At just a dozen episodes, this drama was the perfect length for the story it was telling; no time was wasted on overwrought flashback scenes. If you've read the book, however, you'll want to know that there are some major changes. I've only read a summary of the original novel and without giving too much away, I'm glad they went a different route here.

The drama's greatest strength was the chemistry between the OTP. I knew Steven Zhang (Xincheng) was a good actor based on his performance in The Day of Becoming You, but I did not expect his character to be so swoony here. Cheng Cheng's intense love for Jiang Yuanxing really came through and his fear of losing her was palpable.

The mystery part of the story was weaker and fairly predictable for viewers in terms of guessing the culprit. The police, on the other hand, had super powers of deduction based on the way they cracked the case and figured everything out!

Perhaps I was fully expecting the series to be over-the-top melodramatic and soapy, but I actually found it wasn't as "dog blood" as I had anticipated.

Overall, an entertaining watch that deserves a slightly higher score than a 7.7 (at the time of writing).