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At least fl's mom is open and honest. You always know what her true feelings is. I rather have a person like her than someone who keeps everything to themselves, or someone who is nice to you outwardly but inwardly, they're thinking about you differently,

This is very typical for XK dramas on MDL. As I learn more about ABAY, his next modern drama, I can pretty much predict similar pattern and guess what negative comments will be coming. When I go to non-XK drama comment pages, I just don't' see these sorts of comments, they only discuss the drama.

The incredibly close intimacy between this mother and daughter is nice to see in contrast to the more restrained affection typically shown by the older generation of Chinese parents. Despite the shortcomings of the mom, the warmth and closeness she shares with her daughter is commendable.

why are people saying that this drama is cliche when no one has seen the entire drama?

adorable too

for all the comments about why is he a guest role, they just update the list of cast and included many more

I'm not sure if I'm referring to the same sly smile as you, but XK makes the exact same sly grin that Hu Ge makes. You can see it in Chinese Paladin 1 in the beginning of each episode. In SAF6, Jinzhao in the game animation made that exact same sly grin and I recall XK did it too in the drama. Harrison Ford (Star Wars) I remember he has that same sly grin. The grin comes with a wicked and mischievous glint in the eyes.

I wish you success to find your fairy tale.

Because if you examine other dramas comments on MDL, you will not find the sorts and nature of comments that XK dramas get.

when grandma dies, who will inherit her wealth?

Someone mention that grandson and grandma relationship is actually more interesting than on the surface because YZM is scheming.

YZM quotes:

In the workplace, people who don't know how to protect themselves don't deserve sympathy"
"Friendship is here, and interests will not deceive people"
"No one will look at your hard backbone, only your hard power"
"In addition to the ability to work, connections are also important."
"I don't care about the process; I only care about the result."
"The capable go up, the inferior goes down."

XK amount of screentime so far is no surprise and fits the unfolding story.

MDL putting up a low score on day 1 or 2 of a drama airing to negatively influence others' perceptions. They must think viewers are like sheep.

imo, a 10 is far more honest opinion than a 1.
Also, It takes more 10 to offset a 1.
If the fair rating is 8, someone give it a 10, they've upgraded it +2,
but someone give it a 1, has downgraded it -7
so you need at least three10's to offset one 1.

It was expected.

You can't tell how many haters on MDL ratings because they don't report how many users rated it 1 or some other low number. If 50% give it a 1, you know those are a joke. To me, a perfect 10 is much more honest rating than a 1.
But on MDL, they don't show how many people rated it a 1; and also, they manipulate the data every day so eventually the data matches the final rating they make the final determination. If a drama is exceptionally strong, they can't really do too much to it; but for dramas that are more polarizing, they have more leeway to manipulate it.

if it's too early to draw conclusions, then why bring it up?

there is a YouTube channel that is a total XK hater, and they already published negative opinion on this drama right before it aired, hitting on Yang Zi, since she is the main character. They develop any negative narrative they can if it's any way related to XK, directly or indirectly.

Yang Zi is doing a great job. From her acting, I have a sense of her personality and I can feel her character, what that character must be thinking and feeling..