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If I'm not mistaken, users can only post emojis when they use MDL on their phones. I have an emoji extension in my browser but it doesn't work on MDL.

The romance is not resolved in part one. If the drama follows the novel, XY will end up with TSJ in part two.

The novel's title is "Eternally Yearning for You" and Part 1 of the novel is called "Lost You Forever".

Part 2 (chapters 18 - 33) is called "Telling of a Sorrowful Love". Part 3 (chapters 34-51) is called "Missing You Without End". And XL's epilogue is called "Wishing You a Life of Worry-Free Happiness".

The author refers to CX (ZX in the novel) and XY as the ML and FL.

XY never has romantic feelings for ZX, but he has romantic feelings for her. Because of his own actions, ZX ultimately loses XY forever.

The title refers to CX losing XY.

At the end of the novel, XY remembers XL but she is not aware of most of his sacrifices and she believes that the things that XL did that she is aware of were things he did as part of deals to get a benefit (e.g., he saved her life in order to get a mountain peak from CX for the benefit of his fellow soldiers as their resting place) rather than things he did because he loved / cared about her.

If you see references to XY's memories of XL being erased, they are referring to the memories that she had saved in her mirror.

I wonder if at least one of those episodes might be an adaptation of the epilogue, which is from XL's POV right before his final battle. It shows him carving and sending off the big-bellied laughing doll and some similarly heart-wrenching content.

The romance is not concluded by the end of episode 39 (the end of part one).

If part two follows the novel (and most of us expect that it will), then XY will be with TSJ in the end.

Congrats on being comment #35,000 :)

In the novel, XY only ever loves ZX as a brother. Her feelings do not turn romantic.

This is comment 34,999 if you'd like to add #35,000.

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You're welcome :) That wording is confusing even for native English speakers.

"Consume" would be better translated as "use up". No matter how much heart blood XL would have to use to revive XY if she were to die again, XL could recoup it (if he wanted to) by drinking her blood.

There's a really good analysis of how to think of what "zhiji" really means in Mandarin. This has come up for a few different dramas and translations (e.g., the Untamed): https://hunxi-guilai.tumblr.com/post/612161034673946624/all-right-guys-lets-have-a-conversation-about

TL;DR: "zhiji" means a person who knows, understands and recognizes you.

Although it doesn't preclude romance, it doesn't necessarily have romantic connotations. And although a true zhiji is very rare, you could theoretically have multiple zhijis. Your enemy could be your zhiji. Someone you just met could be your zhiji, and someone you have known your whole life could be your zhiji. But new or long-standing, it's always inherently a deep and meaningful connection.

In fact, it's may even be the deepest possible type of relationship. Because "knowing", "understanding" and "recognizing" someone is so rare, powerful and meaningful. In the tradition of ancient Chinese literature, it is frequently portrayed as a relationship that is worth dying for.

When I read the novel, I had similar feelings about XL and Sir Bi being friendly acquaintances / drinking buddies. I'm far too invested in the idea of this fictional character having a friend ^^

You're right that the outline of the scene and almost all of its original elements are there, but they made some tweaks. I felt like those relatively small tweaks *significantly* changed the mood of the scene and made both characters' thoughts / feelings less clear.

Yes, she will end up happy with one of the main characters.

Several main characters die. Some of those deaths are not permanent, but some are.

The novel ending is happier for certain main characters than it is for others. Also, death isn't necessarily the worst ending a character can have. But if you don't want to watch unless all of the main characters live and get unambiguously happy endings, then this might not be your cup of tea.

I'd read that fic ^^

The drama censored that scene where XY is in the pool. In the novel, XL is already pretty certain XY is a woman at that point, and in that moment after biting XY he's attracted to her. The finger tracing? Attraction. But they changed the vibe in the drama (likely to pass censorship) so the mood of the scene is confusing.

In the novel, the author's favourite character has what you could optimistically call a bittersweet ending, but plenty of readers consider it utterly tragic. Another main character has a low-key tragic ending. And two other main characters get a mostly happy (but still partly bittersweet) ending.

Maybe trying to convince the censors ^^