What an interesting drama that left me with a lot of conflicted emotions about how to review it. It certainly is one of the better in contemporary Chinese dramas, but... well, it featured some questionable plot developments which made me deduct some stars.

The plot is very interesting, and to be frank, quite refreshing. I really liked that the female lead was straight forward and from the beginning to end she was very clear about being into the main lead only. I also liked *SPOLIER* how because there was almost no chasing period from the male lead, they covered how insecure she felt and they had to have several conversations to solidify their relationship. *SPOILER ENDS* Her pursuit of the main lead makes this drama really entertaining, and after the couple of introductory episodes, the first about 10-12 were super interesting and I continued to watch with a big interest.

However, the tempo of the drama is greatly disturbed by the other characters who, don't get me wrong, are interesting and all, take up so much screen time, that the balance is off and some episodes are tedious to get through, especially in the second half.

Still, there is so much here that outweighs the minor setbacks and I especially appreciate that the characters have so much agency and so much to explore, that there is something going on until the end of the drama.

For me, it was worth a watch, I enjoyed it and played with my phone during the boring parts. Also, a little heads-up, if you watch in YouTube, there is a lot of muted parts (they are not extensive though).