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I ugly cried the entire episode 24. Everything was so beautifully done—the romantic and wrenching proposal with the stars, to the traditional and extravagant wedding (hearing the vows and knowing it can’t be), to the snowy mountain and lake sorrowful confession of love (ugh! She wanted to sleep and he said he would sleep with her! I couldn’t keep the tears at bay), to the moment she walked into his arms in a sea of flowers he dedicated to her with smiles lighting their faces. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸The ending before the credits knifed my heart. He kept everything of hers, and we see that he bought a black fish to accompany the pink one he nurtured and healed. We see the epiphyllum blooming two flowers!! I thought that was all symbolic of how present she is in his life and how he waits patiently to be reunited with her again. Seeing him heartbroken—Jerry Yan, I love you! Don’t cry—and then he hears her call out his name, I ugly cried even more. And I screamed to divine providence the unfairness of it all. And I thought, I’m not going to get over this heat ache for awhile. Then we are privy to a wondrous scene after the credits. And my heart soared. Ambiguity, as much as I hate it, at least I’m allowed to interpret the ending as the two of them being together and living in bliss in the end. A love like theirs is eternal. This is an incredible love story, with imperfect human beings who love so profoundly and deeply that no one nor time nor death can break asunder. ❤️❤️❤️

Happy birthday!!! 🎂🥳🎊🎁🎈

I will.

Just watched episode 23. Beautifully acted. I can’t with these two. The depth of their love and the needless pain. 💕 ❤️❤️❤️💔. Jerry Yan and Xu Ruo Han have such great chemistry! When they’re together, butterflies flutter wildly. 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 Wishing for a happy ending. Then I’ll be euphoric. If not, 😭😭😭😭

I’m with you. Yesterday, I just made the mistake of watching The Starry Night, The Starry Sea. I loved it till the end, the very last minute I was like , “WTF!.” I was heartbroken. I also watched three dramas—Almost Love, 20th century Girl, and another Chinese drama—in the last month with very sad endings. So I am weary. However, The Forbidden Flower is my favorite drama, so I am going to watch till the end. I’ll deal with the melancholy by binging on dramas with happy endings.

I’m going to wait till someone here reveals the ending the director chose. If it’s the sad ending, I will somehow find a way to steel my heart and watch it. But I will prepare myself. I am one of those people who watches for happy endings in these dramas because reality is already painful.

Great idea!

I want to read the novel too!!

Just finished episode 19, and I'm crying for these two.

I'm so invested in their love story. I want a happy ending, and I'm apprehensive about the last few episodes. I cannot get over sad endings for a long time. I watched Almost Love with the FML, Xu Ruo Han, in this drama and Twentieth Century Girl and both endings made me so melancholy that I cannot rewatch them. I may wait a another day for the last episodes to air, before I sit down to watch what happens at the end.

Oh, this is going to be painful to watch.

I hear you.

Yes, that makes sense.

You obviously have difficulty reading for content, much less know how to use punctuation.

Watched the first 5 episodes. I am hooked. Very sensual for a Chinese drama. Love everything about it so far, especially the intense chemistry between Xu Ruo Han and Jerry Yan!! However, I’m anxious about the ending. Hoping this has a happy ending.

I don’t foresee a trophy issue. I actually enjoy the slow burn in this drama. But I do understand how it can be torturously slow with other dramas.

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LOL. It started out well, and now ...ugh... I mean I don't want a perfect male lead; however, seriously?? What the Fudge is this?!

I hope he ends his idiocy.

I agree. I want my male main leads to be flawed, but Kuer is just an idiot. I'm like "WTF, Kuer!!"