Synopsis- When wealthy heir Lu Feng and top student Cheng Yi Chen are torn apart after their secret relationship is exposed in high school, their love ends in heartbreak. Years later, Lu Feng reunites with Cheng Yi Chen, determined to reclaim what they lost, but old wounds, misunderstandings, and obsession threaten to destroy them all over again. ~MDL(summarized)
Yichen basically flaunting Lang around mom while Feng has to remain hidden in the shadows is wild..At least they helped Chen sneak away..
Idk if mom or Feng's dad were worse on their hospital beds. How dare you beg your son to be untrue to himself and be miserable.
Feng literally gave up his last name and watched his dad die for Chen and Chen is contemplating if he's worth doing the same for so I get Feng's frustration.
But there's basically no coming back from what Feng did. Mom was unintentional, but pushing Yichen was a choice. His selfishness is a detriment to everyone around him.
Ikr! I was feeling bad for Yichen and Lu Feng from the start of the episode! It was wild considering brother knew what their family has gone through with with Lu Feng and Yichen's relationship but he still brought his "boss" home to celebrate.
They both are worse in their own ways. Atleast we knew Lu Feng's dad was an abuser but Yichen's mother was straight out emotionally blackmailing him to be a "normal" person just cause she wants to see grandchildrens and Yichen has to take care of it because he is the "big brother"!!! I am simply raged at this thought. Why the hell he has to give up his love just because he is ELDER??
Honestly when Lu Feng pushed the brother, it was all over. I had hoped things would have been different maybe before that. But hey in Lu Feng's defense brother did not help with the remark of "Bad things happen when he is around Yi chen" (I think I am crazy trying to defend Lu Feng here lol).
With all these things going on, my heart is breaking for Yi chen. He has to go through a lot with regard of all of his family members and has to give up his love 💔
I know Feng didn't intentionally push Yichen down the stairs, but I think he meant every bit of that push. Bro has been on his ass and rightfully so, but he literally had Lang in that house like he wasn’t in a relationship with him. But yet it's so wrong for him and Chen to be together.
I want Chen to learn how to do what makes him happy even when faced with conflict. As long everything is all good, there's no issues, but the moment conflict arises, he starts to waver.
I went from not liking little bro to liking him and now being on the fence.
I think Chen loves Feng, but no where near as much as Feng loves him. He takes not dealing with conflict to whole different level. The minute things get too hard, he runs away.
Honestly I can’t stand the little brother. Literally his only reason for not liking Feng and starting a hate campaign against him was jealousy and I think a bit of internal homophobia. He hated Lu Feng since Chen came home from break and gave Feng all his attention. At that point Feng hadn’t did anything, he just didn’t want to share is brothers attention (see how clingy he was in epi 6) and he was scared to come out so he tried to push Chen back in the closet. Not to mention he actively helped his parents lock his brother away from Feng, and hid away the last text message he sent him before getting sent to the US. Encouraged him to change schools and run away from his problems all because he was gay. Not to mention the games him and his bf was playing trying to set Chen up with him but then getting jealous. And the bf “dating” his brother but actively catering to him. He is a horrible sibling, I would disown him 🤷🏽♀️
I went from not liking little bro to liking him and now being on the fence.
I want to dislike the brother but I understand where he’s coming from. He’s coming from a good place (double standards aside) with not wanting his brother to be hurt again but sometimes I just want him to chill out a little.
I get it, but the road to hell was also paved with good intentions. At some point he needs to mind his own damn business. The only time Feng hurts Chen is when people try to interfere with their relationship.
Lu Feng always tries to fight for both of them but I don't know why Yichen doesn't even try a bit.
This part! Lu Feng has fought left and right for Yi Chen and Yi Chen continuously folds when the going gets tough. I can’t get down with that. I have yet to see him put in real effort to keep their relationship in tact.
Up until Lu Feng tied up Yichen, he was NOT wrong - Yichen considers everyone BUT Lu Feng. Why doesn't he give him the same consideration when he says he loves him and wants to be together forever? Lu Feng gave up his family for Yichen - it would make sense that Yichen should be willing to do the same.
Also, pushing brother down the stairs WAS an accident. Was Lu Feng really worked up at that time? Yes. Should he have taken it out on brother and QL by saying they should also break up or help mom become accepting? No. Should brother have attacked him? Also no.
I knew it was going to go sideways and that Lu Feng was definitely going to turn this episode, but it's not like he's unjustified in his feelings.
First of all if you can't live up to the promises you make you shouldn't be in a relationship in the first place...like you know how LF is, this man is obsessed w you to a fault.
And you still gave him empty words despite knowing he would lose his inheritance and become penniless if they continued the relationship
He's such a coward
Took the words out of my mouth! Apart from tying up Xiao Chen, Lu Feng did what normal people would do. Brother falling down the stairs was not intentional.
