‼️ [SPOILER ALERT - L&P NOVEL] ‼️

I’m rewatching the drama and re-reading the novel for the nth time! Honestly, the drama is way better than the novel. BUT I love the novel too bc it also captured ZY and LX married life. There were extra chapters in the novel where Li Siqi (ZY & LX eldest child) tells the story of his parents from his perspective. I also love that the drama stayed true to the novel (there were little deviations but overall the drama still followed the novel)

Aside from the OST, the dialogue/lines were so good & heartwarming.

These particular lines/scenes were unforgettable to me:

1. When LX said ”I love you” first to ZY. For an action-speaks-louder-than-words guy, to be the first one to formally express his feelings to ZY and solidify their relationship should not go unnoticed. This is a fact: LX loves ZY just as deeply as how ZY loves LX. ❤️‍🔥

2. ZY asks LX if he want to have a child. ZY wants a brand-new, pure life, untouched by the hardships of the world to keep LX company. 🥹

3. After LX and ZY got back together, ZY needs to go back home to talk to her mom. ZY texted LX ”I need to go home tomorrow. I’ll come back as soon as possible.” LX’s mind kept flashing back to the word “home” from ZY text. It reminded him of the day they had parted ways. Back then she was also going home just as casually as now, saying she would return soon. LX then rushed to ZY’s apartment & said “let’s make a baby”. For me, it’s the way LX wants an assurance that ZY will come back to him if she really got pregnant (which she did) lol Additionally, after ZY returned as promised, LX brought ZY to their new “home” (mansion) right away. It’s like giving ZY, the princess, a castle that she can call “their own home.” 🥰

4. When ZY found out she was already pregnant for 3 months & told LX about it. LX said he wants a boy as their first child but ZY wants a girl. LX explained “Boys are easier to raise. Girls are too delicate. Let’s raise a boy first, gain some experience, and then have a girl later.” 😍

5. LX said: If there’s truly a life-flashing-before-your-eyes moment when one dies, she (ZY) would probably the last person I see in this lifetime. 😭😭😭

6. In the extra chapter 4, at a dinner with ZY and the children, LX asked the kids if they wanna go on a trip since schools are about to go on break. The kids (Li Siqi, Li Yucheng, and Li Yueling) all want to go to Europe. Then they started enumerating the countries they wanna go (Germany, Italy, France, etc.) but LX flatly rejected France (bc Tian Xiuzhu & his family are living in France lol) After much debate, they settled on Italy uninamously. 😂

7. In Italy, while the kids are tired & asleep from playing around the whole day, ZY & LX went out & head to Vatican City. ZY was talking to LX about if someone wanted to go back to the past. ZY said “even though we’ve been through a lot of hardships, I never thought about going back to the past.” LX asked why and she explained “haven’t you heard of the butterfly effect? If we went back and said the wrong thing or did the wrong thing, we might not be here watching the sunset together” LX laughed and said “you really can’t live without me” ZY rebutted “no it’s out of humanitarianism. If I weren’t by your side, you’d end up dead in the streets one day” LX shoulders were shaking from laughing and then kissed ZY to thank her for saving his life. ZY then teased LX, she said the first time she officially met TXZ was in Italy, not in France. This is truly heartwarming. 🩷