First Impression: 3.6/5
Mini Recaps
Cute, aren't they? |
- ML1 = Meng San (=3) Xi = Three Breaths; sounds like "Triple Happiness"
- ML2 = Yan Si (=4) Fang = Four Sides = Well-rounded...? ^^" The irony.
- FL = Ye Wu (=5) Zhi = Five Branches; sound like "Ignorant". Really matches her xD But she's more naive than stupid. She's very logical. She just cannot lie for the life of her, hahaha. Her name can also be "Only Knows (知 Zhi) How to Fight (武 Wu)".
Ye Wu Zhi: So where's your god? The way the camera pans to her face. Girl, it's you! You're his goddess!
Look, 3&5 were already holding hands in Ep1 |
Their first meal together ~ |
I'm all for the 3-5 ship, but who is this new girl (Gu Nian Jiu), and why is there romantic music! |
- Meng San Xi is 仁 Humane / Benevolence
- Yan Si Fang is 智 Wisdom
- Ye Wu Zhi is 信 Trust
- ML2 Yan Si Fang: Men will always keep a stash hidden. xD
- FL Ye Wu Zhi: "I'm starting to understand men. Clearly they're just as useless but men stubbornly refuse to admit their faults, and only recall how amazing and impressive they used to be." Ha!
行 (xíng) has one of the most meanings (bolding the ones the boys used): to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective (especially in regards to that prideful male appendage) / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense (they also speak in a Taiwanese accent to the bullies).
There's "poop" on the ground, lol |
Then they eat. The cycle of life. Minus the firing, lol. |
畫龍點睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng = to paint a dragon and dot in the eyesFig. To add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life.
Liu Yun Gui: Is it me you don't want to marry or you just don't want to marry?Ji Ming Zhao: Because I don't want to have only two choices. My favourite reply thus far 👏.
Ji Ming Zhao: Your reason (in not believing me)Yan Si Fang: To believe needs a reason. To not believe is the way of nature.Ji Ming Zhao: *Silence*
Qiu Yue Bai: You're asking me (when you make fun of my restaurant's food)?
Yan Si Fang: Of course. Do you think I was asking them (sugar, salt, and vinegar)? So you (S+S+V), which one of you want to die first? I need to talk to my condiments like this too.
Ye Wu Zhi: It exists even if it hurts.Meng San Xi: It's strange talking to you. I can easily lie to you but you make me unable to lie to myself.
[Ep14] Lao Ding isn't a beggar! He just sells art. LOL. He's a wealthy landowning laotou and he rents them a place to stay (forever? Like a family??). And now he becomes their nagging mom! Haha. During work hours, he will still respect Ji Ming Zhao politely as his employees, but once his foot is out the door, he's their landlord. He will holler at them if they said they're coming back for dinner and don't, or if they're late and he has to reheat.
Haiwa and Sanya Lyrics: (This song trended. It is really well written, touching the hearts of the ordinary)
十五歲的海娃穿著花褲衩
頂著小草帽提著小魚篋
你在橋邊晃了又晃
我在角落看了又看
我沒告訴你 怕你知道
Fifteen-year-old Haiwa is wearing floral pants,
A small straw hat, and carrying a small fish basket.
You wandered and wandered by the bridge.
I looked and looked in my corner
I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would know
[A girl has a crush on Haiwa, hid in the corner, and didn’t tell him]
十四歲的三ㄚ 穿著碎花裙
臉紅腰細腿白 還光著腳丫
你在白天走來走去
我在晚上翻來覆去
我沒告訴你怕你知道
Fourteen-year-old Sanya is wearing a floral skirt
Face is red, waist is thin, legs are white, and feet are bare
You walked back and forth during the day
I tossed and turned at night
I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would know
[A boy has a crush on Sanya, and didn’t tell her]
水渠邊你唱歌 我看著月亮
月亮像白面餅一張
我開心得想吃了它
我沒告訴你因為你知道
You sing by the canal and I admired at the moon
The moon was like a piece of round flat cake.
I'm so happy that I want to eat it
I didn't tell you because you knew.
