aww my babies are currently acting like a newlead couple and they haven't even talked about their feelings yet 🥹🥹 It's sad, I'm already at the middle and I don't want to finish watching it!!! 😭 love how ZL admires her strengths and cherishes LS from afar and is acting so nice towards her I love it I also love that even tho ZL wanted to help her grow her shop, she finally ended up doing it with her own resources and he's so proud of her the orange scene was so cute, and I love ZL's scenes in which he has heart eyes for LS -almost every scene hihi and I love it-. PE and WS couple is pretty cute too, but idk why WS is so dumb sometimes 😭 I love LS-mother (mother in law) relationship, they are so cute and they support each other, their scenes are always interesting and funny, the mother's character is very funny there wasn't much progress in this episode in regards of other themes, but at least the real murderer was caught and PE was freed PE and LS relationship is also cute but idk it still bothers me that PE is a bit lazyy, still it was cute when PE got released from prison and she encountered LS. And of course ZL was cute watching LS at that scene. I love how ZL feels in regard to LS's priorities and ways. How she is with people, what she cherishes, and I love that he wants to support her in every aspect. She has become one of his priorities and that is so cute! 😭 Also, again, the scene in which he wanted to be there for her for the opening of her shop and that she was also waiting for him 😭😭😭so cute. - and when he made time to visit her shop to see how was everything going and to support her is just so cute- He really considers her part of his family (actually a while ago already) And I love how he admires her for her hard work and self sufficience, and that he knows she can make it on her own, but he still wants to protect her, see her win, and he also wants her to grow I love it 😭😭😭 I don't know how to feel about modern stuff being but randomly in the drama, but it doesn't bother me either, it was sometimes funny, sometimes meh oh and that new guy, I don't know what he is about, I expect is not something that will botherme
love this drama but I've sort of -consciously- been putting it off because I don't want it to end 🥺 as always, I genuinely smile a lot watching these two together, I haven't been in a great headspace lately but watching these two in every world (every drama) makes me so happy and it lights up my mood.
I really love Jiaqi and Yiqin scenes together, specially the emotional ones, it's really their glances, their chemistry, it's just on another level 😭 while the drama hasn't given them bold romance scenes yet - maybe it's just not the vibe of the drama -, I love how JQ and YQ have taken the scenes they're given and even if they were made up to be innocent and maybe a slow burning romance, they make something sooo special with it, like they portray such a deep emotion and connection between the characters. I'm not going to lie, lately I've been specially fussy towards just anything, I get bored easily. at every show, every thing lol, while at some moments watching DQ I was like "ugh I don't want to think", there appears a scene of JQ and YQ making me genuinely smile and forgetting I was ever thinking about pause the drama for a bit or getting a tea or something, their chemistry is just so special, and I love that has become their superpower on this drama, guess what they've been building together as actors though their projects together, is bearing fruit. I'm really hoping they get contracted again to lead a romance together againnnn, cause if not, what will it be of me when I finish xiao cai mi????😭😭😭
Back to the plot, I love their scenes where they show them knowing more about the other one, empathizing with eo, and being soft for each other (hihi), it's funny how LS still doesn't have a clue she already has a big crush for ZL, and I love how ZL has it super clear and it's jus trying to navigate it. It's very sweet. (Ugh but I want to complain to the director, cause there were some scenes where they surely could've made more of ittt -I'm speaking again of YQ and JQ scenes of course sorry not sorry-)
But it was still so cute -I enjoyed the BTS a lot too, YQ was totally head over heels for JQ, but why was she always like convincing herself not to be flirty with YQQQ!!!, anyways, they both most probably had -hope,have- a big crush towards eo irl-
The accidental kiss scene and the previous scene was cutee, love watching YQ shyyy, it was also funny how they got with it in the after scene, the dream was also funny and cute -LS already has a big crush on ZL but she doesn't know it yet-
I guess the whole PE in jail thing was ok, it gave ZL and LS make progress in some aspects, and it also gave insight on the characters in terms of their priorities. I was also a bit worried cause it's true that since LS appeared on ZL's life, life hasn't been so easily, and she can feel it too, and she knows that too. While LS wants to help, they have a misunderstanding and LS reacted like that because she thought ZL was another type of man (he was actually that type of man) and she was totally disappointed -maybe again bc she totally likes him but still don't get into terms with it-
I also like LS and PE friendship, I liked that it was resolved in terms of why PE didn't tell LS, it wasn't because she didn't trust her, and LS didn't took it to heart either, which was a relief for me. I also liked that they showed their initial scene where their friendship started, it was sweet. Maybe I would've expected something more deep but still, it was nice that they showed it.
I really don't like that other "friend" of LS, first saying ZL was handsome ha ha -he's her friend husband-, and idk she is never there for LS, she's just there for money. LS has to beg for her help, she's not for LS unconditionally so.. it's a fake friendship for me. At some point I thought the chef would kill her lol
And I like that ZL is getting to know LS feelings, priorities and the way she views life. And I love that he proritizes LS's well being, and things that matter to her -like PE affair- And I love how head over heels he is for LS knowing more about her, and knowing for example the sect thing, which was to help people that needed a family, that needed a home, and opportunities in life. I also love how he wants to protect her and also wants to solve things for her. It was also funny when he discovered she was the 8th master hong , and their chemistry hitting once again!!! AND HIM HELPING IN LS'S SECT COOKING 😭😭😭😭😭LIKE HOW A HUSBAND SHOULD BE SUPPORTING HIS WIFE I LOVE IT SM. It's still funny how bossy LS is but I love that these initiatives are so innocent and pure. Awwwww and how could I forget the INTENSE STARING CONTEST WHEN ZL POURED THE TEA IN THE MILK PLEASEEEEEEEEEE, THE CHEMISTRY IS UNDENIABLE I CAN'T.
I love how they show the beautiful heart both of them have.
I also like PE and WS couple, they are cute and innocent .... but why is he that stupid sometimes 😭
Something I might not be liking that much is that I guess I prefer dramas that are built in a macro way but idk how to explain it, dramas/movies that are concise, idk I love that LS is the boss of this sect cause it really shows the heart of the character -where money obviously has their limits- but I guess I'd liked it better if there was some hint at the beggining -now thinking about it, maybe there was-, but a big hint idk. Somehow like it all felt part of a unit idk how to explain it, it still is, but I think some things get connected to the story then disconnected and I guess that is something that doesn't highlight for me at least. I have to be honest tho, specially in ancient dramas, some vocabulary is a bit specific so sometimes I'm not that of a specialist in understanding everything that is happening, specially when extravagant vocabulary enters the chat.
ugh I was left with such a burdensome feeling, not my favorite japanese reality, I still binged watched it cause…
I'm glad nazomi got the final main role, she deserved it I'm glad wooshik resolved his feelings towards honaka (I still hated his confused phase), but I knew they were endgame because of their chemistry (in the candy kiss rehersal pleaseee), I still think honaka didn't deserve him as she was looking another way, but I hope her final feelings are true -which seem like so- I loved dongkyu at the very beginning (loved that he literally only had eyes for nazomi, that made him very special and I thought he was very genuine to his feelings) until he turned his back from nazomi in an instant bc some other girl took the initiative, I hated him so much for that, they really left me with a very pleasant feeling I hate that couple sm, I hate men like dongkyu that in a second turn their back without explanations, this was very unfair to nazomi. I also liked rio very much at the begging but hated what she did how she did it -ugh and I hate how she started crying when nazumi was talking about the hard phase she was going through because of dongkyu- and ugh I empathize with nazomi so much Idk how she bared with the situation about taegyun and ayano: I like ayano sm! and I literally did not like taegyun at the begining , I didn't understand him and idk, I'm glad he ended up falling for ayano, and that she helped him show very affection and feelings more
about the drama-episodes, I liked a lot of them, liked the vibes a lot.
