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Brother gets to call the shots

Dalun Zeng is an interesting person. I do not know what loyalty he has to his henchman to take the blame for the murder. Not only does he, he is completely unapologetic about any repercussions. He sees Cheng Ao as next family leader and himself as expendable. He is quite cavalier about it and I don’t know if this is an act, or just his personality rebelling against family trying to rein him in. In spite of all of Ms Lin’s efforts, the prosecutor has charged him with fines and he is leaving Shanghai. Mr Cheng tells her that Dalun is not the one that killed the young woman, but that doesn’t change her mind about the matter. Mr Zeng plans to head to Northeast China where there is unrest and cold climes. He thinks he looks good in winter clothing and might emerge a hero out of the chaos. Ms Lin and Mr Cheng keep running into each other. Their encounters are always confrontational and I think Mr Cheng is starting to enjoy them. His next client is Mr Shen who isn’t trying to quietly pay off a woman claiming to be pregnant with his child. The story from him and her could not be more different. She has an emergency surgery thanks to another incompetent midwife and arrives late to her dinner with the Qiao family. Her prospective fiancé’s father works with the magistrate that can approve her maternity hospital. He highly suggests she and fiancé come to his daughter’s bday party. Here she finds out that she and Shen matriarch have much in common which was a pleasant surprise. But as with her family and brother getting the say in matters, the Shen patriarch curbed her dreams of a hospital and she became a the proper wife and mother. There is a flashback where we see the horrible practices of a so called midwife that resulted in the death of the mother. This is why she devoted her education to making safer delivery possible for the common woman and not just the wealthy ones. She wanted women’s care to be more accessible to the masses. Her brother is such a louse in the days men got all the say. He has his IOU all written up with the new family promising to take care of. She isn’t completely adverse to the idea but I am not convinced she is completely sold on it either. Yi is forced to be engaged to a young boy that is dying. Her brother says he will take care of it and call it off, but I don’t see where his word means anything. And that his son will be the family heir, doesn’t bode well either. I have no clue why the mother sits placidly by her worthless son and gives him control when she has such a capable daughter. It’s really nauseating to watch. Mr Cheng finds himself forced to attend the bday party. He sees Ms Lin and gives her an offer she can’t refuse in dancing. Here he reminds me of Dalun with the henchman holding back boyfriend. I didn’t expect that. While he is polite forcing Ms Lin to dance, he is cautioning her about the seriousness of marriage and that things are not always the way they look. She is absolutely furious with him and runs off with her boyfriend. I am curious why the Qiao’s so easily agree to pay off huge debt of brother. Why would they want to? Do the Zengs, Qiaos and Shens control political offices? Why is Cheng bothering to warn her? This episode leaves me with loads of questions and huge distaste for slimeball brother. He is such a waste of space.😝

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Most Cry Ep

I cried so hard during this episode more than an hour straight. The topic was so sensitive and touching. It’s true that saying thank you is easy, but saying sorry is much harder.At first, the speeches felt normal, and some were just a little sad, so I didn’t cry. But once Xu Zhisheng started speaking, I couldn’t hold back my tears until the very last person finished. I even had to pause several times while watching just to calm myself down before continuing.That’s when I realized how good this show actually is. It’s relaxing, healing, and full of emotions. Honestly, I didn’t like it at the beginning and only kept watching because I forced myself but now I think it was the best decision to continue. Of course, there are still some boring parts, but overall, it really touched me deeply.

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Brother’s debts become sister’s woes

The episode begins with a young woman working in finance. She has worked diligently for three years and is ready for a promotion. Unfortunately, a colleague has embezzled funds and has disappeared leaving her responsible for the missing funds. When she feels there is no way out she tries to end her life with an overdose. She wakes in the hospital with her gma fanning her and ready to tell her a story. And so it begins. Lin Si Yun is returning home after studying abroad. She is planning on working with a maternity clinic and has brought home needed equipment. Upon arrival she encounters a forward man who says she’s beautiful and asks if she has a way home. Her response is she does. A man on a bike greets her and she opts to walk home with her friends. Once home she finds a memorial for her father and lights incense. Before she gets to speak to anyone, men barge into the house looking for her brother. She learns her brother has squandered the family’s wealth to include mortgaging the family estate. The men are doing a room to room search for him. Her sister in law is very pregnant and about to give birth. She has a confrontation with the man she had met earlier. They agree to give her a 30 day extension and leave. A baby boy is born and gma is cooing over baby while spendthrift son is literally penned in under the birthing bed. 😝 This brother, is as opposite of his sister as one can get. He is trying to push her into an arranged marriage so the new family can pay off his debt. His sister was childhood sweethearts with the prospective groom, but when they went to study abroad, he went to the states and she went to Germany. She doesn’t think he is a bad guy, but she’s not chomping at the bit to get married either. Cheng Ao is the lawyer and clean up guy for the ‘debt collecting’ group. He sees that his returned friend and henchman are quick on the draw to cause trouble. This is proved more than speculation when his friend calls him up about a young woman falling out of his car and dying when her head hit the curb. The henchman had borrowed the car and gone on a date. She was getting nervous with him but he promised to take her home. This turned into him trying to maul her in the car and she jumped out of the car to escape him. But it did not go well for her. Cheng Ao shows up to try to make restitution and Ms Lin is having none of it. She informs him that his friend will pay. It is particularly problematic as the maid is part of the Lin family they are squeezing for loan payment. The episode ends with Mr Cheng offering to buy every issue of the morning press to squash the story. An interesting first episode.

