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I would have loved it. 🤣

Hahaha i love the guilt ridden nanny. Shes so funny.

I felt they attempted to compensate the cuts by giving viewers scenes of XL (but not XY) showing so much emotion/devotion. Which in turn made their relationship more one sided in the drama. The novel XL was aloof and wasn't so tragic. I probably wouldn't shed a tear there.

If the drama included XLs devotion AND all those YaoLiu interactions, the entire story would have been just about the 2 of them. 😅

I think XL would have been a much much colder character in the novel. There was not a lot from his point of view as the author only described very briefly about his reaction or feelings. It was mainly how he saved XY time and again and had more intimate interactions like what the others have mentioned. The drama made him so mopey and lovelorn in s2 and XY almost seemed to be annoyed with him whenever he appeared. Then the OOC qin playing and time spent drinking and stalking her after BBQ night. These were awkwardly added. Sigh...
For XY, she didnt come across so depressed. After her moonlight wedding to the "dead" Jing, she was tricked into an assassination attempt and XL ended up saving her. She saw his true form and forcefully offered her blood. This scene should have been kept. By then i felt she was her normal self and could cheekily talk back to XL. She also covered up FengLongs involvement in the assassination which showed she had her own mind. Drama XY was just going with the flow and depressed for a long time. I never felt she recovered even after marrying Jing in the end.
Jing had more involvement in the novel. Although i didnt think they were very impactful because Im not into this cp, his presence was greatly diminished in the drama and he was just following her around like her helper. That did not improve his image as her endgame.
CX i believe the others have explained the dream sequence.
S1 followed the novel quite closely but the changes in s2 butchered their characters. Unnecessary time was spent on XL which didnt match his image at all and too little spent on Jing. XY lost her spark and CX became a noble king. S2s aim seemed to be making both characters and viewers cry.
I dont think any novel fan is happy.

Hahaha i felt there was too much angst in the drama as well. XY seemed to have recovered her spirit after being saved from the whirlpool. But the drama made her depressed all the way.

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U are already the Professor.. Hahaha..

Wow we can trust u to answer this Micha!
Ive been seeing silence since it was posted.

Yeah i think we killed many trees with the tissues used.

Sorry....

For XL fans, this popped up on my wb.
Bts on the battle
https://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:5067257819365419

Something sweet in modern wear on wb
https://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:5067124989952013

99 jiujiu
https://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:5067106824159250

Lmt character interview
https://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:5067106908307464

Yes refreshing here since he was so miserable in the prev drama. 🤣

Yep agree. They can push it a bit faster and introduce more plot change. I dont think i can take this for another 2 episodes or it will start going downhill.
I have also stopped clicking on trailers on wb as they spoil the show for me.

Yes his frustration of having to keep up the role playing and keep his voice down. 🤣🤣

I think so too. WCRs brief appearance in JOL2 was terrible for me but she is really natural here. I really like her character, maybe even more than the ML.
And u brought up a good point about the lip timing! I kept feeling her voice didnt belong to the character but couldnt pinpoint why.

Welcome to Moonbase. 😅
We have been hooked by this drama for a year and still hang around here.
If u are still at the water festival, there is a lot more coming, prepare to bawl ur eyes out like us. 😭😭💜💜💜💜

The whole of s2? Hahaha main characters have been written OOC from the book i dont know where to begin. Main plot change would be the dream sequence which made CX into a good guy. The drama still flowed pretty ok but lacked the punch it should have.

Yes i feel so bad for her cos her character is so likable. He deserves that stab in the trailer.

The part where he finds out about the koi in his house? I cracked up there.