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Her personality trait is supposed to be impulsive. It just takes her more time to see things clearly.

Poor HT, New Year's Eve is always tough for him since he lost his parents, and now he lost JX too.

JX's things vanished before our eyes in the drama instead of her chaotic departure in the novel where HT said, "are you moving or demolishing the house?"

I like both

I like a boss who treat people like human beings.

novel was only mere 3 months!

They did a great job of getting rid of unnecessary soap opera scenes although it loses some of the banter between them.

In the novel HT asked JT to get back together with him at least twice. One time, he couldn't stand it any longer, he even forced himself on her, but she said no. Of course, he's a gentleman and backed off. The HT in the novel is pretty obsessed with JX. It's just that he conducts himself with restraint.

I don't see it as he "waited for FL for 10 yrs" but he never forgot her either because she was special person. He was impressed by her vision to bring medical technology to remote areas because that was his passion too. If HT was obsessed with her, he can easily find her. She never returned his text, so he figured she's not interested in him. He really liked her, but he has big goals. He goes to college in Germany, pours all his time into his work, builds R&D center for Dongyang and makes long term plans for AI/Medical robot strategy. He never dated except he did hang out with his childhood friend Zeng Di who keeps showing up and forces herself on him. While in Germany, he saw stray cats who reminded him of JX and he always had regrets he never got together with her, but he never waited for her, didn't look for her nor expect he would ever see her again. As far as he was concern, she's in the past. But then one day, she shows up again in his life, and stirs up his feelings of the past. If he truly loved her back then, he wouldn't let a rejection hold him back, but he was resigned to never seeing her again. His way of remembering her was feeding stray cats to heal his regrets. He'd probably marry a blind date from his grandpa if JX never showed up again.

If the line is "sleeping with you", the momentary eye expression must be anger because in the novel, it said he was irritated; however, if it is "living with you", then it was expressing fear of losing her, and that was my impression.

It seems the drama changed the line and feeling because HT did not smile and not sarcastic when he said, "then you need to stay longer". I did not see irritation in his eyes when she said, "I've been living with you for so long". I think he thought she was insinuating "I've been living with you for too long", as if I'm not going to stay here anymore. I feel that line really scared HT for a moment he realized he could lose her, and that's what I saw in his eyes, which was only for a split second, so I had to rewatch a few times.

Novel:
JX smiled at him and said, "I've been sleeping with you for so long. Even though I haven't contributed much, I've still put in some effort. You're so generous, would you really hold it against me? This remark made Han Ting's face change with irritation. Han Ting remained silent for a moment, staring at her with deep eyes. After a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "It seems like you need to continue your job as my bed companion." (sarcastic)

Drama:
JX: I was living here for a long time and keeping you company. I deserve some reward, don't I?
(HT eyes intensified or deepened when she said that as if something suddenly overcame him). A generous man like you will not give me a hard time.
HT stared at her for a few seconds (there was no smile): You'll have to stay for a little longer. (the tone was not sarcastic but more of a relieve or hope).

JX still loves HT. She left him Dahuang. She lied that Dahuang didn't want to go with her. I saw a clip that Dahuang ran away to find Ji Xing.

Look at HT's eyes in the drama right after JX said:"I've been sleeping with you for so long".
This remark made HT's face change with irritation.

the translation said living with you, but it is sleeping with you.
now I understand why in the drama, his eyes look fierce for a moment after she said that

HT never intended to "hide" anything from JX.
Excerpt from novel:
JX: "Yes, I believe you. You wouldn't want to destroy it because XingChen is doing well enough. But as long as XingChen does better, like Hanhai, you won't let it go, right? You want to bring it into Dongyang, don't you?"
Han Ting fell silent. It wasn't a good time to talk to her about this issue now. He had planned to take it slowly in the future, but now he had to make some things clear.

HT liked JX since college, right?

He said they have similar personalities. I thought so too.

HT is a power player in the industry. He has to be ruthless. Unfortunately, JX...

I don't think JX thought that far in advance like 10 to 20 years. She's in survival mode. Her company cannot compete with Hanghai head on. She has to differentiate her product offering or find a niche market to participate in. She needs to grow revenues and make a return for her investor. No investor is going to keep pumping money into her company if goes nowhere. If she can come up with a product that can penetrate market and generate revenue and profits, she could go IPO, but it's not that easy. The best a startup like hers can hope for is to get bought and founders make some money and move on to another startup. Actually, XingChen is very succesful under JX. Even though they started five years late to market, they made great progress enough for Hanghai to be concern about them. HT always told JX not to worry about Hanghai because he had faith in her abilities and would support her startup not because he wants to throw money away, but because he has faith in her she will develop new technologies. Basically, HT was keeping XingChen like an R&D entity. So, I think HT was never going to merge because of his faith in JX, he wanted to give her full autonomy to innovate. If one day, he wanted to merge, he wanted to ease her into the idea, but he was forced to suddenly merge, and ZD playing mind games on JX fueled her mistrust of HT and led to her questioning everything he's done for her and whether he really loves her. Relationships are difficult when people work so much. This is HT's first serious relationship. JX's last relationship ended in break up.

HT said to his grandfather that "she has merits I don't have." JX impressed HT back in college when she gave the speech about her vision to be able to continue to innovate so technology can help those in rural areas. This is the reason HT's parents couldn't make it because the medical help was not available when their parents crashed in remote area. This is why HT went into medicine and science and spent years in Germany to develop R&D center. He's always had faith in her abilities, otherwise, he wouldn't waste his time on her.

Extract from novel:
JX: I thought you liked me, that's why I started to like you! Otherwise, I wouldn't have fallen in love with you!
HT was stunned: I do like you.
JX's heart felt like it had been pierced by a sharp blade. He understood exactly what she meant when she said "like" - it was love.
JX: I thought you loved me, I though you loved me and that's why I fell in love with you!
Otherwise, I wouldn't have fallen for you! But you, you only like me. How could there be someone like you?! Fake! Why did you treat me well and do those things for me? Why, just because I am suitable for you? Fake!
HT: 'suitable' is not a despicable word, neither is 'love' particularly noble. It's hard to find the right person. Three views, goals, time, ideas, spirit, interests, even just the ability to continue a conversation and share humor... it's hard to have everything match up, to be suitable. I really like you, that's true. As for the kind of love you want, I thought that it would slowly develop day by day, accumulating over time in the future. For me, it's impossible to have it all at once.

XK doesn't need to compete with them. Just be Xu Kai.