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Peafigther13
11 people found this review helpful
Jul 3, 2014
34 of 34 episodes seen
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Overall 9.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 10
This drama is very addicting, story line is GREAT.. Must watch.. !
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Heart
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Mar 27, 2021
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I love this Drama,

I've known Jerry yan during my Highschool years back in 2001 with his tv series meteor garden, and since then I was been fascinated with his charm. well and just recently finding a good drama to watch I remember him and check out what's new with my idolized actor and find this drama series that makes me moved by it. I like the way he portrays his role as being a playboy bachelor, doesn't know how to trust women, and even he doesn't show that he loved the woman but her expression find it obvious. He has a perfect match with the heroine, the innocent and caring woman who captivates him and changes him into an ideal husband. and i really like the little boy so witty and cute.

Jerry yan I like to watch more of this type of drama from you,

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Totally-Dramas-Addicted
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 28, 2022
34 of 34 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
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Great romantic drama, good director and great actors!

A bit "dramaland" and melodic, but as the story is played by excellent actors, it goes well.

- With Jerry Yan ❤❤ and a Great cast,
- Great plot (cold CEO who finds 6 years later, a son he had after a "one shot"). Fight for child, then marriage but love▲/fam rivalries. & eco. /cancer /pregnancy problem...

Nothing new in this story. Like in a lot of dramas, they are many obstacles, coincidences, twists. Events which would happen in 100 lives, happen to the characters in a few years...
But the story is well done, played with accuracy and skill.
We laugh, we cry, we suffer, with FL, sometimes with ML.

The OSTs are well adapted and I wonder if the credits song is sung by Jerry Yan.

=> Great romantic drama, good director and great actors.
Don't miss it !!

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mavinajfan
1 people found this review helpful
Sep 10, 2021
34 of 34 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
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I've just finished and I'm livid! Urgh I'm so mad!

To start off with, despite the terrible dubbing and over the top acting, I was really into this story. I liked the plot line. The leads had good chemistry, albeit a slightly toxic relationship, and the progression of the story was good. That all changed in the latter 3rd of the drama. His half brother turns into a cartoonish villain and my new least favorite drama character. Buckle up folks, you're in for a rant!

So, the story starts out with FL's child going to the hospital after an accident. The over the top acting was wow, soap operaesque. Then there's the awkward revelation of the child's paternity. Seriously, why was it so awkward? She literally grabs this calm AF man and says you have to save our son because there's this over arching plot of them having a rare blood type (We'll come back to it). He's like wtf lady I don't even know you? Then after learning about the child's paternity ML sues the FL for full custody and wins, while basically calling her a gold digging tramp at every turn. You later find out that after the night they conceived their child, he told her to never speak of their relations that night and never speak to him again and paid her to leave. What right do you have to be angry? She went along with your wishes after you treated her like a prostitute and tossed her out like yesterday's garbage. She kept your child a secret from you because you told her to go away! Yeah, maybe she should've told you in the end but she had no idea how you would react.

So, FL, after losing custody of her child, in her depressed state starts hanging out with her lawyer, male lead's half brother (You don't find this out until much later but I thought it was obvious from the beginning). This man is the world's most awful person who is using her to get back at his brother. ML is in a relationship with an actress and she basically sucks. She broke up with his half brother for him, hence the wanting revenge. ML is a man who said he'd never marry you or have babies with you, why d you want that, you might be scheming and suck but you still deserve love, honestly you'd probably not be scheming or suck if you just actually went out there and found someone who reciprocated your feelings. ML is a real charmer. Anyway ML is jealous of FL's relationship with his brother and starts to realize maybe he has feelings for her. He begins to let her visit her child on occasion and gives up partial custody to her when he realizes how she's not the bad person he initially thought she was and it's also hurting his son that his mom, the woman he's spent every day with and who has raised him since he was born, isn't around. So, male lead, after treating FL like utter garbage, wants to get back together but not before dumping his scheming gf who basically tries to trap him in marriage and even after they break up they still are pretending to be in a relationship. She's really not a problem anymore though, in the grand scheme of things.

