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I will rant on. Xu Kai's character looks absolutely childish in some scenes. In the novel we never get to see Han Ting acting that way. Not to mention this absolutely cringy cliche add-on of them having met when they're kids. And what is this plot implying a 30-something year old never being in a relationship before? Isn't it more logical that he did have some history before meeting our FL? It's also understandable why it could be Zeng Di. This would also explain why she can't let go of him and is acting like a possessive b..ch. To sum it up, when adapting the script from an existing novel, if not the plot then at least please stick to the rules of common sense.

I absolutely agree with you on this! Novel Han Ting is a cold blooded and cool headed guy nowhere near to the one impersonated by Xu Kai. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind them changing characters. E.g I love LiLi's character way more in the tv adaptation than in the book. It's also not the actors fault, they are giving us what they're told to give. It's just that the novel gives off a completely different vibe than we get to see on the screen.

“report” - he gave an order to report that company to the authorities.

It was the emperor who would never approve of this marriage as he was always weary of the nobles having too much power over him so he would naturally see this marriage as a threat to himself. In this lifetime SRQ is advised by his brother to form an alliance with consort Rou who in turn has a full support of the emperor. By this SRQ would not only dare to challenge his destiny and marry the love of his life but also provide Li Rong with the much needed protection against the wrath of the nobles.

Time Machine by Kim Tae Yeong is perfectly reflecting my mood after the show was concluded. Many thanks to the user who shared the Spotify OST playlist.

Should we care?

I think she knew it the moment they first met as kids in their past life. Last 13 minutes of episode 9. She tells him about the letter from his mom and starts walking away. Then upon realizing something she slowly turns around and gives him rather a sad look even though a moment ago she was softly smiling at him.

To me the plot has a strong resemblance to Gone with the wind.

ML was the one to rule out Go Min Su. He figured out that by the time of his own death Go Min Su was already dead after committing suicide in his prison cell. However ML had him released in 2022 thus enabling him to commit the crime in 2023.

I will add to this as well. I do think that the match box and the red thread is Go Mi Sook's doing and not her brother's (who I consider is the culprit). And I do believe she is the one to kill FL's mom in the present time. Unlike her brother, she knew that Lee Soon Ae cannot swim and forced her into the water.

Because of the red thread the victims were tied with I used to think it was done by the secret police that was after commie sympathizing protesters. Ruled it out though.

That's not right. Last few minutes of ep. 10 all three of them meet at the cinema entrance.

In fact each and every theory discussed here so far has the right to exist. It’s not that we are trying to solve this case based on the real evidence. We are merely trying to guess which out of all the possible endings the screenwriter will choose to wrap up the story.

I do not think ML’s father is the culprit. But I do believe that by the end of ep 14 he already time travelled and figured out what was going on.
ML’s mom never mentioned directly Yoon Yeon Woo’s name to him but it’s still clear who she was talking about. Let’s assume YYW is not the father, who that could be instead, provided that Chung Ah was sure Hae Joon would never fail to recognize the culprit if he really had seen the culprit’s face? Who else is so close to Hae Joon and Chung Ah at the same time? There is no such a person as far as I know.
As for the culprit, as someone already mentioned below, it could be Go Min Su from the future. It was originally him and it’s still him in the new timeline. Go Mi Sook witnessed the killing and realized it was her brother from the future that’s why she was so sure about him never being caught.
Remember, in one of the early episodes Go Min Su crosses paths with FL? He meets a young woman in a place full of memories, after suppressing his violent being for decades. This happens at night and there is no one around. That’s only natural to assume he would follow FL and would end up time traveling.
The evidence provided by Chung Ah doesn’t really point at Yoon Yeon Woo, it rather reveals that there is someone trying to separate those two. That someone could be Go Mi Sook. She was frequenting the tea house with her friends where she could probably see Chung Ah knitting that red hat and connect all the dots. She knew Yoon Yeon Woo and Chung Ah were dating. Maybe she also had feeling for the guy, who knows…

I absolutely agree with you on this. Just want to add one more thing. I do believe that young KMS is somehow aware of the whole time travel concept.

Oh, I see now. Thanks for the clarification. I really missed on that part. I might be biased towards her because i find her behavior a bit out of the line. Let's say her age is her excuse then.

U ri is not that simple as it seems. At the beginning of ep.9 she is shown opening her lunchbox and there is a cute heart decoration on top of the rice. At this moment U ri’s face changes and she closes the lunchbox. I thought not only she is in a relationship but also she is staying with her partner. Not a bad partner I must add, one that went so far as to prepare her lunchbox early in the morning… I kind of feel sorry for her boss, he was treating his staff similarly friendly but only U-ri has misinterpreted it and created unnecessary tension.

I see it as ML gets killed in the future because he finds out who the killer was in the past. Kind of if he didn’t travel in the past he would never get himself killed in the future.

I’m watching it on Viki

My bad, episodes 3 and 4 respectively. Been watching too many dramas lately, got confused.