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This show should have been 20 episodes and cut out the 2nd Couple
This show is watchable until the main couple gets together. The writer had no clue what to do after that and started adding terrible business storylines that made no sense. If investment business always involves crime, then who would want to work in it? It seemed every company they wanted to invest in had some criminal activity. Then the big face-off with the main villain was handled in the most boring way possible. There was no big reveal, just a matter-of-fact conversation about how her dad was killed. No shock, no drama, just oh, hey, you shouldn't have killed him because you got your takeover anyway.After that, the show completely falls off the cliff with a random time jump to 3 years later, with the FL lead working closely with the 2ML for 3 years while accepting his advances (time together, dinner invitations, personal gifts, etc.) For 3 years, she disrespected her relationship and had a work husband, but then she is shocked when 2ML reveals he likes her. All the while, the male lead is fine with all of this for 3 YEARS, knowing the intentions of the 2ML, even though the entire show, he was opposed to them spending time together. Then he is also shocked when there is a confession and a forced kiss. Then the 2ML reverts to his scheming ways to win the game. Everyone saw this coming, and no one did a thing to prevent it.
Recommend watching until the couple gets together and then skipping the rest, or watch it on fast forward.
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Good first half only to burn out
The chemistry of the main leads is great, with sweet moments in between. However, I feel regretful because of the missed opportunities and the lackluster side characters lost a couple of stars.Story Arcs
Episode 1-6: Learning about the background of the characters and their motivations. The chemistry between the two main leads here is sizzling.
Episode 7-12: For typical trope reasons, ZH decides to leave high school without saying goodbye. These episodes are just him trying to apologize and win her back and them dealing with random stalkerish love rivals.
Episode 13 -16 Main leads are together now, yay! These episodes focus on the 2nd leads and it's a terrible story about a woman stalking a man until he succumbs. It is everything you hate about brother QY but from a female.
Episodes 17-25 They get internships and get schemed against by the love rivals. This arc is boring but still watchable.
Episodes 26-28 This is where it is completely unwatchable. All the bad guys don't get what they deserve but have a sudden change of heart. All is forgiven even illegal things that they did and they are invited to the wedding. Episode 27 where she randomly decides to go abroad for 2 YEARS without telling the ML for some money from her mother. It does not align with her character up to this point and made no sense to have this random flip. Also, choosing to disappear without talking to him about it is exactly why she was so mad at him. It's like the script writer needed to wrap up the show and move the timeline forward to their wedding.
Overall, this is a fast forward watch after episode 12 and skip episode 27.
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Solid C-Drama with good action/plot
Overall, a very enjoyable drama. The leads did a great job and chemistry is good. Even the side characters/villains were very convincing. Only thing that could be improve is the political plot line is a little easy to get lost and could have been better.All episodes are solid and not skips needed. Highly recommended!
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