As noted in a prior episode review, the Du Yang Xi character shows his petty, spiteful nature right away in his new marriage. It's one thing that he hadn't yet scene the face of his new wife due to his mother agreeing to the change in bride, but isn't he aware of the fact that Shou Hua is the one who actually saved him from freezing to death in the streets? For that alone, smple human gratitude should have him kowtowing to her for the rest of his life. The fact that his bizarre, emotionally challenged friend saw Du's wife's face and experienced her care before Du did is a pathetic little regret that Du will always have to live with. He has so much to make up to her now in this marriage. It was SO satisfying to see that even Sang the Stone understands that Du has wronged his wife and kicks him out of his room. Of course, soon enough, he realizes his mistake but his pride and pettiness drag out the reconciliation and worse, his naive and shallow understanding of 'principles' that he adheres to make him an easy mark for manipulation.
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So proud of the show writers for not dragging the main couple's separation out for 20+ episodes through various plot contrivances, such as is so common in so many c-ddramas! Thank you, writers! Hopefully we now get to see the two clever leads working together as a team to solve the various problems they will face.
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Man, the intensity of this drama just keeps ramping up. The music score is impressive and really builds the tension up. So far, lots of plot threads are still just getting started. Hope they start to tone that down and instead start to close some off or the story will get too convoluted. I.E., how many episodes will it take to resolve things like the Zhou Yinzi,is a spy thread? Or Fangyin just invested in silk futures thread? And will Shen Jia and Jian Xuy Hui ever actually meet in this life? And at this point a burning question has to be: Just how many guys did the FL have some sort of intimate relationship with in her first life? Obviously Yan Lin, but also the Emperor in that life (Shen Jia?) and something seems to have been intimate between her and Xie Wei and to a lesser extent Zhang Zhe. That's a lotta guys. What's her plan for THIS life? Finally - wow, Yan Lin really is kind of a big dumb stupid jock stereotype, isn't he? One wonders if his idiocy is ultimately the key catalyst for all the troubles in the first life?
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So we've established that Du refused to marry Liu Ba Niang because .... he's a snob. He has a bias against the wealthy. And was prejudiced against her before he even knew her. Not sure how this is supposed to make him appealing. Gotta feel a little sorry for Chai An at this point who must be getting very frustrated. Yes,he's doing a lot of 'scheming' to try to get his way, but he is sincere in how he feels for Li Kang Nang and it's got to be frustrating that the friction between the two Mom's is the sticking point.
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This episode follows a fairly predictable sequence of events to set up Du as a potential suitor. From Madam Li's perspective right now it's obviously towards Kang Ning, since she is the one she is trying to marry off right now. So naturally we get some hijinks by Chai An to guard against any possible 'connection' between Du and Kang Ning. However, we all know that in the long run, Chai An is the ML and no relationship between Du and Kang Ning will go anywhere. The seeds being planted look more promising between Du and Shou Hua - the latter is the one who actually rescued him and also is the one who truly appreciated his poetry.
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So it wasn't surprising to see the betrothal fall apart almost immediately. C-Dramas just don't let the main couple reach happiness that quickly & easily. They always have to contrive some stupid angsty delay.. The worst part of this episode wasn't that plot development. The worst part of this episode was the really choppy editing / scene jumps. The editing has been a little off all along in this show but was especially bad in this episode.
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This episode was headed for a much higher score until the 'fake kidnapping' stunt near the end. This was stupid and irresponsible on the part of the ML and he's already done several stunts in these early episodes that were not cool. Early on, this show has had a tendency to whitewash the bad behavior of the ML and I hope that stops.
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"Oh Lord! Please don't let me be MISUNDERSTOOD!" - this song echoes in my head right now every time I see Chai A taking the blame for the crap that Liang keeps pulling. I'm loving this show so far, but I really, really, REALLY hope the writers do not drag out the "misunderstanding" trope for very long. It's one of the most annoying c-drama tropes and I don't have the patience for it.
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You Are My Fateful Love Episode 24
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Not only do we get the FL and ML finally re-united, but we then get an unexpected surprise visit by the FL's parents in their first chance to meet Xu Huaisong as their daughter's official boyfriend. This meeting of course has all the usual awkward moments you would expect. And then finally, later we get a meetup of our now happy couple with the still-dating-in-secret Shen Mingying and Liu Mao! Lots of fun movements in this episode.