ugh I was left with such a burdensome feeling, not my favorite japanese reality, I still binged watched it cause it was a short one, but um I was really left with an unpleasant feeling bc of this one couple (and imo this was probably not scripted, because they were really cringeworthy at acting 😭-they got much better at the end tho!-)
lovedddd thisss 🥹🥹🥹 hope there's a second season, they should bring back old characters that had a spark…
- My cuteee shipppp nona and keiiii so cuteee, I'm so happy for them, I was so happy by the news of them getting engaged irl and married, and now they're even expecting their first child i love this so much!!! (I actually spoiled myself before the episode where kei leaves oops I had to know if I was or not really delulu, guess my intuition was right ;) ) - I liked yuta and anna, I think they would've made it if they gave them more time, yuta was not expecting to be leaving that soon and so his last move was the worst move ever!! um also, I don't understand anna that much - one thing I don't like is that there are frienships made here, but some girls were mean to others in terms of stabbing their backs so um it's a bit sad - I was very sad for shi, she's a person full of love but maybe she's not the best at dropping that love slowly. I was also sad for sayu, she had an unrequited love with kei and she was misunderstood by yushi (she didn't have to explain herself actually!), I hate that yushi made her feel that way, I don't think she found love there but I hope one day she finds it, she really is a nice girl and deserved love, shi too (well all the girls/boys of course) - I hope saki and taka gave each other a chance irl, I think they were a very good pair to the other but the show didn't gave them time, they had like 2 dates if so, and even with that they both had solid feelings towards each other, taka was very sincere towards her and he was so attracted to her while she didn't show that a lot, but still, she should've had solid feelings cause he proposed to him - fukuuu!!!! I love him so much he's so cute I hate that no girl went after him he was so nice and he was such husband material!!! 😭😭😭 - my crushes were: kei and yushi , I didn't find yuta appearance handsome, but his personality was haha - my fav girls were: nona and sayu, I also liked anna at some point but after she didn't choose yuta I didn't like her that much, but I still liked her pov towards marriage
AWWWW just as always this episode made me laugh a lot!!
Ugh I hate being a obsessive-spoiler-searcher cause I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE MAJOR CUTE SCENES BETWEEN LS AND ZL, SO SAD, BUT THE SCENES WERE STILL SO CUTE 😭😭😭😭😭 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEIR CHEMISTRYYYY
I swear that even if I think Yiqin is (still doing a great job at acting) not very versatile with the characters I've seen him play (ZL is literally Tian Ye please), I still can't get enough of his eyes for Jiaqi 😭😭😭😭 like, why do I feel that Yiqin was head over heels for Jiaqin specially during the filming of this drama, based on the behind the scenes that were released back then -during filming- and by this scenes that ONLY INVOLVE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND JUST LOVING STARES THAT SEEM SO GENUINE , SORRY BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THESE TWO WERE ACTUALLY DATING SINCE WAIT MY YOUTH LOL
This episode got fly by just as the previous episodes, but I'm really getting like um idk these days I don't have much patience but theorical,external plot scenes, specially about ML's father bussiness (basically when LS and ZL are not part of the scene oops) idk I feel like I tolerate like 5 second and I get impatient hehe sorry, they were literally like less than a minute of that scene, and I didn't even understand it (cause again, I'm very he-he these days and I get desconcentrated easily so yeah)
About ZL's mum i love her so much!! I love how she's like "I knew this was gonna happennnnn" and that they ship these two as much as I do haha
Second lead couple is so cute, I'm already on that ship. I think they have good chemistry. Ping Er is really cute towards him and I love that he is very sweet towards her from the very beggining, even tho they are both showing hints of liking each other I think it's cute and innoccent that they haven't had any conversation related to that matter, they are just friends for now I guess and I think they are cute!! I ship them.
PE was cute in this episode, but ZJ is still too dumb for mee why is him like thissss is he like 10 years old????? 😭😭😭
Finally, we got a glance about what the conflict between the second lead couple might be, even if it was just a sentence. Apparently, they were looking for a lost maid? Honestly as I said, I'm not really in the best headspace, and for some reason I'm not really understanding (100% sure my brain is focused on uni theory and 200% relaxing while watching XCM so I'll have to shame my brain for it): what is the new problem ZL is having related to his business (wasn't the pepper thing solved?🥲), what did the ZL's business staff brothers (I guess) were into (was it just the tea thing? isn't that resolved too already?🥲), why were they talking about a maid? Isn't PE supposed to be royalty or something?
Anywaysss, back to my fav coupleee. Ugh, they are so cute. Even tho I feel like I always ask for more (as I would love a drama of them together where the director gives them space for adlib real ad lib so I can fangirl to another level I truly deserve it I think), I'm so happy and I'm enjoying so much their chemistry and their acting together. I like that ZL is the one falling for LS first, but (I repeat, currently I'm not in the most stable mood so I get tired or annoyed easily oops) I like when things get dynamic in relation to their relationship, they have been dynamic, but ZL has been in the same headspace these two episodes, of trying to be with her trying to show how gentle he can be BUT he isn't really trying that hard, he steps back as soon as things don't go the was he expected, but anyway I can't blame him, based on his fobia towards women, he's totally being a cutie learning that he's already fallen for LS, I think is cute that the process every physical contact they make, and that he's actually realizing he's not really hating it. I think is cute that LS has no clue, buuut I want progress right now!! aaahah sorry. I'm pretty sure LS is realising he And the scenes when THEY LOOK AT EO EYES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY CAN'T LIEEEEEEE (JAIQI AND YIQIN, THEY CAN'T LIEEEE). I LOVE THEIR BODY LANGUAGE-CHEMISTRY SM. And I love when ZL cares for her without a doubt, I love that he's eager to do nice things for her, but they are genuine they are actually for her to be better, these actions come from his heart, rather than wanting something in return like that LS likes him back or something. he genuinely cares for her now that he worries about her and just want her to be okay and happy and better. And I love that he's totally obvious in front of Fuding (Fuding making me laugh >>>>>>) about his feelings towards LS, but at the same time he totally denies it haha. Fuding is so funny.
I love watching YQ loving eyes for JQ, I love him getting weak for her hihi
ML's father is getting annoying for me now for real, lol
The tea scene was so cute, YW's eyes I can't 😭😭😭😭😭 oh and the final scene, and the handshake scene, and the arm grab scene and every scene between them is just so cute and nice, and I NEVER ever get bored I'm so happy
And the scene in which LS got tea-drunk, and he immediately got worried about her and run to make medicine for the hangover
Looking forwards LS realizing he's actually cute and not just a nice human haha, and then realizing he would really be a great real husband 🫣🫣🤭🤭😏😏😏
(It's 2am, giving context to me trying to explain at 2am all my emotions after watching ep9 and of course not being the best with words at this moment lol)
"I'll show respect for her and dote on her" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
awwww this episode flew by 😭 it was soo goood!!! IT WAS SOO CUTEEEE
WELL, ZL OFFICIALLY LIKES LS !!!!! HE'S SO CUTEE 😭😭😭😭 I love how he stood up for her, wanting to show her he respected her, that he had her back, and him growing slowly that need of protecting her. Him taking her hand taking her out of that place. Him having a broken heart for LS's past and the pain she'd been going through all her life. And just wanting to give her a smile. Him looking at the gloves LS had gifted him. Fuding giving advice to ZL haha!! HIM READING THE BOOK TO WIN LS' HEART.