ML pursues FL but she (lies and) says she fell out of love with him when he stole her child away from her and was an utter douche canoe, honestly. Snaps for female lead although the delivery could've been more convincing. Then blah blah blah weeks pass, younger brother is fully in love with FL. I like how she never leads him on though and actively pushes him away, only saying I like you as a friend and wouldn't want to lose my best friend when he asks for more. So ML is continuing his pursuit of FL and one thing leads to another the relationship builds a bit before they smash one night at her house and they move in together with their son. IDK, although I liked it I felt like the ML's personality changes a bit too quickly after that night. Unless she has some magical vagina I just don't see it. His mom hates her, treats her horribly. and thinks she's a gold digging whore. Brother is being a prick and is always upset she chose his older brother, the father of her child who she's always been in love with. Stop acting like a toddler you're a grown a** adult! Then ML and FL get married but don't tell anyone, resulting in cuteness and sexy times.

FL tries to help his bio dad, who abandoned him, get the sons to stop fighting and hopefully find his way back into his son's life (ML). This man literally had nothing to do with you for 30 years, if it were me I'd write him off and never see him again, screw him! Honestly, there is such a heart breaking scene of his dad and his brother ignoring him and driving away from him when he was like 8 and came to their house to show his dad his good grades. I couldn't forgive him. (I've never forgiven Alex Rodriguez for promising to come back after showering and sign my 4 year old brother's baseball at a game, when he was in the minor leagues and never doing so, My brother is 33 now and doesn't even remember) Dad also needs a liver transplant and has that special blood type which ML also has (See, I told you we'd come back to it!). Anyway after some more clownery or maybe you'd class it as heartfelt discussion and apologies, he gives his dad a lobe of his liver and forgives him for 30 years of pain and heartbreak after a single conversation. No, sorry, doesn't track for me.

Here is where this show goes off the rails and made me dislike the latter part of the drama. Brother, being the toddler who can't stand that he lost to his brother (Who BTW is much more unfortunate in the grand scheme of things than you) drugs FL and sexually assaults her. Oh and bonus, he also has it photographed. She wakes up in his apartment (fully clothed btw) in a daze not realizing she was possibly raped the night before (BTW they don't make it clear I think we're supposed to think she was just sexually assaulted which honestly not that much better) like wtf???? Anyway the pictures of the "affair" are shown to the ML and he kicks her out. Good riddance girl, you deserve better! But her bans her from seeing her child which is an awful thing to do, although I guess I can understand him doing so, he's hurt but that being said it's not your kid's fault. That makes brother start to feel a tinge of remorse and then he feels a lot more remorse when the FL finds out she's pregnant with ML's child again and has been abandoned all over again! History repeating itself. This still doesn't make the abuser come clean even though she repeatedly begs him to. That man would never rest if it were me I would ruin his life and be there at every turn telling him to come clean, I'd stalk him, he'd never rest, he'd do it to end the incessant torture! Not that at this point I'd want the ML back but I'd deserve to see my child and I'd deserve a clean name! She starts to neglect herself and gets really depressed after ML denies he's the baby's father. Dude, uncool, you know that kid is yours. She and brother get into a car together and while struggling over the wheel because she's hysterical and driving erratically they crash. She's injured and brother is in critical condition and comatose. ML tells her he'll take the fall, they try him for murder which like what, his brother is still alive! Who did he murder exactly? Brother runs into court at the last minute and saves ML from going to jail says it was an accident and that he was also at fault. Wow, thanks for finally doing the right thing months too late!

Then brother comes clean about the pictures and says he drugged the FL and made it look like they were together and he's sorry and ML just forgives him. That man assaulted your pregnant wife! Kill him or do something! This is not a hug it out scenario, that man belongs in jail or he at least should be handed a restraining order because he's clearly obsessed with your wife and has tried to rape her twice before! Anyway female lead has already run away. No one can find her. There are so many moments in this drama where people are lost or run away and they'll spend most of the episode searching for them. It's honestly a problem, go home, read a book, watch a movie, or a better drama than this, stop running away!

