Dropped it at episode 22. I really liked the two main leads as actors… but I hated the FL character as written and acted (the constant wide eyed frown and pout in need of rescuing). It’s typical of shoujo manga type of dynamic with dumb and mediocre at everything FL and the perfect at everything but super logical and almost robotic ML.
The story started strong, but dragged… and dragged… and dragged… with a lot of pouting and crying from the FL who is in need of rescuing in every episode… I finally dropped at episode 22. As much as I like the actors and their other projects, this one was so poorly written, and I’m someone who enjoys slow burns.
Will not rewatch, I do not recommend, I regret not dropping sooner. Give me back my time.
And as per my comment below, the kiss scenes were really ugly. I preferred The Long Ballad’s bird kiss scene compared to this.
On episode 16: I really hate the SFL. I hate the way she’s written too, so one dimensionally evil without any redeeming qualities. It’s just lazy writing.
What I find the most unsettling in this drama is the trial by public opinion that seems so omnipresent in Chinese…
I think it’s still like this in many of the societies. I want to say it’s limited to just a small minority of countries, but it seems to be a global thing. i see this even in the states all the time. “Innocent until proven guilty” is no longer a thing, and people seem to jump to conclusion based on little information and immediately jump on the bandwagon to bully the perceived “bad guy” and they seem to see this mob behavior as social justice.
We as a society haven’t really changed in some ways.
The story started strong, but dragged… and dragged… and dragged… with a lot of pouting and crying from the FL who is in need of rescuing in every episode… I finally dropped at episode 22. As much as I like the actors and their other projects, this one was so poorly written, and I’m someone who enjoys slow burns.
Will not rewatch, I do not recommend, I regret not dropping sooner. Give me back my time.
And as per my comment below, the kiss scenes were really ugly. I preferred The Long Ballad’s bird kiss scene compared to this.
I felt the same.
We as a society haven’t really changed in some ways.