Michelle Topham

It's pretty entertaining, and the writing is decent. The relationship between the two leads is cool, and Guan Yue gives his usual excellent performance.

If you're looking for a short drama that's entertaining, it's enjoyable IMO.

Just finished Episode 1 but, Ye Gods, the visuals in this are stunning. Gorgeous!!

Honestly, I wouldn't bother. I made it thru Episode 24 and couldn't possibly continue any longer. Every decent person dies, often for no good reason, the ML is a useless fool and Bai Lu's character is one-dimensional. Writing is also poor and there is ZERO character development.

I also couldn't care less if there is romance or not, I'm fine with either, but even with the little romance there is in this, there is still no chemistry between the leads. At all.

Overall, it starts out very well. So much so, I was obsessed thru the first 15 episodes or so, but the last half does NOT hold up to the promise of the first. Plenty more excellent C-dramas out there. I wouldn't waste your time on this. Not unless you're a big Bai Lu or Wang Xin Yue fan and just HAVE to see everything they appear in.

EDIT: And btw, the ONLY reason it is still being rated an 8.2 is because of Bai Lu fangirls. If it wasn't for that, many people would have dropped it midway, IMO, and moved onto something else.

1. At the end
2. Nope :)
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4. Yep
5. Yes, but a mature one with two absolutely brilliant leads -- one who is a very strong and independent woman. And they're just so funny and cute together as they bicker. Even at the beginning when she really doesn't like him :)
6. At the end :)

And btw, if you watch it, don't fall into the trap of thinking he's a terrible person. He's not. At all. And that becomes obvious as you watch more episodes, and you realize he really is absolutely lovely (and a very interesting person) but hides his true self because he's afraid of getting close to someone . He's just his own worst enemy in the earlier episodes (well, and later too :)

It also has a brilliant ensemble cast of characters. (And the actor portraying each one is phenomenal). Loved every single one of them. Hope that helps :)

Just watched this for a second time, and it's just as enjoyable and the characters are just as wonderful as they were in the first viewing. Easily one of my favorite C-dramas of the last few years. Will probably do a third viewing at some point :) 10/10. Still.

It passed its review back in December, so should be getting a distribution license soon.

Don't know if you ever watched it, but I'm just chiming in to say it's excellent :) A huge surprise for me, as I didn't expect much from a low budget production.

But the production quality is high, especially for the budget, the acting is superb right down to the guy with two lines, the plot is interesting, and it's great to see so many well-known veteran actors suddenly appearing. I'm only on Episode 5, but highly recommend it if you haven't already watched it. And yep, like Lilybilly says, ZERO annoying supporting characters.

I'm the type of person that gets bored easily in a slow-moving drama, and this is slow during the first few episodes (I've heard it speeds up for the last half), but on every episode I've watched so far the credits suddenly start playing and 40 minutes have magically passed. :)

One of my faves of this year so far.

Should have gotten to this when it premiered, it's exceptionally good. Production quality is very high for a low-budget drama, acting is fabulous, wire work is excellent, the premise is interesting and pretty unique, and it's well-written. Moves at a very fast pace as well.

Always enjoy Huang You Ming too, and he's superb in this. All in all, a very good series if you're looking for something short and worthwhile to watch.

It's Spring Festival (aka Chinese New Year). It officially started yesterday, but people start leaving their jobs for vacation up to a week before. Almost every Chinese drama is getting episodes slower released or on a hiatus because of that.

That's because most of China is now on holiday and visiting family (t's the BIGGEST travel period of the year in China with almost 3 billion people traveling). They're not watching dramas, so there's not much point releasing episodes most people won't be watching. Companies release them later when advertisers are willing to pay higher rates, and not during a period where much of China is not watching TV.

It's not a romance drama. If you look at the tags on MDL, it will tell you if romance is part of a drama. That tag doesn't appear here.

This is surprisingly entertaining, and Su Xiao Tong's acting skills have drastically improved since her awful performance in Imperial Coroner.

It's 24 episodes. WeTV says "Updated to 23".

Episode 23. Yep. Another decent person dead. Not ONE has survived throughout the entire effing thing. You could play a drinking game -- "Guess at what point in the episode THIS person dies. Take a drink for every 5 minutes you're further away from the death time" :). The writing in this is atrocious.

Dropped after Episode 23. It's all just so predictable and dull. Moving on to something better :) Enjoy if it's your thing.

It's not great. It's first half is excellent, but the second half has not held up to the promise of the first. Character growth of the two leads is non-existent, and the plot has become draggy. I think that's why people are rating it lower.

IMO, it's just as bad with the ML. Zero character growth for the 22 episodes I've watched (honestly struggling to muster up any enthusiasm to watch the rest of it at the moment). And I don't blame the actors. They've done the best with the script they were given.

Yep, most of the veteran actors in this are excellent, and especially Hou Chang Rong (Pei Yi's Master) who never disappoints.

As for Bai Lu and Wang Xing Yue, however, it's been quite a while since I've watched a drama with two utterly BLAND leads (not sure if it's the director's fault, but their performances are "meh"). Couldn't care less about either of their characters at this point :)

Thanks for the heads up. Just added it to my watch list. Also, it stars Fei Qi Ming, and I loved him in Why Is He Still Single? Plus, no 'idol actors', and that's always a plus :)

That's the problem with so many C-dramas, IMO. Beautiful actors who are as bland as milk toast when it comes to acting -- same thing here sadly, as the veteran actors are dominating the screen in almost every scene. Although I usually enjoy Wang Xing Yue's performances, but not in this.

No worries.

After being one of its biggest proponents, I'm about to drop it after Episode 22. Every. Single. Decent. Character = DEAD, and the most boring ML I've seen in any drama ever. Liked him at the beginning, but he's utterly useless, bland, and has had no character development at all. Not a fan of Pei Yi at this point either. Like you said, completely flat characters. Dull. Uninteresting.

Gorgeous cinematography, but the writing is also awful as, like you, I don't need looooong scenes of exposition to understand what I've already figured out an hour ago.

Giving it another episode, but it's not looking good for me after loving the first half :)

I just block them. It's annoying as we're already in a chat forum. Why would we need another one :)

He's the blandest ML I've seen in a long time. Started out liking him but expected some character growth. There's been none, and he's still as mainly useless as he was right from the start. The FL could have solved every case herself. (Just dropped it, btw, at Ep 22. Had enough of every decent person dying)