ZL only wanting to go to ZJ's party because of LS ahahah awww so cuteeeee
Him being okay with LS touching his hand even not wanting Fuding to wipe his hand, ahaha. Fuding like "oh I see, Now, it's different"
LS having no clue he actually likes her and of course zero clue about her caring about him.
I laughed a lot again in this episode, I'm actually thankful for this drama, this drama had given me a lot of laughs and a lot of moments to fangirl!!!!!! I love this sm!!!
The party scene was meh but it was still cute to see ZL protecting LS and them being a teammm!!! hihi so cute, and I like the food in the water flow concept lol
And I'm also thankful they showed why ZJ and ZL have this rivalty, which was -for me- a bit random haha but I hope it makes sense at some point... really hope so. But still for now, it was so funny!! ahah
I like the friendship JZ is building wiith both PE and LS, but idk I still get a liiiiittle bit annoyed ati him sometimes.
aw I love this two, and I love that ZL is the one falling first, at least evidently, and I love how he is sweet towards her in the way that he can ahaha and that he fanboys about LS, that is so cute. I still want for him to be more transparent to her, but I know it will slowly turn that way, so excited!
maybe it's not tehe best review, I'm sleepy, but my main point is obviously evident hehe
XZL IS SO CUTEEE TO LINGSEE STOPPPPPPP SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!
and as always, I laughed a lot watching it, I wasn't really in a good mood but I ended up smilinggg
one of the things I love about this drama is the fact it centres a lot in the internal struggle of the characters, so, they start growing closer to each other by knowing about their past, their struggles, the things they are hurt by, and by helping each other, and I find it so heart-warming.
by this episode is evident they both care about each other, they want each other to be okay, they want to help each other, but they don't question it to themselves.. yet
XZL is evidently already having a big crush on LS, LS probably hasn't realized it yet, she's actually very innocent
I loved when characters and facts take part of a bigger picture than just a random setting, in this episode we know that by LS's good heart she became friends with the foreign man (when she stood by him when they were both at the verge of death). I think LS is so cute trying to help ZL, trying to make up for the little mistake he made before (I don't blame her for making up the rumors honestly lol, ZL was being mean!!) but still she discovered he actually had a good heart and actually cared about her, which I think is so rare to her based on here past. She did her best to stop the rumors (and even paid for it which means money doesn't stand as high as her need to help ZL with the little mess she'd made).
I love that ZL is so happy and cute about LS and his mother's cute interactions
And I loved so much the fact that at the end of the episode he was SO LOSING HIS PATIENCE TO LS'S PARENTS cause he knew LS deserves so much love, respect and support. I love it.
And I have to be honest, it was being an interesting episode until ZJ appeared lol I'm so mean, but I love my main couple (and actually I'm also little by little getting more interested in the second couple even tho they didn't appear together in this episode) and I never get tired of watching themmm soo I was like um okay about ZJ's scene falling asleep in class, but then at the end of the episode I liked him cause well he wants to drawn ZL lol, but actually ended up showing LS's parents actual feelings towards LS so it gave pace to ZL to care even more about LS, I'm so looking forward what he will say/do to LS's parents cause she deserves this support so much, and ugh I just loved these two so much, their romance is slow (we'll I'm just in ep 7 what am I expecting lol) but it'S SO CUTEEEEE. Sorry, so getting back to ZL I liked him cause he also cared about LS and inmediately was like "what the hell?" about LS's parents, which means he also have a good heart.
aw I have to say one more time that this episode also made me laugh a lot and the weird scene LS wanted to portray was so funny too, and ZL got from you-are-not-staying-here-tonight to you-can't-leave-tonight, so I appreciate this episode very much lol um so yeah loving his cute stares (and secretly "LS you are so cute!!!" expressions) for LS in this episodes, which were a lot but of course they're never enough
Great episode, it's 2am I always watch Xiao Cai Mi episodes at night cause IT'S A VIBE, and I'm a bit sleepy today but I just can't go to sleep not knowing how ZL will react to defend LS!! so EP 3 here we goooo
little last comment: idk I hope ZL's mum asked ZL to accompany LS to the meal with her parents with a purpose of making them grow closer cause I still found it a bit hater saying like "it is a bit troublesome", at first I actually thought the banquet was for ZL's mum to show she got LS's back as she probably perceives how LS's parents treat them poorly, and that LS would really fee the support, but it turned out -apparently- to be a scenario where ZL can show his real true support to her..... let's wait and seeeeee!!!!!!! I'm so excitedd!!!!!
well, the episode started with the second lead couple and I have to say they are so cute, I like their cute and innocent chemistry, the actors have natural chemistry and seem very comfortable with each other, hope to this day they remain friends. ZJ was shown -once again- totally into PE but in a very cute way and he doesn't seem annoying to me anymore lol PE.. PE... she's cute, but why isn't she there when LS needs her 😭
for the first time I liked ML as a character, but just because she showed a little bit of integrity, she did her best to save LS even tho she hated her so much, maybe because LS showed her humanity to her, now they'll probably turn into friends in no time. I also liked that she won't be annoying (me) LS and ZL anymore cause she isn't interested in ZL anymore (which finally showed the immaturity of her character BUT anyways I'm happy that annoying phase is over). I don't want to be a hater but I still don't understand the importance of her character in the story, I guess she is part of scenes where there is shown LS's humanity and/or give opportunities for the main ship to progress, um but still it isn't convincing for me
aw I love LS, she's a good girl even tho she has had a hard time in life, she has a good heart and is loyal, and I think it's sad that she probably doesn't value her life that much as she probably thinks she isn't important to anyone really
buuuut one cute person is slightly (evidently) showing affection towards her, maybe not in the most perfect way- but it's what he is able to offer rn I guess
he wants to teach her how to write and read, probably because of her own good he was dissappointed that she left cause he knew he wasn't the best part B, but as soon as he knew what was her into, he ran to save her, he even gave up the imperial meeting without a doubt. I hate that he is so blocked into showing feelings, which probably is because he can't even process his own feelings within himself, but I guess it's part of the plot and his character, and I know I'm going to love his progress into loving LS so much
in the previous episode it was so cute how he realized he wanted to be good to LS cause even if they bicker a lot, she actually was a ray of sunshine that he hadn't met before. he wanted to invite her to dinner with mum, he wanted (maybe not in the best way) her to learn how to read and write, he wanted to repair her merchant stuff then suddenly LS was left, he probably thought he could've been nicer to her, but he couldn't make her stay, and he totally got sad and disappointed because LS had left then, as soon as, he realized something was wrong, he got worried about her and in a second his mind went LS>>>>>>>>>>imperial reunion he saved LS. .... but then turned cold!!!!! he can't express his feelings and he can only be cold and mean to her
but then he turned slightly sweet for a second when he helped her with her knee wound, when he gave her the contract (cause he realized mocking her with it wasn't okay)
and then LS remembered what he had done JUST before getting kidnapped........ it was funny actually, the episode turned a bit dark -sometimes funny- and a bit scary but right when ZL showed up to save LS the drama turned funny again. the mum-doctors scene was also funny
AAAAND a cute sceneeeeeeee was a very cute gift at the end of the episode. both ZL and LS realising something, that both their heart started beating faster when they got too close to each other. ZL realizing he may not be as afraid of women as he thought, and I like that LS is very conscious and careful about it, not getting over ZL limits in terms of his apparent fobia. I'd like to watch a scene where LS thinks about ZL's fobia maybe realising that the reason for it was his heartbreak, maybe her feeling jealous idk, I'll just wait and see And it was also so cute that LS got flustered too after they got to close to each other. SO SWEET. oh and her drinking tea from the tea pot hahhah cute. "I must be going crazy"-ZL, being the final words of the episode 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭I'm excited too watch how this ginofobia thing will develop and get better
oh and about the external merchant plot, well, I have to be honest, I don't really like dramas wwhere everything is about that plot line, at one point I don't understand anything that's happening lol, but with this drama, I think that plot line is soft and not too heavy in terms of complicated affair, I can keep with it and it doesn't feel boring or complicated at least for now
As always, I love how ZL's mum is so cute to Ling Se and that she likes her very much. And I also loved when the discussion turned from businness stuff suddenly to Ling Se stuff, she showed him the brazalets Ling Se gifted her and he got so happy aw so cute I can't. ******first glimpses of his heart silently calling for LS.