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Episode 1 is good but have some flaws

As a reader of ILYS1892 and a fan of Binibining Mia, I really loved this episode. They introduced Carmela very well, and Heaven's acting was excellent. When I watched her, all I could see was Carmela. Great job, Binibini! I also loved how they opened the episode with that scene (iykyk). The library/storage scene is so great. It was exactly how it was written in the novel, and I got goosebumps while watching it. Overall, the episode closely followed the novel, and I’m so thankful for that. I feel completely assured that they will stay faithful to the novel that Inay Mia created.The cinematography was good, but I didn’t like the editing, which is why I’m giving it 7 out of 10 stars. After the opening scene, there was a one-minute montage of the Arch of Centuries, which I found unnecessary. Then, in every scene set in the school, they kept showing the arch for a long time. That became a bit annoying for me. It felt like the Arch of Centuries was overused. I also didn’t like how they zoomed in on unnecessary things for too long before transitioning to the next scene. I hope the editing improves in the next episode.I'm really excited for Episode 2!

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This was a great show with not enough time.…

This was a great show with not enough time. I had a lot of fun and yeah, it was too short and two little episodes, but they low-key made it work and I wish they put less on the table for us to look forward to because they couldn’t flush it all out. They should do like a special or like a season two I would mess with that heavy with the focus on a second couple because I think they’re ending. I’m pretty OK with their ending, but I would also like that to be like more dove than too. But like it’s whatever there’s not gonna be no season two or a special episode but a girl can dream I had a lot of fun. This is low-key a good show with a good plot. They had good chemistry. It was low-key a really quiet show though, and that low-key freaked me out some parts. Sorry if this does not make any sense. I’m using the voice thing on my phone. OK cool. Okay bye!

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Fighting against the lies

Yibo thinks the cigarettes he saw was the boyfriend. He has no clue that they were from Bao’s guys looking for him. So this POS dad goes to school pretending Heitang stabbed him. I cheered when Xun punched him. He deserves so much more. He tricked the miserable principal into giving him more money. His fake tears should choke him.🤬 I want Bao’s guys to find him.😝 I am also tired of chubby gossip boy. In many ways he is kid version of the dad with his lies for attention and to be popular. 😝 Xun pays the school fund and both he and Tang defend each other fiercely. The teacher knows something is up but she is so convinced past behavior is Xun’s problem that she doesn’t get how horrid the dad really is. Here we learn Xun grew up in orphanage but still not made clear how the teacher knew him. Both Xun and Tang leave school for the day. Here I want to smack chubby for pretending it was a good thing. He is another pos in the making. 😝What is super cute is how Xun and Tang treat returning the money. The threat to accept or never speak again. Their friendship is rooted now. This gets Xun in trouble from every side. His collector boss beats him for getting involved with Tang and the other for hating Qiang. I grin because they have both found their gals and the boss hasn’t let that notion sink in. He knows how grey this is but to focus on IOU’s without focus on any asides makes the job easier. There can be no entanglement with families involved. I love Yu Nian’s pregnant friend.😂😁She takes on the demolition people right to their faces and dares them to deal with her.😂😁 Yu Nian is convinced she was supposed to find the letter but she has no clue where Meiwan Town is. She googles and Meiwan Town annexed to Pushui. Yu Nian travels to Pushui and has a cab take her to the police station in what was once Meiwan Town. She tries to track down Haitang, but is told only relatives can have access. The son who has arrived home to find his mom gone and her car parked in a remote mountain lot is looking for her and is made aware someone was also looking for her. The two meet and it is instant sparks.😂 They each think the other has done something bad to their parent and refuse to believe the other is being truthful. Their bickering is fun, especially when the cop tries to tell them their parents may be taking care of personal matters they don’t want their children to know about.😂 It does not cross their minds that their parents might really know each other and have a history. I wish he would have opened the cookie tin at Tang’s house to see what was inside. They are going to stay together until the parents are found. Back in 1991 Tang realizes her letter isn’t in the mailbox. She tries to call Xun but the two gang groups are being ‘disciplined’ by their leaders. I am annoyed that the younger guys are getting beaten more but their boss knows he has no choice with Bao right there overseeing things.

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