[She’s so happy, she didn’t tell him because it was obvious]
田裡你戴著草帽 我頂著太陽
太陽像蔥油餅一張
我開心得想吃了它
我沒告訴你因為你知道
In the field, you are wearing a straw hat and I am holding up the sun (not wearing a hat)
The sun is like a piece of scallion pancake
I'm so happy that I want to eat it
I didn't tell you because you knew
[He’s so happy, he didn’t tell her because it was obvious too]
那年家鄉鬧蝗災 眼看糧食都沒啦
可我的窗前 每天都多出饃半張
你沒告訴我 但我知道
That year there was a locust plague in my hometown, and there was no food left.
But every day, on my window sill, there is always half a bun.
You didn’t tell me, but I knew
[His love for her spoken with action]
那年離鄉去打工 別了妹子和家鄉
而我的包包裡 怎麼多了新鞋一雙
你沒告訴我 但我知道
That year I left my hometown to work, saying goodbye to my sister and my hometown.
And why is there a new pair of shoes in my bag?
You didn’t tell me, but I knew
[Her love for him spoken with action]
海娃我好想你
月亮不再像白面餅
我在村頭晃了又晃
又找老李寫信給你
我告訴了你怕你不知道
Haiya, I really miss you
The moon doesn’t look like a piece of round flat cake.
I wandered around the village again and again
I asked Lao Li to write to you again
I told you, I'm afraid you don't know
[Her love that she can’t show, she writes]
三ㄚ我好想你
太陽不再像蔥油餅
我在城裡走來走去
找老先生寄信給你
我告訴了你怕你不知道
Sanya, I miss you so much
The sun is no longer like scallion pancakes
I wandered around the city
Ask the old gentleman to send you a letter
I told you, I'm afraid you don't know
[His love that he can’t show, she writes]
我等了你五年啊還願意再等下去
父親把我嫁給張大壯大了兩頭羊
我找老李寫信給你
希望你從我這裡知道
I've been waiting for you for five years and I'm still willing to wait some more
My father married me to Zhang Da Zhuang and we got two sheep as dowry.
I asked Lao Li to write to you.
I hope that you could hear this from me.
[The worst news, but she wants to be the one who breaks it to him so that he knows her feelings]
我打拼了五年啊 最後還一事無成
沒有錢返鄉當面去祝福你啊
只能找老先生回信
希望你從我這裡知道
I've been working hard for five years, but in the end I accomplished nothing.
I don’t have the money to return home to bless you in person.
I can only ask the old gentleman to reply
I hope that you could hear this from me.
[His lowest moment, but he wants to be the one who breaks it to her so that she knows his feelings]
我抱著娃兒放羊不留神一隻跑了
那是一半的聘金這一天我好難過
我沒告訴你,也不想讓你知道
I was herding sheep with my baby in my arms and the sheep accidentally ran away.
That's half the dowry. I was so sad that day.
I didn't tell you, and I didn't want you to know
[Her sadness, she didn’t want him to worry about it or to know of it]
記不清打工幾年我全部積蓄丟了
受盡了白眼這一天我好難過
我沒告訴你也不想讓你知道
我沒告訴你,也不想讓你知道
I can’t remember how many years I’ve been working. I lost all my savings.
After all those insufferable eye rolls, I was so sad that day.
I didn't tell you and I didn't want you to know
I didn't tell you and I didn't want you to know
[His sadness, he didn’t want her to worry about it or to know of it]
第二天就在丟羊的地方,羊就在那兒吃草
這一天我好開心啊
它乖乖地跟我回家
oh海娃,生活就是不容易的但不要真的絕望啊
我沒告訴你卻還想讓你知道
The next day, at the place I lost the sheep, there it was grazing.
I'm so happy today
It obediently followed me home
Oh Haiwa, life is not easy, but don’t despair.
I didn't tell you but I still want you to know
[There is warmth in this word and I want you to know]
第二天我去了一家麵館 小二請我吃了碗麵
這一天我好開心啊,碗底還有顆荷包蛋
oh三ㄚ命運總是冷冰冰的但也要相信溫暖啊
我沒告訴你卻還想讓你知道 我沒告訴你卻還想讓你知道
The next day I went to a noodle shop and the waiter treated me to a bowl of noodles.
