_Sydney

I’m gonna try to be very honest in my review but for me personally I really disliked this drama like really didn’t like it. In like the first two-threeish episodes I actually was enjoying myself but watching the storyline continue I didn’t like it because it was very repetitive and boring to me when the storyline continued on and it even got very chaotic and messy to me at one point. Anyways this is my opinion I know some people liked this show and others didn’t like it, but I liked it when Lu Feng and Xiao Chen would date each other because they would be cute but what broke them up or the challenges they faced just made me annoyed at their relationship. I was also a fan of Cheng Yi Chen (the brother) but after all the homophobia Xiao Chen faced and how he was rude to Lu Feng before the incident between them it made me not like him anymore and plus how he treated Qin Lang was not cool in my opinion. Sorry if it annoys someone but I genuinely couldn’t like them after certain moments.
Also I will warn you my review might contain spoilers about the show since they’ll explain my opinion even more so be aware.

Okay so I liked the first episode since it was like those school dramas and in this case it showed how Xiao Chen and Lu Feng are now reunited where Xiao Chen is an employee and Lu Feng is the CEO of the company and it seemed like Xiao Chen didn’t know about it, but was upset at Lu Feng since he’s getting engaged but made Lu Feng jealous by saying he has a girlfriend being Zhu Sha which is his coworker. Then we get flashbacks to the past where they first met in high school and were distant, but were roommates in college where they got closer and overtime we could see that Lu Feng was developing a crush on Xiao Chen while Xiao Chen only saw him as a friend until Lu Feng confessed to him after they had a fight and his sister called Xiao Chen to check on him in the hospital because he got injured in a fight at the bar where he protected a girl from an abusive man and that’s when Xiao Chen and Lu Feng had their first kiss and got together for the first time. Though this relationship would go through hardships the first time because many people are homophobic that when a classmate posted a photo of them kissing during their moment where they said they’ll be together forever and Lu Feng gave Xiao Chen his matching ring almost as significant as a wedding ring and when the photo got out they both were gonna be expelled because they are gay and when they were walking down an alleyway a man with his gang came at them and started to assault Xiao Chen which made Lu Feng so upset that he started beating the guy up and the man almost died but that made it to headlines and led to Lu Feng being arrested. When Xiao Chen parents found out they locked him in his room saying he’s “infected” since he’s gay and honestly I know this might happen to people in real life but seeing it on TV honestly hurts me like why have kids if you won’t be accepting of them like it’s their life not yours and I feel in this situation what made everything worse was that Lu Feng almost killed a guy. This is what led their relationship to break apart with Lu Feng’s father bailing him out of jail and forcing him to go to the United States to work at a family branch and maybe get married to a women but not be gay since it will ruin their reputation, but all Lu Feng wanted to do was to say bye for one last time to Xiao Chen and luckily his sister allowed one last goodbye but Xiao Chen’s brother Cheng Yi Chen wouldn’t let it happen and told Lu Feng he’s leaving without a goodbye but Xiao Chen said he will see him no matter what and what sucks was that they were just a minute off from being together or at least saying one last goodbye.

Now this was the four year time gap that they were apart from each other and in these four years Xiao Chen literally couldn’t date anyone else because he just missed Lu Feng and even had to transfer schools even though Lu Feng left and Lu Feng tried to reach out to him through letters but Xiao Chen never received it. Though what annoyed me was that his brother Cheng Yi Chen could date a guy and get away with it even in public since Cheng Yi Chen was a singer at Qin Lang’s bar and although Qin Lang tried to get with Cheng Yi Chen multiple times he kept rejecting because he wasn’t gay and even lived with the guy at one point, but you could tell 100% that Cheng Yi Chen was in love with Qin Lang but he didn’t want to be gay was his problem so instead he forces Qin Lang to date Xiao Chen to get him over Lu Feng thinking everyone would be happy which was not even close to being true. In the end Qin Lang yells at Cheng Yi Chen that he’s not only hurting himself by watching someone he likes date another person, but he’s hurting Qin Lang by forcing him to date someone he’s not even into, and hurting Xiao Chen by making him be in a loveless relationship with someone he only sees as just a friend. Meanwhile with Lu Feng he finally got an opportunity to go back to Xiao Chen since he’ll get his passport back but at the cost of being engaged to a women he doesn’t know or even like so of course since Lu Feng is lovesick for Xiao Chen he’ll say yes to the marriage but he’ll be going to Lan City and owning a branch of his families business. Meanwhile with Xiao Chen he’s also moving to Lan City because he got a job opportunity their and saw that Lu Feng is moving there and guess what they ended up at the same company and now we are in the present time.