Long story short ML finds female lead who, even though it's been like 3 weeks in my estimation, is super preggo! She doesn't want to take him back (Snaps for female lead) but ends up taking him back in the end (Slaps for female lead) because he falls down after chasing her it was very strange and I don't get it. I mean I know she still has feelings for the guy but I think her forgiving him could've been for a different reason. She then forgives the man that sexually assaulted her, a man who she considered her best friend, someone she just wanted to have a better relationship with his brother. He betrayed her trust and took advantage of her. This man assaulted you when you were pregnant with his brother's child. He tried to ruin your life and made you go through your pregnancy alone because he wouldn't admit he did anything wrong. This man belongs in jail but not before you kick him in the cajones, he's obsessed with you get a restraining order, and never speak to him again, he's dead to you. No, she just forgives him. I'm so mad! HOW COULD YOU FORGIVE HIM???????? I'd kill him, but that's just me personally, you do you boo, except don't because you suck and you have no backbone and it's infuriating at this point. Then she has a difficult pregnancy and delivery and you think they are not going to put me through all of this torture only for things to basically be set right (except for judicially) only for her to die in the end! But she's fine and they have a daughter and all is well and good except WHY IS THAT MAN NOT IN PRISON? Why is he around you at all? Why are you taking family photos with him? He's evil! People forgive and forget in this drama way too easily! When I feel there are drama characters I don't like I imagine them in front of a big truck, barreling down the road, about to mow them down, Brother from this series has taken the lead in the queue, he will be casualty number 1 followed by the slimy half brother from Jao Sao Jum Yorm, the creepy chan sister from Guilty, and Secretary Kim's brother in law. They all didn't get adequately punished for their wrong doings and were forgiven too easily. Does this make me a sociopath? I don't mean the actors, they're probably fine people. I mean the fictional characters they play.

So yeah, I only gave it as many stars as I did because the first 30 or so episodes are alright but it was ruined for me. Dear writers how dare you, whoever dubbed this deserves to be put in the stocks, and tone down the acting folks we get it you're sad. stop wallowing in hysterical sorrow on the floor, calm down it'll be ok.

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easywayexpress
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 14, 2022
34 of 34 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.0

loved it!

Jerry Van is the best. no one could have done this role better. I wish there was a higher rating.
In my opinion, the FL was a two timer, regardless that the writers tried to make her out as naive.
Even though it could have been less episodes, I still give it 20/10.
I will now watch all of Jerry's dramas and movies. totally fell in love with him, his smile, his acting, his walk everything.
I do hope he got an award for this drama.
The story is not new or fresh, but the way it was acted out, is what make it great.
whoever has doubts, just watch it and make your own decision. you will not regret watching it.

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Terrica18
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 20, 2019
34 of 34 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 8.0
First I want to say I have no idea why this series has such a low rating. I read the reviews listed on this site and I was almost convinced not to watch it, however I decided to give it a shot just to see how good or bad it really was. I saw some good ratings and some bad so it was misleading for me. I am glad to say that I finished the series and I found it to be quite pleasing.
I love the male lead. He was a real jerk at times. He was firm, smart as well as a little guarded which explains why he was mistrusting of others. I enjoyed the female lead role however some of her actions were a little bit naïve to me and became a little frustrating. Those points didn’t make it awful. The storyline itself was really good and the acting was amazing as well. To summarize the series is about love, family, heartbreak, abandonment, revenge, mistrust, trust, bonding, growth, sacrifice and so much more. There are no extreme or over the top acting or scenes. Someone mentioned rape in another review, that did not take place in this series so don’t be put off by the reference. The character development for the male lead was so evident and amazing. You’ll love this if you’re into romantic dramas,

What will drive you nuts is the female lead being gullible and her decision making skills. That alone dropped it a star for me.

