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One episode after Jiu Si stops up big time to help save the family .... he reverts to acting like a child, leading Yu Ru to ask that question. Things are getting very serious for the family now, with all the trouble in the imperial oourt. And there is no more time for Jiu Si to continue acting like a child.
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My goodness. Gu Jiu Si totally manned-up and was so dramatic with the self-punishment scene. That was one hella emotional scene and he looked so badass at the same time. Bai Jing Ting's voice is so powerful that his speaking his sins while taking his penance really magnified the moment. He really stepped up to protect his family from potential damage by the scheming Wangs. What a powerful scene, especially this early in the series. I was not expecting that.!
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I don't get why she wastes time explaining all her personal reasons why. He already clearly has spied on her and the Gu's a lot and has too much information on them already. Why give him any more personal insights? I guess this is exposition for the viewers but it felt odd and unnecessary for her to be explaining any of her thinking to this total stranger. Especially one who clearly has a sketchy agenda and blatantly wants you to betray your family. Later, things turn extremely dark all of a sudden with a reveal of just how evil Lou Zi Shang & his conspirators are.
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Watching YuRu transform and ascend into her new Young Madam persona, take control of the Gu household and publicly shame her husband into obedience was epic!
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Crazy how pretty much everything he says to Yu Ru is a mindless, insensitive insult to her. And he has no clue just how much he has destroyed what she thought was her life with his careless words. One bright light in the darkness for Yu Ru, though, is her new Mother-in-Law seems like a wonderful nice lady who will help and support her.
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The show wraps up the revenge-on-Cheng Qirang arc in satisfying fashion. I like how the methods of revenge were all realistic and made sense within the context of the story. Nothing felt like it was pulled out of thin air.
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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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