AWWW I will point out THE FIRST MOMENT XU ZILU showed and kind of admitted the first glimpses of feelings towards our cute Ling Se. He literally didn't care about the argue between Meili and Ling Se , he was just defending her, in the previous episode, hihi love this. He told her to rewrite these two books -or else he wouldn't return her money to her- just (1. to help her learning how to write/read) and 2. so she would be stay at home worrying she might be hurt because of Meili revenge for the situation as Meili might go too far. Loved how Fuding convinced XZL to change his strategic, so Ling Se would feel his sincerity.
LOVED Xu Zilu realizing he started caring about Ling Se. He wanted to make things right between them. I love this, he's probably discovering he might be having some feelings towards her. When XZL commented that he wanted to try to show his sincerity and concern towards Ling Se more directly by telling her and inviting her to dinner with their mum, Fuding was like hihi this is startinggggg, love it.
Fuding is still cute and funny haha, I'm a little sad he doesn't have more screentime, he's a fun and light character. - Even if sometimes just sometimes he kinds of annoys be when he supports ZL's annoying acts and thoughts.
In one of the last scenes of this episode, where ZL and his mum were having dinner, his mum got emotional cause she was proud his son was a grown up, guiding their bussiness, and was even getting married, remembering LZ father would be so proud of him. This was right after ZL realized LS might've escaped and left home forever. And I can't help but asume he was touched by what his mum was saying because maybe just maybe he'd just found a woman that caught his attention and emotions without a warning. Someone he wanted to get to discover, someone he would be eager to love. But just know, for him, everything might be lost forever, because of his miscomunication and arrogance towards Ling Se. At this point he still doesn't have a clue about the actual situation.
I think I'm liking Ping Er a bit more, she's actually cute, and it's actually cute that she's always eating lol. And apparently she wants to be by LS's side and supports her even if LS's ideas are somehow extras.
I still get confused as to why LS isn't confused at the fact that PE was a burglar, like she's literally an intelectual, she likes to study, she knows how to read and write. But apparently LS hasn't asked her about her past or how she ended up in the streets, and apparently PE hasn't told LS about it either. I still like their friendship. LS takes her of her and treats PE as her family and sister.
About PE couple with the boyy, today I actually got excited by their *cute scene*. He is getting cuter (not annoying anymore at least in this episode), she's also getting cuter. He totally got into her the moment he saw her and I like that he protects her as well and that they instantly became friends. It's cute. And I liked the fact her caught her in his arms instantly asking her if she was okay. I like their soft sweet chemistry. But one thing about him that got me confused is his age, is he attending school? But wasn't he childhood friends with XZL?, um I'm still lost at that backstory. I hope we get some explanation about it cause why would they bought it up if they're never going to address it or else be important for the story. But still, I'm into knowing all the tea.
I also remembered that LS was supposed to be just 18 years old while ZXL is older, like 24 yo. I like the age gap in their characters, it would be nice it would also be adressed (but I'm still confused at the caracters ages lol)
I started getting bothered by Meili again BUT things changed a little bit at the end of the episode (kind of losing my patience at first lol I was like WHY is she still having screen time for the same thing over and over again -her "hater" for Ling Se-). Their argue scene wasn't that funny -except for the part where LS starts running "who is the fastest?". But I liked the fact that even if Meili was really a pain in the ash to LS, LS still wants to be good to her, even risking her life letting Meili escape. And I have to say I loved the plot twist in the relationship between these two characters, this was way better than the stupid hate cycle from Meili to LS without even a real reason. Apparently, Meili actually isn't a no-feeling girl and wanted to come back to rescue her anyways, which means she isn't really a bad person, she's just a spoiled child. Also, I actually like the fact that she relies completely on his father and that she's really her father's only priority and most important thing in his world. Not a, but I like when character priorities their loved ones.
Let me say that I was so touched by Ling Se and her mother-in-law scene 🥹🥹🥹, love that Zilu's mother is very caring to Ling Se, she immediately realized that she was a girl with a good and pure heart and that she would be good to his son, that she has suffered a lot in the past and that she didn't have anyone to rely on or to be loved by, and she really offers her comfort, love, and tells her she has a mother now and that she will protect her from now on and that she won't ever let anyone hurt her. Love that LS sees LZ's mum sincerity towards her as well. ZL's mum kind of knows this (their sudden marriage) was something fishy, but she still likes LS and genuinely wants to make her part of her family cause she knows she is a good girl.
Fuding was hilarious as always.
Ping Er was meh in this episode, now I think it's cute that she's always eating something but still IDK. I like that LS has a best friend that accompanies her, but it still bothers me that PE doesn't tell LS about her story and past. But I still laughed at the fact that she was mocking LS about her wanting to stay.
Now about my main fav thing about this drama: LS & ZL 🥰 I actually found it funny that at this point it turned to a kind of enemies-lovers trope. It was still cute tho. LS discovered the agreement was fake and wanted to expose ZL to his mum. Aw and that let to a really soft scene between them. And it was also funny that her mum kind of knew that she was going to expose ZL to her, and she really tried to avoid letting LS do it 😂.
As LS had no choice but to go on with their agreement, she decided to try ZL patience -apparently for him to "kick her out" which she knew he wouldn't do cause he needed her-. LS started mocking ZL with innocent and harmless tricks, which turned out really annoying to ZL, and then, of course, he returned it to her. But I love that they mock each other in harmless ways, they don't intend to really hurt each other's feelings, which they totally could, I guess.
The only thing that I didn't like in this EP was Mei Li, why does she have that much screen time I hate it 🥲 I know her angriness towards ZL has to be shown in order to build this external conflict with her dad's business-ZL's business, but still, maybe it was too much screen time and she's really annoying me 😅
BUT it actually gave space to a tiny development in LS & ZL's relationship, as ZL immediately defended LS. ML wanted LS to apologize and kneel to her until she felt better, ZL Immediately refused to it. He wouldn't let LS lose her dignity, and wanted to keep her out of this. He also defended her, pointing out at ML's temper, so even if he just got to know LS (and still things she's not really a harmful person) he knew that most probably things were not as ML's servants were saying, it makes two to build a quarrel. Maybe he was even surprised at the fact that he cared about LS, and probably because of that, when his uncle pointed it out, he gave more importance to the fact this part B of business was not really a reliable counterpart to make business with because of their behaviour (ML's dad unprofessional behaviour).
