s01e02 — Episode 2

@vera24: Of course, how can you not admit that
Fan Xiao came to visit

@HaiLouYin: Ahaaaa, I had a good time visiting.

Fan Xiao is the first hidden advertiser for Armenians

@innsight: Yeah, I 've set a trend

Well, 100% homage to the Shore, because no one smokes in the frame. And symbolically, both are black flags.

@Alyosha: I think we'll see Lu Feng with a cigarette next. What about a Chinese drama without smoking men?

@HaiLouYin: No one will smoke better than Chi Chen anyway.😁

@HaiLouYin: I'm also looking forward to this vibe.

@Oxxy_Moon: I hope that Lu Feng will not let us down in this regard. 🤞🏻

@HaiLouYin: Yes, yes, we are waiting.

@vera24: Their happiness didn't last long... and it's really clear from Lu Feng that he hasn't let go of the past. Deep down, he was still hoping for something.

I could feel how much he was hurt by Yichen's words.
It was as if this was a confirmation of what his sister had told him: Yichen had started a new life, and left him far behind.

If the script has not been significantly softened, then Lu Feng will still show what a truly unhealthy obsession is.

@HaiLouYin: Yes, I felt it too, his face looked like it had been slashed with a knife.
I didn't say anything in the first episode)) But since that's the case, I've seen TWO trailers!!!! And everything is hotter there, and nc and obsession, and like a doll (rag) he also vilifies him.
This time we will eat the glass freshly made - that is, hot.

@vera24: and we will chew it until the very end ... 🫣
In general, the word "atonement" can be safely dropped from your vocabulary – it is unlikely to be useful to us here.

I was really looking forward to this drama and, fortunately, it did not disappoint me.
Although I was worried that it might turn out to be mediocre in quality, but I got it literally from the first minutes.
It's very well done: it's cinematic, the acting is excellent, and the directing is decent.

Anyway, now I have to live from Friday to Friday again.

@HaiLouYin: we will support each other until Friday)))
By the way, the kittens are flying to Cannes)))
And they also conducted a live broadcast just in a snot, I liked one moment there so much, I'll attach it now)

@HaiLouYin:

Well done, there is no conversation.
It clearly resonates with "A trip to love back and forth ..."
, Too, in parallel, "now" and "then" are shown.
Also, one accepted the breakup, the other does not and wears a ring.
I just hope in this series there won't be wear and tear in almost every episode, like in "The Trip..."

Well, they certainly DON'T look like classmates...
when Le Feng was still with bangs, well, OK, but without bangs he looks much more mature and it feels like he has a 10-year difference with Yichen.

@Ayana85: Yeah, it's the same story: both this drama and "The Trip..." were filmed based on the same novel, so the plot is similar.
I haven't watched the trailers, but as I understand it, the level of toxicity here will not be less, although maybe they will soften a couple of moments so as not to torment the audience at all.

@HaiLouYin: @Ayana85 you're just cutting me to the quick. Yeah. If it's the same piece, then I'm a corpse.

@HaiLouYin:

Aaaa...Based on one novel...
and I think it's so similar.
Well, then the conversation is softer here, in the "Trip..." red flag immediately behaved more harshly and it was NOT filmed there, it ended on a tragic note.
I read the sequel to the novel, it's like a happy ending.

Not in this drama, they probably won'T do that...Tikhony has such a cute face here...
On the "Trip..." tikhony looked more serious and they were making a full-fledged gesture.
In general, we are watching.

@innsight: Yes, I myself am looking forward to the further development of the story with excitement in my heart. 🫣
After all, China is not Thailand, they may not smooth out the corners, but simply roll out everything as it is, without really worrying about impressionable viewers.

@Ayana85: And what about the others?🤔

@vera24:

What do you mean))?!
Anyone who wants to read it, but in fact it's NOT like there's a spoiler...
I shouldn't have copied the video and attached it, then there would have been a spoiler))

There was just a discussion about how close it was to the novel in terms of rigidity and even cruelty and to the "Round Trip", so I was convinced - close or not so close...

@Ayana85: Well, then we'll definitely leave the word "redemption" for other subjects, here we just have to tighten the safety belt more tightly.

And by the way, I don't hide your messages under the spoiler. Either the app is going crazy with me, or the markdown emoji is breaking.