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Username6110
1 people found this review helpful
Feb 22, 2023
34 of 34 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 1.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Don't waste your time

Please don't watch this drama ughh I hate it, I just wasted my time... the ML is a jerk but at least he had character development, but the FL? don't even bother about her ughh ... I hate that she keeps crying every time there's a problem, she's like a kid throwing tantrums in the first episode till last ughh pissed me off. Like when TongTong got lost, she keeps crying and harassing Zhongmou, and I understand her worries are valid since at first she was fighting him for child custody, but she should at least try to be calm and assess the situation before making a scene? don't give me with the "oh she's such a caring mother", I haven't even seen her take her of her son much for 34 episodes and she left him most of the time to her friend, ML servants and ML grandmother. Her priority is basically 40% boy toy (2nd ml), 30% boy toy's company, 15% ML, 15% Son?? Despite Zhongmou setting her up, I actually think the court's decision is right, she should not get the custody but only have visitation rights. Wu Tong is not in her right mind, she needs to see a psychiatrist and get counselling... Also, I hate that she still keep on hanging out with 2nd ML (forgot his name) despite being already married to ML, ughh I hate to be that kind of person but serves her right for being set up as a cheater (not for being SAed). She's a married woman yet she's not even worried she slept at a guy's house, which her husband hate the 2ndmost in the world, while her husband is in the hospital because she begged him to donate his liver to his irresponsible father that abandoned and didn't care for him?? ughh I really hate drama tropes where FL believes she has the right to everything and that she can change someone. As someone who's also raised by a single mom, I would hate it when people get on my arse and force me to meet and help my father when I knew how irresponsible he was... Wu Tong might be Zhongmou's wife, but I hate that she keeps on pressing ML to help his father knowing how he treated the ML. Like if it was me, I don't care you can go ahead and die, I know I won't feel sorry at all like I don't even care to begin with, you're just a sperm donor why bother?‍♀️ Also, that time when they were choosing a new name for Tongtong, I hate how she left her family for that stupid drunk 2ndML ughhh she could have just called that short-haired rich girl to get that jerk's ass. If she was really a good woman, wife, and mother, she should have prioritize her family over someone her husband dislike and someone she has no romantic feelings to.. ugh what a bitch? I don't understand people who like her at all. I don't think she's a capable woman either, others might consider her smart since she got an internship at a famous company but other than that she's dumb af. She didn't even get the managerial position due to her abilities but just because the 2nd ml likes her and she's always in need of help? ughh I'm only ranting about her because she's the one I hate the most in this drama but I actually hate all of the characters except for Tongtong, since he's a kid and he's adorable.

The story is 1 for me because I hate the plot, many scenes and characters.

6 for acting, because I really hate them all, tho I think many scenes were exaggerated...

Music is 5. I remember liking them a bit but they were forgettable...

Rewatch is of course 1 because I hate this drama and it was a torture to finish watching it. I only forced myseld to do so because I want to see the ending and I hate skipping over things??

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MeriemSahli
1 people found this review helpful
Jun 29, 2022
34 of 34 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

perfection



Story; 1000/10

actor ; 100/10
actress :100/10

acting ; 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000/10

Overall; perfection , absolute pleasure, I still dreaming .

the actor is a myth , wouh , He was born to be an actor, absolute perfection in every details , he is the best handsome men I ve ever seen .

the actress is born to be an actress, how a vibration she hold §!!

the chemistry between both of them cant be just acting, I hope for them to have a serious relationship.

I recommand for the lovers to watch counting on my hapiness for the same actor, as usual , a legend

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banana
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 10, 2023
34 of 34 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

Melhor do que imaginei.