I have to say, I still enjoy the bickering chemistry between them, I am sooo looking forward to ZL realizing he might be starting to develop feelings towards LS. 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
It's sad, I'm already at the middle and I don't want to finish watching it!!! 😭
love how ZL admires her strengths and cherishes LS from afar and is acting so nice towards her I love it
I also love that even tho ZL wanted to help her grow her shop, she finally ended up doing it with her own resources and he's so proud of her
the orange scene was so cute, and I love ZL's scenes in which he has heart eyes for LS -almost every scene hihi and I love it-.
PE and WS couple is pretty cute too, but idk why WS is so dumb sometimes 😭
I love LS-mother (mother in law) relationship, they are so cute and they support each other, their scenes are always interesting and funny, the mother's character is very funny
there wasn't much progress in this episode in regards of other themes, but at least the real murderer was caught and PE was freed
PE and LS relationship is also cute but idk it still bothers me that PE is a bit lazyy, still it was cute when PE got released from prison and she encountered LS. And of course ZL was cute watching LS at that scene.
I love how ZL feels in regard to LS's priorities and ways. How she is with people, what she cherishes, and I love that he wants to support her in every aspect. She has become one of his priorities and that is so cute! 😭
Also, again, the scene in which he wanted to be there for her for the opening of her shop and that she was also waiting for him 😭😭😭so cute. - and when he made time to visit her shop to see how was everything going and to support her is just so cute- He really considers her part of his family (actually a while ago already)
And I love how he admires her for her hard work and self sufficience, and that he knows she can make it on her own, but he still wants to protect her, see her win, and he also wants her to grow I love it 😭😭😭
I don't know how to feel about modern stuff being but randomly in the drama, but it doesn't bother me either, it was sometimes funny, sometimes meh
oh and that new guy, I don't know what he is about, I expect is not something that will botherme
I really love Jiaqi and Yiqin scenes together, specially the emotional ones, it's really their glances, their chemistry, it's just on another level 😭 while the drama hasn't given them bold romance scenes yet - maybe it's just not the vibe of the drama -, I love how JQ and YQ have taken the scenes they're given and even if they were made up to be innocent and maybe a slow burning romance, they make something sooo special with it, like they portray such a deep emotion and connection between the characters.
I'm not going to lie, lately I've been specially fussy towards just anything, I get bored easily. at every show, every thing lol, while at some moments watching DQ I was like "ugh I don't want to think", there appears a scene of JQ and YQ making me genuinely smile and forgetting I was ever thinking about pause the drama for a bit or getting a tea or something, their chemistry is just so special, and I love that has become their superpower on this drama, guess what they've been building together as actors though their projects together, is bearing fruit. I'm really hoping they get contracted again to lead a romance together againnnn, cause if not, what will it be of me when I finish xiao cai mi????😭😭😭
Back to the plot, I love their scenes where they show them knowing more about the other one, empathizing with eo, and being soft for each other (hihi), it's funny how LS still doesn't have a clue she already has a big crush for ZL, and I love how ZL has it super clear and it's jus trying to navigate it. It's very sweet. (Ugh but I want to complain to the director, cause there were some scenes where they surely could've made more of ittt -I'm speaking again of YQ and JQ scenes of course sorry not sorry-)
But it was still so cute -I enjoyed the BTS a lot too, YQ was totally head over heels for JQ, but why was she always like convincing herself not to be flirty with YQQQ!!!, anyways, they both most probably had -hope,have- a big crush towards eo irl-
The accidental kiss scene and the previous scene was cutee, love watching YQ shyyy, it was also funny how they got with it in the after scene, the dream was also funny and cute -LS already has a big crush on ZL but she doesn't know it yet-
I guess the whole PE in jail thing was ok, it gave ZL and LS make progress in some aspects, and it also gave insight on the characters in terms of their priorities. I was also a bit worried cause it's true that since LS appeared on ZL's life, life hasn't been so easily, and she can feel it too, and she knows that too. While LS wants to help, they have a misunderstanding and LS reacted like that because she thought ZL was another type of man (he was actually that type of man) and she was totally disappointed -maybe again bc she totally likes him but still don't get into terms with it-
I also like LS and PE friendship, I liked that it was resolved in terms of why PE didn't tell LS, it wasn't because she didn't trust her, and LS didn't took it to heart either, which was a relief for me. I also liked that they showed their initial scene where their friendship started, it was sweet. Maybe I would've expected something more deep but still, it was nice that they showed it.
I really don't like that other "friend" of LS, first saying ZL was handsome ha ha -he's her friend husband-, and idk she is never there for LS, she's just there for money. LS has to beg for her help, she's not for LS unconditionally so.. it's a fake friendship for me. At some point I thought the chef would kill her lol
And I like that ZL is getting to know LS feelings, priorities and the way she views life. And I love that he proritizes LS's well being, and things that matter to her -like PE affair-
And I love how head over heels he is for LS knowing more about her, and knowing for example the sect thing, which was to help people that needed a family, that needed a home, and opportunities in life.
I also love how he wants to protect her and also wants to solve things for her.
It was also funny when he discovered she was the 8th master hong , and their chemistry hitting once again!!!
AND HIM HELPING IN LS'S SECT COOKING 😭😭😭😭😭LIKE HOW A HUSBAND SHOULD BE SUPPORTING HIS WIFE I LOVE IT SM.
It's still funny how bossy LS is but I love that these initiatives are so innocent and pure.
Awwwww and how could I forget the INTENSE STARING CONTEST WHEN ZL POURED THE TEA IN THE MILK PLEASEEEEEEEEEE, THE CHEMISTRY IS UNDENIABLE I CAN'T.
I love how they show the beautiful heart both of them have.
I also like PE and WS couple, they are cute and innocent .... but why is he that stupid sometimes 😭
Something I might not be liking that much is that I guess I prefer dramas that are built in a macro way but idk how to explain it, dramas/movies that are concise, idk I love that LS is the boss of this sect cause it really shows the heart of the character -where money obviously has their limits- but I guess I'd liked it better if there was some hint at the beggining -now thinking about it, maybe there was-, but a big hint idk. Somehow like it all felt part of a unit idk how to explain it, it still is, but I think some things get connected to the story then disconnected and I guess that is something that doesn't highlight for me at least.
I have to be honest tho, specially in ancient dramas, some vocabulary is a bit specific so sometimes I'm not that of a specialist in understanding everything that is happening, specially when extravagant vocabulary enters the chat.
I'm glad wooshik resolved his feelings towards honaka (I still hated his confused phase), but I knew they were endgame because of their chemistry (in the candy kiss rehersal pleaseee), I still think honaka didn't deserve him as she was looking another way, but I hope her final feelings are true -which seem like so-
I loved dongkyu at the very beginning (loved that he literally only had eyes for nazomi, that made him very special and I thought he was very genuine to his feelings) until he turned his back from nazomi in an instant bc some other girl took the initiative, I hated him so much for that, they really left me with a very pleasant feeling I hate that couple sm, I hate men like dongkyu that in a second turn their back without explanations, this was very unfair to nazomi. I also liked rio very much at the begging but hated what she did how she did it -ugh and I hate how she started crying when nazumi was talking about the hard phase she was going through because of dongkyu- and ugh I empathize with nazomi so much Idk how she bared with the situation
about taegyun and ayano: I like ayano sm! and I literally did not like taegyun at the begining , I didn't understand him and idk, I'm glad he ended up falling for ayano, and that she helped him show very affection and feelings more
about the drama-episodes, I liked a lot of them, liked the vibes a lot.
