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I think the mother discovered the secret passage between her house and Pei Fu's house and proof that her husband was using that secret passage.

With her ex-lover, she decided to frame her husband who had probably caused the death and ruin of her family so that he could marry her while she was vulnerable and unable to refuse.

Still, even if her husband isn't the famous adopted son, he sure used the secret passage to his house so at least, he is part of his faction.

People never learn, whether in Korea or here on MDL. I remember the scandal about a woman accusing her ex of having her forced to abort their child and beating her. Everybody on MDL and everywhere were trashing the actor until it was revealed a few days later that she was never pregnant and was a toxic woman hell bent on destroying the actor and having done the same to other men.

You would think that reasonable people would wait for an investigation and if said investigation leads to a trial, wait for the result of the trial.

This actress committed suicide after her career was destroyed because of a drunk driving incident where fortunately, only a dustbin was the victim. But humans beings being, well, human beings, went after her to the point that her career was over, and leading to her death.

She won't be the last to commit suicide, and the worst thing is, not only people don't learn from the past, but they have no problem watching themselves in the mirror.

I say, let professionals investigate if the accusations are real. I'm sure her family wants the truth and is doing what is necessary for that to happen.

I thought she committed suicide after her career went kaboom after the drunk driving incident, leading to her losing contracts and the koreans hating on her?

How old are you? is that your argument? I said I'm not a fan. Can't you read???

Before throwing accusations and behaving like crazy korean fan, pause, think, wait for an investigation and a trial if there's one

No need to push another celebrity to suicide, all right?

If you want to throw mud and accusations, at least use the correct terminology: ephebophilia, not pedophilia. Pedophilia is for adults with children, ephebophilia is adults with teenagers.

How can so-called educated people not know the difference and throw the word pedophilia around when it's not the case?

And I say that as someone who is not even a fan of that actor. The only thing I have seen him is a cameo at the end of "Hotel Del Luna".

I'm just starting watching this drama but i have a question: is there a problem with the ML's sister? She said on the phone with a friend that "she was all right now" and also everytime we see her, she is in a sitting position. Is she in a wheelchair?

MDL is not that reliable either. Idol's dramas always get higher scores than non idol dramas.

What is sad is that she gets called a witch because of the accidents/deaths occuring around her so therefore she must have caused those accidents because she is a witch for people, but in fact, she is the victim of a curse, IMO.

Now, that means that someone cursed her. So who and why? Her mother died giving birth to her, what if her last thought, last wish before dying was for her daughter to find love and be loved by her soulmate? Only for that wish to turn into a deadly curse?

In which episode does Sang Yan learn about his sister dating his friend?

I get that. People don't react the same way to traumas of this kind.

But..., her passivity doesn't fit her job. Being a reporter? It's like navigating in a shark's sea. She is too quiet, reserved for that kind of job.

Also, as I said, one trauma? It happens, unfortunately. But with her, it's trauma after trauma after trauma. She is kind of a Cinderella, with the evil step-sister. Evil step-father (I assume he was the one to assault her in high school?) bad mother who takes her new husband's side.

Then she is assaulted by her boss, then by her boss's wife in front of everybody, her reputation being destroyed.

Then she is assaulted at her new apartment by a man. Then she is assaulted once again at her apartment by 3 men. Then she is sexually harassed at work AGAIN and her reputation ruined again because of gossips.

Honestly, the first trauma is horrible enough. I mean, she lost her father. Her mother is a piece of s**** who married a guy who assaulted her own daughter and she throws her out. Her step-sister is also a piece of s***. Honestly, I would have taken martial arts lessons, every day of the week after that.

That would be enough to explain a trauma. But here, it's multiple traumas. I know that it's a healing drama and that it explores some dark themes, but it's like checking boxes, it wants to do tackle too many issues:

- rape by a relative,
- bad parenting,
- loss of a parent at an early age,
- attempted rape,
- beating,
- sexual harassement TWICE at work, at two different jobs,
- sexual assaulsts at home TWICE by first a neighbor, then by 3 neigbhors,
- gossips at school and at work destroying lives
- so far no shrink despite all of this happening, at least in the 4 episodes so another issue to tackle in this drama, the lack of consideration for PTSD and other mental health issues

That's a LOT for just one drama. Maybe it follows the novel but that doesn't mean the novel didn't fall into the exact same trap I developped above. In that case, the fault lies withe novel.

Now you are telling me that Prince Charming comes from a wealthy family, who is a successful businessman, a succesful... money management or whatever he does outside of his bar/restaurant, and being a rich genius at such a young age allows him to stay at home playing games?

The way this story has been hyped for years, I expected... something else. The ML being a struggling new business owner, the FL suffering from one trauma in her life, not 10. Her tougher thanks to her job.

