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Your view echoes the majority of audiences who gave the show a solid 9/10 for the 12 episodes before sliding and finally ended with a 6.7/10 on Douban (a popular Chinese site). I also find the scene where Ling Xiao kissed Jian Jian on her forehead creepy, and the scene where he forcefully kissed her even worse. The worse thing is not their couple moments to be honest, it’s how Jian Jian and Ling Xiao were suddenly together. Jian Jian did not go through a thought process or gradual change of heart, though she initially could not accept his love romantically as she treated him as an older brother. I had to rewatch thinking I missed a few episodes. He Zi Qiu’s resolution could have been easier by just explaining that he confused his brotherly love for romantic love but even that the writers were lazy and just left (although Jian Jian and the Dad explained it that way).

The resolution of the enmity between Ling Xiao and his mum and He Ziqiu and his mum were a tad rushed as well, and so is the resolution or without of the periphwral friends.

Lastly the actor who played Ling Xiao, Zhang Wei Long can’t really act.

The rest of the cast had superb acting.

I would still think it’s a show worth watching just because of the solid first half and decent humour and family scenes, or just cos family genre dramas are hard to find and do well.

I totally agree the TSY brings out Cheng Xiao extremely well and the chemistry bit the the main draw, except I’m less generous and would give the drama a 7. Although I think the couple got together way too late, way too sudden, and way too easily just cos it’s lazy writing.