We might have gotten to see Min Hui beat the crap out of Cheng Qirang again. Sigh ... At least we got to see her beat the crap out of Di Feng. Consolation prize. Looking forward to Lin Xiyue's revenge arc. Too late for her to do full redemption, but simple personal revenge on her part will go a long way towards salvaging her karma. I like that this show is showing not only the risks and vulnerabilities that women face in the workplace, but also having many of the women be strong and able to solve their problems.
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This is the third time that Xin Qi has put that bracelet on Min Hui's wrist. Hopefully this time it stays!!!! No more backsies!!!!!!They have enough problems to deal with. Writers: Please let them be and stay a couple now to face them together! We are 23 episodes in and FINALLY get a real kiss (Not a peck on the cheek. Not a drunken smooch that doesn't count. Not faces falling together by accident. A real passionate kiss!). This is only a 28 episode series so PLEASE just stop with the backward slides in their romance!
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Xin Qi's heart condition issues broke the stalemate and forced Min Hui to care for him and resume being connected with him. Then a key conversation between Min Hui and Cindy not only gave MH a better picture of what XQ's life was like as a child before they met, but also provides a hugely important clarity on just how important both Min Hui and Quanquan are to Xin Qi. That was a really important moment because you could almost see a light go on inside Min Hui. He will never give up on her because he needs her and their son so badly. Later, we get a potentially traumatic scene that turns awesome as Min Hui remembers all the martial arts training they've shown in various gym scenes and shows why she is a true 'strong female lead'. In the aftermath, she finally opens up to Xin Qi about her past trauma from before they met and explains her behavior at the cocktail party back in episode 1.
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The writers use Xin Qi's heart condition to finally break the stalemate the story had gotten to. That was pretty predictable but forgivable. Still feels like Min Hui's stubbornness is a bit dragged out - but at least the story has a path forward again. Hearing Quanquan imitate his Aunt Cindy's, "Poor Jason!" caps off the episode!
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They are dragging this out too long. Hopefully they get some resolution soon. I worry, though, that the writers will use some drama trope contrivance to fix this because they've pretty much boxed the relationship between Min Hui and Xin Qi into a dead-end corner as things stand. So I worry they will use something dramatic, like bringing in a real legitimate love triangle interest (ick) or maybe have either Xin Qi or Quanquan have some heart complications. Or some other extreme drama.
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She only knew Su Tian for a short while - just a few days, it seems from what they said. And yet she has become so entangled with her for her entire life since. And she's twice experience terrible emotional pain because of it. So her attitude of withdrawal, trying to create space between her and (for her) the possibility of experiencing that pain again is understandable. But it's not ultimately going to work. Becoming emotionally detached, denying yourself from feeling love out of fear will ultimately be just as bad and damaging to her. Further, there is no way to truly disentangle herself from Su Tian anymore, ever. Because of Su Tian, she met Xin Qi. And because of that, she has Quanquan. Even if she somehow never saw Xin Qi or Chen JiaJun again, she would still be entangled with Su Tian because of Quanquan's very existence. So hopefully she and Xin Qi can resolve this quickly. Also, one has to wonder just what was Min Hui's life like before meeting Su Tian? We know pretty much nothing. We know that Min Hui was extremely upset about something and Su Tian helped cheer her up. But that's it.
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As a high point, the 'rescue' by Xin Qi, declaring publicly that he is Quanquan's father, was pretty epic. The proud family walk off was trey cool. The low point was the very last seconds of the episode when dumb-as-aa-post Chen Jiajun burst in to rain on the lead couple's happiness. (How exactly did he get into the hotel room? I guess we will ignore that.)
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He avoids having to talk about his idiot sister's meddling by simply legally giving up custody to Min Hui, trusting that her love for Quanquan will mean he'll still get to see his son no matter what. This is a huge act of sincerity and trust on his part and it rapidly repairs all the damage caused by the stupid custody lawsuit. Later, we get a low-key hilarious, near-4th-wall-breaking meta discussion between ZhiZhu and RuJi on the fate of SML characters in dramas!!! And then even more hilarious scene of a drunk Cao Mu FaceTiming w/ JiaJunj, crying / scolding / apologizing because she missed him so much all day. For once the other couples step up with some entertainment! We end with another near-miss on a kiss between the leads ...
