Lovely

It took them like 2 min to get the misunderstanding over with ... I don't know if it got more boring, or I'm just so fed up with their nonsense that I just cannot get myself to care for them any more .... I have three eps left, but it's a chore

I paused this at ep 4 and thought I'd come back to it after seeing endless cute and funny scenes of the main lead couple on Instagram and TikTok, but instead it's only of how hot the villain is. And though I very much agree, I can't root for him romantically so it's not enough for me to pick this up, especially after reading how bored most of you are.

I've watched AvenueX's rant about this drama, and I'm shocked to realize that this drama just managed to totally turn my brain off so that all the sexist stuff just went over my head.

The only person in this drama worth dating and having feelings for is Guan Ji's dad. What a dream man, honestly.

I don't even hate Shu Yi any more because they've written her so ridiculous, it's not her fault her actions don't make any sense.

I just don't understand why they just won't talk to each other? Like, what's that mouth for ????? Just speak the f*ck up. OMG. This is the most passive couple I've ever seen.

Honestly, I wanted to write a whole paragraph about how ZSY is in the wrong here (and she is), but then I was thinking that SY is also in the wrong for NEVER asking any questions about his mountains of assumptions about her. In a way, because he knew that she had a motive, he was playing her as well, because he could've just asked her directly and then if she really wasn't interested in him, he could've tried to pursue her instead. It's not like he's been that truthful either, home girl doesn't even know that he's been interested in her since forever and getting to know her included HIS motive for accepting the interviews, and she didn't know that he basically planted his niece as a convenient spy right by her side. This could've been cleared up immediately if he hadn't done that or told her who his niece was, it would've also caused fewer misunderstandings.
And now, though it took her forever to contact him or even try to apologize, he didn't give her any opportunity to meet him and BLOCKED her, sending clear signals for her to f*ck off and now wonders why she's writing an Email. I wouldn't try contacting my ex either after I was told he doesn't want to meet me again and blocked me, because I can read between the lines, and it says NO and I respect consent.

I totally agree, but I think OP means the period after the phone call at the aquarium. He didn't say he wanted to break up or never see her again, she just assumed it and didn't even try to contact him, at that point it could've just been a fight between couples. However, because it took her days to even approach him for an apology, and that in a working setting even, their fight suddenly appears to be a break-up. After his secretary told her SY didn't want to see her again, and after he blocked her, I totally agree that she shouldn't approach him further. Because even though we as viewership know he didn't mean it, he's sending very clear signals for her to f*ck off.

I'm just so frustrated, OMG. Like, how many opportunities to tell him the truth does she need? All the lies she's been telling to cover up her suspicious behaviour are worse than her initial motive of approaching him. How much longer are they going to drag it out? This could've been 24 eps.

it's just so good

Okay, yeah. I understand it better now. I think as a viewer it's just difficult to not see and remember that she also likes him, even if she may be a bit slow in that department, and I kind of expected Shi Yan to see it as well.

Definitely. There are quite a few dramas that come to mind when I think of big budget but low story quality. So yes, I prefer this, too.

What Zara said. I think the low budget is definitely noticeable in backdrop and setting. But it's not as bad as my comment is implying. lol. The story is so good, I don't even really care.

Lin Geng Xin is not the original actor, he is Kris Wu's replacement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Wu_rape_case

I guess I am just surprised that he didn't expect that? I mean, she ALWAYS talks about work. Whatever her reason for approaching him was, it definitely included her career. And 5 min before the fireworks, she literally said she wished for both a success in her digital magazine AND to enter into a sweet relationship while looking him in the eyes? I don't know why he would interpret her words as her not being as into him as he would've liked. They kissed, went on dates, she flirts with him every chance she gets, she hints at wanting to be in a relationship with him ... I, too, wouldn't have thought that her wish would spoil the mood. I think it was very in character for her. And I didn't like how he immediately withdrew. I mean even if he decided not to confess any more and still wait for her feelings to grow, since they were on a New Year's Eve date he still could've given her the flowers, still could've been sweet with her, still could've not shown her the cold shoulder on the horse ranch.

At the end, my girl doesn't know that he had already been in love with her the whole time. While he had 3 years to nourish his romantic feelings for her, she didn't even know him. No matter what, she can't catch up with him this fast when he plays hot and cold with her. I wonder how he wants to measure her feelings and when will it be satisfactory to him. I really hope that with the next episode, he finally confronts her about his suspicions and doesn't let her get away with some lame excuse again. Because someone needs to confront her about her feelings. Sometimes it feels like she doesn't even know that she likes him, and then other times it seems she is super sure that she does. I don't know if that's weak writing or if she's really supposed to be that clueless (which wouldn't make any sense with the way they build her up as the most attentive and smart journalist) I wonder if she even remembers that revenge thing, because I sure forgot about it.

lol not only cancelled. the dude is in prison

Honestly, despite the lack of budget, this is so much fun. It's so intriguing, and it keeps me giggling the whole time.

I love slow burn, but usually it happens without any courting. Usually they just slowly develop their own feelings by themselves without ever voicing any kind of affection towards each other because they're scared. Here, they are basically already dating each other every day, and I am growing more and more impatient. I'm very interested though because I think the leads have nice chemistry and I love that they are slowly getting to know each other and slowly falling even more, compared to all the insta-love stories that we usually get. And I like seeing that they're both successful and have their independent ambitions (although I have to admit that I do not care for any of the financial stuff at all and skip them a lot of times if I deem them irrelevant). I've been fine with it going very slow, but they also need to justify setbacks, and currently I don't understand why they went three steps back after finally taking one step forward on new year's.

The only problem with this is that it's too short

Knowing that rebirth plots are banned, how are they going to make the story work here?