(and imo this was probably not scripted, because they were really cringeworthy at acting 😭-they got much better at the end tho!-)
- I liked yuta and anna, I think they would've made it if they gave them more time, yuta was not expecting to be leaving that soon and so his last move was the worst move ever!! um also, I don't understand anna that much
- one thing I don't like is that there are frienships made here, but some girls were mean to others in terms of stabbing their backs so um it's a bit sad
- I was very sad for shi, she's a person full of love but maybe she's not the best at dropping that love slowly. I was also sad for sayu, she had an unrequited love with kei and she was misunderstood by yushi (she didn't have to explain herself actually!), I hate that yushi made her feel that way, I don't think she found love there but I hope one day she finds it, she really is a nice girl and deserved love, shi too (well all the girls/boys of course)
- I hope saki and taka gave each other a chance irl, I think they were a very good pair to the other but the show didn't gave them time, they had like 2 dates if so, and even with that they both had solid feelings towards each other, taka was very sincere towards her and he was so attracted to her while she didn't show that a lot, but still, she should've had solid feelings cause he proposed to him
- fukuuu!!!! I love him so much he's so cute I hate that no girl went after him he was so nice and he was such husband material!!! 😭😭😭
- my crushes were: kei and yushi , I didn't find yuta appearance handsome, but his personality was haha
- my fav girls were: nona and sayu, I also liked anna at some point but after she didn't choose yuta I didn't like her that much, but I still liked her pov towards marriage
Ugh I hate being a obsessive-spoiler-searcher cause I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE MAJOR CUTE SCENES BETWEEN LS AND ZL, SO SAD, BUT THE SCENES WERE STILL SO CUTE 😭😭😭😭😭 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEIR CHEMISTRYYYY
I swear that even if I think Yiqin is (still doing a great job at acting) not very versatile with the characters I've seen him play (ZL is literally Tian Ye please), I still can't get enough of his eyes for Jiaqi 😭😭😭😭
like, why do I feel that Yiqin was head over heels for Jiaqin specially during the filming of this drama, based on the behind the scenes that were released back then -during filming- and by this scenes that ONLY INVOLVE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND JUST LOVING STARES THAT SEEM SO GENUINE , SORRY BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THESE TWO WERE ACTUALLY DATING SINCE WAIT MY YOUTH LOL
This episode got fly by just as the previous episodes, but I'm really getting like um idk these days I don't have much patience but theorical,external plot scenes, specially about ML's father bussiness (basically when LS and ZL are not part of the scene oops) idk I feel like I tolerate like 5 second and I get impatient hehe sorry, they were literally like less than a minute of that scene, and I didn't even understand it (cause again, I'm very he-he these days and I get desconcentrated easily so yeah)
About ZL's mum i love her so much!! I love how she's like "I knew this was gonna happennnnn" and that they ship these two as much as I do haha
Second lead couple is so cute, I'm already on that ship. I think they have good chemistry. Ping Er is really cute towards him and I love that he is very sweet towards her from the very beggining, even tho they are both showing hints of liking each other I think it's cute and innoccent that they haven't had any conversation related to that matter, they are just friends for now I guess and I think they are cute!! I ship them.
PE was cute in this episode, but ZJ is still too dumb for mee why is him like thissss is he like 10 years old????? 😭😭😭
Finally, we got a glance about what the conflict between the second lead couple might be, even if it was just a sentence. Apparently, they were looking for a lost maid? Honestly as I said, I'm not really in the best headspace, and for some reason I'm not really understanding (100% sure my brain is focused on uni theory and 200% relaxing while watching XCM so I'll have to shame my brain for it): what is the new problem ZL is having related to his business (wasn't the pepper thing solved?🥲), what did the ZL's business staff brothers (I guess) were into (was it just the tea thing? isn't that resolved too already?🥲), why were they talking about a maid? Isn't PE supposed to be royalty or something?
Anywaysss, back to my fav coupleee. Ugh, they are so cute. Even tho I feel like I always ask for more (as I would love a drama of them together where the director gives them space for adlib real ad lib so I can fangirl to another level I truly deserve it I think), I'm so happy and I'm enjoying so much their chemistry and their acting together. I like that ZL is the one falling for LS first, but (I repeat, currently I'm not in the most stable mood so I get tired or annoyed easily oops) I like when things get dynamic in relation to their relationship, they have been dynamic, but ZL has been in the same headspace these two episodes, of trying to be with her trying to show how gentle he can be BUT he isn't really trying that hard, he steps back as soon as things don't go the was he expected, but anyway I can't blame him, based on his fobia towards women, he's totally being a cutie learning that he's already fallen for LS, I think is cute that the process every physical contact they make, and that he's actually realizing he's not really hating it. I think is cute that LS has no clue, buuut I want progress right now!! aaahah sorry. I'm pretty sure LS is realising he
And the scenes when THEY LOOK AT EO EYES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY CAN'T LIEEEEEEE (JAIQI AND YIQIN, THEY CAN'T LIEEEE). I LOVE THEIR BODY LANGUAGE-CHEMISTRY SM.
And I love when ZL cares for her without a doubt, I love that he's eager to do nice things for her, but they are genuine they are actually for her to be better, these actions come from his heart, rather than wanting something in return like that LS likes him back or something. he genuinely cares for her now that he worries about her and just want her to be okay and happy and better. And I love that he's totally obvious in front of Fuding (Fuding making me laugh >>>>>>) about his feelings towards LS, but at the same time he totally denies it haha.
Fuding is so funny.
I love watching YQ loving eyes for JQ, I love him getting weak for her hihi
ML's father is getting annoying for me now for real, lol
The tea scene was so cute, YW's eyes I can't 😭😭😭😭😭 oh and the final scene, and the handshake scene, and the arm grab scene and every scene between them is just so cute and nice, and I NEVER ever get bored I'm so happy
And the scene in which LS got tea-drunk, and he immediately got worried about her and run to make medicine for the hangover
Looking forwards LS realizing he's actually cute and not just a nice human haha, and then realizing he would really be a great real husband 🫣🫣🤭🤭😏😏😏
(It's 2am, giving context to me trying to explain at 2am all my emotions after watching ep9 and of course not being the best with words at this moment lol)
awwww this episode flew by 😭 it was soo goood!!! IT WAS SOO CUTEEEE
WELL, ZL OFFICIALLY LIKES LS !!!!! HE'S SO CUTEE 😭😭😭😭 I love how he stood up for her, wanting to show her he respected her, that he had her back, and him growing slowly that need of protecting her. Him taking her hand taking her out of that place. Him having a broken heart for LS's past and the pain she'd been going through all her life. And just wanting to give her a smile. Him looking at the gloves LS had gifted him. Fuding giving advice to ZL haha!! HIM READING THE BOOK TO WIN LS' HEART.
ZL only wanting to go to ZJ's party because of LS ahahah awww so cuteeeee
Him being okay with LS touching his hand even not wanting Fuding to wipe his hand, ahaha. Fuding like "oh I see, Now, it's different"
LS having no clue he actually likes her and of course zero clue about her caring about him.
