Okay so where do I start god this drama left me frustrated and not in a way that got resolved and gave me some satisfaction in the end. This had potential to be so much better if not for the bad story and character development. All went well uptil the whole danchi arc and them jumping in that river of forgetting. And after that I just kept waiting for the story to actually get better. The romance was poorly written. The miscommunication, the love triangle all had me pulling my hair out. The love story was not given time and space to develop at all. The characters were so disappointing. I don't know the script writers really missed it with them. I really couldn't bring myself to feel sympathy for the second lead. The female lead was too immature and stupid so many times. Still hoped that li chengyin would not kill Gu jian coz there was no way chengyin and xiaofeng's relationship was gonna make a comeback after that ordeal. Also him being a jerk to her all the time and then it never got cleared up to her that why he did that and she kept believing he hated her. The ending was so lame and disappointing too like what even was that last episode. I just pretty much skimmed through last twenty episodes I think. The gao family's fall was so anticlimactic after how from the start it was given so much importance.
Now I liked the OST and costumes were good. Cinematography was not too bad, it was pleasing enough. Acting was decent. But nobody left a lasting impression. I don't even know why I'm giving a 6.5 but I guess points for myself for keep hoping that it'll get better and finishing the drama anyway.