@Ayana85: @HaiLouYin: I'll allow myself to insert five kopecks, there is a difference in the age of the characters, Lu Feng is older than Chen And Chen, about 5 years, it seems, I'm not mistaken if. I don't remember my age in the drama, maybe I missed the mention in the novel. Maybe that's the reason for the contrast actors' appearance.

@dib_exo: I think @Ayana85 was referring to the age difference between the main characters, not the age difference between Lu Feng and Xiao Chen's brother.

@dib_exo: I also read the novel, but I don't remember it very well.

I don't remember what the age would say. Well, brother, yes, decently younger.

@Ayana85: But I haven't read the sequel. Maybe I'll look for it after this series and finish reading it. That in the novel I read, that in the previously filmed two-episode drama, the ending is different, but they left us with uncertainty.

@Ayana85: Well, as for age, I'm not surprised at anything anymore. All people change externally at their own pace. In the store, the clerk recently called me a woman, and then did not sell alcohol. I'd already decided, or I'm still a girl, or then give me alcohol.

@innsight: Perhaps the description of the drama sums it up, let me clarify, because the name of the hero of one is Lu Feng, Chen And Chen is the full name of the second? The main couple in the plot? It seems to be about her, I don't remember her brother's name, unfortunately. Xiao Chen's address is affectionate, homely, it seems so somehow. I'm mistaken, perhaps, from the comments of knowledge :)

@dib_exo: Oh, I'm confused myself. In the novel, Chen Yichen is Xiao Chen's younger brother. And here in the drama, the main character is really Chen Yichen. I'll have to look at the novel. In any case, the main characters are the same age. They studied together at school and at the institute in the same course.

@innsight: Thanks for the explanation, I get confused sometimes, it's sometimes difficult to cope with the variety of Chinese names :)

@dib_exo: I got confused myself and confused others. I'm doing great.

@dib_exo:

Yes, I mean the difference between the main characters in appearance, as @innsight says.:
Although they should be the same age, since they studied together.

You probably understood correctly that I'm talking about them, not my brother.
It's just that the names get confused))

I decided to re-read it and COULDN'T find the novel where I had read it before in a good translation.
There was a time when the fanfiction and translation site was scared)) and the authors and translators began to massively delete their works and profiles from there.
But not all of them...A lot of new ones are coming there now.
But so many good works and translations have been deleted from there((

So now I've found a translation on some other site, well, it's impossible to read it so finely written and solid, you quickly get tired of such reading.
So there it is...I don't remember reading this version before...

I'm not even going to put that under the spoiler, since it has NOTHING to do with the film adaptation, everything is already going WRONG.

They haven'T seen each other in the novella version for 20 years!
Yichen's son is already an adult! He is married to a wealthy woman who loves him very much.
Lu Feng was completely crazy...
He didn't just kidnap him there initially and pumped him up with pathogens, but also brought some men to watch...
And made Yichen's son see these videos...
And Lu Feng himself walks right and left, only the boys are young and change in his house - waiting for their own sitting in the hallway for an hour...
what does he have to do with sleeping with them, even after he locks Yichen in his room and won't let him out.
And he points to him - You're NOT young anymore, but you see what young people come to me (everyone is strictly 18+).

What is this?!
Is this the original novel?
Did I read fanfiction on a FicBook a long time ago, softened by someone?
Although it was stated that it was a translation of the original.

But even here it is stated as a translation of the original novel.
Well, if this is the novel itself...
then it's a complete madhouse.
So they filmed the same "Round Trip" to put it mildly.

And as for the age-related visual difference, hairstyle means a lot more.
Remember Fan Xiao from "To my shore" at the beginning with styling, without bangs, well, such an adult.
And how did they change his hairstyle in the end, or is he often in real life with thick bangs, so young at all))

Lu Feng looked older than Yichen with bangs (but it was tolerable), but without bangs he looked like an adult man in the prime of life and a nerd/freshman.
I think that in the present tense of "now" they look strange together.

@dib_exo: I don't remember the age being mentioned either, and I haven't read the novel. So far, they've just indicated that they studied together. Perhaps they will give you more details.

But I came across arguments about whether the characters study in flashback at school or at uni. And they just wrote that in the novel the characters have a decent age difference. I just didn't remember the number for 5 years, was it mentioned or not?

