Yep it's based on a true story. Highly recommend the book. It literally gives you fluffies inside XD
No. Copying/pasting an earlier reply I wrote on this point: It's a happy ending. In fact, the web novel starts in the present where they are already married. The web novel is not written in a linear fashion. Rather, you get to know the characters and their story through the anecdotes that the author shares (it's written in the first person). These anecdotes span their years together, including how they met in high school and eventually came to be as a couple.
I will update to add that the drama has taken a similar approach where, in the present, they are married, but then we will bounce back to their high school years or the years that follow their college graduation.
Mind letting me know if it’s a happy ending or sad ending?? :3
It's a happy ending. In fact, the web novel starts in the present where they are already married. The web novel is not written in a linear fashion. Rather, you get to know the characters and their story through the anecdotes that the author shares (it's written in the first person). These anecdotes span their years together, including how they met in high school and eventually came to be as a couple.
I'm rereading the book in prep for the drama and just reached that scene, and can confirm for you that you are…
I don't know about melancholic, but I would agree that the drama looks more dramatic than in the novel. I kinda get it though. As much as viewers always say they want a sweet story without any conflict, when we get that, people then complain it's not interesting. Conflict hooks viewers' attention. Also, since the story in the novel is not told in a linear fashion, but rather through anecdotes that alternate at times from past to present, I imagine the screenwriter for the drama had to fill in the gaps in between.
As for Guan Chao and Hao Wu Yi, I haven't met it yet to the end of my reread but my recollection is the same as yours: there is no love line for either of them.
Like you, I'm excited for Janice Wu's performance in this drama. She's never disappointed in the few dramas of hers that I've seen, and I think she'll be perfect for the role of Joey. I'm not familiar with the male lead actor, but I'm looking forward to getting to know him. I'm also *super* excited for tomorrow! :D
IT IS FINALLY GONNA AIR! and it seems pretty accurate to the book too except the whole she couldn't go to England…
I'm rereading the book in prep for the drama and just reached that scene, and can confirm for you that you are correct. That's actually part of the reason why they had their four-year "Cold War." Mr. F confessed to Joey (in his method of style, of course) and she rejected him. Part of the reason for her rejection though was when she arrived at their high school farewell dinner, she was already upset as she'd just learned from others that he was leaving for school in England. Since she didn't know about it before that night and didn't learn about it from Mr. F, that means (in the book, at least) Mr. F didn't ask her to study abroad with him.
Another difference, based on the trailer, is it looks like Joey has a father who gets into an accident (which is why she gives up going to England?). In the book, however, her parents are divorced and she grew up with her mother and brother (Guan Chao). She mentions how coming from a single-parent home made her feel inadequate at times.
the last 2 ep have not come out yet, they come out today so how do u know the ending
The last two raw episodes were released yesterday, thanks to those who have VIP (paid) membership to the streaming site in China and make them available online. (VIPs are four episodes ahead of the non-paying viewers).
42-43 was released on Thursday night to iQiyi VIPs. Did you get confused by your timezone if you're a day behind…
Yes. For official/Viki subbed videos it was 34/35 (Tuesday), 36/37 (Wednesday), and 38/39 (Thursday) this week. For VIPs/raw videos, it was 38/39 (Tuesday), 40/41 (Wednesday), and 42/43 (Thursday) this week.
The Family of Zhu is helping BQ because she belongs to that family. Basically, many years ago, BQ's grandfather…
BQ's grandfather knows nothing. As I mentioned previously, his wife (BQ's grandmother) only said they shouldn't give the daughter she'd just given birth to (Xue Fei) to the Mysterious Man, but she wasn't able to explain why before she died (which was soon after giving birth). That means Xue Fei - while growing up - would not have known that she was the Biluotian priestess. She only knew that she had to be raised apart from her family to hide from the Mysterious Man.
