Reviews

props all around

i enjoyed this all a lot. one specific thing is that i think they are very aware of how to clean up any holes you could think of. i also think people has this misconception that children are stupid & you can get away with not addressing inconsistencies when that would be the most glaring thing they latch onto & get bothered by ，very nice things like gentaro offering up the massigler to ryusei as something to get him around faster［ which also doubles as showing how much gentaro trusts ryusei ］to hayami dredging up kijima to dispose of. it also makes sense but now to what they were actually trying to accomplish. i slowly realized at the start of last episode that cancer was going to be destroyed. i was thinking it’d be libra & thank god he lives another day hehehe. but it’s perfect. kijima’s ego was being flamed every new episode & it echoes ryusei having to learn some humility to finally level up. i also liked how we audibly hear jk in a state that miu was earlier where he still holds on to his stark character & flaws but can take a stand & value his friends. he’s not there yet but he shouldn’t be & is right on track. tomoko however i don’t know what’s next for her but i really enjoy how they connect her to ryusei. it truly is something she does perfectly that cannot be replicated by any of them tapping in. i have a lot of faith in the fourze team to deliver a home+run by the end of this show. i think i really appreciate starting this show & restarting it so much later after bonding with my first impression & now see them hit their evolution points.

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Sigh ... the stench of Du Lei just won't go away.

This time, his sister, dropping into full villain mode, connives to bring the disgusting Du family back into Jiang Jun's story in a vicious, nasty manner by attacking Jun just to show her brother that she can. This has the affect of us having to endure Du Lei's pathetic existence in the story more. It's notable that even in the act of 'saving' Jun, he instinctively lies about her condition to Li and Xiaochuan. And further info is revealed about his misdeeds from the past. And he further shows he is still not a good person because he hides the truth about his sister having been the one who hurt Jun when confronted by Yuan Shuai. He claims he would, "never hurt her", but hiding this sort of truth DOES hurt her. But he's not really a good person and selfishly doesn't want to reveal the truth to YS. Most of his story is still quite skippable. On the bothersome Li+Xiaochuan story, the latter continues to be an emotional idiot. I suspect that he never actually entered his own data into the West World App and that's why he and Li are not getting a match. That will probably get revealed at some point. Otherwise, if he did, Li should trust the algorithm and go find a better man. Once all that stupid annoying stuff is over, we get treated to a delightful session of Jiang Jun and Yuan Shuai tickling each other on the couch.

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The Benevolence of Empress Dowager

That Eunuch will now realize that some breakfast is better than no breakfast. 😝When they arrive he pompously addresses the guards where Prince Ding asks if he may go in. I don’t know what they thought they would see, but none were prepared for what really was. The ravens should have been first clue. I think that is the most exercise that eunuch has had in a long time. He has his version of what happened and runs back to palace. Xiu Yao writes a letter to the Emperor and sends his man down with initial findings. I am sure he has requested to investigate the matter. It is heartbreaking to see the few areas Ye Li has been using amongst the dust and decay. Xiu Yao is shook to the core as he starts processing the obstacles his wife dealt with so calmly. He now knows why she has the hands of a servant when she returns with soup ingredients. He can only hold her and feel remorse for his selfish judgment of her and her mother. She notices his hair and wants to know if it turned gray because he missed her. 😭Everyone is sent back to the capital except the Prince. He has apologized over and over for not keeping his promises but that he will stay by her side now. He takes in where she studied for ways to cure him and the chair she had designed. He sees the monkeys that tormented her. He knows she is fragile and does not see this place as empty. He is determined to find out what happened and bring her home. He adjusts to her view when she introduced him to friends and family and returns greetings. She has tables prepared for everyone and his heart breaks for her. He survived hell but sees her captivity as far worse. As alone as he was, it was not this. She had to provide everything needed to survive while all those protecting guards did nothing to assist. This is the benevolence from the palace letting them devote themselves to their work without hindrance.😝🤬 There are no words strong enough to convey her courage and fortitude to survive. Here, short term memory of real life seems to be buried under her memories so she can continue surviving here the only way she knows how.😭 She looks at him so lovingly telling him not to blame himself. She sees him so clearly while the rest of the world is tuned out except for her fond memories of those she cared about most. After letting us see all this, I want Xiu Yao to find out what really happened to these people and help Ye Li come back to reality as it really is, not how she dreams. I am hoping they get justice for the school that produced leaders and officials but not protected by any of them. 🤬 we get a quick scene of spy Feng walking to Cangbai on the road where he first met his merchant princess. Til the last episode ends I will hope she is alive,they find each other, and have a good ending together. For once I was glad only one episode. This was enough heartbreak to take in for one day. I hope for Prince and Princess Ding their joy becomes greater than the sorrow they endured.

