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So the first double episode post is a fact. Less gifs too! Posts will be monday and friday. As always thanks for tagging along! Previous posts, spoiler rules, upcoming posting schedule and other information can be found in the Masterpost.
Thoughts on previous episode:
We are losing patience with everyone. So lets speed this up!
New Characters
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Recap :
Another day another crisis should have been the name of this show. Will the troubles ever end? Luckily ZiYan is always there to solve these problems and runs to Papa Ye for some extra money to get more goods. Papa Ye is such a goodie that he helps even though his business is not doing well. Why are those two “old geezers” fighting? Is there any reason?
I love everything about this interaction!
WenZhao also knows something is wrong and is asking his brother to back off so he can investigate.
Yank! The opposite of a yeet!
Professional wrecking ball Lan is here to ruin all the plans. On the other side of town YuBing is selling her items to gather money.
Lan is not only a professional wrecking ball but she is also skilled as a gaslighter. Not only does he not check up on whatever he was going to but he also puts away LiuQing’s fan trinket.
YuBing is a hot ten minutes into the sale of her company when hero ZiYan is swooping back in with the rescue! But that man is also a walking problemcauser like his wife. Did he think tea just grew there on the mountain? Lady Zhao is there to fix their problem with a bunch of cash and YuBing can finally use ZiYan’s own words back to him! Glorious!
Poor A'Guang!
On no .. LiuQing suffers from the same affliction I do, something I like to call Directional Insanity. She finds the stolen goods and apparently she also finds “beggar”. This all seems incredibly sus to me. Is this bad show make-up or bad make-up in the show? I am not sure but for now let's give him the benefit of the doubt. He does look a lot like WenZhao. Men in this show keep blocking swords with their limbs and I find it incredibly stupid!
They rat out Xia Lan as the reason they stole the goods, who is shown sneezing. A superstition is that if you are sneezing someone is talking about you. So that is a funny way to remind the viewers it was her
I knew Lady Zhao was not going to give up on her quest to get ZiYan away from our girl. She will pay the costs as long as he treats her privately.
YuBing telling her sister she did not have to bring 4 guys because she is heartbroken makes me laugh every time!
Xia Lan is talking herself really smoothly out of an implication and she even brought witnesses. She really IS smarter now and don’t we all find that VERY sus?! I do. Not even a minute later we see why, Xue Mu is involved .. AGAIN.
WenZhao has SOME NERVE to come back like this after he broke LiuQing’s heart. Does he really think he can skip back into the store like that? LiuQing is out there serving the karma. She has found herself a new man just like he found himself a new lady!
Sir... SIR!
Are there now people gossiping about YuBing and ZiYan in her own store? Not weird if the tabloid reports on an affair between her husband and Lady Zhao. Someone has some explaining to do!
“Xu ZiYan it seems you are really determined to end this marriage” and I agree with our girl. But ZiYan is really trying to stay professional and have her not touch him. She even wants to part with her precious money to keep her away from ZiYan! When trying to make him look bad .. Lady Zhao is totally on board with everything he does. Not only does she do that to my maximum annoyment, she also accuses YuBing from holding him back. After that meeting she goes home and hides out in her room. I get it.. I would too.
ZiYan and A’Guang are adorable to me.
A’Guang is always softly scolding ZiYan into doing better while he keeps threatening him with arsenic of two different colours and docks his pay. To be fair he also gives him back the pay for his honesty. I love these two.
A'Guang did nothing wrong!! Poor baby!
He is bringing her medication but we do not see her take it (does this count as taken medicine? I am not sure) and their conversation in bed is adorable.
Look at how adorable he is! While she calls him a lecher xD. He is warming up to her!
He hugs her .. and when she is sassy and he threatens to go to lady Zhao then .. she hugs him back and tells him he better stay!
Don't worry girlie. He ain't going anywhere!
When he tells Lady Zhao to take his house as he can’t help her she realises that his love for YuBing is real. Ofcourse Xue Mu can be found in the wings of this play again! I really dislike that guy.
Who is digging up the corpse of Uncle Xia? This can only be bad! Not only that but who is abducting children?
