it’s the fact that she picked female leads that have a strong desire to succeed in typically male dominated fields especially in the time each drama is set. from fei ni wanting to study, to shang zhitao’s career ambition in advertising likeee sun qian I am your biggest fan 🥹☝🏽
I need to stand up for Nian here because WHY are we rewriting his entire character! He was strict with Zhitao at work, absolutely. But he never treated her like she was incapable or beneath him. He actually took the time to guide her, explain things to her, give her impartial advice and help her understand the corporate world. He saw her potential long before she fully saw it herself. So no, I’m not accepting “he never respected her as an equal” without some actual examples because my boy did not deserve that accusation.
Her insecurities and hurt were real, but we can’t put every single one of them at Nian’s feet 😭
#TheEarlySpring
they’re repeatedly showing that the secrecy was never his choice, but it was his way of respecting hers.
and his friend is right, she’s not protecting herself from the relationship, she’s protecting herself from everyone else’s judgment. bc sometimes the hardest cage to escape is the one built from other people’s voices #theearlyspring