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He seems to have that older-sibling complex where he refuses to listen to anyone's advice but his siblings HAVE to listen to him.

Just keep in mind that childhood difficulties like this ALWAYS manifest their problems when the character gets older. Yes, the drama is realistic, so it shows that.

I'm so sorry, I'll mark my posts as spoilers 😓

WHYY 😭😭😭

I'm not sure whether the baby is Qiqi's... someone else here speculated it but I didn't see anything like that when I watched it. But I do know that I'm really hoping it isn't his kid. Qiqi is a child himself!

Yes, yes, I do think the writer has male angst. It feels like a very twisted feminist story sometimes. Every man here is a complete pushover of either his wife or his mother... and the amount of jump-kisses we've had to see 🙄
Other than Yicheng's friend, every single male is a lozapalooza(and yes, I like the word. It's the only way to describe them). Lingzi's mom was nice but her sidekick mom is NASTY. Poor Qiqi is completely traumatized... I wanted to slap Lingzi's insolent smiling face at the wedding.

Also WHAT was that conversation Erqiang had with his MIL??!! That he should beat or scold her or something... I sat there completely shocked and confused. I didn't even want to understand what was going on.

I haven't let go of Sanli-Yiding because they do have a very adorable romance. I think I'm more tolerant of MILs because I'm Asian so I've seen a lot of real-life ones, too. What saves this plot-arc from total destruction is that MIL is terrible to Yiding, too. MILs who side with their sons are just NASTY. And Yiding doesn't take his mom's side much, either. He also knows that his mom is mistreating Sanli and he's trying to change their situation. He stayed with his wife the whole time she was in the hospital, not with his mom. Even when she was going through tests, he was (very adorably) reading pregnancy info in the waiting room, not trying to shuttle between his mom and wife. There are so many jackasses in this world who take their mom's side and keep nagging at their wives to change or adapt or say stupid stuff like "You're strong enough to take care of yourself, my mom isn't."

Simei-Chenggang... I finished Ep 21 and I still don't feel that he even likes her. Him coming to her house first is so suspicious to me, and he also seemed to be avoiding Yicheng's questions. And Jiamin yelled at his wife for no reason at all -_- The writers didn't spare his relationship either.

IKR!!! I was annoyed at Yiding because of the whole MIL thing and I was frustrated with the entire drama in general, but that olive oil scene completely melted me, they are SO FREAKING CUTE! 🥰🥰 It was so so sweeeeeet!! I love it when Sanli and Yiding are smiling!

I loved all those pre-dating and during-breakup scenes where Yiding made sure Sanli got home safely, too. They're pretty much the whole reason I keep pushing through with this drama.

I am tired of all the drama GIVE ME HAPPY SCENES!! 😭😭

😂😂 that does happen with long drawn family dramas... they always have convoluted plotlines!
Six weddings. (Yicheng, Erqiang, Sanli, Qiqi, Weimin and Weimin's mom)
Five Qiao children.
Four trash girlfriends/wives. (Yicheng's ex-gf and wife, Erqiang's wife, Qiqi's wife)
Three trash mothers plus one insensitive step-mother. (Xiaolang, Yiding and Xiaomo's moms + Second Auntie)
Three children about to be born. (Xiaomo's, Sanli's, Qiqi's)
Three boys with terrible taste in women. (Yicheng, Erqiang, Qiqi)
Two heartless mother-in-laws. (Sanli and Xiaolang's)
Two trash fathers. (Xiaolang's and Yicheng's)
Two weird long-distance relationships. (Simei-Chenggang and Yicheng-Xiaolang)
Two weird huge-age-gap relationships. (Erqiang-Master Ma and Xiaomo-Director Chen)
Two aborted children. (Yicheng-Xiaolang's and Xiaomo's first kid)
One death. (Weimin's dad)
One affair. (Xiaomo-Director Chen)
One underage wedding. (Qiqi's)

I'd say Sanli is on her way to a happy ending... other than the mother in law they're happy as a couple. All they have to do is move away from her.

Let's do a round-up of everything that we've had to endure till now:
Six weddings.
Five Qiao children.
Four trash girlfriends/wives.
Three trash mothers plus one insensitive step-mother.
Three children about to be born.
Three boys with terrible taste in women.
Two heartless mother-in-laws.
Two trash fathers.
Two weird long-distance relationships.
Two weird huge-age-gap relationships.
Two aborted children.
One death.
One affair.
One underage wedding.
And I've lost count of the number of pushover boys.