@HaiLouYin: As far as I remember, they went to school in the novel. And then they show the university, well, they indicated that they were classmates. Although, maybe they really went to different classes at school. You can enroll in the university for the first year at any age. Lu Feng could have timed it just to get on his course.

@Ayana85 I read a story that's also crooked, you can't look at it without tears. My friend and I were just reading. I wouldn't have thought of that myself. I don't talk to that friend right now, I'm too old for her. And I almost stopped reading novels. I remember Manhua was very cute, but in the novel, yes, there was tin.

@HaiLouYin: @Ayana85 @dib_exo in general, I definitely won't reread it. If you know the details, please share them. Anyway, let's just have fun on Fridays.

@vera24: Well, wait, that's what we're here for. There is no escaping the plot, which is already known to many. We look at it and... we're kind of indignant.

For me, the actors were chosen perfectly. I'm just thrilled!

@Ayana85: what you described will come later. While the story follows the plot of the novel, they meet at work for the first time after breaking up in their youth.

I started reading on the weekend and just got to the point where Lu Feng appears as Yichen's boss five years later.
By the way, the translation was quite normal.

When searching, it is most reliable to focus on the author of the work itself – the novel was written by Lan Lin
Everything else can be a free interpretation.

@innsight: The novel also talks about "school" all the time. I don't understand what is considered a high school in China at all, so I started reading.
In China, the word "school" can be used to refer to colleges, universities, and other educational institutions.
If there is no standard blue uniform and they go to lectures, this is no longer a school in our understanding, where children study.

And by the way, I was confused about the names at first.
In translation, the description is in the third person, and the dialogues are in the first person, and it was difficult for me to figure out the correct name of the main character until I got to the line: "Lu Feng pronounced my name — Yichen"🫣

After all the discussions I've seen, I'm not sure I'll continue reading.
It's not my taste to chew glass like that.

@innsight: For me, too, the little boy is right on the subject. Not like the damn Vier. He'll hurt anyone he wants to

@HaiLouYin: Oh, right. Just now you said that, and I remembered that in many Chinese works I was confused by this skipping between school and college.

I hope that in this drama, love and tenderness will overshadow all the hard and unpleasant things. But I'm expecting a storm of emotions.

@vera24: Yes, their first time was not entirely voluntary on Yichen's part: he gave in rather than agreed. But it seems to me that his condition after that is connected not only with this, but in general with the realization of how serious everything has become. It wasn't easy for Yichen to accept the fact of their mutual sympathy, but then they finally crossed the line. It's not like sharing a chocolate bar anymore.

For the first time, Yichen realized that the world was not limited to the two of them. There is a school, parents, obligations. He felt really scared that he had decided to be with Lu Feng at all and that their relationship could lead to consequences that he was not ready for yet. And is he ready for such responsibility at all?

But then, of course, Yichen melted away from how much Lu Feng loves him and how desperately he wants to be with him, to protect and protect him. He accepted the fact that Lu Feng just couldn't handle his desires, and certainly didn't want to hurt him.

And as @innsight said, "... that's what we're here for..." We will stew in conflicting emotions when first they show you a beautiful music video, and then reality. And, unfortunately, not every first time ends with a romantic hug in the morning. Sometimes it's a step you might regret.

@innsight: I also really like the way the actors were chosen. In my eyes, they look very harmonious together. 🥰

@HaiLouYin: Yes, when Yichen was running away from Lu Feng's house, he even voiced half of his fears, or maybe it was only a hundredth part of his thoughts.

@HaiLouYin: I like the composition too. And I really like one idea, it's not mine, it was thrown at me))) That Feng's sister would save him a second time by taking on the bride🤪

@HaiLouYin: I read it to the end, and I highly do not recommend it, I already did not want to watch the series, the impression is so terrible.

I'll make it clear about the age, according to the book, Yichen was 14 when they met, Lu Feng was 4 years older, Tk Yichen jumped several grades, in the series they decided to soften Yichen 18, it was on the cake. And the actors, which was no less interesting to me, were 27 and 32, respectively.
The brothers' names are the same in sound and shape, but as far as I understand, they are spelled differently.

@Alyosha: and what is the name of the novel?

@vera24: just like the previous film adaptation, A Trip to Love is there and back.

@Alyosha: Oh, thanks for the explanation. Especially about my brother's name.

@Alyosha: thank you, kind man
Then I'll drop this case.

