When I heard this had Lin Yanjun and was a sentimental, moving story about someone with disabilities, I was so intrigued. And it definitely didn’t disappoint me in the first half! Everything from the cinematography, to the pacing and storyline, and evocative emotions the leads channeled into their acting was WAY more than I’d expected. By just the first half alone, I was so ready to rate this a 10/10 and shove it in my list of favourite dramas.

However… the second half happened.

I don’t know what happened along the way, but once Nian Qin (Yanjun’s character) got his eyesight back post-breakup, he became a douchebag. He became self-entitled, manipulative, and cunning, willing to do anything to get the FL back. And even though Wu Yan (Wang Peng’s character) understandably backed away from him for being so obsessed and controlling of her life, she ultimately returned to his side by the end.

I’m not sure why people are still romanticizing possessiveness, but disability or not, crazy rich or not, the legendary composer Yijin or not, he should not have acted as he did to Wuyan. It didn’t make much sense. I even wondered if this was a symbolic thing that once he broke up with her and got his eyesight back, he began to forget how he treated her before, because he started to take her for granted. Post breakup, he treated her as if her opinions didn’t matter anymore, as he quickly made all decisions for her. All she had to do was comply. It was like all his character development went down the drain, and so even if it was technically a “happy ending” for the couple, it left a bad taste in my mouth.

As for the rewatch value? I’d rewatch the first half, but end it there. It’s really a shame when promising dramas like this one are ruined by possessive leads that reinforce patriarchal stereotypes that men have to always be dominant, influential and powerful in comparison to the submissive women, but alas, it is what it is.