That beautiful wedding alone is making me bump my rating from 9.5 to 10! What a fantastic wedding scene! 😍 I hope this year brings a wave of weddings in modern Cdramas like this one, just like last year did for Kdramas.
Dramas are for female viewers even Chinese men don't watch romantic dramas ..u have to understand the viewers…
Yeah but still some things can be avoided. Why don't they show harems in male fantasy dramas then. Aren't they made for male gaze so it's apt that they include MLs having multiple partners but why don't they include that.
One thing I’ve realized while watching these dramas is that FLs can openly praise other men in front of MLs, and the MLs are just expected to tolerate it like obedient puppies. But if MLs do the same, FLs get angry, and somehow, it’s the MLs who have to apologize. What a great way to portray feminism, I guess.
I can confidently say that this drama has far surpassed the novel it was adapted from. To be honest, the novel felt quite bland. While the writer did include some frustrating elements in the drama, most of the additions actually enhanced its overall quality.
Maybe he had a relatively normal life without much traumas. We can't expect everybody to have a hard past.
Yeah, I agree that he might not have faced any major traumas, but everyone goes through struggles while growing up. Showing that would have made Sang Yan feel less one-dimensional. As it stands, we don’t know much about him beyond his love for Wen Yifan and the struggles tied to their relationship.
The main difference between this drama and The First Frost—which is making me like this one more—is that we get to see more of Su Ye’s struggles. In TFF, Sang Yan mostly feels like an accessory to Wen Yifan’s trauma healing. Both MLs are perfect green flags, but Su Ye has a more distinct personality, which makes him more relatable to me. His struggles with his father, in particular, hit close to home because it reflects the reality of many households where sons often have a distant relationship with their fathers which is the same for me too.
This drama has one of the best SFLs of all time. Fang Kexin, hats off to you! I was really glad when she helped Shen Xifan think clearly—she really needed that. I also appreciated that she didn’t interfere in the ML and FL’s relationship or cause trouble; instead, she actually supported them. It’s great to see more dramas moving away from the typical "bitchy SFL" trope and giving us well-written, supportive second female leads.
Your words are a bit harsh, but, yes, most of us agreed early on that the bestie needed an attitude adjustment.…
I might have used strong words, but that's because I really dislike girls who behave like that. And it’s not like I said anything wrong—she did all those things.
I didn’t even bring up the whole misunderstanding where FL and her assumed that Suye was a father and how both she and the FL were clearly misbehaving with the ML because of it. But honestly, that part felt realistic to me. Don’t get me wrong, but I also wouldn’t advise a single friend to date a single mother—it comes with a lot of complications. So, in that sense, the situation felt pretty real.
Xu Xiang Ya was honestly the real trash in this drama. She can openly talk about her dates and using tricks on multiple guys, but the moment Li Yishen takes a picture or smiles at another girl, it’s suddenly a problem. Yep, that’s feminism for you, I guess.
They’re just friends, not lovers, yet in episode 9, after finding out he’s going back to his hometown, she starts acting like he cheated on her. As adults, we often have to make decisions that take us away from our friends, but that doesn’t mean we throw childish tantrums over it.
And after all this, the writers still expect us to root for their happy ending? I’ll say it again—she might be a good friend to Shen Xifan, but she’d make a terrible life partner for any guy, let alone Lin Yishen. She is for the streets and not a marriage material at all.
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I didn’t even bring up the whole misunderstanding where FL and her assumed that Suye was a father and how both she and the FL were clearly misbehaving with the ML because of it. But honestly, that part felt realistic to me. Don’t get me wrong, but I also wouldn’t advise a single friend to date a single mother—it comes with a lot of complications. So, in that sense, the situation felt pretty real.
They’re just friends, not lovers, yet in episode 9, after finding out he’s going back to his hometown, she starts acting like he cheated on her. As adults, we often have to make decisions that take us away from our friends, but that doesn’t mean we throw childish tantrums over it.
And after all this, the writers still expect us to root for their happy ending? I’ll say it again—she might be a good friend to Shen Xifan, but she’d make a terrible life partner for any guy, let alone Lin Yishen. She is for the streets and not a marriage material at all.