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consent can never occur from coercion and manipulation. she only “offered” herself bc she’s a powerless 18 year old girl who has no other way of saving her fiancee except subjugating herself to the whims of yxc and he knows that.

yxc is so similar to qimin from poj except qimin was a depraved villan and yxc is supposed to be the male lead we’re rooting for? across the world women’s assault and rape cases aren’t being taken seriously so it’s just sickening to see it happen for a drama character as well. if you enjoy this show, fine, but call the ml character what he is which is an assaulter and abuser. he can love pj and care for her no one is denying that, except he’s also abusive towards her sexually, physically, and mentally. abusers in real life as well can be sweet and helpful, that doesn’t negate them being abusers.

is that the only way rape can happen? it’s 2026, shouldn’t we know by now that rape isn’t always some rando attacker coming at you. him insinuating that he was going to punish her through sex IS attempted rape. there was no consent from her at all. he didn’t go through with it, yes, hence the word attempted. he stopped at sexual assault, how magnanimous of him.

coercion and manipulation is not consent. whether xueting is worth doing all this for is a different matter, pingjun feels like there’s no other option but to sacrifice herself in order to save xueting and yxc knows this. he’s not stupid he knows there’s no mutual feelings for now (think back to the almost kiss in the car). what he’s been doing to her is just plain sexual assault and today’s episode DID show attempted rape because he wanted to punish her. his “extraordinary devotion” or whatever doesn’t matter bc he’s literally controlling and assaulting pingjun.

isn’t pingjun supposed to be in high school? i thought china didn’t allow explicit romance involving high schoolers so how did ep 8’s kiss pass censorship?

nah 40 eps go by too fast like i need more

i feel like y'all are too harsh on Li Wei just a bit. Yes she's a bit immature and silly in the beginning but that's the point, this drama is focused on how she matures and grows. Also, if BJT's character is supposed to be 20 then it can be assumed (idk if her age is explicitly stated I forgot) that TXW's character is younger, most likely in her late teens, so it makes sense that she doesn't really know anything in the beginning (also it's clear that she was sheltered).

legal age doesn't mean shit, she's an eighTEEN year-old high schooler. why do you want to promote pedophilic romances so bad?? why do you want a grown man well into his twenties to get with a teenager still in secondary school??

i thought the poster looked cute but i just read the synopsis and i'm so grossed out yuck. it's 2026 and japan is making shows promoting a "fluffy" romance between a teenager and a grown adult, disgusting.

is this ever gonna come out 😭😭😭

i’m reading the novel rn and i cannot believe they’ve been in this weird situationship shit for 10 years i hope they change this for the show 😭

trust and communication are not “trivial”, they are quite literally the pillars of love and marriage. he stopped doing both these things with her and in turn he destroyed the marriage. it’s actually appalling that you watched the scenes of him being evasive and neglecting her emotions and then came to the conclusion that she’s the problem in the relationship. this is the mentality the old people in my conservative asian family have and there’s a reason why we don’t have it anymore.

i’m loving this show sm!! can anyone who read the novel tell me if it’s good i’m craving more of them haha

i’m hoping that if the second couple ends up divorcing it’s not bc of cheating. i know asia is still a little conservative abt divorce but imo i don’t think he needs to cheat for the show to prove that they need to be divorced. it’s evident that he’s been checked out of the marriage for a while and that she’s the only one trying and i think that’s already a reasonable reason to leave.

Hi, just started this drama and I was wondering if someone could spoil which family members are the “good” ones and which ones are against RSB

where can i read the novel?

I loveee ZJY but i’m not the biggest fan of watching shows depicting female abuse especially SA (I’m South Asian and have experienced my fair share of patriarchal trauma irl so i just prefer to avoid it w shows), is this show deeply focused on that? and on a scale of 1-10 how sad is it?

making the second lead so amazing knowing that he never had a chance is just so sad

to everyone that’s pissed w the ending…did you not the read synopsis like it’s pretty obvious.

so excited ahhhhhhhhh