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Trust issues and intrusions of personal space

Jun Cheng is really becoming a bit of a stalker. 😬 And his parents? OMG, they really have no boundaries! 🤦‍♀️I understand he wants to show her that he likes her and everything, but this is looking way too much. 😅 It would be better if he chose a tactic where he ignores her for a bit and sees if she starts missing all those unwanted gestures. 🤷‍♀️I didn't quite understand what happened between Fei and Yifei... 🤔 So, from what Fang Yun said, she understood that Yifei is using her as a weapon for his goals and just decided to block him instead of asking? They share an apartment, so she cannot avoid him endlessly! 🤦‍♀️ I still think Fang Yun is the one trying to use Fei for her own plans way more than Yifei ever has! And that's exactly why she talked to her—to make that "weapon" mistrust Yifei. 🤨

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Saboteurs vs strategists

Lu Ze confesses to his company and halts business. He is looking at happy couple pic when business opened and dream became reality. Now both his relationship and dream are finished. For me, this was avoidable had he done his homework on business and had his relationship same tier as his dream. Til these are in sync…he truly deserves neither. Somebody is sabotaging Shanlifang and framing Qian Fei. When cornered by Ms Liao, Ms Fang was waiting for Qian Fei to speak up and disappointed when she didn’t. She then let the hotel know that they were the client and had no say in the employee position of company assisting with IPO. This needed done to remind nepo daughter that business has its own set of rules to follow. Wang is going out of his way to be vindictive and find fault with Qian Fei. I don’t see how it would benefit him to be the saboteur because he still needs 500k from Qian Fei. She needs her job to pay him back. This gave Ms Fang a way to chastise Ms Liao and remind her the pecking order of business, and would have forced Qian Fei to defend herself. Would she do this to mentor? Doesn’t seem her style but can’t be sure. Somebody who knows Qian Fei well is behind this because they knew to catch her there apologizing. So I guess the shirt skirt made the guys recognize Qian Fei is a girl. 😝🙄There is not a clear winner in the office shenanigans. I still can’t rule out mean girl because this seems her style and she doesn’t have anything to lose. Wang’s hostility is still a mystery. He and JingJing definitely hostile with their interactions, but Qian Fei doesn’t typically seek confrontation. She reacts rather than instigates. Yi Fei has unexpected luck in that the girl crushing on him got him tickets to the show Qian Fei wants to go to. YiFei is on the hook for a favor and that will probably bite him later, but he’s too happy to have the tickets now. Wait til Jun Cheng’s mom realizes the girl she’s looking down on is her troupe leader’s daughter.🤣😝 She deserves whatever fallout hits her. Dang Yu challenged Jun Cheng to do his own dances in future.🤣😂 I like that she addressed his mother candidly. She met the bias of his mom with the quip about her son. It was deserved and in this case not out of line. The mom made a lot of assumptions without even having a proper conversation. She is condescending and thoughtless along with sticking her nose in where it doesn’t belong. Dang Yu told her all that rather politely considering. 😝I am wanting to see the dance off coming up. It will be all about her attitude with her troupe leader after revelation that I’m most curious about. Yi Fei thinks the tickets will be for him and Qian Fei but preview shows she has other plans. 🤣 On taking his last name for bet, ya gotta enjoy the cheeky response he gave with putting his real last name as her choice 🤣😂

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Video goes viral

Dang Yu finished up what QingQing started. She uploaded the video with the lobby yelling match and it went viral. So now Mr Liao responded with lawyer letters to Qian Fei and Dang Yu demanding a public apology or things would get ugly in court. Dang Yu responded with a livestream apology which was countered by Jun Cheng. Here the idiot did an incredibly sweet thing. He stayed live online all day till he started to trend and veer the trolls away from her. This earned him a date at a haunted escape room. Here he lost all the cool points from livestream to cowardly hide behind her. 😝🤣 His mom is trying to butt in again, but so far is two steps behind. We can only hope it will stay that way. I truly like Dang Yu’s character. If she can find a way to stand him and family, I will hope she beats some sense into them.🤣😂😝Jian Fei was asked to leave her notes and leave the meeting. She had tried privately apologizing to Ms Liao and it was heard but not recognized. YiFei gets her an outfit that I agree with her too short for office, but she looks damn cute instead of thrift store model. 🤣😂 she gets her hair done too and lamenting investing 3k into herself. Her friends will thank YiFei for accomplishing this. 👏🏻 Ms Liao and Wang are talking at the end. She was not behind the legal action and she has no issue with Qian Fei working in project. I really resent Wang maligning Qian Fei’s character when her only crime had been her support of him and their relationship. He is a petty weak man and not worth either of these capable business women’s time. That he wants her removed from a project because she has the skills that he lacks and he feels inferior as a result, is his own damn problem.😝He should bow out and take care of his parents and leave the business part to the capable ones. 😝

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