sincerelylulu

This drama felt very unique to me; maybe it’s because I haven’t watched enough c-dramas. I loved the 1990s setting, the atmosphere and cinematography felt oddly comforting and warm, even when it was clear that Chen Yi and Miao Jing did not live very comfortable lives. The story starts off with Chen Yi and Miao Jing being forced together in one home as their Jing’s mum begins a relationship with Yi’s dad out of convenience. Both come from very broken families; Yi’s dad is extremely abusive and Jing’s mother only seems to care about money. Despite some people’s confusion, Jing and Yi are NOT biological siblings, they aren’t related in any way and Jing wasn’t even adopted into Yi’s family. So their romantic relationship is not weird. Eventually, circumstances lead to Yi having to take care of Jing financially and he essentially takes on the burden of being her caregiver while also falling in love with her during their teen years. How do I start describing Chen Yi? He is the definition of ‘I will take care of it, don’t worry.’ He cares for and loves Miao Jing in every way and their relationship unfolding in their teen years was genuinely one of the most beautiful portrayals of love I’ve ever seen. As I watched each episode, it was clear that Chen Yi ONLY cared about Miao Jing; every decision he made seemed to be with her in mind, even at the expense of his own safety. Circumstances lead to them being separated and their reunion is adulthood unfolded very slowly. In adulthood, Miao Jing is an auditor who is investigating the company Chen Yi works for, and they end up getting involved in danger. Obviously, there’s some tension as Chen Yi doesn’t want Miao Jing to get hurt, but there’s also a lot of misunderstandings because of this. I think the chemistry of the leads really made this drama so good!

Most of what people will criticise including me, is the dragging of the auditing report thing. I genuinely still don’t completely understand what the danger was or why so many scenes were focused on the auditing, but it got really boring at some points, so I definitely skipped through some scenes.
Also, Cen Ye (the second lead) was SO annoying. Usually, I at least sympathise for the second male leads in dramas but this guy pissed me off. I felt sorry for Chen Yi’s fake gf at times and at least she backed off eventually - her story was really sad to be honest.

Overall, the main leads makes this drama a 9-9.5/10 - I’ve watched so many dramas but this couple will stay with me for a longggg time! I think this is worth the watch if you’re looking for a slow-burn childhood enemies to lovers kind of c-drama!