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Qixi flower cakes and blossoming love~

Lin Yan and Shao Guang are so adorable together~ I love, love, love them so much! Seeing them making Qixi Flower Cakes together for the Grand Princess's poetry gathering is so heartwarming~ (*´꒳`*)💕 From their little interactions, I'm sure our male lead has already fallen for our smart and quirky female lead! Apart from their budding romance, the many delicacies they've been making always leave me mouthwatering lol! From their unique pancakes to scrumptious lamb skewers, the four-flavoured drinks that attracts customers with their uncanny names, and their hearty meals like the "Spring Water Lamb", all makes me want to go grab something and fill my stomach right away! ₍^ >ヮ<^₎☆

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When Love Blooms in the Shadow of Pain

Odajima’s childhood shatters my heart into pieces. No child should ever carry that kind of pain. To grow up under the same roof as an abusive father and a mother who turned her face away is unbearable. His mother gave him life, yet could not protect it. Instead of laughter and warmth, his home became a battlefield where love died too soon. When he killed his father, it wasn’t out of hate, it was survival. And then, the woman who should have saved him asked to die by his hands too. That moment broke something inside him forever. How could a boy like that grow up and know what love feels like? At the hospital, when Odajima trembled under the weight of his memories, Kataoka’s hand reaching out to hold his was more than comfort, it was salvation.Now the title makes sense, A Journey to Kill You. Odajima was sent to end Kataoka’s life, yet along the way, Kataoka became the only person who taught him how to live. Kataoka’s warmth, his teasing affection, his careless talk of marriage, it all filled the void Odajima’s parents left behind. His mission tells him to kill Kataoka, but his heart rebels, screaming no. The man who was never loved has finally found someone who does. And that is the cruelest kind of pain, to be torn between duty and love.Then came the hospital scene. The nurse asked, “Mr. Kataoka, do you have permission to leave the hospital?” and Kataoka, barely alive, smiled and said, “If I stay here, my wife will get jealous.” I swear, this man could be on life support and still flirt like it’s his full-time job.But wait, the chaos doesn’t stop there. When the news broke that Kirii’s father, the gang leader, had died, Kataoka showed up, put on lipstick, and kissed the dead man. I just sat there like, excuse me, what? And judging by the faces of the hundred bodyguards in the room, they were all thinking the same thing. Japanese BL really said, “You thought you understood us? Think again.” And honestly, I think I’m falling in love with how wonderfully weird this series is.

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Emotional start to this episode

Just a comment on the opening scene, Zao Lu Zi as Dwan Wu, experiencing her new top-deck quarters. She doesn't say a word, but her expressions, movements and body language really sell her emotions as this is a massive leap in living conditions and sensory experionce for the former pearl diver who has to this point only lived in squalor and oppression.The rest of the episode is full of drama-ramp-up as. it switches from one of the major players to the next as they plot against each other, amping up the stakes.HUGE jump in the relationship between Dwan Wu and Yan Zi Jing. The jade hairpin was a pretty charged moment. The following scene wihere she helps tend to the slightly wounded Zhang Jin Rin Ran is ... well ... flat. Seems to signal where this series is ultimately going. He's clearly shaping up to be the 3rd wheel.

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i see why ppl don't rly like fl now...

Not sure why they did the ml getting severely wounded, seems like he's not gonna live when I know plot armor exists and this man is not dying. Maybe to introduce the saintess plot but like--surely there's a better way than repeating a trope of all things. I didn't get why ppl were hating on fl, but now I see why everyone else thinks she's annoying. Like it didn't feel like that before the first time he was injured. I'm trying to feel bad for her but,, they pulled the "ml's gonna die" card for the second time, which was unnecessary imo, and she was just repeating his name the whole time while he was trying to choke her like that's gonna do anything (also what was the point of that lmao?? And the fact that they also did the trope where they were referencing a previous scene that was originally lighthearted and then repeating the same thing when ml seems to be on his deathbed is cringey, idk.. I mean, after he got better, her behavior was more natural.

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