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@SnT I agree with your hubby, men can definitely be aggressive when they feel threatened or when someone is encroaching on their “territory”. Especially at a time when society was very very conservative where a single touch meant a lot.

I was re-watching that clip of LingYi holding the sword and Shiyi holding the scissors toward her neck and it occurred to me that maybe LingYi gave her the divorce letter thinking that Shiyi had feelings for Lin Shi Xian since she was willing to harm herself for his sake... Ugh I just really need the new episodes so we can finally find the answers!

gosh, I hope not!! You have vacation plans

I think casting Wallace to play LingYi was a perfect choice because the character is a mature and seasoned man, a leader. In the scene where the two men walk past each other - you can clearly see the difference in the way they carry themselves. And Shiyi, despite her age, is very smart. I also thought that Amber was going to stay loyal to Shiyi.. I started to get doubtful in the scene where she overhears Shiyi and her maid talking about the fabric in the warehouse.. her facial expression there changed and it seemed suspicious to me. I wonder if Amber had something to do with Shiyi's mother's death.. @MorningDewthat new MV is just sooo sweet! I was sighing the entire time.

Regarding the watch.. I am thinking that if it's not Ba Reum, it has to be someone who has access to the prison but also is able to go out. I don't think it's one of the prisoners but rather someone around them. Also, the first murder victim.. the one in the gym.. was done out of anger.. but why? What was the relationship between the gym guy and the killer?

@mademoiselle oh maybe I misunderstood because I thought the news was that of him being captured. I thought he was being incarcerated due to him having raped women? I really need to rewatch!

Thank you @SnT for your explanation on the divorce types. So maybe LingYi gave it to Shiyi to give her a choice and if so, it would’ve been done out of love and not hate. @AwkwarDerp I actually wondered too if LingYi loved Yuanniang. While I think he did, I don’t think it was the same or as deep as he does Shiyi. I do think he had affection for her but I don’t think he was in love with her. He clearly cared for her and appreciated her role as his wife. Enough for him to grant her last wish. But I don’t think he missed or craved her company. It’s more of respect I think.

@mademoiselle so glad your joining us here!! I wonder though if the ahjussi that was arrested that seemed to trigger Bong Yi is actually the perpetrator in her case or if he simply reminds her of someone else. Either way, there is definitely trauma there and in what way that plays out in the story is yet to be seen. It doesn’t actually reveal which sibling (if any) survived Jae Hoon when he killed the family. It showed 3 bodies so I assume there is a survivor but it’s unclear if it’s the sister or the brother. If one of them indeed survived, I suspect the adult self will make an appearance at some point (if not already). Like you, I also believe that the environment is what fosters the psychopath gene and not necessarily the gene itself. I think that’s the main question this drama is trying to address - do our genes dictate the type of people we become? And I also want to know if the mothers revealed to both boys that they carried the gene. In the voiceover we hear, one of them clearly knows about it but it’s not clear whether the other does. And whether knowing vs. not knowing has an impact. We know that the mind is very powerful thing and how we see ourselves impact our behaviour and actions.

I still think there’s a possibility that Shiyi goes to wherever LingYi is bec there’s a clip in one of the previews that looked like LingYi fighting off bad guys while shielding Shiyi... I just hope the “divorce” and time apart is short and then back to intense love again. I forgot to add that in the clip where it looks like he leaves after leaving her the divorce letter, he has the shoes in the carriage with him. So that tells me he still loves her very much.

@Darkarcana interesting... I think you might be right in that the first encounter between the detective (forgot his name) and BR might not be accidental.

I actually suspect he divorces her bec he thinks she betrayed him but then she ends up sacrificing herself for him which makes him realize she really loves him.

@Mizv I actually don’t understand divorce at that time and I’m not sure how it worked. If he gave her a letter, does that mean they’re divorced or does she have to agree to it too? I wonder if he thinks that Shiyi is colluding with the Ou family on the corruption which is why he thinks she may have betrayed him and therefore prompted him to divorce her. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. I am curious too as to how she ends up in prison. I suspect she gets tangled in between the Ou and Xu families and ends up taking the fall.

@AwkwarDerpyou can just beg @NiteWalker for more points... she’s rich and she’s got a soft heart

Wow I made it to the top posters!! Yay!! Can’t help it though... obsessed with this drama!

By the way, we also have yet to figure out what role the female journalist plays in all of this if she’s part of the regular cast... and mind you there’s no indication the serial killer is male! dun dun dun...

@abs-oluteM we are waiting for new episodes so we don’t know what the series of events will be. We just know that he somehow ends up giving her a divorce letter but we don’t know the circumstances surrounding it. From the previews, it looks like we might be close to seeing Shiyi finally develop feelings for LingYi... perhaps at the Lantern Festival... or maybe before.. @Mizv welcome!! Please feel free to post your thoughts here or spazz or fangirl with us!! Glad to have you on board!! I forgot to add that I think the divorce will come later bec she has to develop feelings for him first to be so heartbroken about it. It does look in one of the clips of the supposed ending like they’re getting married again but then does that mean they actually get divorced? I just want them to release 10 episodes a day!!

@SnT did you see 2nd clip in that IG? Where it shows LingYi, Shiyi and Zhun in bed together?

More sweet scenes to look forward to: https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7DZylFf62/?igshid=k6gi8fe9pgam I cannot wait!!!

@Warm Paws I loved reading your analysis! Keep them coming!!! I feel like I need to rewatch eps 1 and 2 and see if I can find other clues! There’s a part of me that feels like Prof Daniel’s talk about genes and percentages is central to this whole thing.

Preview of Ep 19. So it looks like Danyang falls due to the loose brick on the steps. This is likely when Shiyi is going to cushion her fall which we see in the BTS.

@abs-oluteM Thank you for the previews! I am so excited! I'd be grateful if someone here can please tell us what is going on? Preview of Ep 20.. it looks like he's going to find out about Shiyi teaching embroidery..

@Tothestars I actually suspect that saying the psychopath and genius gene are identical is somewhat important in this drama. We'll have to see how it all pans out. But yes, I was squirming in my seat the entire time and I actually had to pause it a few times.

@Darkarcana ah! You mean when creepy kid fell as he was being chased by his mother!

@Darkarcana what's the kid that got hit with a car? Did I miss a scene?