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To find it on Viki, use it’s alternative title: The World Owes Me a First Love. It’s also available on the iQiyi app under Lucky’s First Love.

Not just you. She did have two.

Recap for the Special (and link for the video) can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y5mptb9w

Recap for the Special (and link to the video) can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y5mptb9w

The production team has said they modeled the game played in GYH after LoL and Dota2. ;)

He's not seen as a marketable player. Although Xiang Kong is the commander for the Legends team (the one who comes up with the strategies and directs the team when they're playing), in the game, he plays more of a support role, i.e., not the mid-solo position, which would be the one to make most of the kills and pull off all the fancy footwork that audiences love to see and get behind. In addition, Xiang Kong's game tactics are more of the sneak attack kind. Therefore, his actions while effective are not obvious to the lay audience, who just see him as a hand klutz. They don't realize that sometimes when he sacrifices himself in the game, he's actually setting things up for a bigger attack or that he's trying to trick the other side into falling into a trap. Since the lay audience can't understand that, they misunderstand and criticize him online as a terrible player, so Zhao Yang doesn't want to use Xiang Kong as the "face" of the Legends team. That's why he prefers someone like Pei Xi, who's got strong skills, is a mid-solo player, and has a lot of online popularity. (But, on the other hand, for all that PX is a highly skilled player, he lacks creativity in playing the game which is why even he knows he needs someone like XK and his strategies in order to win.)

The other reason why Zhao Yang doesn't like Xiang Kong is because he's not a very biddable player. As we see, one of the first things he does as the temporary team captain is to announce that they won't have time to participate in any of the sponsorship and fan events that Zhao Yang has arranged because they need to train. Zhao Yang's focused only on making money, rather than the game, and that's why he would've preferred someone like Huo Yao, for the team captain position (prior to thinking up the PX idea) because he knew he'd be able to get Huo Yao to do what he wants whereas he knows Xiang Kong will go directly against him - which is exactly what happened.

In reality, you need both the game and the money (funding to keep the team going) to make things work, which is what Gu Fang gently tried to remind Xiang Kong prior to his departure, and that's why Xiang Kong conceded as much to participate in that variety show.

Hope that helps...

I think the misspellings were done purposely because at one point I did see in a clip of some sort (I just can’t remember where, as it was a while ago) where Phoenix was spelled with the O. I can only assume/guess that in the post approval process, they were asked to edit the English or something which is why we got Phenix, Tatan, etc.

https://m.weibo.cn/2737515570/4391149609331178

“I've heard the MLs ex comes back (I assume so from the intro and outro), but I'm somewhat emotionally prepared for that haha, as there was a foreshadowing in the first few episodes.”

She does, but since you had only asked about love triangles for QY, I purposely avoided saying anything about that; haha. ;) I actually find the ex to be a sympathetic character and can completely understand why she’s trying to hang on. Doesn’t mean I want her with XK, but I feel for her. As for how her return affects the OTP, it does suck but at least we’re comforted in knowing XK’s completely over the ex. It’s just a matter then of the OTP working things out (each time). It’s handled well – heart be strong, and don’t be afraid! I’m also glad to hear you’re enjoying the other themes in the drama too. I was the same, came from the romance but stayed for everything. This drama has had me hooked for a very long time now, LOL.

"Btw the one you are talking about,- so who’s interested in Qy on later episodes- is it Lou tian?"

Yes. :(
Really wish they'd just kept him as the stern mentor who softens and ends up looking out for her after he realizes she's actually a hard worker and deserving of assistance. It was just so awkward after the drama had him realizing he might have feelings for her. Fortunately, it was only a brief moment so it's not like we had to watch him dwell on this. Moreover, when he tries to confess, QY never gives him an inroad so he ends up not bothering. He does admit how he feels towards XK but it ends up being (IMO) a pretty useless conversation between the two of them and the only thing it creates is awkwardness between a junior and a senior who'd always considered each other to be respected friends. The only part of that whole situation that I liked was seeing Luo Tian and QY's coworkers gossiping about something maybe going on between them, which XK overhears and has him feeling nervous. It’s always good to give XK a little something to think about, otherwise he gets too complacent, but the drama could easily have been written in a way for the coworkers to gossip without Luo Tian actually having feelings for QY, so sigh… Anyway, it’s fine. For all that I’m going on about it, it really is just a brief thing towards the end. Nothing at all that we, as viewers, need to worry about. ;)

Glad you're enjoying the recaps! :D

Although the OTP make up towards the tail end of the last episode, I’d argue that it’s debatable whether they “broke up.” After all those specific words were never used and the choices that were made, which led to their separation, were made out of love so it’s not like you ever doubt that they won’t reunite some day – it’s just a matter of when.

