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We are veering of the main point, which is she most likely got on to this drama with backup resources. Either she got connections or her company paid enough money for her to be in this drama. That's it.

I don't think she's ugly, just not a memorable face, like a plane Jane. She's still young, so she has time to improve her acting and some girls, as they age, their face becomes a bit more distinctive, and not by surgery. I'm sure if she had a better makeup artist she'll look more different.

Aaaah, I see. He has grown.

Yes! It's so interesting that the one behind all his shenanigans is the father. All this to give more "hands on experience" for xfn. His youngest son is too naive and childlike, can never be a good fit to rule. Although he is cute and I like the bromance. I love dramas like this, all these revelations and big players behind the chess pieces. It's so exciting.

I think the further you watch you will understand why ml isn't as respectful to his dad. His dad is pretty calculative and manipulative towards everyone, even his own sons. He will do anything to protect Xu family and military power, that includes assassinating ml. Whether this is just another hands on experience his father likes to do to teach ml or not, it's a bit too much. Bc of this, ml is irritated and annoyed so yeah he doesn't respect his father in the traditional sense, and his father does give him a lot of leeway, but that's bc his father constantly endangers his son, and by his own intentions too. This is an interesting father-son duo/dynamic, and I'm here for it!

Just like in JOL, Liqin played a significantly small fl role, hence she's not going to be in S2 (that's what I heard). I'm on ep 5, and from the little behaviour from xfn, it seems like she'll be (one of) his romantic partner. At least, he seems to care for her, though it could be bc of her true identity that influenced his behaviour.

Yes, big actresses that made it won't play these roles but there are still many many actresses that have a lot of works under their belt, but still stuck in the "2nd fiddle roles" such as Xuan Lu, as mentioned by hikikomori. Like Liqin, she has been in the industry for years and she does have some memorable scenes, yet she still took a small fl role, granted she may not have been as popular during when she filmed JOL, but she is still so much more qualified than Teresa. So why didn't production of SSS find another actress, stuck in the "2nd fiddle roles" with more qualifications than Teresa? I still stick to my case that there's backings/ back door. But, since this fl is a small potatoe in this drama, I don't really care.

I hope Lao Huang doesn't die. He's so precious and witty and funny. Most importantly he means lot of xfn. I like the fatherly son/friendship they have between them.

I am impressed at how smart and insightful xfn is, but wow, his dad is the master mind. I am speechless by his father. The older you are the more wiser, that is a saying that speaks soundly in this drama.

EP 5. This martial artist that's practically living under the river...I thought it would be a big fish that would eat the Lin scholar but it's the martial artist. I like these constant reveals of these high martial artists in Xu Manor. Like what kind of other secrets and wonders are living there

Ep 4, this Lin boy, the scholar, is pathetic. He's all righteous and full of b.s., tries to assasinate XFN. He has no might or brains to do it. Leaving the dirty work to the poor foolish love sick girl. He isn't righteous at all manipulating the girl bc he knows she likes him, using her to assassinate xfn on his behalf and then when things goes wrong he begs for his life.

Not just the way she looks but also her young age and the type of dramas she has filmed. She's still a newbie, not very experienced and not many notable works under her name. She's basically a baby in the industry compared to other actresses, and im not talking about the A-list ones. So yes, if She's from a company then she prob had backing from her company to get this role. It's a common thing now, especially if the drama is a big ml small fl type. Not many more established or popular actresses are willing to tske on small fl roles now.

The fight scenes are weird. There's no intricate choreography of the dighting scenes that were once there in JOL. The white clothed fox lady's fighting scened are a bit abdsurd for me. The directing and the style of it is not what's expected in a S+ production. It's almost a comedic animation where the swordsman zooms past the group of hooligans in a blink of an eye, not knowing what happened inbetween that caused the hooligans to fall on the ground in pain. I hope the fighting scenes will improve more later on. O have high hopes since there's still many more fighting scenes to come

She's not bad too. The thing is, there's just way too many actors and actresses. My fave actress took 15yrs before She's even remotely acknowledge by the acting circle

More so than humor, therrs a lot of hidden revelations and suprises. I like the unpredictability.