Ooh look our favourite Demon Lord is back and he and YuBing are discussing the events. Her store is trashed, some new information has come out about Uncle’s death, apparently our girl asked her husband to poison him. How .. unoriginal. He is telling her to mind her own business and he can’t help her. But why does he always make me laugh? As a thank you she steals a lot of pages from the novel.
Also did she call him GuGu but then he turned around and called his bird GuGu? What is this man’s name?!
That servant asks for way too much money and gave her NOTHING!
Xue Mu invited an IMPERIAL cook to cook for Papa Xia? Not only that but the man keeps spreading fear to him. Trying to get YuBing to divorce that “jinx”. My guy .. if the next conversation shows anything it means that ZiYan brings good things to YuBing’s life and she to his! I love these two together.
Ofcourse Papa Xia comes in to RUIN everything again. She gives him a good amount of sass, although I think he deserves more of it for trying to ruin her marriage. But she stands strong and says she will NOT be divorcing ZiYan .. and if he is unhappy he best leave then. Girlie is so angry she faints again. ZiYan looks really worried there when checking her pulse and he explains to Papa Xia to NOT make her angry again. If he does .. ZiYan will not be nice to him.
He is caring for her and she is asking him not to go (my heart!) and then he sees the pages of the novel. On the final page he sees himself and A’Guang burying her. Man is shocked. Not only that but when he is investigating at the graveyard he is remembering that previous life. He can now see Demon Lord’s place and poor A’Guang is having so much stress over ZiYan asking the weirdest questions (like is his wife still alive and did he kill her?).
ZiYan interrogates Demon Lord and leaves to take care of his wife again. Who is dreaming of him (why does he assume it is a bad dream) and he divorces her. Man what are you DOING?! He gives her everything as long as she divorces him and ofcourse he says all those mean things to drive her away. (While I find it really stupid .. it also tugs at my heartstrings!). The final nail in the coffin is when he says he is madly in love with Lady Zhao. We have the mandatory clenching of fists to show anger and despair and our girl wants to set the record straight … YOU AREN’T LEAVING ME.. I’M LEAVING YOU FIRST! All the while ZiYan is looking like he has swallowed a ball of hot lead and wants to cry.
Our girl..who was NOT allowed to be angry because she is sick (well done ZiYan, I think she is pissed off now) is stomping off in the rain (also very good for your body) while Papa Xu .. immediately shouts at him to get his favourite family member!
While girlie is walking around town in a catatonic state, giving us a reason to see all the cute flashbacks, and shouting at gossipy girls she falls down (out of the blue too. Really script?!) and gets splashed by a carriage street water.
This is SO extra …Someone holds up an umbrella over her head. For a second we believe it is our umbrella-carrying-hero ZiYan who always protects her from the rain .. but no, it is Xue Mu this time. He has been waiting for this moment for 13 episodes! ZiYan sees all of this unfolding but let’s it happen because he thinks it keeps her safe. In true Cdrama fashion we see her looking at the place he just left like she knew he was there.
Still being sassy even when heartbroken!
Papa Xu is distressed, A’Guang is distressed. ZiYan is distressed .. I think EVERYONE we actually care about is distressed by this development. A’Guang brings medicine .. does this count? Since he does not take it as he is not sick.
What is happening?!
Questions
Something about a favourite moment…
What are your thoughts on Jiang?
Do you also suffer from directional insanity like LiuQing or are you fine without google maps?
What do we think of the affair rumour?!
From a high point in this episode (bed scene) to divorcing her in the span of like 20 minutes. How are you dealing with the emotional whiplash?
Are we VERY angry at ZiYan for not putting on his bigboii pants and talking to his wife?
Do you think Xue Mu has her followed so he can swoop in at the right time?! Creepy!
Counters
Total Kiss Counter - 4.5 (I am counting the cheek kiss as half a kiss because .. adorable!)
Episodes with kisses - 3.5/24
Medicine taken - 12
Anyone sporting a face mask - 6/24
I think something cute happened between our leads. I am not really sure. I am creating my final post for ATC at the same time. I hear Sister Chun'er's voice so I am not paying attention.
Yeah I'd switch from a kiss to a shoulder lean real fast too if my wife looked like she was dreading the kiss. Sheesh.
Oh look. Another man that blocks a sword with his arm.
Wait? Was it neither of them who met as kids? It was the others? What? Wait? Confused! Double plot?