I'm so happy today. At the bottom of the bowl there's even a poached egg.
Oh, fate is always cold, but you have to believe in warmth.
I didn't tell you, but I still want you to know.
I didn't tell you, but I still want you to know.
[There is warmth in this word and I want you to know]
This song triggers me mostly with how it captures the love in 報喜不報憂 (to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news). It evokes all the times I tell my loved ones (esp on the phone) that “I’m fine” when I’m not. I’m not pretending to be tough. I just don’t want my loved ones to be hurt with me, stressed with me, and sad with me. I prefer finding the solution on my own first. In this song when Haiwai and Sanya both kept their pains to themselves, my tears just trickled. Then I was so relieved the song ended happily in the most relatable way.
The song also reminded me of Remembrance of Things Past, the difficulties of working away from your hometown.
- 3 wants to avenge Bei Xiao Hai whose real name is Liang 5 who was sabotaged potentially by the other Liangs (1, 2, and 4). It all started after Liang 5 fell in love with Li 4 Lady. Meng San Xi is curious about Li 4 Lady's beauty. The informant will tell for $5. Cleverly, Meng San Xi asks for the price of Ye Wu Zhi's. It costs $6. Lol. That tells us Ye Wu Zhi is prettier, and Meng San Xi beat his buddy. Boys.
- 4 narrows down the murderers of his family: it's either Liang 2, Liang 4, or both.
- Liang 1. Did not show up. He's the guy who wanted to invest in Ji Ming Zhao's store.
- Liang 2. (Was Yan Si Fang revealing his identity to L2 to test him if he's the mastermind?)
- Liang 3. The bratty girl who bullied Ji Ming Zhao.
- Liang 4. The one who drank the most aggressive diuretic of his life thanks to Yan Si Fang.
- Liang 5. Dead. He's Bei Xiao Hai, Meng San Xi's friend.
- Liang 6. He's there, but did we ever see his face?
- Gu Nian Jiu. Did not show up. She's part of Liang family too, but she's not a Liang.
MSX pointing to the brain of his brainless girl |
- Meng San Xi = Nan Xiao Tian (but NXT is his stage name too, right?)
- Yan Si Fang = Tuoba Ling Hu
- Ye Wu Zhi = Mo Ru Shi (I Am Truth)
- Ji Ming Zhao = #1 Wu Bo Jin (Wu Platinum)
- Meng San Xi = #2 Wu Huang Jin (Wu Gold)
- Yan Si Fang = #3 Wu Bai Ji (Wu ~Silver)
- Ye Wu Zhi = #4 Wu Qing Tong (Wu Bronze)
- Ji Ming Zhao. For wanted criminals. But now she is wanted.
- Liu Yun Gui. Whoring himself. Not. He's contracted to cure a Boss Cao who is paralyzed. He can't not threat, afraid they'll kill him. He can't treat too fast, afraid they'd kill him instantly, and so he's prolonging the treatment (every three month checkup).
- Dai Meng Hui. An undercover cop.
- Ji Ming Zhao = #1 Wu Bo Jin (Wu Platinum)
- Meng San Xi = #2 Wu Huang Jin (Wu Gold)
- Yan Si Fang = #3 Wu Bai Ji (Wu ~Silver)
- Ye Wu Zhi = #4 Wu Qing Tong (Wu Bronze)
- Wei Dong Yang = #5 Wu Suo Wei. We ran out of elements in that category, and so he's Wu Matters Not. He's actually so touched that he matters to this group. Heh.
- Yan Si Fang sneaks out every night to make a secret powerful weapon. He's ready to avenge!
- Ye Wu Zhi is closer to the truth that Wei Dong Yang is part of 3-7 Organization (her enemy)
- Meng San Xi learns that Duan Shou's wife is
kept hostage atworking for Liang Family
- Triangles are for singles
- Circles are for committeds.
- This way the singles know each other, and the taken ones don't have to worry about their SOs cheating.
