It's like fast food: Unhealthy but Addicting

I finished watching this 36-episode drama within two days, one day I was staying up until five to binge, and that's telling you how much I was into this drama, but it's like the title suggests: to me, it's addicting, but it's not good. The plot is tiring and full of tropes that only serve to anger you; the character writing, with the exception to the male lead and female lead, is highly inconsistent; the supporting characters range from mildly annoying to 'I hope you rot in jail'. I skipped most of the political/corporation plot and still understood everything just fine, and I suggest you do the same for your sanity.

What I love about this drama though is the chemistry between the two leads, and 80% of this chemistry is thanks to Zhang Zhe Han's superb ability to initiate intimate actions and flirting, and 20% to Zhang Ruo Nan who was natural in her acting and went along with the acting partner's lead. I wish they could have focused more on the relationship and just let the two go on and have fun together and give us some simple and peaceful romantic time rather than adding all types of telenovela plot points.

Despite my love for ZZH and his acting, I harbored intense hatred for Zhang Min for around 10 episodes where he was an absolute jerk for not being able to break it off with Wenna while still trying to keep Luo Xi in his life. You made a decision to get married and keep yourself in power, now stick with it and let go of Luo Xi. He hurt all of them in the process because he's someone who can't choose what he wanted.

I had more empathy for Luo Xi and Wenna, who were both caught in this mess because they fell in love with a man who didn't treat neither of them right. Luo Xi fell in love deep and hard, and as she struggled to get out of it, Zhang Min kept pulling her right back in. The strongest example of this is when Luo Xi went on a blind date and got the help of that IT guy, Zhang Min confronted her for "being with another man" and kissed her, but as soon as he woke up, he told her to leave and kept Wenna on his side. That was messed up!! Make up your mind and don't look to see where the other path leads!!

I see a lot of people here hate Wenna and I really don't get it; you all seem to just hate her because she's "getting in between" your couple. Wenna may be somewhat obsessive, but this arranged marriage is from both side. Zhang Min can pull out of it anytime if he wants to -- and the drama does prove that he Can pull out whenever he wants to -- but he didn't do it because he wanted to keep his power, yet turned around and tried to make Her to pull out of it instead. She protected him and his reputation when he was caught cheating, and even until the last moment when he decided to break off with her on the engagement day and made her deal with the embarrassment and loneliness of being abandoned, Wenna still protected him and stated it was her idea that they broke off. What more do you need from her?? The writer did her dirty by writing her so two dimensionally at the beginning like she's a dumb obsessive girl, but deep down you could see how insecure she was that the man who promised to marry her kept on having a relationship with another woman. Just imagine yourself for a moment how you would feel if your fiancee continued to have an ambiguous relationship with their ex and have some more compassion for Wenna, because she acted very reasonably for someone in that position.

I didn't include Tao Lun in this triangle because he really wasn't a part of it; Luo Xi never acknowledged him as a potential lover, he just tried to wedge in in a strange way. I wish they didn't drag his plot out so much and just let him give up and move on and be a friend, a brother to Luo Xi who supported her instead of this strange obsessive person who kept on chasing after her and acted like she was his belonging even when Luo Xi and Zhang Min were already in a relationship. Then there's also the inconsistency in his writing towards the end where he overreacted for the "drama" of it all. That's why we should have just cut these dramatic moments short and replace it with fluffy romance moments from both couples.

All in all, will I rewatch this drama? Probably, given that ZZH dubbed himself in here and his performance was top notch as well the chemistry between him and ZRN was off the roof, but I'm highly aware what I'm doing when I do rewatch: that is, eating fast food to satisfy that guilty craving even if it's poison to the body.

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