I keep giving Yiding chances because the two of them are so freaking ADORABLE together 😂 I hope they move out FAST.

Of course the son doesn't like Erqiang, but Erqiang's relationship is heading south anyway. I just can't believe his wife is having an ongoing affair!! I really thought she was a nice character 😑 Neither of them are giving their all to this marriage so I guess we're going to have to watch it go down the drain. Wonder what will happen to the child.

I want to smash my head through a wall with all that's happening to Qiqi. He shares his brother's terrible taste in women. And it's so weird to see him all terrified and traumatized while the girl looks like she's having the time of her life at the wedding. I think Qiqi isn't mentally okay either because he seems to have grown up knowing he was an outsider in his aunt's family. I can't believe how heartless the aunt is.... she's practically raised him since he was a baby but she dumps his problems into Yicheng's hands as soon as things get tough.

I am soooooo tired of all the drama and Simei's soldier boy looks sketchy. I wonder why he's back and why he didn't go to his own house. The writers are being as stingy as the dad with light, happy scenes! They are scattered so few and far-between!

btw it's fun discussing things with you all^^ I've never watched and discussed an on-air drama like this before 😅🥰

Usually it's the guys who don't care and the girls who take the beating but this is such a U-turn 🙄 Qiqi looks terrified and traumatized while that girl's just laughing everywhere. I legit thought she was going to eat him in Episode 20. Orders him around and then tries to eat him. And of course Qiqi is as spineless as his brothers.

Episode 23 hasn't been subbed yet on Viki and we get two subbed episodes a day, so I'll be able to answer you tomorrow^^

This drama should have been titled "What Happens When You Have the Worst, Most Terrible Taste in Women ft. The Qiao Boys"

Just finished Episode 21 and I am TIRED. The drama was better when it was dragging around. Now this is pure CHAOS with no relief. I would've gone crazy if it wasn't for that totally adorable Sanli-Yiding scene that made me melt and smile again.

My poor babies are going through so much garbage right now, it's so hard to watch!! I love how that Second Auntie dumps everything onto Yicheng as soon as things take a bad turn 😡 What is wrong with that woman? She raised him non-stop since he was a baby. Doesn't she have ANY love for him?
I've also noticed that there has not been one single mutual kiss of real love(I refuse to count in Yicheng-Xiaolang ones because I didn't enjoy those). It's almost always the trashy women jump-kissing the subdued, pushover men. We just got that one time Yiding surprise-kisses Sanli but that didn't go well, either.

Isn't Sanli the first parent?

I am shocked and exhausted. That girl was bad news from the beginning -_-

not the FL's mother in law, I meant the ML's mother's mother-in-law. I can't forget the sight of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hugging and leaving that trash of a husband/son on his own 😂
can't wait for part 2!^^

This is a wonderful article!^^

When the word "marriage" comes up, I have to think of the drama "Marriage, Not Dating." That one REALLY explored dating and marriage. We start out with a contract relationship of a woman crazy about getting married and a guy who doesn't care and end up with a complete switch in their views. I loved how they explored a variety of issues, including the way things turned out with the ML's lousy cheating father. It was so nice to see a good mother-in-law for once, who understood her daughter-in-law's pain and took her side against her own son. Of course, there are not-so-good mom-in-laws, too, but the good one stood out.

There's also the second-chance drama genre with 18 Again, Familiar Wife, Go Back Couple and Emergency Couple trying to navigate the various pitfalls, highs and lows of marriage. 18 Again stands out for beautiful relationships of all kinds.

And then I have to include Flower of Evil, because that one was soooo good. The FL was one of the strongest I have ever seen.

Okay, I calmed down after that shocker and now I'm melting over Sanli and Yiding they are PRECIOUS 🥰🥰 Glad to see Yiding focus only on Sanli when both his mom and Sanli were in the hospital. He's giving me hope... that he's a good guy who's just been under his mom's thumb for too long
I just wish they'd move out faster because that mom is a WITCH.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PACING??? Sometimes it's so slow and boring and then suddenly they drop complete BOMBSHELLS on my head and heart! Sanli is pregnant? WHAT THE HECK? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?! I AM NOT READY TO BE A GRANDMA! And to think we almost lost the child I AM FREAKING OUT! Yiding wth bro be a better husband, please!