A shoutout to bea @lugirl131415, @13infamyss and @outofthisworld for introducing me to Reset Life. Their superlative praises and fangirling over the show (ehmm *cough* Ryan Ding *cough*) made me watch the short & sweet 5-epi drama (when I told this to my daughters, in their typical teenage fashion, commented “Mom, nobody can made you watch a show”, and of course me being the mature adult, just rolled my eyes at them 🙄).

The drama was an easy watch (ok maybe not the first epi, her struggles was kinda hard to watch). As warned, the subtitles are atrocious (not gonna complain about Netflix subs ever again after this 😂) Luckily, my comprehension level in Mandarin is similar to a 5-year old kid learning the language so I can sort of understand the basics. I like how the FL learned to stand up for herself but gurl, please, when a vehicle is barreling towards you, just move, can? Even better, run for your life!

The OTP is great together, and the way they look at each other, their eyes dripping with honey (repeating @outofthisworld’s astute observations) made me smile uncontrollably. And of course, I can’t help but to swoon over Ryan Ding doing swoony stuff for the FL. To be fair, he already caught my eye from me (binge)-watching The Romance of Tiger & Rose (I blamed another beanie for this) but now my fangirling has gone up a notch (ok fine, more than a notch but hey who’s counting 😆)

Now off to watch new episodes of Tiger & Rose which I am currently kind of obsessed with (to put it mildly). For now, there is no such thing as too much Ryan Ding💕💕

#resetlife #ryan_ding #beaniesarethebest

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    5 episodes? Ok, that’s not a big commitment. I need to find out who this Ryan guy is, for research purposes.

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      Yes yes, it is important to “research”… and here’s where you can do it…..(thank @13infamyss for this hee…hee….she is most helpful)

      https://www.iq.com/play/19rslp6dkw

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      i also started to “research” and immediately got hooked on the romance of tiger and rose.

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        I really didn’t expect to get hooked on the Romance of Tiger and Rose – the most I had hoped for is mildly interested since I haven’t manage to complete any C drama to-date except for Put Your Head on My Shoulder. So imagine my surprise how much I like this drama so far. I just hope the angsty part is short.

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          I, too, hope Tiger and Rose won’t go downhill because it’s been really fun.

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          I’m addicted to this drama! I even became a WeTV VIP member to watch it 😅 and now I’m seeing how long I can hold out before I become a VVIP member so I get all access to the last few episodes next week. I can tell you my perseverance is not good. Ryan and Lu Si are great and so cute together ❤

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            My love for Ryan has a tag price and WeTV is totally milking it. 😭
            *whispers* so how much is that VVIP? And how can I buy that?

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            It is so tempting isn’t it?? To join the VVIP and get ALL the episodes. However, I read that there will be no English subs for those episode so I suppose it’s a blessing in disguise (my shipper heart however disagree) since my Mandarin is only at kindergarten level so there is no point for me to even consider 😭😭

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            @13infamyss, be strong, don’t succumb…

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        Wooo-hoooooo!!! \0/

        I mean who wouldn’t get hooked when Young Master Han is so swoooony like this🥰🥰

        Also we haven’t seen this scene yet. I think this will be ep 16, but sharing now for motivation purposes~~~~~

        cr: @outofthisworld

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          Psst….. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched that 2nd clip in YT to “motivate” me esply when QQ was being unreasonably stubborn to the fact that they belong together.

          Swoony Master Han is the best with, his 😍 at QQ

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          🤔… The first gif reminds me of crazy Gu Yangzhen, but without the wink… 🤔

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      Hope you`ll enjoy it Toki! May you come back to us with great Ryan findings!!!! 😘😘😘😘 And that you`ll survive the horrible subs! lol. It’s a really heartfelt show even with when you had to fill in the gaps because of the subs. The message it wanted to convey was still delivered and all actors did well for newbies, including Ryan!