I agreed, that if this maid is to be the potential fl of XuFeng, then she is really lacking. Like I said before, she must've had a backdoor, perhaps her company gave more resources. I was surprised she landed a big role like this in a drama full of veterans. It is a high production drama. Last I saw her in a previous drama I didn't really like her. Her face is just lacking the "wow" factor, she doesn't have anything distinctive. I had to google He Lan Dou, and I rmb some of her works. Her face is mediocre at best, and acting is just soso. Could never get into her acting. An actress doesn't have to be beautiful, but to be successful, they have to have something memorable like a drama or specific scene. She's not even a wallflower but a background side cast. The ones that are nameless and faceless.

At this point, idc if there's more critique than compliments for this drama. I need another drama after JOL, and this will suffice. I haven't been able to get into any dramas, including ym/william's, yz, vic/yb. zly. I need a drama that give a lot of suspence, mystery, thrill, surprise and dark humor.

I am a fan of Seven, I follow her activities closely for the past couple years, meaning her weibo and online tabloid rumors and other fans' comments and their theories etc. My other friend has been even a longer fan and she has a familiar knowledge of how or when Seven will announce something. This isn't mean, it's call reality. This drama isn't going to happen. I was once excited for this so I searched about it. It was scheduled or planned to start filming Jan of 2020, but bc of Covid it was paused. From there, both actors, especially Seven, have been busy filming one drama after another. There was slight hope that Seven and Dylan will film once their schedule is cleared up (I assumed Seven signed a contract with Mango so she would have to film a drama with Mango either way). But it's been 2 years and going on 3rd year now. Another reason is Dylan already filmed a simliar concept of "older sister-younger brother" romance, which aired this year. It wouldn't be smart of Seven to film this type of drama when her costar already did. She's also trying to change her image and stray away from romcom or idol drama. Lastly, if you look at the recent and rumored to be costars, you will see that they are of higher status celebs. Kenny Lin, Wangkai (like common! it's wangkai), and JingBoRan. Dylan isn't an A-list celeb nor is he even considered a B-list (every year, China releases a list of celebs who are A, B, and C-list actors. I don't agree with it since some singers are listed as A-list when they aren't even actors). I'm sorry to say, if this offends you if you are a Dylan fan, but if Seven partners with Dylan then she's going backwards. I'm sure Dylan will improve in his acting, and perhaps the drama with Esther will save his career.

These are the reasons why I think this drama isn't going to happen. Ofc, they are mostly logical assumptions, and anything can happen. I don't mean to rain on your parade, but that's how I see things. Just like how I wish and hope Seven and Allen will collab a 2nd time, but I know it's a slim chance, given that their schedule don't fit and their fans hate each other.

Couldn't agreed more. Idk how she got the role. Must be some backings. ok I take it back, she fits as a maid. There's a chinese saying " maid/servant face" and she fits that. That's why I didn't think she fit as fl, but now knowing her character is a maid at first, well at least they got that right.

I only finished first ep. I can't help but compare this to JOL and had hopes and expectations it would be on par with JOL. What I'm not very fond of is the choreography of the fight scenes. The editing of it isn't that great in the fights. They keep fast forwarding the actual choregraphy and just do close up shots, even more absurd is having these The Flash moments where they fast forward it in hyper speed. But, it's just first ep, so I still have hopes it'll get better.

In the further eps, I believe one of the pair of parents booked the restaurant to do the reception or something. Without letting the girl know, and that was when they already broke up. During the video call, they (the couple) didn't start discussing it, they were busy arguing. So I would consider it a onesided discussion between the parents and the couple.

Technically they weren't engaged. They just lived together. Basically skipped the engagement and go straight to wedding planning. But they havent even started the planning. It was the parents that did it behind their back. Which i don't appreciate

On ep 14. I hate the parents forcing their kids into relationships and marriages. They are old enough to think for themselves. If Xiameng doesn't want to marry the ex then she doesn't have to. It's the rest of her life she has to spend with the guy. Her parents can give suggestions and even their prespectives but never force or make her do something.