Great Cast. Horrible Script.
Wonderful cast. Horrible script. The overall plot, the setting, the production level and of course the actors were all great. Unfortunately, the script was just awful. The script writer clearly was in love with the "misunderstanding" plot trope as she used it again and again and again in various forms throughout this show. This trope was used to drag out contrived drama for far, far longer than was remotely entertaining. Worse, the script also required some of the characters to act, well, bizarre. Dylan Wang's character, Shi Yan, was just so bizarre and not likable at all until around episode 31 or 32, which is how long it took before the show finally resolve the main 'misunderstanding' to allow the two leads to finally become a couple. Through most of this show his character is so incredibly petty, sullen, ridiculously resistant to normal human communication and to the FL, often downright cruel and abusive. That all magically goes away when they finally turn the corner, but that doesn't happen until, like I said, around episode 31+. Most of this series is just dragged out contrived 'dramatic tension' that you are left waiting for the plot to finally resolve so they can be together. Then you finally get a tiny handful of episodes of them actually being together. This is not good storytelling. There are some good points. While their characters are at times annoying and ridiculous, both Bai Lu and Dylan Wang perform them well. The then-very-young Shen Yu Jie, as Qin Shiyue, is wonderful and steals much of the show as one of the only consistently 'sane' characters and one who goes through a lot of personal growth. The cast and the overall plot premise were good, and the last 5 episodes were much better, but man, it was tough hanging on to the end. I blame all the problems in this show on the awful script.
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