It was enjoyable but I think that I definitely liked the novel version more (somehow the flashbacks work better in the books). Another influencing factor was that the drama included the events from a series of novels so it was rather difficult to fit the entire backstory in 1 drama = LOTS of flashbacks needed. However what helped alot was that original author of the novel the drama is adapted from "Stewed Squid with Honey” i.e.Mo Bao Fei Bao was the screenwriter for the drama. So many times I've read the book & then the drama is NOTHING like the book (;￢_￢)

Li Xian was definitely great as Han Shang Yan - he really brought the character to life. It was interesting that he was successful and influential yet still struggled with his personal relationships & being misunderstood by others. It was nice to see a ML that wasn't this perfect emotionless robot that could do no wrong - I actually became really invested in HSY's backstory and his friendship with the other characters.

Also the other K&K boys were so cute ~

Overall it was a cute drama that I enjoyed because the characters were human: they were ambitious, they had ACTUAL emotions (they laughed, they cried, they fell in love, they got jealous ☆｡ﾟ+.(人-ω◕ฺ)ﾟ+.ﾟﾟ), made decisions that they regretted yet they were always supportive of each other.

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