Yan Si Fang: –ke you. Awwwwww! He said "歡你", which also makes no sense in Chinese, but makes so much sense for them! To say "(I) like you" it should be 喜歡你, but he only said the last half because she had taught him to 留半句. Figuratively, 留半句 means to not be so harsh with his words, and the literal meaning is to spare half your sentence.
Ye Wu Zhi is drinking from that?! Omg. |
- To Ji Ming Zhao: "Little Lady, these days, I find you more and more suitable to my eyes." It's a confession, but she finds it insulting because this means before she wasn't suitable at first. He amends himself: she was always easy on his eyes. Three confessions this episode, and she dodged them all!
- Lao Ding's is about nagging. Now he nags about nagging, and nags that he raised him, and nags that it took him 一把屎一把尿 ah! LOL. It's a crude way of saying "I endured hardship to raise you" because literally, it's saying "I took care of your every pee and poop". Moms usually say that. Fitting for Lao Ding.
- Ye Wu Zhi's is related to her gambling.
- (Does Meng San Xi have two letters?)
- Ye Wu Zhi can ask the hypnotized Liu Martial Artist about 3-7 Organization (because he's part of it).
- Yan Si Fang can ask the hypnotized Marked Martial Artist about Liang Family (because he's hired by the Liangs)
- Meng San Xi can temporarily free Duan Shou while both top martial artists are hypnotized. He takes him out to see his wife amidst the crowd that's watching Ji Ming Zhao's show.
- Liang 1+4 (and maybe Liang 2) sabotaged Liang 5.
- Liang 1 had wanted to earn a fortune, which would bankrupt Dai Family.
- They didn't expect that Dai Family would Liu and Dai top martial artists for the armed-escort.
- After the fight, Liu and Dai had left, but Dai ran back to attack. That's how Duan Shou lived up to his name and duanshou-ed (severed arm). Dai also told them to run. Hm. As for why Duan Shou is at Liu Family's, he can't reveal this. Hmm?!
- 4. Masked Martial Artist knows nothing about Tuoba family. Before he wakes up, Yan Si Fang poisons him. He can get his antidote if he investigate the connection between Liang and Tuoba
- 5. Liu Martial Artist tells her the direction to 3-7's Headquarters. The directions to Lao Ding's inheritance?!
- Yan Si Fang → Ji Ming Zhao
- Qiu Bai Yue → Yan Si Fang
- Ye Wu Zhi → Meng San Xi
- Dai Meng Hui (straight ahead, lol)
- Gu Nian Jiu → Meng San Xi
- Ji Ming Zhao → Yan Si Fang
- Ying Bai Chi → Ye Wu Zhi
- Liu Yun Gui → Meng San Xi ?! Why LOL
- Meng San Xi → Ye Wu Zhi
- 3's shixiong is alive. He's no "god" (euphemism for dead). He's the mayor.
- 4's parents are alive. They even have two children. Yan Si Fang asked them if they're a family of four, visiting the city, and they nod. Our 4 is not included in that family of 4! T_T They can't even recognize him. And I'm brokenhearted that he cried like that. (I love and am sad that he foreshadowed the way he would cry in his magic mushroom dream. Making eye contact would tear his heart.
- 5's sect members are alive. They ignore her. They won't reunite with her because 3-7 Organization are targeting her since she's dead set on revenge. Her members may have survived 5 assaults, but their will has shattered. They couldn't face Ye Wu Zhi who remains pure and righteous. They pretended to die and escaped, but some were still caught and were tormented until they betrayed Ye Wu Zhi's whereabouts.
Wei Dong Yang: Can we be friends when I come out?Meng San Xi: 無所謂 (It doesn't matter). He'a saying yes in such a wittingly poignant way! "Wu Suo Wei" was WDY's temporary name that Meng San Xi gave him. Wei Dong Yang might not be able to be friends with him, but Wu Suo Wei still can!
- Meng San Xi asks them if gods exist as he prays to the god, literally. Others just pray before a meal. He's got a statue. Yan Si Fang says there are gods for Meng San Xi's sake. Then Meng San Xi asks if there are doppelgängers (because he rather believes in gods or doppelgängers than accept the pain that he was abandoned). Yan Si Fang can't entertain Meng San Xi anymore but Ye Wu Zhi says she experienced the same thing. And that's how she makes her first (blatant) lie to cheer up Meng San Xi. The boys are so proud of her!!! Awwwwww.