The drama is just starting so I'm not giving up on it. Modern romance dramas seem to be rare lately, it's all about costume dramas, palace intrigue dramas, Xuxia, Wanxia or whatever those dramas are called. But still...

Hmmm, a bit hard to give an opinion. The story is okay. The pacing is nice, not too fast, not too slow. The actors are... so far, I'm more intrigued by the potential second couple. Potential for fun stories to tell and an explosive relationship. The main couple, wait and see so far for me.

I have a question about the FL. She is cute. But she is described as the Alpha and Omega of... everything. Back in school, pretty face. Girls were gossiping about her so suspected jealousy. Guys had crushes on her.

Then something happened (sexual assault? And she left school). At her previous work, her boss was sexually harassing her. At her actual job, her boss/colleague tried to sexually harass her. Bis repetita, her other colleagues (not all of them, mind you) gossiped about her and how she was like based on rumors.

She was sexually assaulted at her apartment not once, but twice.

I mean, I'm all for exploring issues that aren't that explored in dramas. But here, it's a bit too much, for me.

And even if I understand that she is still traumatized by what happened to her multiple time, I don't like the fact that as a journalist, she doesn't want to rectify the situation and tell the truth to her colleagues.

Also, still as a journalist, she feels off. Tired. I expected more passion, more fire for a job. She is no Lois Lane.

I still have the same issue (so far, it could change in future episodes), with the ML spending too much time at home on his phone playing game. Doesn't he have a new business to take care of, to make it successful?

It's still early so those issues could be solved in future episodes. At least, I hope they will be.

But yeah, so far, I'm not that into the main couple. Plus the new guy seems to be into the FL? I'm not a fan of love triangle or one sided love story.

That was a great drama, quite original and with great acting. The stories were sad, violent, depressing, it really had everything.

There was an astronomical event in the beginning, which I think allowed her to time travel to his era. Maybe he will also time travel to her time line to save her as a child?

But how it will end... I don't know. With time travels, the censorhip tends to damage the endings of time travel dramas.

Ha, you remember that? Yeah, I loved that drama. And as I said more than once, it's the drama that made me doubt the ratings on MDL. That I should trust my instinct and the reviews rather than the ratings.

I'm with you here! Amazing, unique drama and I have to say that Angelababy does a good job here. I wasn't convinced with her acting in "EL", but here, she is rather good. Maybe she needs the right role to shine?

I think her country and his should fuse or marry! I mean, his has an elected king, so it looks like a proto-democracy and he is in favor of women leading and being offered the possibility to be whatever they want to be and are good at.

Hers has talent for trade and therefore is wealthy but women, even the talented ones, are forbidden in business (the FL has to disguise as a man for her family business). Both countries becoming one would be a powerful nation.

As I said, a man of his time. Do you expect Ghandi? He didn't kill her even when he thought she was a man. And the nations of this dramas are at war. And he is a war leader, not a scientist or a doctor in the drama. Oh my, a war chief who kills, that's so shocking.

Worse things could have happened to her. At least she is alive, and he saved her more than once. He is even keeping her secret while she is on his turf because he knows what would happen to her if he revealed she was a woman.

21rst century morality doesn't apply in past times, whether in real life or in dramas.

I just watched the first episode but so far so good. Both leads are intelligent and can think fast under stress, especially the FL. She is clever, and seems to be working with her father creating weapons. I wonder if her talents go beyond weapons and if she is also an inventor. Who knows?

The ML is calm, and a man of his time, I would say. Violent when needed (to fight) but not cruel. Clever, too and intuitive. The actor has great screen presence. Many say that he is a bad actor but so far, I don't see that. I had seen him in a sci-fi drama and he was scary as hell in that one so I would say there are roles where he excels and maybe others where he doesn't?

Wait and see but as I said, I'm pleasantly surprised.

Oh, ouah, I didn't know depression could cause all those symptoms. Poor girl, it looks like her body was screaming at her that something was wrong but somehow, she thought that it might just be medical issues?

Well, she had medical issues, too. But it looks like a combination of medical issues, tragic family news, depression and abuse from her company.

She was so frail, so thin, so weak that her body finally collapsed. It couldn't take it anymore. Maybe it was like a brutal nervous breakdown that caused aphasia and paralysis?

To be so young, so pretty, so talented and to be so abused by people in this industry that she developped mental illness and physical symptoms is just horrible. I fear she is not the only one abused in this way. I hope Lusi's story will wake up the industry that they have to treat their artists well.

Oh damn, that's serious. One of my colleague's mother had aphasia after a stroke and her mother was only 47 years old. She recovered since she wasn't alone at home when it happened and she was treated quickly but it still took a few months for her to recover.

I hope for Lusi that's not the case for her and it's just exhaustion.