I even digested Liu Feng and Yichen for the first time... in the drama, this moment was noticeably softened, shifting the focus to Yichen's injured ankle. Well, the kid stumbled and started limping, which means it's time to put him on his back... but reading the novel and realizing that this scene doesn't work that way at all, it was unpleasant for me, to put it mildly.

Perhaps it's better for me to stay in this version of the story than to delve into the original source.

@HaiLouYin: I wouldn't recommend reading it either, but it's better to take the drama separately.

It's good that I don't remember the novel well anymore, but still, there definitely won't be the tin that remained in my thoughts after reading it.

And I believe that even if there is no place for redemption in the finale, the Chinese film industry will still create a story — flawlessly constructed, aesthetically appealing, even if outside the usual moral framework.

@innsight: I hope that the story will pass through the filter of time and common sense, and the creators will take this nerve from the original source, turning it into something profound. Let it be sharp, heavy, sometimes uncomfortable and really catchy. Something that leaves food for thought instead of feeling like you were being fed tin for the shock effect.

@Alyosha: They say in the subtitles that brother is Yuchen, and gg is Yichen. But I listen to Chinese, and both names sound like Yichen to me.

@innsight: autosabs don't sweat either, they're both cool)
And in the new Chinese, have you looked? About the guy with cancer? They didn't bother translating his letter to his father and just wrote: in this letter, this guy is writing to his father about his difficult life. So we should look for a translation where there is a more kind-hearted translator)

@innsight: in sabah, apparently, so as not to get confused, I read in the comments from the translator of the book that sounds the same and another confirmation from the book Qing Lan confused them and addressed them by name, and he responded, but was not sober and decided that it was Lu Feng, it was beaten in the third series.

@vera24: I really liked this move by the director. Not knowing what kind of path Lu Feng and Yichen had to go through, you don't realize what an emotional burden this scene carries.

Plus, Lu Feng was very tactile in his youth and didn't ask for permission, but now he watches Yichen's reaction and backs off when he feels tension.

And I can't even imagine how much effort it takes for him to control himself... especially when Yichen, to put it mildly, is not happy to meet him.

@vera24: and this fragment even visually highlights how deep the gap between them is: the mirror divides the frame, and Yichen literally has his back to Lu Feng.

@vera24: I didn't spoil the first episode, but that moment with the ring, when Lu Feng hides it, is just a knife through my heart
and the way he exhales nervously before speaking.…

Everything about him betrays excitement, anxiety, and insecurity.
That's the moment when you want to ask a question, but at the same time you're afraid to hear the answer.

@HaiLouYin: I also noticed the ring, we immediately focused on it at first, I tried to look at it at first, then I forgot, as I understand it, he does not wear it.
Damn, but it seems to me that the little one holds the poker face, he did not forget that, because he wants to show

@vera24: Yeah, they did the trick on Yichen's hands first, and there's no ring on them. Lu Fen noticed it right away and took his hand away.
I can imagine what mixed emotions he felt at that moment.
I think I could feel his vulnerability physically.

And Yichen was washing his hands so furiously and trying to bring himself to his senses, which only made his excitement stronger.
Their breakup was so painful for both of them that such strong emotions are simply impossible to forget. And he still has his own resentment inside.

It hurts to see Lu Feng, but to realize that he now has a new life, a bride, and a future in which there is no place for you is even more painful.
So you have to pretend that this meeting didn't bother you at all.

@HaiLouYin: Precisely!!!Thank you. I remembered. And now the question!!? How many years have passed? Autosabs have been transferred for more than 4 years, and the description says that it is more than 10

@vera24: It turns out that they met at school, met for the second time at university, and met for the third time at work 4 years after they broke up.
Perhaps ten years is the total length of their acquaintance. 🤔

Either the description is lying. This happens periodically when one thing is written in the synopsis, and then some differences come up in the plot.

@HaiLouYin: @vera24 It seems there is no exact mention of the number of years of separation. Maybe they'll tell us later. So far, everywhere they write "after a few years" or "almost 10 years have passed."

Well, as it is, my thoughts are that they could finish their studies at the institute for another 4 years, and then go to work, also for about 4 years. They both don't look like newbies at work. And now 8-9 years could have passed, that's "almost 10".

@innsight: there, right after the conversation with my sister, before the beginning of the scene in the club, "4 years later" appears

@HaiLouYin:
Beautiful inscription
I either didn't notice, or I was in my dreams. I'll review it again later.