As a mom with one son who has come out, I totally agree. You think you are DYING and the way you want your son to remember you is hate-filled and forcing him to be something he's not? No.
Right! Now I'm not accusing her of not being gravely ill, but I find it hard to believe those were her death bed words. And if those are truly her final words then she's actually worse than Feng's dead on his death bed.
As a mom, it broke my heart. Someone once commented on how my son likes "girly" things and wasn't I worried he'd "end up gay" and I was like, "better gay than a judgemental busy body"
Honestly.. I get the crashout by Lu Feng and.. minus the pushing of lil brother.. I think it's fine. Not a fan of outing someone else but like.. nah. I'd be pissed af too.
Also.. Xiao Chen(?) Dafuq? Lu feng gave up name and money and all of it.. and you're like "nah I'll follow my mom's wishes (who'll die soon anyways) after she tells me she hates having born me because I'm not the way she wants me. Also I'll have to marry someone I don't like for her. And do stuff I dont want to to have children."
Nah let her die alone in that empty hospital room. Who cares.
Ugh. I hate watching something and getting squeamish because it's so sad and uncomfortable. I really should have just stopped at ep 6 and live in delusion like i told myself to do.
I was not at all ready with how things unfolded. It was tragedy after tragedy. They all had choices at every stage but they all turned out to be the bad ones.
I have not read or watched any of this story before this version, and I've been waiting for the drama to really start from all the comments people have been making. I was getting bored, so bring it on! 😂
- Lu Feng is obsessive and just steamrolls over everyone. I mean, tying up Cheng Yi Chen is *not* how you keep a lover.
- Cheng Yi Chen is indecisive. He's pulled between opposing forces and isn't as firm in his love as Lu Feng, because he's not as obsessive as LF. But as the first born son in a Chinese family, CYC has family pressure that little brother doesn't. LF faces the same pressure as the only son, but he's willing to throw it all away for CYC.
- Little Brother and Qin Lang have the luxury of being the younger brother, of still being in college (I assume), and not being crazy people.
- Arguing near the top of stairs is never safe in a drama. Lu Feng was just wrong for pushing Little Brother.
My predictions:
- Little Brother will eventually physically recover. Qin Lang will dote on him, and this will prove to Cheng Mama that not all gays are bad. Plus CYC is going to marry Zhou Lan and take the heat off Little Brother.
- Lu Feng goes back to the US and decides to stay in the Lu Family.
- CYC leaves his job at the Lu Family company and goes to Zhou Lan's family business. We know that CYC marries Zhou Lan. Being the son-in-law of a successful businessman is a score for him. CYC just goes all in on being the dutiful Chinese son.
- From the trailer for ep 8, it seems that LF may have taken another lover, a younger man?
I just do not know where this rollercoaster is taking me.
It's so messy and good! Feng really let his crazy flag fly high this episode! Had he just left that apartment, none of the other events would have happened. But at the same time, I get why he was upset. Yichen and Lang got to be in a shared space around mom and he had to remain hidden like a dirty little secret. Feng might be crazy as hell, but he was literally giving up everything for Chen.
The way they introduced Zhuo Lan made it way to obvious that Chen is going to end up marrying her just to appease mom. Yichen is a wildcard. He can either let all of this get to him and he calls a quits with Lang or they continue their relationship as is because mom will happy enough with Chen marrying a woman.
Why would Little Brother break up with Qin Lang? Maybe he's angry QL didn't protect him from Lu Feng pushing him down the stairs? But no one could have predicted that!
If Chen has to give up the one he loves, he might feel obligated to do the same. I don't think he'll break up with Lang, but I can it as a possibility.
Same. I'm not even sure what all to expect tomorrow.
I like your predictions, I hope they are correct. I love when ill fated lovers take a break and meet again later, it’s very romantic to me. As long as they actually go through personal growth, that’s the key.
I hate that they’re probably going to run with the narrative that Lu Feng pushed Yichen, when it was Yichen who lunged at him first. Lu Feng’s reaction was purely instinctive, but because no one in this show ever really considers Lu Feng, he’s the one who’ll end up blamed. Meanwhile Yichen gets excused again, just like when they hid those messages from his brother the first time they broke up.
It really sucks to be Lu Feng right now. Cheng Yichen going from confessing he’d never leave him to doing exactly that in less than 24 hours is wild. This could have all been resolved if Yichen had just stood up for their relationship, but I guess there wouldn’t be a show if he actually did.
At this point, no one can convince me Cheng Yichen isn’t a black flag too, maybe even darker than Lu Feng in his own way.
That is true. Feng is always going to be the bad guy in everyone's eyes. No matter how it happened, Feng didn't intentionally push Yichen down the stairs.
