Wayne was captivating as Haoting. Yu Shigu's actor I think was disadvantaged by shallower writing for his character's dialogue; it left him a little as a foil for Haoting rather than a character in his own right, which I think is a waste of the opportunity to meaningfully watch him learn and struggle with being less serious. It wasn't drastic; he wasn't two dimensional, but he was definitely not fully fleshed out and certain plot choices made sure we never got to see how he might further have grown. As a result we only got to see Haoting's growth, which was still a delight, just less than it could have been.

On the the topic of slightly shallow writing, I generally wish some of the characters relied less on cheesy grins in lieu of characterization or dialogue. I blame the script writers more than the actors. The actors/directors could have let the emotions be a *bit* more variable. The grinning all the time was exhausting to watch - people in love don't have to always give full-blown, huge smiles or a meek, cheerful "嗯!" every time something nice happens.

An indisputably excellent show up to the end of the 9th episode (of the 10 Viki episodes)!! After that, a questionable plot choice is shoehorned in and some weird contrivances are added for? The Drama? Dunno. They tacked on a weird message about making each moment count but they didn't give the characters the chance to do so, really? In fact, we find out that one really important character wasted 6 FULL YEARS of moments that didn't get to count. So. Idk maybe it was deliberate irony.