This one at least starts out with some much-needed-cuteness and romance as Jiu Si and YuRu are rescued and finally have some peaceful rest together. But after finally reuniting with Jiu Si's mother, we get some intense sadness as first the latter copes with the loss of her husband and then YuRu finally, finally has to deal with the grief of losing her real mother. This series needs an episode or two that isn't stabbing us in the heart in order to give us an emotional breather.
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The aftermath is just as brutal as the prior episode as Yu Ru and Jiu Si learn about more atrocities and deal with their grief while on the run. Jiu Si breaking down over his father is heartbreaking.
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Wang Shan Quan and Lou Zị Shang's men brutally take over the city and murder hundred of people. The episode features some exciting - though ultimately futile - martial arts combat scenes but mostly is dominated by the bad guys winning everything including killing several important characters. This obviously creates a low point for the lead couple who somehow survive this together. Lots of heartbreak in this one. A pretty impressive 'final words' speech by Jiu Si's best friend..
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Things are too peaceful in this episode. The steps to move the Gu family all seem ponderously slow. Lots of conversations and waiting. The bad guys clearly are going to do very bad things soon and as a viewer, I just want the good guys to move with more urgency! One key reveal is we now can categorize Luo Zhi Shang as the stereotypical "childhood friend who grows up into psychopath obsessed with the FL". The kind of idiot who confuses memories of childhood kindness for some kind of love bond. Ugh. I hate this trope. It's one of the worst, over-used plot tropes in c-dramas.
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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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