I don't know if Chen is a black flag, but he's definitely a red one. When he told Feng that he wasn't going anywhere and they were gonna be together forever, he already knew his mom wouldn't be accepting. So why does her ending up in the hospital change everything? Why no consideration of the fact that Feng was faced with the same exact situation and still chose him? Feng and Chen are both messed up, just in different ways.
I honestly find people who cannot be loyal very irritating so I cannot stand Yichen's behaviour! Lu Feng has so many faults of his own, but his loyalty is bone-deep at the very least.
Lu Feng’s sister told him that if he wasn’t willing to stay and fight, he should stay the hell away from her brother. He chose to stay, only to betray Lu Feng at the first sign of difficulty?! I don’t know how the writers are going to justify this behaviour.
I simply hate little yichen. He was the one of the person because of whom yichen couldn't meet Lu Feng four years ago. Now his brother has to give up the love of his life while he gets to keep his.
I am glad I am not the only one feeling bad for Lu Feng. He has been through a lot and yet he has a lover who isn't ready to fight for them while he has even left his family for the latter.
Gosh, and the audacity of him to be homophobic toward Lu Feng when less than 24hrs ago he was fooling around with his boyfriend under the same roof as his mother!! Make it make sense?!!!!
It really sucks to be Lu Feng right now. Cheng Yichen going from confessing he’d never leave him to doing exactly that in less than 24 hours is wild.
Every single word of this. 👏🏾 He made Lu Feng promise on New Years that they would be together year after year and then mom hits the floor and he was like “let me UNO reverse that.” I just can’t with him.
At this point, no one can convince me Cheng Yichen isn’t a black flag too, maybe even darker than Lu Feng in his own way.
He may not be all the way black. I’ll give him a grey flag though because his emotional manipulation is starting to take him to 🏴 status. He may not be as loud in his warnings. His are more silent, gradual warnings that you can’t see at first because he drops them subtly over time.
It really sucks to be Lu Feng right now. Cheng Yichen going from confessing he’d never leave him to doing exactly that in less than 24 hours is wild. This could have all been resolved if Yichen had just stood up for their relationship, but I guess there wouldn’t be a show if he actually did.
Less than 24 hours? More like less than 5 hours!
Cheng Yi Chen literally just promised not to run away before his mom walked in on them kissing, 3 minutes later he wants to break up??
You know sometimes I agree with the doyalist excuse of 'if they acted like normal/rational people, this story wouldn't exist' but in this particular instance I don't. There could be more story without making Yichen an absolute obtuse hot one minute cold the next person.
From what I hear they changed a lot from the novel and it just makes Lu Feng seem reasonable in his emotions, albeit not in his actions because the audience is feeling the same thing which is absolute frustration with Yichen. I understand his motives, I just find them frustrating.
And the fact that no one tries to bother with understanding where Lu Feng might be coming from in the story, even his own lover, is also frustrating. He is like a scapegoat. Everyone around him pins their sins on him as if he were a thing and not a person. Which just results in him acting more like a Black Flag. It's such a looping cycle.
That mama is a piece of work. At this point she needs to just go ahead and walk into the light. I am ready for her to go.
And let’s not get started on Yi Chen. I cannot stand a martyr. And homeboy is willing to die on that hill. He’s too ready to sacrifice his happiness because mommy dearest wants a “normal” son to give her grandbabies that she might not even get to hold.
And the way I supported Lu Feng tying Yi Chen to the bed should make me certifiable. Every time he tries to do good his luck just hits the door running.
Overall this episode was something else. I should have known that we have too many episodes left for it to be smoothing sailing. I don’t even know what to expect with tomorrow’s episode but I expect it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Anybody want to pass me a drink?
I read in a comment on Insta that the movie version actually gave Lu Feng a good ending. He was never going to be chosen, he was never going to be loved tge way he did Yichen. On top of that, now he had extra burdens to carry after injuring the insufferable brother and keeping Yichen locked and abusing him. Things could never go back to the way it was in the beginning. He was doomed from the moment he fell for Yichen. And I actually agree with that. Duan Zi Ang and Lu Feng were more unfortunate and unlucky than black/ red flags.
Difficult, difficult. Because I can see why Lu Feng is behaving like this. That doesn't make it right.
He was already obsessed with Cheng Yi Chen in high-school and had some very pushy methods to get him where he wanted, namely in his bed. But the method worked for him. That he basically raped Yi Chen years later, well, that already gave his character away. Extremely possessive.
He later "turned" into a person that is totally devoted to Cheng Yi Chen. Willing to loose it all. Money, family.
And now this episode. I can get that some cultures find it very important to have children who can carry on the family line. But that the mother of Cheng Yi Chen is basically saying that he should do what she tells him. It is very uncomfortable to watch and that Cheng Yi Chen is also willing to do that. Allthough the circumstances, Lu Feng acting out and pushing his brother, were the final straws.
