[[Mainland Chinese Drama 2022] The Lion's Secret 赖猫的狮子倒影]

Totally see where you're coming from! Respect should be earned both ways but imagine on the day of your wedding (and it's the first time she sees him ever), you found out your 'husband' got wasted and partied too hard at the bar the night before. He's not giving her a good first impression or doing a good job to earn her respect either :p Also, on the early episode where he mischievously gets into her bed "half naked" lol. It's a funny scene but if it happens to me IRL I will for sure get even madder at him

[[Mainland Chinese Drama 2022] The Lion's Secret 赖猫的狮子倒影]

Gotta chime in here because I absolutely adore the show and the FL and the chemistry between the main leads. Agree that the way the FL treated ML in the first few episodes were rude but also she was just forced to marry and invite a complete stranger into her life and personal space. I would be annoyed most of the time as well. Also ML has never told her all the things he did silently for her - like saving her from the kidnapping bad guys or when he got hurt by the intruder in the office. In the FL’s eyes, ML is sketchy AF lol and why should she show him any respect or even be nice to him when he gave her zero reason to. I also don’t think she “needs” to respect him just because he’s her husband. In her mind, she probably thought that she’s going to divorce him sooner or later so why bother.

 

To me, the first time FL actually showed her true color was when she saw 二狗. The second time was when she met 悠悠. This made me realize that behind the cold facade, FL is actually a kind hearted woman who learned how to be strong because of her past. She put her guard down slowly for ML as soon as she realized that ML has been unselfishly putting other people’s safety above his (like the time he saved 悠悠 from almost getting hit by a car).  I actually LOOOVE her character development and seeing her slowly fall for ML is giving me life.

 

Ahhh I can go on and on about this show but I am beyond pissed with that ending. Also, it doesn’t seem like a lot of people know about this show :(