so TEN EPISODES IN (out of 16) and i actually get sort of interested in the story

because shang showed up again and while he is still a MEGAJERK he is actually sort of interesting

i am pretty sure he will later ~totally fall for gong xi~

but at the moment he seems to regard her in the same way as like a resentful older brother might

like he actually says that he is pissed off that gong xi never told him about any of her problems when they were growing up

and his whole demeanor seems to indicate that he wasn't just blatantly taking advantage of her

well he was BUT ALSO he seems to have been made like idk really uncomfortable by their relationship

and he clearly cares about her in the flashbacks

IT IS INTERESTING

dun helian isn't nearly as interested but i am very entertained by his scenes anyways due to his actor's amazing expressions

interesting, i mean HE IS PRETTY BORING

very Serious

also i suspect that he was secretly raised abroad or something idk like gong xi made fun of him for taking a chengyu literally

and called him a foreigner HE CLEARLY DID NOT TAKE THAT JOKE TOO WELL

also gong xi is sort of growing on me but she is still too much like

a lot of the time

i like her bff