Disappointing and weak writing.

Trailer looked good and so did the first few episodes. Lots of potential to become a solid drama; great storyline to start but quickly becomes convoluted, long winded and then eventually fails into obscurity.

Acting was good, really enjoyed the acting from the cast and that was one of the reasons it kept me watching to then end.

Storyline, as mentioned initially was good but quickly become convoluted and then quite weak to be honest. Personally was disappointed as I felt they could've done a lot more to develop Song Yi's character - Su Qing Zhu as well her relationship with Li Yi Feng - Luo Xiang. Not even sure the point of her character as her contributions weren't necessarily useful and really, meaningless in many of the scenes. I understand the need for a lead female character, however, in this case, I personally felt she wasn't needed given the outcome of the drama and just the overall lack of direction and character development for her. This goes the same for many of the characters to be honest.

Certain areas of the story had a lot of potential to develop the series into a strong drama, however, those plot lines quickly fizzled out while other areas just kept going on and on and on. Closure in some areas, while other areas were left open such as with Samuel Gu's character Liang Long and Song Yi Xing's character Zhang Xin Yao. Not even sure what the point of Song Yi Xing's character was to be honest besides as a baby sitter? Again, lots of potential here for these two characters as well, but they seemingly became pointless as the drama progressed and at times, even annoying and contributing to a lot of wasted screen time.

Overall I was disappointed to be honest. Not what I expected and just a lot of overall weak writing in many many areas. Drama should've ended at episode 22, however, went on for another 2 episodes contributing to nothing and ending in disappointment. I would've been happy with the same ending if they had developed a better story line for the characters and the drama as a whole to make it meaningful. Even if they spent the last 2 episodes providing closure to more of the characters I think that would've contributed to a stronger series.

I felt like the writers started strong but became lazy part way through and just rushed everything after the start of the series. It was similar to GoT where you have a strong start of the series but it slowly and steadily starts to go down from there until you're left with a giant what the heck in the end.

Anyway, I'd personally pass on this series.

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