Overall, I think the romance arc of this drama is definitely worth following. I find the OTP’s story both beautiful and fun to watch as it evolves. In fact, some of the most fun moments IMO are when they’re “not dating,” but so obviously operate like a couple even if they are “just friends.” [If you follow my recaps, you’ll see how I’m constantly yelling at them to “just admit it already and date!”] That’s why even though the OTP may not achieve their official status as a couple until later on, it’s good to keep in mind that their relationship starts *way* before that so don’t be disappointed if you hear from others that they don’t become a couple until X episode. Their relationship is really so much more than just that! The other thing I love about the OTP is how respectful and supportive they are of each other. They’re not the type to sit in each other’s pockets, but they’re always available for each other and in that regard, I found them to be mature, realistic, and refreshing.

Finally, as to your last question, there’s not really a love triangle for her. It’s believed at one point that someone may be interested in her, but that later turns out to be false –it does, however, lead to some hilarious moments of jealousy from the ML although he never admits that he is. Towards the end, there will be someone who’s interested in her – and if there’s one thing I dislike about the drama, it would be that part as I don’t feel it was necessary for the story and could easily have been omitted - but since the drama did go there, just be assured it’s not any big thing. I don’t think it even made it onto her radar, really, and it’s more of a thing for the ML to deal with.

Hope this helped!

To clarify my earlier reply (in case there's still confusion), there's no special episode - just the cut scenes i mentioned.

The drama released several cut scenes on Weibo (clips of which you can also now find on IG). There's a scene with the remaining members of Legends and VNG coming together to form a new team for the next season; a scene with Pei Xi and Summer, where the latter tells the former he wants to go on vacay to find a girlfriend; a scene with Yi Xuan giving Yi Yi his bank book; a scene with Shu Wen proposing to Sun Ze Yi; and finally, a scene where XK gets his motorbike back.

Unfortunately I can't find the link for the one that has all of the cut scenes compiled in one video, but here's a link for the one with XK/QY and his motorbike: https://m.weibo.cn/status/4390799346866248

Awwww... if you're talking about the very end of the drama, haha, yeah. I can understand why people would be disappointed that all we got was a hug. Personally though, I was okay with how it all played out and I just super love the drama as a whole (if that wasn't already obvious). Interestingly though, as okay as I was with just a hug at the end of the drama, it's the cut scene that they later gave us where I craved something more. That final scene with them leaning against his bike was just prime opportunity, but alas. Haha.

In terms of not getting to see them talk things out in the drama, I have less problems with that "omission" because we already got to hear both their viewpoints through XK's conversation with Sun Ge. Sun Ge just stood in place of QY when he told XK that the only reason QY left was to make things less difficult for him, not because she didn't love him anymore, and XK said he knew that. He then explained he wasn't as conflicted as she believed, but he still let her go because he wanted her to pursue her dream. Mega-paraphrasing there, but as I know you've already watched the drama, you know what scene I'm talking about! ;) Anyhow, given that we already got to hear his viewpoints, it would've been repetitive to hear him say it to QY with the only difference being that we'd get to see her hearing it. But for that, like you said, we can assume they later had the same conversation.

One of the things I actually appreciate about this drama and its writing is that in order to keep things moving without a wasted second, it does things like this. It also gives us enough hints to know that there is a lot going on behind the scenes. For example, there would be times where XK would say he learned something about QY through YX who wouldd've heard it from YY. Even though we don't necessarilly see YX and YY texting/calling, from that, we know that they do. There's also at least one occasion where QY goes to text XK and we can see from her cellphone screen an entire chat history that we never actually saw in the drama.

But, having said all that, I get it. I really do. We just love our OTP so much we want to see them being affectionate all the time! ;)

All raw/unsubbed episodes for this drama are available. @ajw probably watched them raw.

In defense of my position earlier reply... :P What I believe you're referring to after episode 11, I (personally) wouldn't call a misunderstanding but more a miscommunication. By that point, it's clear: the OTP both like each other. But it's because of other stuff that happens that she loses confidence in their burgeoning relationship, because he should've said something earlier when he didn't, and then he has to fight to get her to give him a chance to explain. I don't know, I never really saw that as a roadblock (or a turn off) given how much we knew they were actually interested in each other by that point. Mostly, I just wanted them to communicate and get it all out! ;)

When I see the misunderstanding tag associated with this drama, I think of when they truly misunderstood each other - when he was under the impression she was some sort of a scam artist who was only trying to use connections to get ahead in her professional career while she just thought of him as an unreliable jerk.

Misunderstandings... miscommunications... perhaps it's all semantics. I definitely see your point, but I just wanted to clarify as well why I answered as I did, as I do not want others to think I was trying to mislead or omit information! It's just because I don't view what happens in the middle of the drama to be a misunderstanding, it did not occur to me to mention it -- if that makes sense.

Don't let the misunderstandings tag scare you away, as it's through their misunderstandings that the OTP get to know each other, but once everything's cleared up, you'll see how bad they feel for having misunderstood each other. It's done well and all resolved by ep 11. ;)

35 episodes

I can confirm, it's a very happy ending. (In fact, you can pretty much guess from the first episode what will happen in the last episode. :P )

In a word? Yes! It's an inspiring story of teamwork, hard work, and people following their dreams. It's also got the most adorable OTP with great side characters (some of whom who have their own love stories to follow). I can't recommend it enough!