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zhao jinmai will always deliver!
i'm in the process of watching every drama starring zhao jinmai, and this is definitely gonna be one of my favorites.
to start, the introductory plot is very interesting. i'm glad that lin yusen was wrongfully petty before they cleared up the misunderstanding. what happened to him was not something light, and if he immediately just let go of his hatred when he met nie xiguang the second time, he wouldn't be my favorite. i hate foolishly stupid men in love. that he had to go through his negative emotions towards her before fully accepting his feelings again is written accurately.
i was also surprised to find that xiguang's character was not doormat. what we usually see from rich nepo babies, especially women, is they have to be extra nice, so they don't offend their (fake) friends with their wealth. when she got accused by her jealous roommate, i was glad she stood up for herself and didn't apologize. her close relationship with her maternal family, especially her cousin, was also something i value greatly. i'm glad she has permanent people on her side because sometimes, it tends to get unrealistic when everyone seems to be against the main leads for the plot.
another character i'm surprised about is zhuang xu (second male lead). i started this drama fully ready to hate him to my core. the edits on tiktok, the clips i saw, they're all showing how much of a manchild he was and i was glad xieguang didn't date him. however, surprisingly, i did sympathize with his situation and understood where his inferiority complex came from. i'm not saying he's not annoying—he is!—but his insecurities are valid. it's not a something he can change (their social status gap), no matter how hard he works. i do think he shouldn't be so foul-mouthed when talking to her, but i felt bad for him in the end when he ended up realizing how wrongly he fucked up. his childhood friend feeding him lies also didn't help his case and made his resolve to be a coward so much worse. in the end, he got courageous in the wrong time. this scene also cracked me up because he and xiguang were finally confronting each other, and the taxi xiguang hailed was just beside them waiting. i was laughing, wondering how that will play out if it happened in real life.
anyway, i also disliked that they cleared up the misunderstand too late. i wish they cleared it up earlier than that, or at least before episode 20.
the ost is also not something i connected with, especially the theme song that plays whenever they have romantic moments together. it takes me out of the scene because the song pisses me off, and i just mute it and hope it ends immediately. i wish they played something else; not a singer belting out an english song that i feel like don't match the main couple's calm energy.
the on-the-nose propaganda about their solar technology also got old too fast. i was hooked in the beginning, and then i started skipping it halfway through. the drama felt so draggy with these scenes prolonged in some episodes.
there was also a memorable scene i couldn't forget where xiguang got angry at yusen when he had to attend to an emergency, and she got upset because he didn't update her. i get her and i'm always team maimai, but i was lowkey thinking: "girl, somebody almost died. surely, you'd think this isn't about you?"
but overall, i really enjoyed this. the equal social status of both leads made it interesting, and although i was getting tired of seeing CEO leads left and right, song weilong was good at portraying a CEO who actually does his day-to-day work. it made me believe that he was really busy. the ending was also satisfying. definitely rewatch material if you're feeling like watching something lighthearted.
to start, the introductory plot is very interesting. i'm glad that lin yusen was wrongfully petty before they cleared up the misunderstanding. what happened to him was not something light, and if he immediately just let go of his hatred when he met nie xiguang the second time, he wouldn't be my favorite. i hate foolishly stupid men in love. that he had to go through his negative emotions towards her before fully accepting his feelings again is written accurately.
i was also surprised to find that xiguang's character was not doormat. what we usually see from rich nepo babies, especially women, is they have to be extra nice, so they don't offend their (fake) friends with their wealth. when she got accused by her jealous roommate, i was glad she stood up for herself and didn't apologize. her close relationship with her maternal family, especially her cousin, was also something i value greatly. i'm glad she has permanent people on her side because sometimes, it tends to get unrealistic when everyone seems to be against the main leads for the plot.
another character i'm surprised about is zhuang xu (second male lead). i started this drama fully ready to hate him to my core. the edits on tiktok, the clips i saw, they're all showing how much of a manchild he was and i was glad xieguang didn't date him. however, surprisingly, i did sympathize with his situation and understood where his inferiority complex came from. i'm not saying he's not annoying—he is!—but his insecurities are valid. it's not a something he can change (their social status gap), no matter how hard he works. i do think he shouldn't be so foul-mouthed when talking to her, but i felt bad for him in the end when he ended up realizing how wrongly he fucked up. his childhood friend feeding him lies also didn't help his case and made his resolve to be a coward so much worse. in the end, he got courageous in the wrong time. this scene also cracked me up because he and xiguang were finally confronting each other, and the taxi xiguang hailed was just beside them waiting. i was laughing, wondering how that will play out if it happened in real life.
anyway, i also disliked that they cleared up the misunderstand too late. i wish they cleared it up earlier than that, or at least before episode 20.
the ost is also not something i connected with, especially the theme song that plays whenever they have romantic moments together. it takes me out of the scene because the song pisses me off, and i just mute it and hope it ends immediately. i wish they played something else; not a singer belting out an english song that i feel like don't match the main couple's calm energy.
the on-the-nose propaganda about their solar technology also got old too fast. i was hooked in the beginning, and then i started skipping it halfway through. the drama felt so draggy with these scenes prolonged in some episodes.
there was also a memorable scene i couldn't forget where xiguang got angry at yusen when he had to attend to an emergency, and she got upset because he didn't update her. i get her and i'm always team maimai, but i was lowkey thinking: "girl, somebody almost died. surely, you'd think this isn't about you?"
but overall, i really enjoyed this. the equal social status of both leads made it interesting, and although i was getting tired of seeing CEO leads left and right, song weilong was good at portraying a CEO who actually does his day-to-day work. it made me believe that he was really busy. the ending was also satisfying. definitely rewatch material if you're feeling like watching something lighthearted.
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