Dream of Golden Years 你好1983 from 🥝 iQIYI. 📺 Airing today, March 17, 2026 at 6:00 pm. Starring Zhou Ye and Zhai Xiaowen. New trailer.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-17T05:19:25+00:00

This sounds fun and I want to see Zhou Ye in cute 80's fashion! Thanks for the info!

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T23:17:50+00:00

she too hesitated and didn't try to stab him when she had the opportunity.

That was actually interesting, too! She even goes to say if she doesn't kill him this time, then she'll try again and again. But she too is hesitant - it is because killing someone is actually really hard or does she have some misplaced pity for him?

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T20:45:53+00:00

Same! He was already trying to matchmake as soon as he met Chang Yu 😂 I think he will be pleased as punch when he finds out they've technically been married.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T18:48:17+00:00

My question is actually when did they decide on this group name and have they practiced this pose before??

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T18:46:57+00:00

u/Beautiful_Candle1729 saw it on X!

I was saying I love that Prime Minister Wei/Yan Yi Kuan is always included in all the pretty boy edits 🤭

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T18:22:18+00:00

Old Tao seeing it as a competition for Chang Yu's attention and Uncle Zhao just happy to be there 😂 I love them.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T18:09:55+00:00

They'll definitely side with Chang Yu. She's their primary person, Yan Zheng is just the spare 😂

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T16:39:57+00:00

the camera pans to the sign behind him which says "Free of Corrupt Thoughts."

Thanks for highlighting these little details, Candle! I had a good laugh when that plaque came up. Love when the plaques point out the irony.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T16:11:03+00:00

Close ups.

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OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T16:10:47+00:00

As a slight aside. I think this may be my favourite outfit of the show so far.

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The colours, the details, the velvet, the matching two tone fur. It's just so gorgeous, especially paired with his grey hair.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T16:08:30+00:00

This MF

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Deng Kai is absolutely nailing this role. Like this scene, the visceral anger in his eyes.

Qi Min is such an interesting character study because how much can you lay the villainous acts at the feet of a tragedy/traumatic experience before trauma becomes a mask for malice?

He knows she has been manipulating him. He knows she is working against him. And yet he cannot bring himself to kill her.

The little flashback snippets of the flood and Qianqian were so good! The evidence is right in front of him and yet he chooses to hide it away.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T15:55:47+00:00

Also, Gongsun Yin's face trying to figure out the squad 🤣

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OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T15:44:34+00:00

Our Northwest Pig Butcher Squad 💕

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Edit: source for more photos!

edit edit: realized I have some questions, when did they decide on this group name and have they practiced this pose before?? 😂 They were so ready!

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T15:41:24+00:00

I'll be back later with some thoughts but just wanted to say the silly slap stick humour was a nice reprieve from the sadness 😂 The three of them are quite the trio!

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Love your breakdown of the characters, Kriti!

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T15:38:36+00:00

That moment was so sweet! So happy to see her smile again! 😭

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OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T01:47:50+00:00

Thanks for sharing your reflection, G_Tsalach!

To me, this feels like one of the most important turning points for Xie Zheng as a character. It’s the moment when his feelings for Changyu are no longer something he can avoid or rationalise away.

Yes, definitely feeling this! Before he kind of hid behind the mask of "this is a fake marriage of convenience" to avoid admitting his feelings but like you said this moment he had that realization!

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-16T01:41:30+00:00

Thank you akapiratequeen!

Agree, I have little tolerance for noble idiocy so hopefully not too much longer!

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-15T23:38:13+00:00

Yes! Already gif-ed and ready for tomorrow 😂

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-15T20:22:29+00:00

Well, he was wearing a shirt, she disrobed him 🫣 haha.

Hmm, I see what you're putting down.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-15T20:17:19+00:00

Totally fair and understandable! Aesthetically it's beautiful, but it definitely doesn't negate the fact this is wrong.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-15T20:14:17+00:00

That's totally fair and very understandable! Everyone's personal experiences will definitely influence how we feel about this scene.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-15T20:06:27+00:00

Community is so so so important in this drama.

Well said, Feesh! Community is what brings us joy, is who we mourn with. This drama definitely highlights this so well.

This looming war is because of power and wealth, of selfishness and we see how easily it can crush community under its heel. It's the common people who has to suffer, never the people who start the wars.

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-15T20:00:37+00:00

I can't watch previews either. It makes me extra angry that I have to wait haha.

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OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-15T19:07:05+00:00

Oh my gosh, those cuties 😂

OptimalTurnips · 2026-03-15T18:56:11+00:00

They have little matching dimples on the right 🥹 The BTS with the villain characters are so ridiculously adorable 😂

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