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Oh, it's interesting to hear the lead actress isn't considered a conventionally attractive woman in China.

From my shallow (Western) understanding of Chinese beauy standards I would've assumed she fits all of the typical ones like the big eyes, double eyelids, pointy chin etc. and is a conventional beauty, haha. It just goes to show that you won't truly understand a culture just by reading about it on the internet, you have to actually live in it and know its language.

Thanks for sharing your cultural insights with us! 👍

I'm becoming a fan of these female-centric revenge dramas where romance is not the focus of the story.

Really enjoyed this one and I didn't even plan on watching it as it's not my favorite genre.

It had some logic errors and was overly dramatic/over-the-top at certain points but I didn't really mind since that was obviously the tone the director was going for. Loved the fast pace and intensity of the story, the focus on revenge and scheming as well as the portrayal of different family relationships, good or bad.

Another thing I really appreciated were the storylines for the middle-aged female characters. Though I'm not at their age (yet lol), I liked the message that you're never too old for second chances and turning your life around.

The only thing I wished had been written differently is the leads' romance... I always love me a good FL-centric plot but sometimes the ML here felt more like her pretty accessory than a secondary main character and his own person. (Admittedly, there are more Cdramas that have this problem the other way round, giving the ML more agency and a more compelling storyline than the FL despite BOTH of them being main characters, so I won't complain too much 😅)

The ML also had flaws that contributed negatively to their relationship, e.g. keeping important things from her or lying to her until the last episode, but you only complain about the FL's flaws...

Typical double standards by Cdrama viewers 😓

Where are you from? In my area, East Asian men are pretty rare. A tall Korean guy would definitely attract attention around here. At the very least from Asian drama and Kpop fans 😆

And ngl, it's kinda odd to mock Korean beauty standards as a drama fan considering K-dramas literally only promote people who fit their beauty standards 😂 Idk why I keep seeing people on this website who obsess over Korean stuff but also express such disdain for Korean culture...

They had to delete the whole website, that's why none of the links are working anymore. Kisskh is a good alternative.

That's too bad. I really don't like this trend of splitting up kdramas into several seasons...

You got your wish in the most recent episode and it's not a pretty sight 😬

That's kind of an unhinged thing to say about another person... but okay 😭

Yep, I clicked on this show on IQ because of the poster. It reminds of the BL mangas I used to read in the past.

She's literally a main character. She can talk as much as she wants 😂

Because some people perceive any relationship with a big age difference as pedophilia even when they involve two grown-up adults.

Song Zuer is already 26 though, not 16, and Liu Yuning is not that old. The pearl-clutching this time doesn't even make sense.

Love the cast but not the director. I've watched almost all his historical dramas and they're either downright bad or just mediocre. I'm really hoping this one has more budget and better script than his other projects because Wang Xingyue and Julia Xiang deserve it.

Let's be real, if the girl was a guy instead, you would probably love her 😂 She has all the typical traits of popular male characters: cold, strong, arrogant and stoic. Your problem is with her gender, not her personality.

Thanks for replying!

Does he have a lot of screentime? I'm guessing yes since he appears till the end? This drama looks a little low budget but I would watch it for him if his role is not just a small one.

Does anyone know what kind of role Wang Hao Xuan has?

Pretty sure it's filters (too).

The filters in many recent Xianxia dramas are pretty strong. It makes actors look like they have porcelain skin with absolutely zero pores.

He had lead roles in most of his older works! Sadly, actors on the older side don't get as many opportunities to play main characters.

It's dubbed but by herself. The two lead actors are using their own voices in this drama.

Honestly not really enjoying it... At some point I started to watch Li Jiu Lin's scenes only and skipped the rest.