Well, 4 years is not so much.

@HaiLouYin: Have you started teaching yet? Or are such things already remembered with experience? A type of kapkhun and kamsamnid

@innsight: yes, I didn't immediately notice myself, my eyes were on the subtitles area, but the translators decided not to add them, and I decided to stick to one point. My eyes are tired 🫠

And only when the inscription began to disappear did I see that there were hieroglyphs on the screen at all. But I watched with English subs, maybe they came up with a more responsible approach in the Russian translation and still added subs.

@vera24: The little things are memorable
I knew the first two hieroglyphs — "4" and "year", and the third one was already in the context.
But after your question, I came back to check anyway, otherwise I might have made a mistake.

I really want to learn the language, but I have the attentiveness to just hug and cry. Unless I can only read and speak, but not write.
But I put a dash in the wrong place in Chinese and already sent someone to fuck 😅

@HaiLouYin: It dawned on me at night, already falling asleep!! Feng said that I even forgot you for a while!!!He's lying))how can you forget if you have an eternal reminder on your finger, not just a smell that you will hear and nostalgically remember, but a real symbol of love. Yeah, they made it out of such a soft bun, stale Borodinsky...

@vera24: Yeah, he lied. That's why I hid the ring in advance. If Yichen had seen him, he would not have believed Lu Feng's words.
Moreover, when Lu Fen first saw Yichen, there was an immediate softness in his eyes, even though he walked into them like an icy rock

But Yichen threw the stone first. Lu Feng had heard him tell his colleagues that he and Lu Feng had never been close and they had nothing to catch up on... and a shadow immediately crossed Lu Feng's face.

So they both decided to play strong and independent. The meeting happened suddenly, and neither of them was ready for it. They're in too much pain right now, and they don't have the strength to think straight anymore. So you have to come up with excuses to hide your vulnerability.

@HaiLouYin: and yet, well, how great and omnipotent he will show that he knows a simple hard worker. Feng didn't give a damn about everything and immediately turned to Yichen. And it turns out he was waiting for him near the toilet🤭

If I had met my love like that, I would have hidden under the table, it seems to me- the truth would have turned out to be a comedy even then

@vera24: Yeah, if he didn't care, he would have pretended not to know. And he gave out the base in front of everyone, obviously immediately wanted to indicate that they were not strangers to each other.
And birds of such high flight do not go to the communal toilet – they have an office the size of a studio apartment. And then he showed up behind my back, as if that was the right thing to do.

Well, how he immediately became jealous of his colleague Yichen... in general, Lu Feng burned down on all fronts from the doorstep 🫠

I can see it in his eyes: that curly—haired one is mine, everyone take two steps back.

@HaiLouYin: What two steps, everyone OUT!!! Out of the room

@vera24: Ahah, why bother with a little thing – put the application on the table and get out of my company 😁

@HaiLouYin: @vera24 Yes, girls. He couldn't have forgotten for a second, I'm sure.

How he touched that ring when he got out of the car! It's probably already become a habit.

@HaiLouYin: I watched this moment where they show "4 years later", there's actually a scene where we were put into a trance. They smeared the screen with lights, you go into frustration, what the fuck are the numbers... also in Chinese.

@innsight: Thanks for the tip, I didn't notice. I'm going to take a look.
Thank you China for the new "dose"

@innsight: Yeah, I feel like this is going to be the kind of drama that I want to watch while I wait for the next one, so as not to miss all the nuances.

@HaiLouYin: Oh yes))))That's great)😄

@HaiLouYin: So, where did you get caught? I'm ready for voiceover videos here, but I can't find the chocolate part.

@innsight: лови 🤗
幕後花絮 BTS：巧克力吻花絮來啦

@HaiLouYin: Thank you. It's too good 😍

@innsight: Oh, well, it's just casually about the rings, I probably didn't catch on in my memory. And judging by the fact that the bottom comments were without my like, maybe I accidentally clicked mark as read, and I didn't read the discussion anymore.

@budurr: I like your thoughts) But in this series we will eat Kit Kat (Take a break and eat a KitKat)

@Call_me_bunny: erotic games with food, then?))

@budurr: they look good, these games), let them continue :)

@vera24: Well, as it is. Attention, a train is approaching the first platform, with glass and sand. Chew the glass, sand in your eyes, bon appetit)