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The aunt confirmed that she was Wei Rao's father's twin in ep 12. From the story the maid told Wei Rao at the cliff, the aunt must have switched the girls during that festival where the aunt put her inside a basket and then pretended she was missing.

The ending of ep 12 is like that Spiderman meme where 2 Spidermans are pointing at each other. "you're the fake, no you are!!" 😂

It's weird, I swore last night ep 7-8 dropped around midnight but tonight it was at 9pm PST.

I don't understand mahjong 100% either, but from the scene, I saw it as the 2ML gave up the east wind tile because he caved under pressure and was forced to yield. Such a parallel - he basically gave up his fiancée (dance bet), only to end up winning because the general was bluffing and was just toying with him. Totally shows his weakness and how easily he could be pressured, in contrast to the ML's secret control of the table.

Lol, yes. Except those extras aren't loved back by anyone else 😂

One sided love so far for ML (FL despises him right now) and there is basically a love SQUARE - it's gonna be a long ride 😜

So true 😂 I will refrain from laughing at future slow motion scenes (like the non-dangerous lighter scene, lol) because it is supposed to be super dramatic!

I totally agree with everything you said but also, I tried so hard not to laugh - FL could have just blown the flame out, it was a tiny lit lighter moving toward her so slowly 😂

Ughhh saame! I think this might be the first Republican c-drama where I am going to finish no matter what the ending is...bring on the c-traumaaaa!!

Why was that slap was so satisfying?! It was so loud too 😂 I know I will ship them later but when she did that, I was so happy she finally got a small bit of payback for getting waterboarded (which, he has yet to apologize for!!).

What if the mother only claimed she sold it but secretly kept it? You could tell she was hiding something! Maybe she said she pawned it to make it seem less significant, rather than admit it was a precious keepsake that could prove her daughter’s lineage. Whenever c-dramas show a jade pendant, it means something! That thing is definitely resurfacing.

Totally caught that look on his face when Gu Rui Tong came in to save YPJ, the way he looked at her and carried her out, it was like he was the ML hero of the story.

Good theory, you're probably right. Then the father will acknowledge the FL as his daughter and therefore her social standing will be elevated - makes sense that she could marry the ML. So her rival will have been her half sister this whole time!

The way he watched her drink from his wine cup like they just had their first kiss 🤣

I didn't understand why the camera kept focusing on her micro expressions and that she might be evil, but turns out, she's just super timid because she's an illegitimate daughter. So is makes sense that she doesn't speak what's on her mind as freely as her (legitimate) sisters. She's slowly coming out of her shell and I'm here for it!

From the calendar schedule it looks like 2 episodes a day until the 20th so far 🙌

In the novel, is FL the main wife or concubine?

Cause she's a snake! It looks like her and her brother are both plotting the Lin family's demise.

It's not confusing because they have different storylines and Against the Current moves at a much slower pace. Spring of the Blade is really fast in comparison, especially the first episode! I feel like it was cut quickly/randomly and the editor was on crack compared to Against the Current, LOL.

I love this type of storytelling where there are many layers. Things you realize when you rewatch. I also love MDL comments like yours - so perceptive!