Anne: Tuesday morning and this is how I woke up in South Texas…
And yes, the entire city has decided to shut down because we can’t stand this weather. Remember the total power grid blackout in 2021? Fortunately it won’t last more than 2 days. Any longer and we’d be in trouble again.
But it was very cool to see my son with a look of surprise and excitement when he saw snow outside his bedroom window. And in completely inappropriate clothing… (I mean, who here would have appropriate clothing unless skiing is a family sport… and no, don’t get me started on why I tried skiing once and I didn’t try it again)…he made a snow angel.
He quickly changed all those clothes after this activity.
This will be a quick post because I’ve only watched one show this whole time.
Under the moonlight
It was a surprise for me. I stumbled upon it through no app. The reason I started it was simply because it’s a period crime novel with a female main character. I’m on episode 22 and I have to say that I like the story, the characters and the cases. This reminds me a little The Imperial Coroner. The major difference, which is also what worried me the most, is the romance story. If you haven’t looked at this poster (which I haven’t) or how the actors’ names are “ordered” (which I also didn’t notice until this love story makes me scratch my head), that’s obvious. which is the ML. Now…if you watch the show like I did…
The story started a little strangely, with two women praying for their children. This “sect” was well known for giving children to women who did not have any. It didn’t take long for the public to realize that this “cult” was drugging and raping women. Once pregnant, they blackmail them for money, sex, or both. Although we know that the two women were “planted” by the local magistrate in order to investigate this cult, it is still unclear HOW Luo Shu (one of the women) came to meet Mu Zhi. As payment for his help in dismantling the sect and capturing the leader (and some members), Luo Shu wanted him to get her the papers so she would no longer be a slave.
Now… if we follow the rules of Chinese drama, the ML always appears first, and I guess he did, but no one would like this ML. And that’s why I spent the entire 22 episodes still in a bit of confusion as to WHY the ML is Qi Meng Li. (And yes, even I noticed that Meng Li spends a lot more screen time as Mu Zhi.)
Okay… that’s not entirely true, but Meng Li is almost the complete opposite of Mu Zhi. While Mu Zhi was an “adult”, educated, polite and decent. Whereas Meng Li is a “child” who often speaks without thinking, offends people without even knowing why he is wrong, and has no targets in his life…until he meets Luo Shu obviously.
But as the story unfolds, you’ll notice that Meng Li always prioritizes Luo Shu, but not Mu Zhi. Yes, there’s also the fact that Meng Li definitely has his father to support him, and his status is much higher than Mu Zhi’s, so Meng Li rarely thinks outside of what he feels at the moment. Mu Zhi can make big promises, but he fails to keep them. Meng Li should continue to grow as the story progresses.
My favorite character by far is Lian Shu. He’s Meng Li’s servant. He’s super cute and very patient with his idiotic drifting master. I like how most of their interactions involve him telling his master not to spend so much money. There are several other really well-drawn secondary characters.
The cases are interesting. And our ML, FL and 2nd ML are not omnipotent, so they are taking the wrong path, but that’s okay.
So far, it’s pretty interesting.
Okay, that’s all for this week. Let’s see if I can get out of my driveway tomorrow morning.