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      Toki!
      Doesn’t his face just have the words “Very Important Scientific Information” written all over?

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    I would love to check this out after Tiger & Rose is over! The rating on mydramalist is pretty good too. Thanks for the rec! If I watch it now it’ll interfere with my delulu daydreaming of Tiger & Rose OTP haha

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      While I like this drama, personally I think Ryan Ding (and the OTP) is better in Tiger & Rose but I regret nothing 😆😆😆 I mean how often can you get a no noble idiocy, no OTP miscommunication and no unnecessary time skip?

      I totally can understand your delulu daydreaming of the Tiger & Rose OTP hee… their chemistry is awesome. Me, now off to check out whatever avail YT vids to feed my (mild) obsession on this drama.

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        Twitter and soompi have a bunch too! (linked from baidu/weibo) they’re so damn cute together in BTS. AvenueX even believes that Ryan was actually in love with Lusi irl haha. I won’t go that far but I do believe they’re truly good friends in real life <3

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          Stop contributing to my ruination…… off to Soompi now….. 😂😂

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          I personally believe Ryan has great chemistry with his co-stars. I’ve seen 3 shows he led roles so far and I’ve got another Ryan show I am eyeing on and can confidently confirm the great chemistry he has with them! And he seems to be really friendly with them too. So I don’t believe he’s into Zhao Lu Si on that level, but I’m glad to see that they’re having fun on the set! Watching Zhao Lu Si BTS is such pure joy, she’s just full of energy and playful!

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            3 episodes of Intense Love is considered seen? 😅

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            Lmaooooooo @trinpie I’ve seen more than enough of intense love BTS, ogling at how beautiful he was on there, to know he has great chemistry with Zhang Yu Xi 🙈🙉🙊

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        Auuuugh ep 14 came out today y`all. I`m sad that I finished these new episodes that came out fast TT____TT I have nothing to Ryan watch again. OTP is sooooooo cute. we need moaaaaar kiss ngl.

        Episode 13 was soooooo cute!

        Cutie Qianqian!!!

        And LOL Young Master Han’s curiosity!!!

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          He is so adorable, they both are ❤️❤️❤️ Yes, more kissing, less vacillating and misunderstanding (unless misunderstanding leads to kissing then I approve) pretty please. The earlier parts of Ep13 made me smile like a crazy person, Ep14 not so much… Now I have to wait 5 long days before the next episode is up 😭😭

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        The drama was the perfect length imo. It was long enough to tell a heartfelt and romantic story that made sense without getting draggy. They both liked each other so it made sense to get together and that was that. No drama or theatrics. And Ryan was so swoony in it 😍

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          Yes… we def need more dramas that cut down to the chase and execute its storytelling in a more condensed yet effective way.

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          This!! We need more dramas like this!! The number of rage-inducing tables I flipped in my mind could have been averted if only more dramas are like this.

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    OMOOOOO!! \0/ You have seen it!!!! I`m glad you enjoyed it. I loved how heartwarming and simple it was.

    @outofthisworld translated for us the epilogue note since iQiyi didn’t translate it. Here it is:

    In life, there is no regret pill. Life that is passed cannot be reset.(I can’t read one of the characters in the 2nd sentence but the gist is there). Treasure the present is the secret to happiness

    Ahhhhhhhhhhh~~~~ so in Reset Life these are the many sides of Ryan I found:

    Swoony Ryan with piercing eyes

    Detective Ryan

    Wet Ryan

    Sneaky Ryan sneaking his swoony smiles here and there.

    And Xiaoxi is such a cutie too!!! Her dimples are soooo cute! I love that she was so strong to the end the moment she was given a second chance at life. She did not waste time and knew what she wanted to do. She even fixed her bestfriend’s life!

