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For everyone who criticized Allen Ren for his acting as being boring, monotone and apparently not acting with his eyes or that his voice doesn't work as a general- you all seem to forgot that his character is meant to be this way. It was mentioned early on that as a result of living the three thousand years for having something in him that it's natural and not for a mortal being- it has side effects. Chief ones being his personality may change and he may grow cold and seem cold. And some may say, well there have been 'cold/stoic' characters being portrayed and have done a better job, well they were not portraying Lu Yan. This is who he is. If you doubted that Allen Ren can't act, you haven't seen him in Miss Crow- arguably my favorite and One and Only where he's awkwardly adorable when it came to romance.

If you look back to before he confirmed YDD was Yunxi, he was starting to care for her. He wasn't merely protecting her on the belief that she has Yunxi's soul. He started buying her her favorite food and he felt guilty for nearly killing her in order to extract Yunxi's soul from YDD. In the short time he's known her, he knew what she would do next/say next.

YDD is Yunxi's soul in a new body (still looks like her). However, she doesn't have her past memories and was raised as a human and so her personality is very different than that of Yunxi. So YDD is and is also not Yunxi

She is Yun Xi as reborn. It's normal for a reborn to lose all previous memories. Given she reborn as a young child, her powers are probably somehow sealed and raised to believe she is human and is the daughter of a spirit hunter/master.

I am enjoying that FL and her companions are so terrified of LY and coming up with ways to protect themselves- is so futile. They've seen what he is capable of and yet, they can't help but do whatever they can (however silly it looks) and the rumors/legends about LY makes him super terrifying.

First 8 episodes watched- that's 25% of the drama done. I like it so far. Love the OST, probably my fave from Allen Ren. Pacing is fine, it's not unnecessarily draggy. The humor is not over the top for me and FL isn't as annoying as I have seen before. I'm not a huge fan of Li Qin but she is capable of acting really well given the right script. I've seen enough of her that I haven't seen a breakthrough role for her but she isn't terrible. I see a blend of Blue Whisper (think about Allen Ren being forced to subjugate by a woman again) where he has magical powers and Zhou Sheng Chen - being in his armour.

I am over the moon that Allen Ren has dubbed himself for once! I don't recall him ever dubbed by himself in period/historical. He has in the recent modern day dramas which I enjoy.

I back you. I am a woman myself. I don't get all the hate and outrage of this drama. I choose to watch this on my own criticism. The bra strap scene was written in the script. I've seen worst dramas treating women terribly but often they are scripted. I care nothing for Douban ratings because they are not reliable in assessing whether a drama is worth 2 cents. I enjoy this drama for the male friendship and bonding. 21 episodes in and we haven't even seen a kiss scene from Zhang Han - unlike some dramas that have you kiss and touch each every other minute. Why doesn't anyone complain about those dramas as being sexual harrassment. People toss out sexual harrassment like it's a light term to accuse someone with and not have consequences. Give me a break.

It looks promising. I see his character here a blend of Zhousheng Chen and Cheng Yi (his most recent past roles) which arguably are one of my faves from him. I don't always like Allen Ren but where I enjoy him the most is the fantasy element.

Best quote from gege hacker "I would rather touch his butt than yours!" referring to kid hacker

Junior Hacker is hilarious! I enjoy him in cosplay. He looks so cute as a girl.

3rd is married but it happens a few episodes in

Tencent

Did you watch Under the Skin? That's how I knew of Tan Jian Ci. He was brilliant in that one. It's also a crime drama but not cyber. Been waiting for this one as I couldn't get enough of him.

It's about 4 very close male friends who each go through their own love struggles. Not really bromance but there is a good focus on romance

The recent new trailers has gotten me all excited. I didn't even know about it until I saw the trailer a couple weeks ago. Looks like it might be an improvement from Blue Whisper.

100% agree. I don't find it offensive to women. A lot of stereotypes about men and women are thrown in with the misunderstandings. Once you get to know each one, you realize you misjudged them.

It usually starts with a general dislike with one another and then the jabs started building. Re-watching that scene- it sorta started with Xu Do and the professor's colleague exchanging friendly jabs. Possibly due to some sort of jealousy over Guo Chong as he knows them both. Then of course Xu Do's friend has to side with her so the jabs started flying. I laughed at the jabs about wrinkles/old skin/aging...a big no no comparison among the ladies while the men sit there in awkwardness wondering how to interject or should they interject to steer the conversation away.

I'm on episode 6 so far. This isn't actually bad (I'm a woman). It's a nice filler drama that isn't stupid or silly. There are enough humorous moments to make you chuckle. As for the treatment of women- let's remember this is told from the perspective of middle-aged men - each having their own insecurities about love. Not saying their view is right but at the same time, I felt it's about them exploring their faults and working to better themselves. There are successful portrayals of women - the super rich real estate businesswoman and Xu Do who is smart, confident and beautiful- not at all an idiot. Best of all, she isn't intimidated by men. I do struggle to see how the storyline can last 40 episodes- there is going to be a lot of misunderstandings and whatnot to get us through. For now, it has been entertaining.

I was also shocked at the 3rd prince during episode 49 where he went to find CSS to save LBY. Then it all came out how they were close together but appeared to others as distant. I had to re-evaluate the scenes with the 3rd prince. He at first gave off the vibe that he wanted to be CP by evil means but really, he wanted the CP because he was more capable than his elder brother. It is certainly refreshing not to see a palace storyline that doesn't involve the wives fighting each other for title or the sons fighting (ruthlessly) for CP. If you pay close attention to when LBY was confronted on his choices by the Queen, 3rd prince sat quietly nearby and appeared sad knowing LBY was extremely torn when he answered the Queen.