whimsybee

I didn't read the actual novel, but have read summaries of it. Basically, her father was the cousin to the actual Fan ErNiu. I believe he was orphaned and was being raised by the grandfather alongside the original Fan ErNiu and the uncle. But the family was poor and they sold FCY's father. He ultimately became a skilled soldier under the Wei Yan (ML's uncle) and was renamed Wei Qi Lin. WQL married FL's mother who was the daughter of another famous general that was involved in ML's father' death (this history will caused some conflict between our leads in later part of the drama). Due the conspiracy around the death of the ML's father, the royal family and WY - the FL's parents ran away to Li An. The original Fan ErNiu had passed away by then, so WQL took over his identity.

plot armor armoring hard until it's time to fail.

how did it go in the novel?

what's this bear plot?

The latter, she didn’t free SYQ. Just threatened to castrate him if his generals didn’t send food.

I think the idea is that they both think it’s an hallucination/mirage caused by their yearning.

Yes, when I saw they captured him, my heart just sank. But I’m so proud of him, Mr Li, Mrs Kang and the other villagers. They were so brave.

I cried so much, I just watched the latest episodes and I feel like I’m in a daze now. My poor little village. And CY

Tbh, she hasn’t really had time to look in the mirror since waking up. And even if she did, or brushed her hair between the scenes, she’s probably too devastated by the massacre and scared for sister to notice and process what the ribbon means.

Same, I just finished watching the latest two episodes and my eyes are red from crying. I feel almost dazed and drained from the devastation that just happened to CY and the villagers. I’m so proud of how brave the villagers were at end. I’m planning to rewatch the earlier episodes to revisit the idyllic village and pretend nothing will happen to them.

I can’t begin to articulate how wonderful this drama is. Even the small side characters were written with so much care and depth. Even though I’m not sure I have the heart to rewatch the recent episodes, I’m so impressed by the acting, directing and scriptwriting.

I cried so much watching the last two episodes. Such devastation.

He has a very thick regional accent, definitely not suited for costume dramas.

The only thing is that we will face a CXX drought after this finishes. The only unaired drama of his left is that BL drama, which will never see the light of day. So we will need to wait a year or two for him to film another drama

Check out Fake It Until You Make It!! It’s one of my favorite modern dramas, gorgeous leads with electrifying chemistry and great banter.

I highly recommend Fake It Until You Make It, one of my favorite modern cdrama where the main couple have an electrifying and mature relationship. So cringey misunderstanding at all.

It might also depend on how ML behaves if/when FL's family find out his identity. Since he doesn't believe his father is guilty, he might not apologize for his father's doings, which FL's family could misunderstand as an evasion of accountability or lack of remorse.

LMAO when he called her father "Dad"

Right, plus they could have exposed him during the ceremony in front of the all the guest. Instead, what they did was fairly discreet. Also I don't believe they were planning to expose him at all until he tried to embarrass her by saying her outfit was inappropriate for the wedding - the FL wasn't planning to say anything at, the ML was fed up and stood up for her bc of that comment.

LMAO - two words, Chinese parents. There is no such thing as boundaries with them bc they are well versed in the ways in guilt tripping and selective hearing. Speaking from personal experience.

omg, I just watched this, and based on what LJL said - He is dead by episode 15! What is happening!!