I like the main lead. He is not a typical arrogant , cold but beautiful man later turning into soft hearted one. He is same as beginning to the end. Smart , brave , egotistical , cool and can do anything for the loved ones. In and out same. But I dont like the main Female much. I think writer tried to do her character innocent , pure hearted ,wise , brave , strong and smart.but how I feel is she is stupid , foolish ,boring careless, weak and always trying to act smart and ending up got into trouble then Zuo Zhen have to come and save her again and again. She is highly talking about her Rong family honour and still easily going out with mens. (Ling li , Yingdong, the one who met at brothel house and later save her and maeda Ryuichi ). Believing all the mens around her except Zuo Zhen. She didnt even bother to asked him once is he did that or not and just one blink left him. All other characters are doing well . Specially second FM lead Yin Mingzhu doing great job and elder brother of two brothers xiang hanchuang also very good . In this drama every character having flows. No body is perfect except Rong jinxiu. They are not pure white or pure black . When it comes to their own problems they are getting selfish and it make sence. It helps story line seems more practical and I loved that. Zuo Zhen love to jinxiu is very pure and strong hearted . But I think if it has some flaws in his love to her , romance will be more realistic and beautiful. Some times I feel that boring and stupid. because the other hand Rong Jinxiu always having moving heart and love is not steady for him. So some points I feel better thing for him to let her go. This is my opinion . Over all this a good drama . I loved the action seens and they are perfect. Locations backgrounds are very nice and in to the theme (set in 1930 in Shanghai) Costumes also makes it more beautiful. I watched all episodes till 30 and after that skipped some because I feel boring and story line is not realistic.still love this one.