Sempre enrolei pra assistir porque achei que seria parecido com Le Jun Kai. Mas ai naquelas ressacas brabas onde nada prendia minha atenção e querendo assistir algo como Auntumn's Concerto acabei dando uma chance e pra minha surpresa, foi melhor do que imaginei que seria. Amei a relação da mãe e do filho, amei o fato dele nem lembrar dela direito, afinal foi um caso de uma noite só mesmo, amei como eles só foram se conhecer melhor depois do reencontro, amei como ele não era aquele cara puro e virginal de uns dramas ai e de maneira mais realista tinha uma vida amorosa com outra pessoa, amei o advogado gato, no geral foi um drama bem normal e até com aqueles clichês de sempre com uma sogra meio megera, um homem perfeito que também gosta da mocinha pra fechar o triangulo, uma outra mulher que gosta do mocinho, mas foi um clichê executado de uma maneira diferente e até mais realista se comprado com outros dramas e acho que isso que me fez gostar mais. Teve seus momentos em que o mocinho falava umas coisas feias pra mocinha, teve mas nada nível le junkai e mais no inicio quando eles ainda mal se conhecem. Enfim, é um cdrama diferente pra quem tá mais acostumado com web dramas chineses, é mais sério e realista, boas atuações e um elenco difícil de encontrar hoje.

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yopekas
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Apr 23, 2022
34 of 34 episodes seen
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Overall 5.0
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 2.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

Do Not Waste Your Time.

This is a typical drama of how I am going to make the FL suffer thru all the episodes. It has everything. The angry CEO who get her pregnant on a one night deal. I carry the child and took care of it but rich, CEO ML comes along and take the child away. The mother in law that hates the FL. 2 obsess character, one is a ex-girlfriend that the ML did not love but used and the other is his angry brother who hates him and now is going to take away the FL for revenge. The ex-lover dad who abandon the mother and the ML CEO and that is why his mom is so mean and angry. The FL parents who kick her out for getting pregnant and decided to have the baby. After all this the FL runs away and she is pregnant again, she is found and then just before it all ends she is ill, about to lose the baby or her life. A decision the ML has to make. After all that everyone is forgiven and a happy ending. I m hot that forgiving of a person! Not also saying that there are so many other characters who make this story unbelievable. It reminded me of the old American soap opera. If you want to put yourself thru misery of 34 episodes this is your drama. I just felt I wasted my time.

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Cynths
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Oct 8, 2020
34 of 34 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 5.0
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 2.0

Not worth watching

I watched this because I'm a Jerry Yan fan. Needless to say, he did a great job being hateable in this show. And you know its very hard to hate him because he's so charming and so handsome. You can compare his work in Meteor Garden where he acts juvenile. I'm surprised that he was able to tolerate this role. It didn't offer him much room to express himself as an actor. His character was stoic and not very expressive. I blame the writing. The other actors, especially the leading lady, did a good job. The supporting cast were excellent with their respective roles. The music was beautiful though! I loved the intro song as well as the songs they play in the dramatic parts of the show. What I didn't appreciate was the lousy writing and the story itself. For one, the mother of the ML was a criminal. I don't know how the son was able to forgive and forget the fact that his mom was murdered by this woman. That made the ending not realistic. Suddenly, everyone became good and just got along. I particularly didn't care much for how the men kept on manhandling the female actors. On top of this, the female protagonist was a masochist. And she was just so selfless, to the point that its bordering on stupidity. In a world where feminism is now championed, this show wasn't very empowering for women. Also it was weird how they said 'Tongtong' in all their sentences. In the end, I just play-skipped most of the parts of the episodes to see how it ends. In general, I wish I didn't watch this show.

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Kalahara
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Sep 25, 2015
34 of 34 episodes seen
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Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 2.5
Rewatch Value 1.5
Jerry Yan's performance is this is truly outstanding. It took me a while to get a grip on how he chose to convey this role, his reserved logical character in that he always had to remain strong to protect his family.
How his mothers role in his life made him jaded to relationships and how only after learning he is a father himself and witnessing a different perspective of motherhood over his own child does he begin to change in his dealings / relationship with Wu Tong.
After growing up in the shadow of the stigma of being a illegitimate child and not wanting the same for his own son to suffer the same loneliness he slowly develops a relationship with the child's mother.
I would say this is more of a adult drama it's not a giddy little romance it's more about mending relationships and finding happiness. I would recommend this drama it does have a happy ending. I tend to prefer stories where in each episode you get to learn the makeup of why the characters are they way they are and that no one is without redemption or forgiveness.

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