I laughed a lot again in this episode, I'm actually thankful for this drama, this drama had given me a lot of laughs and a lot of moments to fangirl!!!!!! I love this sm!!!
The party scene was meh but it was still cute to see ZL protecting LS and them being a teammm!!! hihi so cute, and I like the food in the water flow concept lol
And I'm also thankful they showed why ZJ and ZL have this rivalty, which was -for me- a bit random haha but I hope it makes sense at some point... really hope so. But still for now, it was so funny!! ahah
I like the friendship JZ is building wiith both PE and LS, but idk I still get a liiiiittle bit annoyed ati him sometimes.
aw I love this two, and I love that ZL is the one falling first, at least evidently, and I love how he is sweet towards her in the way that he can ahaha and that he fanboys about LS, that is so cute. I still want for him to be more transparent to her, but I know it will slowly turn that way, so excited!
maybe it's not tehe best review, I'm sleepy, but my main point is obviously evident hehe
XZL IS SO CUTEEE TO LINGSEE STOPPPPPPP SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!
and as always, I laughed a lot watching it, I wasn't really in a good mood but I ended up smilinggg
one of the things I love about this drama is the fact it centres a lot in the internal struggle of the characters, so, they start growing closer to each other by knowing about their past, their struggles, the things they are hurt by, and by helping each other, and I find it so heart-warming.
by this episode is evident they both care about each other, they want each other to be okay, they want to help each other, but they don't question it to themselves.. yet
XZL is evidently already having a big crush on LS, LS probably hasn't realized it yet, she's actually very innocent
I loved when characters and facts take part of a bigger picture than just a random setting, in this episode we know that by LS's good heart she became friends with the foreign man (when she stood by him when they were both at the verge of death). I think LS is so cute trying to help ZL, trying to make up for the little mistake he made before (I don't blame her for making up the rumors honestly lol, ZL was being mean!!) but still she discovered he actually had a good heart and actually cared about her, which I think is so rare to her based on here past. She did her best to stop the rumors (and even paid for it which means money doesn't stand as high as her need to help ZL with the little mess she'd made).
I love that ZL is so happy and cute about LS and his mother's cute interactions
And I loved so much the fact that at the end of the episode he was SO LOSING HIS PATIENCE TO LS'S PARENTS cause he knew LS deserves so much love, respect and support. I love it.
And I have to be honest, it was being an interesting episode until ZJ appeared lol I'm so mean, but I love my main couple (and actually I'm also little by little getting more interested in the second couple even tho they didn't appear together in this episode) and I never get tired of watching themmm soo I was like um okay about ZJ's scene falling asleep in class, but then at the end of the episode I liked him cause well he wants to drawn ZL lol, but actually ended up showing LS's parents actual feelings towards LS so it gave pace to ZL to care even more about LS, I'm so looking forward what he will say/do to LS's parents cause she deserves this support so much, and ugh I just loved these two so much, their romance is slow (we'll I'm just in ep 7 what am I expecting lol) but it'S SO CUTEEEEE. Sorry, so getting back to ZL I liked him cause he also cared about LS and inmediately was like "what the hell?" about LS's parents, which means he also have a good heart.
aw I have to say one more time that this episode also made me laugh a lot and the weird scene LS wanted to portray was so funny too, and ZL got from you-are-not-staying-here-tonight to you-can't-leave-tonight, so I appreciate this episode very much lol um so yeah loving his cute stares (and secretly "LS you are so cute!!!" expressions) for LS in this episodes, which were a lot but of course they're never enough
Great episode, it's 2am I always watch Xiao Cai Mi episodes at night cause IT'S A VIBE, and I'm a bit sleepy today but I just can't go to sleep not knowing how ZL will react to defend LS!! so EP 3 here we goooo
little last comment: idk I hope ZL's mum asked ZL to accompany LS to the meal with her parents with a purpose of making them grow closer cause I still found it a bit hater saying like "it is a bit troublesome", at first I actually thought the banquet was for ZL's mum to show she got LS's back as she probably perceives how LS's parents treat them poorly, and that LS would really fee the support, but it turned out -apparently- to be a scenario where ZL can show his real true support to her..... let's wait and seeeeee!!!!!!! I'm so excitedd!!!!!
well, the episode started with the second lead couple and I have to say they are so cute, I like their cute and innocent chemistry, the actors have natural chemistry and seem very comfortable with each other, hope to this day they remain friends.
ZJ was shown -once again- totally into PE but in a very cute way and he doesn't seem annoying to me anymore lol
PE.. PE... she's cute, but why isn't she there when LS needs her 😭
for the first time I liked ML as a character, but just because she showed a little bit of integrity, she did her best to save LS even tho she hated her so much, maybe because LS showed her humanity to her, now they'll probably turn into friends in no time. I also liked that she won't be annoying (me) LS and ZL anymore cause she isn't interested in ZL anymore (which finally showed the immaturity of her character BUT anyways I'm happy that annoying phase is over). I don't want to be a hater but I still don't understand the importance of her character in the story, I guess she is part of scenes where there is shown LS's humanity and/or give opportunities for the main ship to progress, um but still it isn't convincing for me
aw I love LS, she's a good girl even tho she has had a hard time in life, she has a good heart and is loyal, and I think it's sad that she probably doesn't value her life that much as she probably thinks she isn't important to anyone really
buuuut one cute person is slightly (evidently) showing affection towards her, maybe not in the most perfect way- but it's what he is able to offer rn I guess
he wants to teach her how to write and read, probably because of her own good
he was dissappointed that she left cause he knew he wasn't the best part B, but as soon as he knew what was her into, he ran to save her, he even gave up the imperial meeting without a doubt.
I hate that he is so blocked into showing feelings, which probably is because he can't even process his own feelings within himself, but I guess it's part of the plot and his character, and I know I'm going to love his progress into loving LS so much
in the previous episode it was so cute how he realized he wanted to be good to LS cause even if they bicker a lot, she actually was a ray of sunshine that he hadn't met before. he wanted to invite her to dinner with mum, he wanted (maybe not in the best way) her to learn how to read and write, he wanted to repair her merchant stuff
then suddenly LS was left, he probably thought he could've been nicer to her, but he couldn't make her stay, and he totally got sad and disappointed because LS had left
then, as soon as, he realized something was wrong, he got worried about her and in a second his mind went LS>>>>>>>>>>imperial reunion
he saved LS.
....
but then turned cold!!!!! he can't express his feelings and he can only be cold and mean to her
but then he turned slightly sweet for a second when he helped her with her knee wound, when he gave her the contract (cause he realized mocking her with it wasn't okay)
and then LS remembered what he had done JUST before getting kidnapped........
it was funny actually, the episode turned a bit dark -sometimes funny- and a bit scary but right when ZL showed up to save LS the drama turned funny again. the mum-doctors scene was also funny
AAAAND a cute sceneeeeeeee was a very cute gift at the end of the episode.
both ZL and LS realising something, that both their heart started beating faster when they got too close to each other.
ZL realizing he may not be as afraid of women as he thought, and I like that LS is very conscious and careful about it, not getting over ZL limits in terms of his apparent fobia. I'd like to watch a scene where LS thinks about ZL's fobia maybe realising that the reason for it was his heartbreak, maybe her feeling jealous idk, I'll just wait and see
And it was also so cute that LS got flustered too after they got to close to each other. SO SWEET. oh and her drinking tea from the tea pot hahhah cute.
