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But the way it was all orchestrated I feel like he pushed her to lie about her parents by bringing her home knowing his mom was going to make her feel inferior and make it very obvious with her social standing she had zero chances of marrying him. So it was almost as if she was backed into a corner to be with him, and he was testing how far she will go and how committed she was to getting access to his money and power....

I am also now wondering if what he meant is she 'thought' she had him fooled but he wasn't and that there was no chance in hell he will be fooled 'again'.

But you are right, it is possible there is a period time when they were dating he may have had hopes about their relationship in another way? (I wish we got to see how he asked her out)

ohhhhhhhh hahahah - yes I could see it 😂

whose the Looney Tune? lol!

HM tells her when she's trying to reconcile with him after cooking him dinner, he says "you are a superb actress, but you can only fool me once"......

When did she fool him? From my understanding ever since she's tried to get an interview with him for her food show, he's done background research on her before deciding to date her... so exactly when did SHE fool him?

For those of you who watched episode 14 (I will add my question in the comment - marked spoiler lol)

Me too!!! I thought he was going to be like extra attentive.... was a very strange moment

Yeah... maybe after Mr.Fang mentioned his daughter he had some regrets towards how he is treating Haochen and how that would have been perceived by his older love. And also maybe reminiscing of the life he could have had with her?

I feel like her agency has been putting her in questionable roles, and keeping interesting scripts and actors away from her - because they know she's a cash cow. Her fans will show up and watch anything she's in, and because of her calibre of acting she can pull off a lot of scripts. And she goes out of her way to find ways to make a drama successful from recruiting supporting actors, resources, wordrobe etc.

Love's ambition director went to her directly bypassing her agency which is why I am sure we even got this masterpiece with her and WC.

*holding hand*

There is a saying that men value beauty, while women value resources. I think for Haoming - finding her really is perfect, she is stunning, smart, vulnerable (he can exploit her past and her lies), kind at heart, ambitious, and can be a good society wife for him. In his mind its a transactional relationship, she gets his resources, connections, success and money (since its what he thinks she wants), and he gets her, a perfect wife who can advance his career. Even though he dislikes her morally grey character, he does like things about her and he thinks they are in the same boat - secretly using each other.

When the lies are all exposed his character becomes quite cold, and I see people who had said he didn't want her to confess her lies because then he might fall for her for real. I am guessing he is still holding on to his first love a bit and has no interest in romance.....

Very complex indeed. I will enjoy watching XY throw everything back in his face, and watching him realizing what he lost.

Me too

I am looking forward to the next few episodes where we get to know if he felt anything at all, because I have a hard time believing he felt nothing at all. There was just too many sweet moments that went beyond the materialistic.... like when he asked her over to watch the agave bloom.....

You don't do that with a woman who you know is lying to you and you have no feelings for. He could have just enjoyed that moment himself if he truly felt nothing for her

And the shrimp potato chip moment? "you carry bits of me, like I carry bits of you" ..... oh my heart😭😭😭😭😭

I am still processing this line, it was so harsh.... my heart broke when I heard this

Caught up to episode 14 - BRB - I am off in a corner crying 😭😭😭

I know!!!!! sigh I can't wait for tomorrow's episodes to see what will happen

I am really confused about the timeline, if he got his girlfriend at the time pregnant (FL's sister I am assuming), I would guess he would have married her or the family would have pressured them to get married, unless maybe they were engaged or something..... and then another major question is how did she die?

I think the grandparents acting as parents is a pretty common thing when someone get's pregnant young and it can ruin the reputation of the girl/boy - so the grandparents pretend to be the parents.....

but......... why have they not let FL see the boy if he's her nephew (maybe to keep the secrecy of his birth? since FL seems a bit unstable)

I heard a spoiler that the MIL knows more than she's letting on too, I think XY is going to be in for some major heartbreak :(

Actually let's be real I am super confused about many things at this point hahaha

I am super confused too at this point about the little boy's story and how he came to be .....

I don't know but I am guessing its Fang Lei's sister...

100% - I am rewatching from the beginning as we speak hahahah