Dorothy W Wong

To be honest, this drama is not for everyone's liking or their cup of tea. To me, I finally took the time to watch it after a busy life schedule of my own in my real life. Since it's the holidays for me here and there's a typhoon hitting here. What better way of doing things than to finally pick up some dramas to watch that I couldn't watch - while it air.

To me, this drama was a slice of life as a whole - from their school lives to their university life and working life as a whole. Nothing was out of place or not meant to happen - in real life it's like that too. Not every drama should be full of romance throughout the whole story, etc.. in it. To be honest - there will always be life ups and downs --- and not everything needs to be shown completely either. The cast members in this drama did well and I love this drama as a whole. It was never painful or boring a watch to me. Cause this really leans towards reality - more than anything.

Esp like the FL - Lin Zhi Xia - who will feel that way - when she's too smart for others to comprehend or understand - and makes sense for her to feel socially awkward or feel left out at times too. I get her - although I am not smart like she is - I too feel the same exact pressure and displeasure with others too. Including standing in front of the stage making her first speech in front of everyone to many other situations too - including the math competition, etc.

I am also grateful to have the ML in this drama - be that "bridge" between her and the friends that she ended up being good friends with throughout their lives. The balance was important - as well - he helped Lin Zhi Xia understand many things in her life that she herself can't understand at times. He was there from the beginning - when she became his friend - when they were kids till adulthood. Yes, Jiang Yu Bai had his struggles in life too - including what happened to his mom - her sudden death due to being scammed and having a humongous debt to pay off - by Jiang Yu Bai, himself wasn't easy - yes - he could've told his other friends about it - but he didn't exactly know how to handle it at the time he got the news after their graduation trip together. Yes, it took 5 years before the two leads were reunited again - and reunited again with all their friends together - learning about the truth really broke Lin Zhi Xia a lot - indirectly - it wasn't easy - but she never gave up on him.

Yes, it took them both a long time to realize their feelings (of love to each) - esp since we have Lin Zhi Xia - who's mindset isn't all that simple - her mind works differently in terms of her mathematical mindset, etc. She's beyond your everyday normal person mindset - so when she started to have feelings at first - she wasn't sure what it was - cause she doesn't think that way - she think things in a more logical - scientific and mathematical way. Even her best friend - Tang Ting Ting who tried to help her understand it - her brain (FL) - couldn't compute it properly. It took a while before she could understood it - with the help of Jiang Yubai's special device he created for her - where he spills all his feelings to her that way. In truth both leads - had difficulties expressing their feelings towards each other in-person - they're not a perfect couple who can be direct with their feelings compared to the other on-screen couples that we see in this drama. But overall it was good to me. I loved the fact that they did get married to one another before she was to city to complete a special secretive project for the country of theirs. As well, to be able to see that Yubai did accomplish what he wanted to accomplish after a long time of paying off the debt that his mom own to creditors. Plus be able to stand beside her - at the alumni reunion/award ceremony too.

As for Dr. Shen - his feelings towards Lin Zhi Xia - was one-sided - couldn't say it was toxic - more like an unrequited love for her. Eventually, after realizing the truth - b/w the two leads love for one another - he did step away from it - as it was Lin Zhi Xia's brother that made him realize it all. He even gave them their blessings. Sadly, his so-called short term love feelings with his patient Xiao Shui - ended up tragically - due to the fact her condition was something that was rare and hard to treat - her survival rate was very low and we can see that when she die - she was in another country for treatment - but she didn't survive it - the news broke to him via her last voice message to him. He was actually very heartbroken and sad -- as it did hit him hard. B/c before she left to go abroad for treatment - he did want to confess to her - but she refused/prevented him from doing/saying so. Cause she knew that her life won't last long/survive it all - it was never easy for her and she did do her best to life her last moments of her life as best as she could before her departure for abroad trial treatment - that was a hit/miss for her.

Overall - my two-cents of opinion - I enjoyed it completely - something different than your typical drama - the friendships that were built overtime and eventually the relationships too for each character - was satisfying to me.

Although, the one family I didn't like was Jin Bai Hui's parents. Yes, this kind of family does exist in reality too - honestly - her parents were too toxic and controlling - never giving her the room to breath much - including how her life should be like in school or even after she graduated and wanted a decent love life of her own too. It was ridiculous that her parents even dare to arrange her to be with someone that she had no interested in or love at all - she definitely won't be happy at all in that relationship - if she were to marry the one her parents chose for her. I'm glad that she stuck with Lin Zhi Xia's brother all the way - and that's what I like about her. It was even great what Lin Zhi Xia's brother did for her from the beginning to end - he never gave up on her and expressed his feelings to her pretty quickly too. It made her feel the "love" that was missing from her own family that she never got to have at all. If I were her, I'd rather break/cut ties from her toxic parents - not one moment - did they even understand her at all. I'm glad that Lin Ze Qiu and Jin Bai Hui did get married as well too. As we can see that they both had feelings towards each other back in high school/college/university days too - including when they both were working too. The major connection b/w the two - aside from Lin Zhi Xia - was their love for astronomy too.

As for Duan Qi Yan and Tang Ting Ting's relationship - it was a battle zone for them both - always like to bicker a lot or tease one another - but deep down I can see that Duan Qi Yan had feelings towards her for a long time too - as well as Tang Ting Ting too - although all the bantering is happening b/w the two - the two of them do care for each other whenever one is not around or has issues/difficult problems that can't be resolved, etc. Although we may not see them get married together - we do see that they did officially get together in the story and became lovers too.

I think the scene I enjoyed the most - was when the friends/classmates of theirs got together to form a band for a school event - and that moment was the most memorable and enjoyable part for me - as it shows the struggles they all had in order to pull off that performance and made all the students, teachers and parents there - happy, proud and had a blast at the same time.

So, for me - I would recommend the drama - to others - who like a slice of life kind of storyline - that's not rushed and don't have high expectations from it. Enjoy it if you can.