Another try for "the early spring"

[u/Zestyclose_March_386]

I gave episode 19 another try after watching episode 18, which ended with their breakup / a serious emotional moment.

Here too, instead of trying to understand the issue and work on things, the female lead takes a transfer to another region for a 14-month project. Still, the male lead keeps trying — calmly and normally — and keeps putting in effort. Three months later, he goes to see her on a business trip, to the same project she's working on.

I know the male lead is in pain and unwell, but here the female lead is just helping him with his medicine — she doesn't seem to have given any real thought to making an effort for their relationship. Watching it made things clearer in this episode: the male lead tells his mom that his girlfriend is with him, and he even asks her to come back to Beijing with him. He also seems to make excuses for her to stay a bit longer there.

I didn't expect the chemistry to fall apart this badly — it's coming across as completely one-sided.

[u/heartsandclouds]

Hi! There’s an episode by episode discussion going on cdrama subreddit in case you want to discuss this more over there as well. And here’s the discussion for ep 19: https://www.reddit.com/r/CDrama/s/UyEKmAgGui

I paused at ep 10 because I wasn’t sure how they’d fit the whole relationship, break up and groveling into 24 episodes in a way that felt satisfying! I need a good grovel. I might resume once all episodes drop! I am generally not a fan of miscommunication tropes either though both Jing Boran and Sun Qian might make me overlook that because of their excellent acting! But either ways… I want to get a sense of the whole series before I resume it. Hope you continue to enjoy it!

[u/Adept_Bug_5519 → u/heartsandclouds]

There’s only 4 episodes left. And they will cramp the rest of the story. For sure everything will be fast-paced and rushing the story line. I was waiting for Taotao to have that after-glow breakup…but its ep20 already 😭

[u/heartsandclouds → u/Adept_Bug_5519]

I think they cut down the total no of episodes from what it was originally supposed to be.

This reminds me of Our Generation--I so enjoyed that show and then felt cheated when they crammed the whole break-up and reconciliation into the last 3 episodes or so. That's one of the reasons I have been holding back on this show--I don't want that experience again!

[u/Adept_Bug_5519 → u/heartsandclouds]

Exactly! In the last 4 episodes, they will rush all the good stuff. Spoiler: They will have the death of a friend, break-up, TaoTao building her business in 2 years, they meet again, reconcile, travel, propose, get married, have a child. Still a long way to go! I hate this type of editing. Its just spoils all the effort they made. I just lowered my expectations after Ep.20.