"I must be going crazy"-ZL, being the final words of the episode 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭I'm excited too watch how this ginofobia thing will develop and get better
oh and about the external merchant plot, well, I have to be honest, I don't really like dramas wwhere everything is about that plot line, at one point I don't understand anything that's happening lol, but with this drama, I think that plot line is soft and not too heavy in terms of complicated affair, I can keep with it and it doesn't feel boring or complicated at least for now
As always, I love how ZL's mum is so cute to Ling Se and that she likes her very much. And I also loved when the discussion turned from businness stuff suddenly to Ling Se stuff, she showed him the brazalets Ling Se gifted her and he got so happy aw so cute I can't. ******first glimpses of his heart silently calling for LS.
AWWW I will point out THE FIRST MOMENT XU ZILU showed and kind of admitted the first glimpses of feelings towards our cute Ling Se. He literally didn't care about the argue between Meili and Ling Se , he was just defending her, in the previous episode, hihi love this.
He told her to rewrite these two books -or else he wouldn't return her money to her- just (1. to help her learning how to write/read) and 2. so she would be stay at home worrying she might be hurt because of Meili revenge for the situation as Meili might go too far.
Loved how Fuding convinced XZL to change his strategic, so Ling Se would feel his sincerity.
LOVED Xu Zilu realizing he started caring about Ling Se. He wanted to make things right between them. I love this, he's probably discovering he might be having some feelings towards her. When XZL commented that he wanted to try to show his sincerity and concern towards Ling Se more directly by telling her and inviting her to dinner with their mum, Fuding was like hihi this is startinggggg, love it.
Fuding is still cute and funny haha, I'm a little sad he doesn't have more screentime, he's a fun and light character. - Even if sometimes just sometimes he kinds of annoys be when he supports ZL's annoying acts and thoughts.
In one of the last scenes of this episode, where ZL and his mum were having dinner, his mum got emotional cause she was proud his son was a grown up, guiding their bussiness, and was even getting married, remembering LZ father would be so proud of him.
This was right after ZL realized LS might've escaped and left home forever.
And I can't help but asume he was touched by what his mum was saying because maybe just maybe he'd just found a woman that caught his attention and emotions without a warning. Someone he wanted to get to discover, someone he would be eager to love. But just know, for him, everything might be lost forever, because of his miscomunication and arrogance towards Ling Se.
At this point he still doesn't have a clue about the actual situation.
I think I'm liking Ping Er a bit more, she's actually cute, and it's actually cute that she's always eating lol. And apparently she wants to be by LS's side and supports her even if LS's ideas are somehow extras.
I still get confused as to why LS isn't confused at the fact that PE was a burglar, like she's literally an intelectual, she likes to study, she knows how to read and write. But apparently LS hasn't asked her about her past or how she ended up in the streets, and apparently PE hasn't told LS about it either.
I still like their friendship. LS takes her of her and treats PE as her family and sister.
About PE couple with the boyy, today I actually got excited by their *cute scene*. He is getting cuter (not annoying anymore at least in this episode), she's also getting cuter. He totally got into her the moment he saw her and I like that he protects her as well and that they instantly became friends. It's cute. And I liked the fact her caught her in his arms instantly asking her if she was okay. I like their soft sweet chemistry.
But one thing about him that got me confused is his age, is he attending school? But wasn't he childhood friends with XZL?, um I'm still lost at that backstory. I hope we get some explanation about it cause why would they bought it up if they're never going to address it or else be important for the story. But still, I'm into knowing all the tea.
I also remembered that LS was supposed to be just 18 years old while ZXL is older, like 24 yo. I like the age gap in their characters, it would be nice it would also be adressed (but I'm still confused at the caracters ages lol)
I started getting bothered by Meili again BUT things changed a little bit at the end of the episode (kind of losing my patience at first lol I was like WHY is she still having screen time for the same thing over and over again -her "hater" for Ling Se-).
Their argue scene wasn't that funny -except for the part where LS starts running "who is the fastest?".
But I liked the fact that even if Meili was really a pain in the ash to LS, LS still wants to be good to her, even risking her life letting Meili escape.
And I have to say I loved the plot twist in the relationship between these two characters, this was way better than the stupid hate cycle from Meili to LS without even a real reason.
Apparently, Meili actually isn't a no-feeling girl and wanted to come back to rescue her anyways, which means she isn't really a bad person, she's just a spoiled child.
Also, I actually like the fact that she relies completely on his father and that she's really her father's only priority and most important thing in his world. Not a, but I like when character priorities their loved ones.
Ready for more of my fav shipppp hehe
Laughed a lot during this episode too 🤣🤣🤣
Let me say that I was so touched by Ling Se and her mother-in-law scene 🥹🥹🥹, love that Zilu's mother is very caring to Ling Se, she immediately realized that she was a girl with a good and pure heart and that she would be good to his son, that she has suffered a lot in the past and that she didn't have anyone to rely on or to be loved by, and she really offers her comfort, love, and tells her she has a mother now and that she will protect her from now on and that she won't ever let anyone hurt her.
Love that LS sees LZ's mum sincerity towards her as well.
ZL's mum kind of knows this (their sudden marriage) was something fishy, but she still likes LS and genuinely wants to make her part of her family cause she knows she is a good girl.
Fuding was hilarious as always.
Ping Er was meh in this episode, now I think it's cute that she's always eating something but still IDK. I like that LS has a best friend that accompanies her, but it still bothers me that PE doesn't tell LS about her story and past. But I still laughed at the fact that she was mocking LS about her wanting to stay.
Now about my main fav thing about this drama: LS & ZL 🥰
I actually found it funny that at this point it turned to a kind of enemies-lovers trope.
It was still cute tho.
LS discovered the agreement was fake and wanted to expose ZL to his mum. Aw and that let to a really soft scene between them. And it was also funny that her mum kind of knew that she was going to expose ZL to her, and she really tried to avoid letting LS do it 😂.
As LS had no choice but to go on with their agreement, she decided to try ZL patience -apparently for him to "kick her out" which she knew he wouldn't do cause he needed her-.
LS started mocking ZL with innocent and harmless tricks, which turned out really annoying to ZL, and then, of course, he returned it to her.
But I love that they mock each other in harmless ways, they don't intend to really hurt each other's feelings, which they totally could, I guess.
The only thing that I didn't like in this EP was Mei Li, why does she have that much screen time I hate it 🥲 I know her angriness towards ZL has to be shown in order to build this external conflict with her dad's business-ZL's business, but still, maybe it was too much screen time and she's really annoying me 😅
BUT it actually gave space to a tiny development in LS & ZL's relationship, as ZL immediately defended LS.
ML wanted LS to apologize and kneel to her until she felt better, ZL Immediately refused to it. He wouldn't let LS lose her dignity, and wanted to keep her out of this.
He also defended her, pointing out at ML's temper, so even if he just got to know LS (and still things she's not really a harmful person) he knew that most probably things were not as ML's servants were saying, it makes two to build a quarrel.
Maybe he was even surprised at the fact that he cared about LS, and probably because of that, when his uncle pointed it out, he gave more importance to the fact this part B of business was not really a reliable counterpart to make business with because of their behaviour (ML's dad unprofessional behaviour).
I have to say, I still enjoy the bickering chemistry between them, I am sooo looking forward to ZL realizing he might be starting to develop feelings towards LS. 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
(LS: Ling Se
ZL: Zi Lu
ML: Mei Li)