After they were in the same company together their relationship was at first strained because Lu Feng was supposedly engaged to a woman and Xiao Chen faked being in a relationship with Zhu Sha. Later Lu Feng told Xiao Chen to come to his home to talk and at first Xiao Chen was stand-offish but later became normal but Lu Feng revealed he’s actually divorced now and is living in his sisters home but that he wants Xiao Chen to reconsider them getting back together and although you can totally tell Xiao Chen wants to be with him he’s playing hard to get and is trying to stay away. In the end when Xiao Chen was ready to get together and move in together Lu Feng was caught with another guy which annoyed Xiao Chen and caused him to throw his ring and made Lu Feng sad. Later this caused problems since now Xiao Chen wanted to quit and leave but Lu Feng didn’t want that which caused him to lash out. In the end they still got together and were accepted by Cheng Yi Chen a little and then later Xiao Chen and Lu Feng would be on a double date with Cheng Yi Chen and Qin Lang. Now the reason why they broke up this time was because Xiao Chen’s mom became ill after hearing and seeing that Lu Feng and Xiao Chen are dating again since Xiao Chen is now “cured” after being seen with his friend Zhou Lan whose a girl and yelled at them which led to Lu Feng trying to defend their relationship but also calls out Cheng Yi Chen and Qin Lang who are also dating and have been in front of her many times and she never noticed and I know some people at this moment hated him for that but honestly I feel it’s fair because why is Lu Feng and Xiao Chen can’t be together but Qin Lang and Cheng Yi Chen can be near each other and act closer than a boss and co worker relationship. Later the mom passed out and ended up in the hospital and led to Xiao Chen being scolded badly and made the decision to break up with Lu Feng which caused him to lash out and tie him to a hospital bed while he goes to find Qin Lang and Cheng Yi Chen to ask if they will also break up to which they both say no and that made Lu Feng upset that he pushed Cheng Yi Chen down the stairs and while that happened he ran back to Xiao Chen and told him they have to run away but got beaten by Qin Lang and that’s when Xiao Chen found out what happened and this led to him being done with Lu Feng. Then Cheng Yi Chen and Qin Lang had to go to England so that they can treat him and Xiao Chen made the decision to date Zhou Lan for his mother and eventually got married to her to fulfill his mothers wishes. Later his mother sadly passed, he went to live with Zhou Lan and work at her company, and cut off contact with Qin Lang and Cheng Yi Chen so Lu Feng can’t find him or them.

Now 5 years passed again and Zhou Lan and Xiao Chen are getting a divorce since she is in love with someone else and realized that there better off as friends and Xiao Chen can now go back to Lu Feng since he’s in love with him still and she understands. Later Xiao Chen finds out Lu Feng established his own company and tried to meet with him but was rejected because too many fake people are pretending to be his friend and he accidentally hit a biker and met a new person named Kuo Lou who he helped try to fix his laptop that was broken and took him to his company that he works at for a job opening which turned out to be Lu Feng’s company. They talked for a little and it ended with Lu Feng is done with him and doesn’t want to be with Xiao Chen anymore and is now supposedly dating Kuo Lou. Then eventually Lu Feng accepted him to come to his house to talk, but didn’t want to talk to him which later turned to be Xiao Chen being locked in his home for like a 2-3 weeks and never got to leave and had to keep seeing Lu Feng bring in new guys to make him jealous and one day Lu Feng got really drunk that he went after Xiao Chen and it was stopped due to Xiao Chen finding a camera. One day Zhou Lan came to his him to recuse Xiao Chen since there still “married” and Lu Feng was acting really insane and kept making out with Xiao Chen in front of her to prove that they never did anything but Lu Feng and him always did things and it got to the point that she shot Xiao Chen on accident and was aiming for Lu Feng. Then the whole episode was Xiao Chen in the hospital in a coma and only Lu Feng and Zhou Lan came to talk to him and eventually he woke up to Lu Feng. After he left the hospital Lu Feng kept trying to help Xiao Chen with his business and paying for bills but he kept trying to tell him to stop and leave him alone but if he knows where Qin Lang and Cheng Yi Chen are then to tell him to which he said he didn’t know. Then one day they showed up and told Xiao Chen to come live with them but Lu Feng was upset because he lied about knowing where they were so he can stay with Xiao Chen and that he’ll never leave him. Then he agreed to leaving with Cheng Yi Chen and Qin Lang and Lu Feng chased them until he couldn’t and then Xiao Chen told him to stop the car since he loves Lu Feng and wants to be with him. Then they got together until it was known that Lu Feng was going to a hotel with a man and Xiao Chen found out along with the key card and confronted Lu Feng after they fought due to Xiao Chen wanting to go to Zhou Lan’s wedding and Lu Feng wanted him to cut contact with her and don’t go. Then Lu Feng told him that the reason he went to a hotel was to talk to a psychiatrist that his sister told him to meet with and was told he has bipolar disorder and he’s been afraid to tell him since he feel Xiao Chen will leave him if he finds out he’s sick. Later Xiao Chen was very understanding of him but wanted him to take treatment for it and met with the doctor who told him ways to force him to take treatment which led to him telling Lu Feng that he’s moving to a new home and that they need to be friends for now or else his sickness will hurt Xiao Chen. Then Lu Feng said they should never see each other again then Xiao Chen called Yi Chen and Qin Lang to help force Lu Feng into treatment but told him that Lu Feng is outside and he was crying with his hand all bloody due to him breaking Xiao Chen’s vase in an episode and ended up accepting treatment for Xiao Chen’s safety. Then it ended with him getting treatment and them having a happier life where they both feel it’s a happy and healthy relationship right now and they feel it’s the same happiness they had when they were in school and went back to the school where they first met and got their fortune taken.

Now I’m so sorry for spoiling the show but my opinion is that these episodes could’ve been shorter or lesser episodes since one whole episode would be Xiao Chen in a coma, Xiao Chen locked up, them in high school, or Lu Feng getting treatment which I feel didn’t need a whole episode based on it. I also felt that the show would’ve been more enjoyable to me if it wasn’t so toxic and possessive like being from Lu Feng and that each episode led to Xiao Chen crying. I also felt that the brother’s story was a little rushed and they were not there for half the episodes so there story felt short. Also I felt that when you ignored all the bad stuff they experienced and the toxicity in their relationship Xiao Chen and Lu Feng were honestly a cute couple. Anyways this was all my opinion and it’s totally up to you if you want to watch this but honestly I don’t recommend this show because it felt too toxic to me.