- Ye Wu Zhi asks the boys that if because of her they're in danger, lie that they don't know her. Yan Si Fang refuses. Not only that, he'll tell everyone he knows her. Meng San Xi agrees and denies that she's a curse. Plus, he has gods protecting him and they will protect her too. If he dies, he will become a ghost or a god to guard her. If she ever eats alone, he'll be hovering at her side. LOL. Is this a curse? Whether being human, ghost, or god, he will announce to the three worlds (underworld, earth, heaven) that he knows her. Moreover, where can he meet another girl like her who loves drinking and gambling, and prefers OT over vacays. He even asks her on a date!
- That's Yan Si Fang, majorly pissing off Meng San Xi on one his potential last Triangle days. Yan Si Fang contends that he doesn't like him anymore because he has no upbringing. Awww. We love you Yan Si Fang!
- That'sYe Wu Zhi. She's such a champ, comforting the boys! Now all three of them slurp and shake legs together. They even throw their shoes away.
- Ji Ming Xin and Dai Meng Hui are a pact! Both of them want to avenge their older brothers.
- Ying Bai Chi and Qiu Yue Bai have been engaged for a year and are heading home to ask for another postponement. Oh hey, they are kinda cute.
- Liu Yun Gui visits Duan Shou. He's looking evil! But I like(d) you! Duan Shou promises not to reveal his part in the story.
- There's an anti-3-7-Organization Organization. Gu Nian Jiu is there. Her umbrella had a dagger in it! Lao Ding is in it too.
Meng San Xi: There must be such a day in a person's life. This day you wake up. An idea pops into your mind: I am so tired, so sad and so stressed.Yan Si Fang: [There will always be] problems that haven’t been solved yet, and problems that will need to be solved. Sad Yesterdays, Confused Tomorrows, and the Flowing Time that is always right at your side. Everyone is asking you, “How are you going to spend your day today?”Ye Wu Zhi : I don’t know. I haven’t thought it through yet. I don't want to think about it. [She’s answering YSF’s questions in her signature way] Today I just want to escape. I want to mess around for a day. I set a rule for myself to mess around for just one day. On this day, I allow myself to live heartlessly.Ji Ming Zhao: Today, I will allow myself to be an irresponsible person. I deliberately avoid the places that stresses me, pretending that they are gone or never existed.Qiu Yue Bai: But under this heartless sunshine, those "stresses" turn into shadows, following you in every step. It's extremely irritable.Liu Yun Gui: You know that all your hard work today was in vain. You also know that even if you change the activity tomorrow, it’s all in vain.Gu Nian Jiu: After all, stress won’t become tolerant just because the day is Today. It won’t let you go just because you ignore it. It has always been sandwiched between Yesterday and Tomorrow, in every Todays.Dai Meng Hui: And so you have no choice but to give up escaping. You bite into the pressure, turning the Tomorrows into Todays. Day after day, after breaking down countless teeth and countless Tomorrows then maybe the day you worked so hard for will become a real Today (a day to escape from stress).Meng San Xi: In summary There's no shame in escaping, but it's useless
No one has found a solution. But maybe Ying Bai Chi has.
Ying Bai Chi: I disagree with postponing our discussion about days off for Tomorrow. How about we reduce our three working days to one working day, then we will have two more non-working days to discuss this matter. And so tomorrow is a non-working day too. If we use all the non-working days to discuss this, maybe we can figure it out. I hope his stools never pass.
Pst. His store name is 應家商行 (Ying Family’s Corp) but can be read as 贏家商行 (Winner’s Corp). He really is the Winner! No stress for him throughout the drama!!! The others all have secrets and revenge. He is free of it all.
Remarks
[First Impression (Ep1-9)] Comedically...profound...! This is a wuxia sitcom tapping into the nuances of ordinary life.
[Behind the Scenes]
[Ending] Happy and opens possibility for a S2.
[A Highlight] The romantic me is tempted to choose Ep11 when Ye Wu Zhi hangs herself over Meng San Xi.
[Review & Rating]
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