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Story now dominated by mother's mental illness

Okay. I get it. This series has become - intended or not - all about how a family deals with a mother who is mentally ill. And as long as I keep my perspective oriented on that, I have to say it is pretty brilliantly executed. The acting performances are just so good. And the cinematography is beautiful. But ... this is painful and exasperating to watch. It's simply not pleasant to watch someone spiral the way Liu Wanyu has spiraled and the impact that has on her family. Yes, that's a selfish viewer perspective. I can only take so much of watching this sort of stress before it's just, well, too stressful.

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HILARIOUS BUT SCARY TOO!

omg bongsoon’s now min hyeok’s bodyguard AND BRO IDC IF SHE HAS SUPERSTRENGTH HE WAS MAKING HER CARRY SO MANY BAGS WHILST HE WAS SHOPPING. Now guess what? After the last murder attack on the woman from bongsoon’s neighbourhood, another attempted kidnapping occurred on a high school teacher but she was saved and sent to the hospital ONLY TO BE KIDNAPPED AGAIN UNDER THE POLICE’S NOSE, WHILST BONGSOON WAS COVERING FOR GUKDU WHO WENT TOILET . NOW BONGSOON HAS PROTECTION FROM POLICE, BUT THE MURDERER KNEW ABOUT IT SO HE STABBED THE POLICE OFFICER OFFERING WITNESS PROTECTION TO BONGSOON AND NOW BONGSOON WAS GETTING PROTECTION FROM GUKDU. AND YOU KNOW AFTER THE MURDERER KIDNAPPED THE HIGHSCHOOL TEACHER (VICTIM #2), HE HAD THIS CREEPY FACE MASK ON, AND WAS CALLING HER HIS “FIRST BRIDE” AND MADE HER WEAR A WEDDING DRESS LIKE WTF THAT SL CREEPY. And during work, bongsoon took min hyeok to her family’s bakery, since he wanted pastries, but HE DIDNT KNOW THAT IT WAS BONGSOON’S FAMILY BAKERY ONLY UNTIL LATER ON WHEN HE TAKES HER TO HIS HOUSE SUNCE HW AS WORRIED FOR HER SAFETY. HE EVEN SUGGESTED. THAT “he protects her, whilst she protects him”. AND YK DURING ALL THIS TIME, BONGSOON THINKS HE’S GAY AND SHE EVEN TOLD HER MUM THAT WHEN SHE ASKED MIN HYEOK SINCE BONGSOON’S MUM SAW MIN HYEOK WHEN HE VISITED THE BAKERY. Now gukdu came to min hyeok’s house to collect bongsoon to protect her, but then they started arguing no whether she should stay at min hyeok’s house or go with gukdu, AND THEY WERE PRACTICALLY DOING TUG OF WAR WITH BONGSOON AS THE ROPE. and gukdu even experiencing problems with his girlfriend since he’s been missing out of their special stuff, like anniversaries, due to his work, so now his girl probably starting to become angry, SO IF BOGNSOON FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS SHE MIGHT GET EXCITED LOWKEY.

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Mom dominates the story again

Chenghuan's mother, Liu Wanyu, gets a diagnosis that _might_ be cancer (further tests needed) and instead of talking with her family and getting the further tests done ... she spirals into a massive self-pity bout of depression and pulls back selfishly from the rest of the family and runs away. The whole thing drags out and is annoying and frustrating to watch .... but I gotta admit, it's kinda what real life is like when you live with someone who has a mental disorder. And it's been obvious for some time that Wanyu definitely has mental disorder issues. On one hand, the acting performances are great. On the other hand, it's very depressing and frustrating to watch.

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