Living Tribunal

That is exactly why I gave the example of Love on the Turquoise Land, where the same situation happened but with the genders reversed. The problem here is that we do not actually know whether Da Rim truly tried everything or not because none of it was shown to us. She could have tried recreating their shared moments, revisiting places that mattered to them, or even going back to Jeju together to help jog his memories.
Ji Hyeok’s mother, who is the closest person to him, knew about their relationship. Da Rim could have involved her and used that support to convince Ji Hyeok to go on trips or do things connected to his past. Instead, after a certain point, the focus shifted to Da Rim being busy with her work rather than actively helping him relive his memories.
If you watch the last two episodes of Love on the Turquoise Land, the exact same resistance happens from the amnesiac lead, yet the male lead there keeps trying relentlessly despite being rejected, ignored, and treated coldly. That effort is what made the difference.
I understand why it was written this way. Most viewers are women, and dramas often glorify male leads like Ji Hyeok who give their all while female leads put in the bare minimum. If Da Rim had actually prioritized Ji Hyeok at any point in the drama, this arc might have felt earned. But she never truly did, and with the amnesia storyline, it just made it feel like she was in the relationship out of circumstance rather than genuine emotional investment.

I was actually happy when I heard that Ji Hyeok was going to lose his memories because I thought that finally Da Rim would chase after him or try to repay even a fraction of what he did for her. But no, the writers still went with another time skip instead of showing Da Rim genuinely trying to help Ji Hyeok regain his memories. As usual, after taking a few half hearted steps, she completely stopped caring about him.
This trope was handled so much better in Love on the Turquoise Land, where the female lead loses her memory in the last two episodes and the male lead does everything he can to help her remember. Even when she was cold and rude to him, he never gave up and kept trying, unlike Da Rim here.
At this point, I guess it is just an unfulfilled wish to see recent female leads put as much effort into relationships as male leads do. The only recent dramas where the female lead loved more than the male lead was Speed and Love.

Imagine this: you find out from a friend that someone has a crush on you and wants to meet you at a particular park at a specific time. You are unable to make it to the meeting because you get into an accident. Now, in a small business circle like theirs where everyone knows everything about each other, is it really possible that the other person would not know about the accident?
Lin Yusen knows that the accident was not FL’s fault, but he cannot accept that she completely forgot about both the date and him. I am not sure whether the drama will show that the ML already had feelings for the FL, but even so, his anger makes sense. She herself said she has a good memory, so how could she not know that he had an accident and not even come to meet him? Even if she didn't come to meet him in the hospital, she should atleast remember him when she met him in the office(in his perspective).

It will be the catalyst that will help Yusen confess. So he will know around ep- 20 to 24 I guess.

He is not finding fault with her because he thinks she caused his accident or is responsible for it but rather he feels angry that despite claiming to want to date him, she doesn't remember him at all. She didn't even go to meet him in the hospital too. We know that it wasn't her but he doesn't know that.

It's the daughter of the woman FL's Father take cares of now. She goes around saying in business parties that she is Chairman Nie's daughter that's why it caused confusion for ML that it was FL who wanted to date him.

If JiHyeok really gets a amnesia in the last ep as the theories say and Da Rim has to chase him, I will be the most happy one. At least then we can see Da Rim giving her love to Ji Hyeok instead of receiving it all the time as usual.

Is it ever mentioned in the drama that he abandoned her in China? I also do not recall any scene or dialogue saying he refused to meet her there. If that is shown, please share the episode and timestamp because I might genuinely be forgetting.
Their divorce happened when Mumu was very young, so it is natural that her mother had custody. But having custody is not the same as abandonment, especially when the drama never shows or states that he deliberately left her behind.
Yes, Jin Zhao spending most of his life looking after him clearly shows he was a flawed and irresponsible parent, and I am not denying that. Both parents were wrong in their own ways and I agree with that.
My point is simply that emotionally neglecting a child who did nothing wrong is more harmful in my opinion. As a spouse, the mom was better. As a parent, I personally think he was better. Both failed like you said, just in different ways

Mumu's mother was a demon in human form. I'm so uncomfortable and awkward watching last few episodes because of her. I don't think her father had many serious flaws tbh but just to shown her mother in a good light, they tried to make him seem bad.

I hope they do not go down the route of turning the SML into an obsessive, unhinged villain who constantly harasses the FL and tries to break up the main leads. He should be given minimal importance, just as he was in the novel. There should be no villain arc or revenge plot against the leads, especially the ML.

I really liked how this drama portrayed a genuinely good stepmother. She was the best parent for me in the whole drama. I hope more dramas show stepparents as good rather than demonizing them.

Lin Zong is not really that angry at her because he thinks she caused the accident. Instead, based on what he knows, he believes she wanted to date him, so he thinks she should have at least visited him in the hospital. He also feels that she should remember him, which she does not because she never met him, but he does not know that. In his mind, she tried to get into a relationship with him but did not even remember him after his major accident.
I agree that he is projecting his anger onto her for an accident she did not even cause, and he is wrong for that. However, calling him an entitled and self opinionated dickhead with a filthy CEO attitude goes too far. If he were really like that, he would have immediately tried to make her suffer after his accident, but he does not do that.

Thanks Chingu

Jin Zhao's legs gets healed at the end or not guys??

I’m not bothered by your review, I was responding because your explanation directly framed one character’s actions as noble idiocy while excusing the other’s as trauma, and I disagreed with that distinction. I understand it’s your opinion and you are free to experience the story that way. I was simply explaining why I see it differently. Enjoy Shine on Me.

I think the context is being applied unevenly here. Wen Yifan did not disappear for six years because she was never given the chance to. Her best friend and Sang Yan were actively searching for her, and if they had not found her, we do not know how long she would have continued hiding.
Jin Zhao, on the other hand, had no one searching for him except Jiang Mu. She was the only person who had ever shown him consistent love, so expecting him to react in a healthy way ignores his upbringing.
Did he do wrong. Yes, just like Wen Yifan. But labeling his actions as noble idiocy while framing hers as trauma driven feels like a clear double standard. Especially when you have already said you dislike FL chasing ML but are fine with the reverse. That preference clearly affects the rating, so calling his choices noble idiocy feels less about morality and more about personal taste.

I just want to ask you something. Wen Yifan and Jin Zhao did the same thing, but you gave TFF a 10 while Speed and Love only got an 8. At least hold both of them equally responsible, because they both left their partners even after promising not to make them sad, without any proper breakup or explanation. In both cases, the other partner had to pursue them again and again.

Thanks Chingu. Btw just had one more question, this drama doesn't have much angst right? I just finished Love on The Turquoise Land and want to watch a light show.

Yes about them only.

Guys these new photos of our leads, are they some scenes in the drama or are they just promotional material?