#tbh mlc has blown me away with having a consistent level of quality across the characters plot and production values

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Tell me you caught the part in mysterious lotus casebook when fang duo bing says to xiangyi that he will take care of him and protect him from now on and he just needs to call his name. And him worrying about xiangyi being in danger even when he's sulking. This along with him saying in the earliest episodes that he will take his first name. It's just so good! Noone can tell me this show doesn't have gay undertones bc I never felt this instantly connected to a show since the untamed!!

i absolutely caught all of that on the last couple episodes and i adore it. this boy is GONE for xiangyi/lianhua bless his heart, now can duobing pls stop getting left by the roadside after xiangyi kicks him out of lianhualou in exchange 😭 i get that he's being Annoying but he's trying his best

also YES, i'm amazed by how quickly this show grabbed me. even cql took me up to episode 4-5 for me to really vibe with it, but mlc had me by the second episode. the dynamics between the leads are SO good and the actors play off of each other really well (and after watching heroes i'm pleased to see that apparently 'bromance with a silent b' ot3s are just a thing zeng shunxi does now hehe)