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You Are My Fateful Love Episode 22
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So, earlier, Lawyer Lv obviously tampered with Xu Huaisong's message acoount causing quite a bit of stress and emotional damage for Xu and Ruan Yu. This happened on his work computer at the office so this is a serious offense. She should have been strongly disciplined for this and possibly even fired. But of course, typical of c-dramas, she received absolutely no punishment whatsoever. So now, she comes striding right back into Ruan Yu's life to cause more trouble with her little scheming ways trying to once again push a wedge between Ruan Yu and Xu Huaisong.
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You Are My Fateful Love Episode 21
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My goodness. The performances by both Chen Hao Lan (Shen Mingying) and Li Jun Xian (Liu Mao) in the diner scene were phenomenal. That whole scene was so emotional and riveting. Just that scene alone made this whole episode amazing.
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You Are My Fateful Love Episode 19
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If they had just taken the peak moment when Huaisong and Yu watch the iron fireworks and just move forward from there with their relationship then this episode would have. been a 10. But instead, the episode spent far, far, far too much time lamenting how sad poor pathetic crybaby Li Shi Can is and trying to build sympathy for him from us viewers. Most of the last 10 minutes of this episode can be skipped.
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You Are My Fateful Love Episode 17
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Too much screen time spent wasted on the pretentious Li Shi Can who continues to demonstrate to the viewer why he is unworthy of Ruan Yu. It's plain as day that she will never fall for him and so his screen minutes feel like just an annoying waste of time.
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You Are My Fateful Love Episode 13
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Shen Ming Ying is a boss queen! The way she dealt with her lying scumbag boyfriend is awesome. I now really want to see Chen Hua Lan starting as FL in a series! She is just owning her minutes on screen and especially in this episode.
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You Are My Fateful Love Episode 11
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This episode had so much potential to be as enjoyable as the previous 10 episodes. But it took a stupid, annoying turn by leaning into the dreaded 'love triangle' drama trope and spending far too much screen time on the pathetic and annoying Li Shi Can. I don't understand why so many drama writers think that a romance story needs to feature a 'love triangle'. Most of the really great romance dramas do NOT include a love triangle or if they do, it is only given the most brief appearance before being dismissed. Because the strength of a romance story is in the romance between the two leads. Not with contrived distraction from some character who is obviously NEVER going to win the girl (or guy, in the case of stories where the 3rd wheel is a female). So all the effort and screen time spent building up the character's candidacy as a potential love interest always feels like a giant waste of time. And the introduction of the Li Shi Can character is already going through the torturous dumb hoops that is so typical with this trope. On one hand, to bolster his potential candidacy as a love interest the show provides backstory about his positive interactions with the FL in the past and try to portray him as a good person who has overcome his own difficulties, blah, blah. But the show also has to hedge all that with the flaws that will ultimately provide justification for why the FL does not choose him and that's where the show gets tied up in knots with this kind of crap. Despite his charming good looks and apparent nice guy visage, there are cracks in Li Shi Can's facade already. Just as a starter, the basis for his obsession with Ruan Yu is so incredibly weak: Yes, she was nice to him when he was young, helping raise money among friends to buy him a guitar. But he does the cliche' SML thing of confusing a simple act of kindness with being a basis for romantic love. So that right there is simply pathetic. He otherwise has only scant interactions with Ruan Yu ever and has no real basis for love. Next, little things such as, after Si Si tries to commit suicide and it becomes unsafe for Ruan Yu to stay at her own home, he tries to convince her to come stay at HIS place -- but this is selfish and not thinking at all. If she went to his place, the paparazzi would surely find out and that would blow up everything even more and SHE would be the one put at more risk. Another awful thing he does in this episode is when he goes to visit Cen Si Si in the hospital he again and again triggers her psychopathy with the things he said. He basically taunts her with not only his refusal to admit that there is NO ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIMSELF AND RUAN YU, he doubles down telling Si Si that he intends to pursue Ruan Yu. Regardless of whether these things are true or not, they are pouring gasoline on the fire burning up this mentally disturbed person. He should never have been allowed in that hospital room. He is selfish and irresponsible.
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