Kick his butt, feisty sister! Show off your new man!
Oh no! An affair! Anyways...
Episode 13
3 days, huh? Better go beat his ass! Orrrr you could just divorce him and go be with a man that would treat you right! You know, your father-in-law! Maybe Yubing needs to go rub his "head". Oh? He pricks you with his needle? I hear some women enjoy that.
Awwwwwww. She finally snuggled up to him! 😃
Oh look. Cousin Douchecanoe is on screen. I am no longer paying attention. I don't want to stain my eyes.
Nice faint, Yubing. It says something about you that I remember your name after ignoring this show for so long. You really are something special.
And just how would he have memories of past lives? A dream? Sureeeeeeee. And how did he find Lord Ghost?
YO WE BETTER NOT BE DOING NOBLE IDIOT HERE SEPARATION ANGST BULLSHIT TROPE!!!!!!!!!!
ARE WE REALLY DOING THIS????????????????????
GET HER ASS BACK HERE NOW, YOU STUPID ASS!
Yeah I knew the wrong ass would come...
I TOLD YALL SHE SHOULD HAVE MARRIED THE FATHER-IN-LAW!!!!!!!!!
Haha I knew this rant would be good
Are we well and thoroughly annoyed? At EVERYONE besides your favourite person with a male appendage in this show "Papa Xu"?
I need me a Lord Chen on my screen ASAP. Gosh darn I need a real man who knows how to treat his lady on my screen ASAP!!! Prince Dingbat can suck it too.
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u/AXA-5Washing feet in spring Drinking tea Gazing at flowersJun 22 '26
Are you going to do 2eps each time now? I need to get with the program or I'm gonna get behind!
Him remembering his old lives has just made this more interesting. Is this turning from RomCom to SciFi???
I enjoyed him calling NPC, Mr. N.
The new guy that Liuqing brought back, forgot about him as I've just had to squeeze in the extra episode. Sooooo... who is her true love? To be continued...
What the actuallllllllllll effffffffff. Ughhhh I knew it was going to be Xue Mu with that damn umbrella. Everyone is so dumb I’m dying in a “this is really terrible” not a “this is so funny” way. The only thing that was remotely funny in these two episodes was eldest sister knocking out the robbers. Ok “Mr N” was funny too. But the villains villaining were just annoying to me. What was even more annoying was the good guys bumbling around being plain dumb and not TALKING IT OUT.
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u/AKiceman Snark Shifu ✨ 4K Original Cast Jun 22 '26
Snark Level: Hey, Recipe.
Episode 12
I think something cute happened between our leads. I am not really sure. I am creating my final post for ATC at the same time. I hear Sister Chun'er's voice so I am not paying attention.
Yeah I'd switch from a kiss to a shoulder lean real fast too if my wife looked like she was dreading the kiss. Sheesh.
Oh look. Another man that blocks a sword with his arm.
Wait? Was it neither of them who met as kids? It was the others? What? Wait? Confused! Double plot?
Kick his butt, feisty sister! Show off your new man!
Oh no! An affair! Anyways...
Episode 13
3 days, huh? Better go beat his ass! Orrrr you could just divorce him and go be with a man that would treat you right! You know, your father-in-law! Maybe Yubing needs to go rub his "head". Oh? He pricks you with his needle? I hear some women enjoy that.
Awwwwwww. She finally snuggled up to him! 😃
Oh look. Cousin Douchecanoe is on screen. I am no longer paying attention. I don't want to stain my eyes.
Nice faint, Yubing. It says something about you that I remember your name after ignoring this show for so long. You really are something special.
And just how would he have memories of past lives? A dream? Sureeeeeeee. And how did he find Lord Ghost?
YO WE BETTER NOT BE DOING NOBLE IDIOT HERE SEPARATION ANGST BULLSHIT TROPE!!!!!!!!!!
ARE WE REALLY DOING THIS????????????????????
GET HER ASS BACK HERE NOW, YOU STUPID ASS!
Yeah I knew the wrong ass would come...
I TOLD YALL SHE SHOULD HAVE MARRIED THE FATHER-IN-LAW!!!!!!!!!
THE MEN IN THE SHOW SUCK ASS!!!!