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"Their love survived the bitter winter & finally welcomed the Early Spring"
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This was such a well portrayed drama, the character were as real as can be.
The pacing was also not bad, I was wondering how they would portray the 6/7 year relationship then breakup and reunion in 24 episodes but they managed to do it and I think it's perfect that way because there no wasted episodes and personally I don't like long modern dramas, there was a bit of confusion though on which year we were in as there weren't timecards to let us know which year it was, I would sometime hear them mention that its been thus many years and I'd be shocked coz the whole time I thought it was still within the same year, I think this would have cleared the confusion other people had about Luke being rich but having such an old phone.
I loved how Flora and Luke as characters and their relationship was painted in a way that was somewhat realistic, it showed a relationship a lot of us have been in when we were young. It was messy with sweet moments in-between. It didn't paint the female lead as a completely innocent person as well, she had her own flaws just as much as Luke had his own. I think it showed that relationships are work and not some magical event that works itself out somehow, we see this in how things fell apart between them when they didn't communicate and then there would be clarity and harmony when they did communicate and clear misunderstandings and when Luke chose to stop being proud and actually be vulnerable and kind to Flora.
Would I recommend that a friend or younger sister date Luke? Hell no. Not because he's a horrible person, actually he has a good heart and he's teachable and willing to listen when he's being corrected, the issue was his pride and his poisonous mouth that made him a horrible boyfriend sometimes.
Flora had to do some growing up as well, she called him her boyfriend but kept him at arms length, constantly lying to him straight up or by omission, what I loved about her was that she was true to herself and had courage to ask for what she wants even though she didn't look like it in the earlier years, she had way more self-control than I would because the way Luke was constantly coaxing, I'm embarrassed to say would have folded immediately.
One thing I loved about this drama unlike any romantic drama, is that Luke wasn't the perfect white knight and Flora the damsel in distress, they were both each others' savour when needed and I think Luke also points to that symbolism in the end when he reminds her of them rescuing each other during the mudslide.
I thoroughly enjoyed this drama. I enjoyed the frustrating, the sad and heart-wrenching, funny, swoonworthy, heart fluttering moments were all worth the watch.
I enjoyed the friendships that Flora had with Sun Yu and Sun Yuanzhu, Lumi and the rest of her colleagues. I enjoyed the friendship Luke had with his friends especially his mentor and bestie Tan Mian.
I even love that they showed Luke family background and his mentor/bestie gave him advise and didn't make any excuses for his behaviour, it did help us to understand why he was the way he was (nature vs nuture).
I think that they made the characters feel real and bot just there to add to the world of the male and female leads, especially with the heartbreaking story line of Sun Yuanzhu, they showed a young man who carried the burdens of his family's financial needs, witnessing the mum's abuse and not being able to help her or convince her to leave, the gambling dad, the expensive city they were in and the pressure to make it so he can afford all this, he put others above himself and barely took care of himself, he was too young to be carrying all that and while he might have been on meds I'm guessing he was already too tired by then and had given. His story is one I know too well for it to just be a plot to drive Flora to break up with Luke.
On a lighter note, Luke jnr really loves his dad Luke, that cute boy refused to leave his dad and the moment when Luke and Flora were arguing because Luke wanted to see Luke jnr was so funny, it's like they were a divorced couple fighting over custody of their child.
When it comes to character development, I saw that more with Flora throughout, with Luke it was once in awhile and then we see some serious change in the final episodes.
The ending with Luke jnr and the balloon was so cute 🥰
Overall this was an amazing drama, great story telling and the chemistry between the leads was astrononical 🫣.
The OSTs for this drama were the cherry on top, this is the first drama where I don't skip the intro after episode 1 (Liu Yuning did a big one with "Her"), lol I even knew what it means once "You should know" comes on
This was such a well portrayed drama, the character were as real as can be.
The pacing was also not bad, I was wondering how they would portray the 6/7 year relationship then breakup and reunion in 24 episodes but they managed to do it and I think it's perfect that way because there no wasted episodes and personally I don't like long modern dramas, there was a bit of confusion though on which year we were in as there weren't timecards to let us know which year it was, I would sometime hear them mention that its been thus many years and I'd be shocked coz the whole time I thought it was still within the same year, I think this would have cleared the confusion other people had about Luke being rich but having such an old phone.
I loved how Flora and Luke as characters and their relationship was painted in a way that was somewhat realistic, it showed a relationship a lot of us have been in when we were young. It was messy with sweet moments in-between. It didn't paint the female lead as a completely innocent person as well, she had her own flaws just as much as Luke had his own. I think it showed that relationships are work and not some magical event that works itself out somehow, we see this in how things fell apart between them when they didn't communicate and then there would be clarity and harmony when they did communicate and clear misunderstandings and when Luke chose to stop being proud and actually be vulnerable and kind to Flora.
Would I recommend that a friend or younger sister date Luke? Hell no. Not because he's a horrible person, actually he has a good heart and he's teachable and willing to listen when he's being corrected, the issue was his pride and his poisonous mouth that made him a horrible boyfriend sometimes.
Flora had to do some growing up as well, she called him her boyfriend but kept him at arms length, constantly lying to him straight up or by omission, what I loved about her was that she was true to herself and had courage to ask for what she wants even though she didn't look like it in the earlier years, she had way more self-control than I would because the way Luke was constantly coaxing, I'm embarrassed to say would have folded immediately.
One thing I loved about this drama unlike any romantic drama, is that Luke wasn't the perfect white knight and Flora the damsel in distress, they were both each others' savour when needed and I think Luke also points to that symbolism in the end when he reminds her of them rescuing each other during the mudslide.
I thoroughly enjoyed this drama. I enjoyed the frustrating, the sad and heart-wrenching, funny, swoonworthy, heart fluttering moments were all worth the watch.
I enjoyed the friendships that Flora had with Sun Yu and Sun Yuanzhu, Lumi and the rest of her colleagues. I enjoyed the friendship Luke had with his friends especially his mentor and bestie Tan Mian.
I even love that they showed Luke family background and his mentor/bestie gave him advise and didn't make any excuses for his behaviour, it did help us to understand why he was the way he was (nature vs nuture).
I think that they made the characters feel real and bot just there to add to the world of the male and female leads, especially with the heartbreaking story line of Sun Yuanzhu, they showed a young man who carried the burdens of his family's financial needs, witnessing the mum's abuse and not being able to help her or convince her to leave, the gambling dad, the expensive city they were in and the pressure to make it so he can afford all this, he put others above himself and barely took care of himself, he was too young to be carrying all that and while he might have been on meds I'm guessing he was already too tired by then and had given. His story is one I know too well for it to just be a plot to drive Flora to break up with Luke.
On a lighter note, Luke jnr really loves his dad Luke, that cute boy refused to leave his dad and the moment when Luke and Flora were arguing because Luke wanted to see Luke jnr was so funny, it's like they were a divorced couple fighting over custody of their child.
When it comes to character development, I saw that more with Flora throughout, with Luke it was once in awhile and then we see some serious change in the final episodes.
The ending with Luke jnr and the balloon was so cute 🥰
Overall this was an amazing drama, great story telling and the chemistry between the leads was astrononical 🫣.
The OSTs for this drama were the cherry on top, this is the first drama where I don't skip the intro after episode 1 (Liu Yuning did a big one with "Her"), lol I even knew what it means once "You should know" comes on
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