Unconditional Love, Romance over food

The first review to honor such a great drama. Of course I watched this drama because it was adapted from BL novel, though I have not read the novel itself. However due to censorship in China, I toned down my expectations for the BL and even the bromance.

I started the drama without knowing who were the actors - I just currently knew about Fu Meng Po but I haven't seen any of his drama/film - but it didn't stop me from giving a try. Anyway, I got hooked from the very first episode - as I am into case-solving drama - and even subscribed to IQiyi VIP account because of this drama.

I read a lot of comments saying there's not enough chemistry between the CP. I beg to disagree. The drama is slow romance thus justified the lack of lovey dovey scenes.

But throughout the whole story, we can clearly see how Sui Zhou, though somewhat stoic and cold, he really cared about Tang Fan. Their relationship developed over foods, but that only showed that Tang Fan was dear to him. He always put Tang Fan's safety a priority, always ready to protect Tang Fan even at the cost of his own life. In some scenes, I even senses some jealousy.

To be honest, I fell in love with Sui Zhou. The part after Sui Zhou and Tang Fan fell apart really broke my heart. I didn't feel empathy for Tang Fan's sadness, sorry, but I was heartbroken for Sui Zhou. I even cried for him.

I think after Tang Fan learned about Sui Zhou's suffering, thats when he realized how significant Sui Zhou is in his life and he is someone important to Sui Zhou which lead to the unconventional confession after Sui Zhou saved him. After that we can see in each important scenes the romance were subtly disguised by the 'food talk'.

Overall, I loved the drama, and even got hooked on the OSTs. I even watched for the second time and definitely will rewatch it. I love the dynamic relationship of the three male leads and Dong'er. I appreciated the fact that there was no female lead in this drama, so I can enjoyed the subtle slow bromance.

I started this drama without knowing the actors, and I applauded them for the great acting. Hoping there'll be a second season, because I can't get enough of SuiTang and Wang Zhi.

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