    Ahhhh~ I love love love the ending. Very satisfying. Especially when Ryan said “My Dear”

    melting….
    melting….
    melting….
    melting….
    melting….
    melting….
    *I need to watch this scene again*

    And I ended up liking the side characters too! I was uncomfortable watching Chen Yi Bo at first because he was such a nice guy through and through and even nicely bowed out when he knew Xiaxi was into someone else. And how they still became close friends. And Zhang Man! OMG! So freaking gorgeous Zhang Man! I love love love the twirl that she did for Xiaxi. I love their friendship. And in my mind, they are dating!

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      Also LMAO yes, that TOD – I will forgive and forget Xiaoxi did that in front of a moving truck because I love this show….

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      Stop attacking me with pictures of Ryan!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I cannot be reminded how adorable he is… I have things to do, places to be, I can’t spend my day staring at his face!!

      OMG… when he said “Ching Ai” (one of the few Mandarin phrases that I know very well) in that episode and him wearing that tux, I think my ovaries nearly exploded.

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        Oooooopsie! 🤭 Look, Ryan in tux automatically pasted on your wall, ahjumma! 😆😆😆 I take no responsibility for my fingers that are going out of Ryan control!

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          Aaaahhhhh!!! I’m dead, DEAD!!! How could you @13infamyss to use my weakness against me??

          But now thanks to you, I just need to go back to this fanwall chat to get my Ryan fix! But I’m still angry at your fingers! Please control them!

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    Also while I am here I might as well just spam your comment section with more swooony Ryan~~~ hueheheheh

    This was a photoshoot he did with his Intense Love co-star, Zhang Yu Xi

    https://twitter.com/yyswlwyb484/status/1263065671648243713?s=20

    https://twitter.com/yyswlwyb484/status/1263435004580790273?s=20

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      One more cuz why not! LOLz.

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      This was him?? I saw this in the fanwall I think and it left an impression due to how super close and familiar they were in that photoshoot but I didn’t know who Ryan Ding was then. Now I know better… @13infamyss, stop ruining me further!

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        Errr if you saw these on here, it must have been me who posted 😆😆😆😆😆

        stop ruining me further!

        Ottoke, ahjumma, Wet Ryan came to visit your wall again!!!

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          😠😠

          I know I’m just asking for it but I do have a weakness for guys wearing three-pc suit (in addition to tux of course) so thanks @13infamyss for ruining my life (say it in a grudging voice but inside feeling like this 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 haha)

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        Once Fams gets started you can’t stop her (and let’s be honest we all secretly don’t want her to stop) 😂

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    So we are part of a discord channel together and one night in their need for Ryan a few of the girls decided to watch this drama. I wasn’t able to join in but read all the discussions so the next day I went to see what the big deal was, so gave it a try and ended up watching all 5 episodes in a single sitting. We are now all head-over-heels in love with Ryan.

    The drama was short and sweet but managed to tell a wonderful and satisfying story. The first episode was rough and I admit I got teary eyed in the 2nd episode when she realized her mom was alive again (I recently went through a scare with my mom so it really hit home). But I’m glad she immediately stepped up and took control of her life and happiness. And Ryan played the adorable, sweet and loveable puppy perfectly. Though I must say one of my favorite scenes was the catwalk scene and Zhang Man’s awesome wink


    (Courtesy of @lugirl131415)

    And I must say the ending was perfect and so satisfying. I don’t think I could have asked for a better ending 😍

    Despite the many swallows and pharynx it was a great watch ❤ so glad you also loved it!

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      Oh on another note, most of the actors in the drama were actually from a reality acting show where they are newbies competing to be the best actors. The winners would get roles in the drama. And unsurprisingly Ryan was #1 😁 though surprisingly the actress who played the FL was I think #8 but she also did a phenomenal job.

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      Ohhh… I love the catwalk scene – Zhang Man looks like a BOSS!

      Despite the many swallows and pharynx

      🤣🤣🤣 I have to Google what is pharynx to see if it is even a word. My Bio teacher would be disappointed in me but in my defence, it’s close to 30 years since I last studied bio in school.

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