (e.g. Fu Yao, Princess Agents, etc.) is that they're too ambitious with what they want to do-- they want the female lead to grow into a badass, the politics to be smart and intricate, but also want the romance to be epic.

Throw in a secondary couple with a load of screen time, the male lead backstory, a bunch of subplots, and you end up getting terrible pacing and all of the elements kinda half-hearted and not fleshed out.

The pacing of this drama is really giving me some Hua Qian Gu flashbacks.

I mean, if thinking fiction has no flow-on effects in the real world is the hill you wanna die on, I can't stop you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Currently watching this and a bunch of other dramas (Fu Yao, Guardian, Caught in the Heartbeat) and surprisingly, I'm liking this one the most!

Is 'it's not /really/ incest because they're not blood related' really the hill y'all want to die on?

Also, it would be legally considered incest in many jurisdictions so...

While I'm sure this drama is going to take a turn for the worse soon, right now this drama is reminding me of Boss and Me meets You Are My Sunshine.

My bad-- I just saw the 2 episodes for 5 days and 1 episode for 2 days pattern, and assumed weekdays/weekend. Although, that is actually accurate for my timezone and those ahead of China as the vids hit the internet quite late haha.

On Wikipedia, it says that it airs 2 episodes during weekdays, 1 episode during weekends :)

Just watched the first 2 eps! The tension between the leads is good, the second male lead is annoying but cute, and there's lots of weird foreshadowing/flashbacks going on that I hope don't get too crazy.

What?

The flight attendant used a cigarette butt that she thought was Wu Zheng's to test for DNA, but then it turned out that it belonged to Shi Fei.

Up to episode 7, and it's definitely getting better after the very confusing ep 1 and 2.

I'm up to episode 17, and I really like it so far. The only thing that's getting a bit annoying is that the female lead JUST broke up with her boyfriend after finding out he cheated, so the romance between the leads hasn't even started, and it looks like it won't properly start for another 2-3 episodes.

I've made a thread for it, and will keep updating it as I translate!

I'm already caught up to date, but will probably rewatch soon so I can do brief episode recaps until/if the drama gets picked up for subs if anyone is interested?

Dailymotion links are also all down haha.

Watched 3 episodes today and it's great so far! Snappy pacing and lots a fun character hijinks.

It's being streamed via Youku so it looks like 1 episode a day is released for free, and VIP members get 8 episodes a week every Wednesday.

Can someone tell me if the quality of the drama stayed the same throughout or did the plot lose itself and drag/go crazy? The rating on douban went down from 8+ to 7.5.