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No, she was so shocked when she found out... she didn't want to face it either...

Feeding the person you like medicine by mouth is a common trope used in many Cdramas
I love how in the novel, after Xiaoyao finish feeding him medicine, she was all hot and flustered LOL in the drama they have to keep it PG and beautiful... kekeke

Tushan Jing is never weak or indecisive with anything else like business except when it comes to Xiaoyao loool Then he becomes at a loss, he can't even talk properly... hahahaha

Xiangliu mentioned in the novel that in the hundreds of years dealing with TSJ, all his 9 heads never managed to take advantage of him yet...

This line was actually said by Xiaoyao in the novel...

I suppose since yaojing have the same thoughts, its not surprising for Jing to think the same too... We just didn't get to see him say it to anyone in the novel then..

Tonghua having Sang Tian'er, Jing ye, Lirong Chang and Xiangliu all working hard to make sure yaojing is going to have their happy ending, just shows me her favorite is Xiaoyao... lol she wants XY to find her happiness...

Also as many people have said, as the two other men who loves Xiaoyao, Xiangliu is also the opposite of Cangxuan.
Cangxuan wants to possess what he cannot have, but Xiangliu can let her go.

I find it interesting that Greek mythology also had Hydra, a sea monster with 9 heads... wonder which came 'first'...

Many of us felt the same cringe yes lol
I am offended that XL is acting very ooc this season compared to the last...

Tomorrow being Monday again gives me joy lol

They really just see what they want to see lol

Does a woman who ' secretly loves' a man causally try to sound out what her ex's wedding was like just to hear something about how he is doing?

So many scenes between XL and XY have an interaction that is more like pals than lovers. Like recent episode of how XL hits her on the back of her head and she glares back at him... XY also already made use of FFB to make Jing jealous more than once when they were still courting stage...

If that is the 'true love' they want for XL, then poor XL. Even he doesn't want a 'true love' like that. He is not interested in being second.

hmmm
Gugu should be the sisters of the person's father.. elder or younger is denoted by 大 or 小
So CX can address XY's mother as Gugu yes..

I read it in official synopsis and interviews .. but isn't it obvious like you said?
As a writer are you going to write FFB as a friend and also designate XL that as 'true love'? Is that even logical? They are the same person.

Also since many have been quoting Xiaoyao's grandfather, he said Xiaoyao is like her mother, because she has a heart that wants to help and save the masses... but he also said in ep8, Xiaoyao is not like her mother, she will never put their enemy over Cangxuan.

Enjoooy 😊
For me I feel that even though S2 is adapted very loosely compared to S1... the novel really complements the drama watching... since alot of inner OS had been lost because it was not brought to screen...

Its also a great pity some of the bigger arcs did not make it...

Here is the official clip from LYF douyin where Xiangliu/FFB is defined as her best friend..挚友

https://v.douyin.com/i6EeaNjV/

It appears in the script too since you have access to it..

挚亲 is the closest relative
挚爱 is the love of her life

You probably won't like this anyway...

That was calculated on Xiangliu's part because he already understood how Xiaoyao will react. He knew that once he brought up Tushan Jing's name she will definitely can't help herself and go running to him.
I was really feeling badly for him here while I am happy for my yaojing..

Also Xiaoyao always makes up excuses to Cangxuan about TSJ lol
In S1 she ran to look for him first because XL told her Jing is dying... and now she ran to look for him because XL told her Jing hired him to stop her wedding...

Whenever XL brings up TSJ, Xiaoyao just can't stop herself..

I know some people have suggested if XL showed himself to her after she woke up, she won't go to TSJ but I really doubt it.
In the novel, Xiaoyao thought to herself that she wasn't sad when she was dying herself but she was very sad when she thought about Jing dying. So even if XL showed himself to her for an awkward 'thank you for saving my life' meeting, XL will have to deal with her leaving him after that to go to save Jing... which is why I guessed he avoided seeing her at all...

I love this one for yaoliu
Eric周兴哲 - 挚友

the lyrics are really really fitting and its sooo beautiful

One of the lines says
我们不讨论的关系 很接近却不是爱情，拥有无数交集 要丢弃太可惜。

This relationship that we don't talk about, is very close but its not love,
we share countless connections, it would be a pity to abandon it

为什么太熟悉 反而变成距离
Why is the familiarity become a great distance

This is like their bug connection... it should have linked them closer... but all it did was to make XL give up trying since he could feel for too long that she got Jing in her heart...

This term has been used to define yaoliu as well in official LYF posts...
xiangliu is 挚友
cangxuan is 挚亲
Jing is 挚爱

Tonghua's writing for her female lead's three different types of relationships in her life...

Xiangliu calculated the maximum benefits for his every action so I think his motives are never just limited to one only... The reasons everyone mentioned before might all be possible... ie he wants Chishui clan to hate Xiyan royalty for this humiliation, weakening their alliance ... or maybe he just likes to do things with a bang lol
He just underestimated Fenglong's 'love' for Cangxuan and didn't realize Fenglong had no love for Xiaoyao at all... hehehe

In the novel it was clear that he had two months to go to Xiaoyao to ask her to not wed Fenglong.
Who knows maybe he also plotted for FFB's grand exit from the world by doing this move too... like he indulged his own dream for crashing her wedding, got paid... and also does not have to commit to her since his commitments laid elsewhere...

When Jing was gone XY would still commit to his memory and refuse to spend her life with him even when Cangxuan offered his hand... I thought that was clear enough who she loved the most...

" If you read the novel, as you said you did, you would know that the only person XY felt she could go on with for an eternity is FB/XL. "
There is no place that showed this at all...if it was so convincing, yaolius would have won their argument ten years ago...

Its one thing to be 'too obvious' but its also another to purposely ignore what is right in front of you?

Xiaoyao's every action is there, even if she lies all the time to the people she loves, but its true that only Tushan Jing realized she was unhappy about marrying Fenglong.

Even with the bug connection, Xiangliu needed to use his demon powers on her to confirm. He also didn't understand her.

I also think its obvious that the bug have now become 'endless trouble' for Xiangliu. From what it looks to me, the bug on XY is ok because XL loves her, but the one on XL is not ok because XY doesn't love him back the same way.
Why would XL's heart be aching otherwise. Even if you suggest its self-inflicted when he thinks he is losing XY.. but if its so obvious to him that XY loves him just because they have those bugs, then why does he even think XY is so in love with TSJ? 心心念念 are the words he used in the novel.

Actually, even during he was a hostage in Haoling, he already suffered many assassination attempts. CX is in line for the throne and that was enough for him to get killed over.
XL is was going to kill him not for Chenrong army initially but because he was under a killer contract for Cangxuan's uncles. Looks like Fangfeng family has a side business of being assassins.
However as the capability of CX started to become obvious ( the same traits that Tushan Jing saw in him, that he could become a good king ), XL already told Xiaoyao that he had to kill him that day, otherwise CX would be the one to kill him one day.

The pre-production started few years back but they filmed for 6 months in 2022... from Mar to Sep... They have big stars like Yangzi and 6 months was already considered a very long filming time, they couldn't possibly ask her for 9 months of her year just to do one drama since she will have other projects.

Most 40 ep dramas we see these days are shot within 3-4 months.. and short web dramas finish in a few weeks... Post production can happen later, and for some cases, celebs could be asked back to do reshoots for unforeseen issues...