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Cold and harsh is how you are when you are deeply insecure, emotionally guarded and expecting rejection - and she pulled that off perfectly. Xiaoxi has deep trust issues from being lied to and dismissed by both her parents and witnessing the worst behaviour in men without a single decent role model. She entraps men into cheating as a favour to her fellow woman because she's only ever witnessed betrayal. Then she falls in love with Bei, is drawn into his imperfect world and realises the world isn't black and white. She sees Jiang Yifan through his eyes, starts questioning everything. She herself admits she's never given her whole heart to anyone. Now she has and she's scared AF thinking she's going to lose Bei. So her guard is up and she comes across as cold. I see a scared little girl. But when Bei runs after her and she turns around she is crying real tears and that's when you see the vulnerability. For someone so emotionally guarded, that's a big deal. How do I know this? I have similar avoidant attachment issues..

I'm loving this drama so far! I think it's a grown up, candid look at love, relationships and infidelity from all sides with an unconventional FL. Interesting to see the grey areas and how our insecurities destroy love. Wonderful to see Yu Ning as the ML of a modern drama, all of the nearly 2 metres of this lovely man! I love that despite the honest/real approach there's still plenty of romance to keep us believing.

Hell yes!

This was super helpful, especially as I'm learning Mandarin. And agreed on the signifcant difference in meaning. Thank you!