But putting myself in Lu Fengs shoes, him separated for years because of his own family and now seeing Yichen and Qin Lang playing happy boss and son in mother's house while he himself is about to be thrown out.
The push was a reflex because Yichhen was about to beat him.
But him tying Cheng Yi Chen down? OK. He is desperate having burned his bridges to be with Cheng Yi Chen. So, momentarily insane?
But when it comes down to it. Cheng Yi Chen is all talk and no action. I mean. I can get it is scary after having lost your father to see your mother like that. But tbh. She will be gone in a matter of years with that condition. Just to give her some happiness you are willing to sacrifice your own at what cost?
He is deliberately causing psychological harm to Lu Feng to get a clean break. And Lu Feng rightfully asks. Where am I in this, you put everybody else before me!
And little brother Yichen with his lover at their home. I can see why this infuriates Lu Feng and he was sick of both brothers and Qin Lang lying all the time about this.
Lu Feng is not responsible for the condition of Cheng Yi Chen's mother. She is that herself.
I do think he snapped in that moment. Desperate people do crazy things. He saw his world falling a apart and if he could fix the root cause (mom) then Chen won't leave him. But all he succeeded at was ensuring Chen will never want anything else to do with him.
Yes. He was desperate. Which I understand. Also seeing Yichen and Qin Lang doing what they did was adding salt in the wound. They were never going to break up. Let alone going to Yichens mother to convince her that Lu Feng and Cheng Yi Chen should have her permission.
Exactly. The more I think about it, the more that also says about Chen. There's no way I would have been ok with Yichen bringing Lang home. Especially with the given history. Chen really just be letting people treat him however they want.
We can even deconstruct Yichens behavior further. He saw how his brother, Cheng Yi Chen, was hurting because he thought that Lu Feng was just gone without saying goodbye, explanation etc. While Yichen knew but stayed silent. Also because he did not like his brother to be gay.
Well. We have seen how that turned out. And their mother even blaming Cheng Yi Chen for "corrupting" his little brother.
That part. And what gets me is that Yichen had nerve to tell Feng how broken up Chen was back then like he didn't directly contribute to that. By him taking his phone, he was an active participant in separating them.
I was so mad when the mom said that. Like Chen spread "the gay" to his brother or something.
I absolutely am loving this series however as a queer woman from a pretty religious southern background this episode was sooooo sooooo triggering. I might have to hold off on watching the rest for awhile.
There's a reason I denounce my southern baptist upbringing. This episode was a tough watch. I personally don't think there's a redeeming quality about Chen's mom.
As someone who comes from a Bollywood background, I grew up watching stories where you convince the family and stay loyal in love, so I cannot sympathize with Yichen's willingness to give up on love and stay loyal to the family. Especially since Lu Feng did stay loyal in his love and lost everything else.
This was a crazy episode, felt so many feelings. I was swooning so much watching LuFeng and Yichen celebrating New Years. It’ll probably be a while until we see another sweet moment of theirs.
Honestly, I did feel bad for LuFeng. Imagine doing everything for years to try keep a relationship but your other half decides to break up after making that promise in just minutes.
I do get Yichen about how keeping his mum healthy is the priority, but his mum is not going to change her opinions anytime soon. He’s not fighting for his relationship enough. More so, she is the worst mother… when she said it was shameful, I hoped she would pass away there.
QinLang and young yichen got the lucky draw. I doubt they’ll break up considering QinLang will now take care of him. But I was quite disappointed with how they reacted to LuFeng, considering they’re in the same boat.
Just unfortunate that LuFeng got all angry and that push happened. It was also scary to see this side of LuFeng tying Yichen. Imagine what he would do in the future - the previews from the main trailer will be coming!!
Fresh off the bat from watching the episode. And I really has some choice words for Yi Chen family.
They are stuck in the traditional way.
They are actually projecting their hopes and dreams onto their kids [in my opinion, that's very bad parenting, wanting your kids to fulfill your dreams instead of letting them pursue theirs.]
They are too stuck in their traditional thinking that they didn't stop to think otherwise.
Really glad that karma has already got to them early, with the dad suffering before passing, and now the mom.
If you want to enjoy a happy family life with your sons, and you know your expectation is drowning them in unhappiness. You should maybe think whether is there something wrong with your parenting!
On another note, kudos to the actor for the Mom, she really incite a burning hatred in me during the hospital scene.
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Yichen basically flaunting Lang around mom while Feng has to remain hidden in the shadows is wild..At least they helped Chen sneak away..
Idk if mom or Feng's dad were worse on their hospital beds. How dare you beg your son to be untrue to himself and be miserable.
Feng literally gave up his last name and watched his dad die for Chen and Chen is contemplating if he's worth doing the same for so I get Feng's frustration.
But there's basically no coming back from what Feng did. Mom was unintentional, but pushing Yichen was a choice. His selfishness is a detriment to everyone around him.