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Right now, I can only speculate about what might have gone wrong, but I'm sure both of them share some responsibility. He’s trying to show her that he’s no longer as impulsive and immature as he once was, and I suspect she has also learned to communicate more effectively. This is evident from the moment she shared her story about being a producer for the first time; it made him realize that she has changed as well.

In situations like theirs, there are usually no clear rights or wrongs—just communication issues. If she wasn’t expressing her plans and needs, how could he understand her? On the other hand, if he acted immaturely when things didn’t go his way, that certainly wasn’t the best way to find common ground. They were just kids at the time; they clearly loved each other and had a strong connection, but their individual issues ultimately led to the failure of their relationship.

Thoughts after EP7:

I'm not sensing the "lame/simp ML" trope in this drama, though it seems like many people in the comments do. To me, it feels like neither of them ever fully moved on after the breakup. They both clearly want to be close to each other, but he’s more obvious about it because of his personality, while she’s the more emotionally unavailable one (although her friends have seen through her). If she really didn’t want to work with him, she had plenty of chances to avoid it, but she chose not to. She knows exactly what she’s doing.

It was also surprising how, after the shopping trip, during that meal, one moment made them reflect on their past in completely different ways—she focused on the good memories, while all he could think about were their worst and most painful moments. I also get the sense that he may have been impulsive and toxic in the past (after all, he was reported to the police in Germany for beating up her friend, which is a huge red flag).

It seems like she was more career-focused, and in the process, may have overlooked his feelings. Meanwhile, he was likely an immature romantic who didn’t fully understand or respect her ambitions, which led to them drifting apart. They were both pretty young at the time, and I’m guessing their communication skills weren’t great, with each of them having their own unresolved issues. But despite all that, it’s clear they truly loved each other—they just didn’t have the tools to make it work.

It’s not necessarily a bad thing for someone who’s emotionally closed off to have a partner who’s a bit clingy. In fact, it can push them out of their comfort zone and help them open up. The shopping scene was a perfect example of this dynamic, as was their conversation in the garden. He clearly has a natural ability to make her feel comfortable enough to share more of herself. Even in a previous episode, her best friends mentioned that they still don’t know her full family story, since she tends to keep things private.

They share an undeniable connection, drawing them together like magnets, but their history carries unhealed wounds from their failed relationship, making them wary of each other and hesitant to take any further steps.

I'm just trying to imagine how bad it was in the past

From what I gather, he didn't really take into account what she wanted from life back then, but now he's doing his best to support her dream of having a TV show, while still keeping his own goals in mind (even his business partner was surprised how prepared he was with that investment, initially thinking he's just recklessly risking it all for her).
It's clear that she's always been ambitious, and he may have been a bit immature or not as driven as she was to fully understand that at the time. We will eventually find out what's this all about.

That's the first time for me that there are any time airing differences, it clearly already aired in China almost 2 hours ago but still not available on my WeTV (either desktop or mobile app, I checked like a minute ago). Well, there always has to be this first time, sadly ;)

After ep6 I feel like he's not a simp but more like he realized his mistakes from the past and tries to make it up somehow... And I hope I am right about it, because, well, that would be interesting.

It's past 7pm CST and still no new episode available on the WeTV international app, that's why I am asking. Looks like it can have different air schedule.

Any ideas at what time it will air on WeTV international app?

I don’t think it was the misunderstanding in the first place, what I think and understand from the context is that at that time they wanted different things. He wanted her to do it all “for love” including sacrifices, she was focused on her career.
They also both clearly changed since their break up (FL mentioned it a couple times when talking about e.g. ML’s impulsive attitude from the past).

We know that after the break up he called her many times but she didn’t answer. Then she tried to call him but he was the one not answering. But then during interview he mentioned he never heard back from her since the break up. That’s the whole mystery here 🤔

7.7 is way too low. For me it should be more like 8-8.5 now, after episode 5. It’s well paced, chemistry between characters is really good, we get some comedy but also more serious topics (trigger warning: domestic violence). I’m genuinely curious about all 3 main couples, each of them have very different past and dynamics (and some secrets to be revealed, I guess ;)).

If it’s gonna keep the pacing and story written well, I may even end up really loving it. Promising, but I’ve learned this year in a hard way that a drama may be ruined in the middle/in the end 🥲

Just finished episode 5 and so far so good for me. I like the structure of episodes: flashback to high school -> present day -> future interviews during the show. Episode 5 gave me that feeling of warmth between 6 main characters, I am looking forward more of them working together on the screen ❤️

I feel he’s more like an extra protective friend and I am also sensing some potential feelings developement between him and ML’s lawyer.

I think the same, he’s just extra protective as her friend, I don’t sense any love triangle vibes here.

I think I’ve just became a die hard War’s fan 😂 You just know he had an enormous amount of fun playing Joke, especially in ep5 😂

I can’t agree more with you!

Not really sad for me, it’s just like they finished in the middle of it.

Already done!

Ohhhh, I love this theory too! I assume it’s just one big promotional campaign created by some mastermind. The more you dig in the more you can find to confirm that theory.

I have a theory that I reeeeaaalllyy want to believe in that the 2nd season was always planned and maybe even already shooted/during shooting, that’s why we have number 1 in the English title. 2nd season will have number 2 in it. Please, let me be delusional, I’m traumatized by this ending.