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I get it that he loves and forgives his sister and he overall likes his man Hardy, but both of them needed to be severely scolded to understand just how much trouble they caused. They both want Quanquan in Xi Qi's life, but their foolishness put that at serious risk. It's the kind of thing that needs to be said so that everyone is clear on the potential consequences of meddling in someone else's personal life. But for some reason, the writers have made Xi Qi - brutal CEO boss who never hesitates to be critical of others ... doesn't say anything to either? Just like when he had a clear chance to explain to Min Hui that the custody lawsuit was mistakenly filed by his sister, he just stands suddenly tongue-tied? If real people communicated as poorly as drama writers imagine, then the world would grind to a halt. Still I'm glad they avoided the trope of the elder sister actually being a villain in opposition to the FL. She was well-meaning but just completely misinformed. So there is hope this misunderstanding could get resolved soon and not dragged out for 10 episodes.
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Why on earth would he ever assume his boss would want to do that custody lawsuit? That makes zero sense. Why did he not immediately warn his boss the moment he got it? It's just too stupid. And I hate the way dramas writers script these argument scenes where one side doesn't actually answer a simple question, leading to misunderstanding. He asks her to let him explain, but when she does, he never actually explains how the custody lawsuit was due to the Chairwoman's meddling. This sort of 'miscommunication' always feels so fake and contrived and I wish script writers would not do this. It's stupid and lazy. I understand that the writers want to insert a little separation anxiety into the plot so they contrived a 'crisis' in their relationship for an episode or two.. I really hope they don't drag it out though or repeat this kind of badly contrived 'drama'. And jeez. Zhou RuJi continues to be a completely unlikeable snake. He literally tries to prey on Min Hui's current vulnerability to hook her into marriage!!! What a scumbag character he has been and continues to be. Is the show going to really try to reform his character and make him a sympathetic pairing with Zhuzhu? Because right now, I wouldn't want her character to get stuck with this scumbag either.
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These two, "besties", who are so tight with each other over everything else, for some reason have kept from telling each other about their respective 'relationships' in this show for far too long. We also get a frank discussion between Xin Qi and the annoying and pathetic Zhou Ru Ji. Xin Qi calls him out for wasting everyone's time in pursuit of something that just won't happen. Finally, we see yet more steady forward progress between Min Hui and Xin Qi.
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And of course the men in their lives are always great cooks. It's kind of a lazy, silly trope. And it really seem unrealistic that Min Hui, as a long time independent single mom (who is incredibly smart and practical) wouldn't know at least the basics of cooking. At any rate, loved that Zhou Ru Ji walked into a solid visual of a happy family of 3 having fun together. A family he is NOT part of. I wish the jerk would take the hint finally. And can he please also stop being such a jerk to Zhuzhu? I know his purpose is to be the 'SML', but does his character really have to be as unlikeable as this?
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That was an extremely cruel, s***ty thing for Zhou Ru Ji to say. Not cool at all and I would hope that Min Hui realizes it. That line pushed me away from neutral on Zhou's character. He's well aware that Xin Qi just learned about his son and is extremely emotionally vested in being a father and that line had to hurt. To say that crap and then further, disruptively insert himself and try to 'mark his territory' by pissing everywhere in their family business was just not cool. If he was a true friend and really cares about Quanquan, he would respect and give space to them building up their father & son relationship. And he would respectfully tell Quanquan to call him "Uncle Zhou", which is much more appropriate. But instead he is a jerk.
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Not a 'perfect' ending - I think the death scenes for each of Xiao Wei Ran, Xia Jing Shi and Empress Zhuang were all drawn out too long and far longer than these characters merited. Especially Wei Ran's. He was a truly worthless, pathetic traitor who deserved a quick death and a kick into the gutter, no more. Combined, those death scenes consumed quite a few precious screen minutes with nothing happening. Those minutes could have been better spent in the wrap-up on the leads or at least a little bit showing Xi Yang returned to Susha and in her new role. But otherwise, the overall ending was satisfying.
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Jing Shi just went beyond all prior levels of evil for this show. One of the most awful cruel things he's done (which is saying something). It's hard to say Feng Sui Ge could hate Jing Shi any more than he already did, but this will make him insane with rage. Typical of a lot of dramas, the show is suddenly cramming a LOT into the last episodes. It's still very well done and it doesn't feel like they are skipping anything important. But don't blink or you might miss something critical!
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