But the Seventh Prince and his right hand man (Ah Fu) recognized Xue Fei to be the Biluotian Priestess when they met her (how exactly, I'd have to rewatch that episode where the Seventh Prince explains everything to Chen Yu to know because I can't really remember right now either, but Ah Fu is from Biluotian so that was definitely a part of it). The Seventh Prince explained that Xue Fei once overheard him and Ah Fu talking, so that's how she found out she was the Biluotian Priestess and then she ran away from him.
When the Seventh Prince and Ah Fu eventually found her, it was in that cabin (opening scene from the first episode). She'd just given birth and since they could tell she'd given birth to a girl, they knew that child had to be a Biluotian Priestess since it's always passed down the female line. That's how they know BQ is a Biluotian Princess.
It's also worth remembering that in that opening scene, Xue Fei had also wanted to kill the baby because she didn't want it living the same fate as her. Her brother, BQ's Ninth Uncle was the one to stop her and snatch the baby back. It's possible that he knew by then that his sister was the Biluotian Princess, if she had shared that information with him. But if he did know that about his sister and BQ, he never said. Instead, he just told his family that he was taking BQ to live on the run because they needed to hide from the Seventh Prince - so that's all BQ's grandfather knows.
Apart from the secret FB group that people have mentioned below, I think only Viki is subbing the drama and then…
I'm sorry, I don't really understand what you're trying to say. Every drama has a different airing schedule. If you're talking about Ming Lan, for example, it airs (or aired, rather, since it ended this week) every day. But this drama only airs on Tues-Thurs. That's got nothing to do with Viki. It's being distributed in China like that too.
The Family of Zhu is helping BQ because she belongs to that family. Basically, many years ago, BQ's grandfather…
Chen Yu (the prince) has learned from his father why he was interested in Xue Fei and then Bu Qi, and thus he knows the full extent of the Biluotian prophecy. But to BQ, he's only warned her that his father wanted to use her because she was a Biluotian priestess. He hasn't told her that in order to gain access to its treasures that she must be sacrificed, but that's because he has no intention of it ever coming to that. From that, they can probably deduce that the Mysterious Man was interested for the same reason but I don't know that anyone's ever sat down and said, "This is why he wanted to marry her."
I will update to add that the drama has taken a similar approach where, in the present, they are married, but then we will bounce back to their high school years or the years that follow their college graduation.
As for Guan Chao and Hao Wu Yi, I haven't met it yet to the end of my reread but my recollection is the same as yours: there is no love line for either of them.
Like you, I'm excited for Janice Wu's performance in this drama. She's never disappointed in the few dramas of hers that I've seen, and I think she'll be perfect for the role of Joey. I'm not familiar with the male lead actor, but I'm looking forward to getting to know him. I'm also *super* excited for tomorrow! :D
Another difference, based on the trailer, is it looks like Joey has a father who gets into an accident (which is why she gives up going to England?). In the book, however, her parents are divorced and she grew up with her mother and brother (Guan Chao). She mentions how coming from a single-parent home made her feel inadequate at times.
But the Seventh Prince and his right hand man (Ah Fu) recognized Xue Fei to be the Biluotian Priestess when they met her (how exactly, I'd have to rewatch that episode where the Seventh Prince explains everything to Chen Yu to know because I can't really remember right now either, but Ah Fu is from Biluotian so that was definitely a part of it). The Seventh Prince explained that Xue Fei once overheard him and Ah Fu talking, so that's how she found out she was the Biluotian Priestess and then she ran away from him.
When the Seventh Prince and Ah Fu eventually found her, it was in that cabin (opening scene from the first episode). She'd just given birth and since they could tell she'd given birth to a girl, they knew that child had to be a Biluotian Priestess since it's always passed down the female line. That's how they know BQ is a Biluotian Princess.
It's also worth remembering that in that opening scene, Xue Fei had also wanted to kill the baby because she didn't want it living the same fate as her. Her brother, BQ's Ninth Uncle was the one to stop her and snatch the baby back. It's possible that he knew by then that his sister was the Biluotian Princess, if she had shared that information with him. But if he did know that about his sister and BQ, he never said. Instead, he just told his family that he was taking BQ to live on the run because they needed to hide from the Seventh Prince - so that's all BQ's grandfather knows.