- the male lead!! bad bois in general are cliche, and most often, these bad bois are bad JUST BECAUSE. which is not totally impossible in real life but in dramas, they're quite boring. hsu tai yu was a bad boi, but not he was not always like this, and we saw why he turned out like this. his character had depth and i really liked it. (( bonus, i'm a sucker for "bad bois" who are actually very smart ))

- the two leads helped each other a lot. we saw this when lin truly made hsu taiyu realize that he had no fault for what happened in the past, and also hsu tai yu helping lin truly study better. and that when hsu tai yu carried the burden of being scolded instead of her. OR THAT TIME LIN TRULY STOOD UP FOR HIM. i could go on and on, but they really do help each other a lot.

- HSU TAI YU'S CONFESSION TO OUIYANG :(((( it's such a beautiful confession and i wished lin truly heard it herself. he really liked her so much that he didn't care if she never liked him the same way. not to mention that he actually helped her with her crush

- their meeting after 877776432 years was really cute. though unrealistic, it was really adorable!!!

- maybe i cried a couple of times during the move

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i really can't write without spoilers damn

The plot isn't really fresh, quite cliche, actually. But who doesn't want a light watch every now and then right? Well Intended Love made my heart race a lot of times. The romantic scenes between the leads, and even between the side characters, really delivered.

Plot wise, I actually didn't see the twists coming. Though not really grand and all, I actually enjoyed the twists. What more I loved was seeing these characters grow by episodes.

And our heroine was perfect the way she is. Maybe too trusting at some circumstances, but nevertheless, a good heroine. I'm so happy that she learned a few things about being too trusting in the latter episodes when she caught Yi Zhou's mom's schemes. And that scene where she stood up for her husband, telling the mom off about not being a good mom, boy that was nice.

Now onto CEO Ling. His character is questionable in the middle episodes. BOY I WAS SO MAD WHEN I FOUND OUT HIS MANIPULATIONS. I almost quit this drama because I was not here to see an unhealthy dynamic. He didn't want to admit his wrongs at first which made me pull my hair a little, because BOY YOU WERE WRONG. But with the help of the right people knocking some sense into him, and finally, him seeing that he DID wrong, he started to allow himself to learn. I liked that instead of forcing Xia Lin to forgive him, he promised to learn how to be better. I liked how he started to grasp the concept of respecting her decisions. He isn't perfect, he didn't magically learn that overnight, but he's allowed people to tell him off when he's being irrational. And what can I say? He really did love his wife so much.

Things that I liked in the drama:

- A drama that acknowledge that some parents can really be shitty. We can see that in our CEO's mom. There's no sugar coating, she really didn't care about her son in any way. And what's worse was that she hides all this behind a facade. I loved how Yi Zhou handled this situation in the end. A Man, really.

- THE LOVE TRIANGLE, or the lack of thereof. I'm so in love with the way Chu Yan handled his feelings. He didn't even think of making a move even when Xia Lin was vulnerable. He respected her. He cared so much about what she felt. He did so much for her, and didn't expect anything in return. Now this is a GOOD second lead! Not imposing and demanding. I hope other writers take note.

- SIDE CHARACTERS! Wenli and Jia Fei really are the cutest! I enjoyed watching their story.

- Healthy relationship. Well, I know it wasn't always healthy from the beginning, but I really liked that they learned to turn their relationship into a healthy one. See, what I liked is that they grew from their earlier selves. They learned to be better and respect each other's decisions.

OVERALL, it was a nice watch. I think I'll find myself rewatching this in the future.

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