Writers ruined what could have been easily a 10/10 drama.

The beginning was great and I was really thinking this would be another 10/10 drama, however I don't know if they writers started smoking something cause what the macoroni did they do to ruin something that could have been a master piece. The plot lines were interesting and I felt the cast did a pretty amazing job but for the story to go in so many random and then horrific direction completely ruining what could have been a perfect show. I'm not mad that this show isn't good. I'm mad because it could've been amazing but they ruined it. Also I'm not referring to the ending on the reason why this drama was bad because the ending was whatever because the rest was just highs and large lows

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Most Boring Main Male Lead Of All Time

The whole story was just very all over the place. The supposedly evil scenes and this mysterious guy just randomly pop up after not being relevant at all in certain episodes and I felt like it was more of an add-on and a nuisance to the story rather than something actually interesting. The concept was great the execution was not so much.
The main issue with the story is how the Main Male Lead had zero build-up with the Female Lead and still got her. I had no problem with him winning since the Second Male Lead wasn't much but at least he tried and had decent chemistry with Female Lead. The Main Lead did absolutely nothing and still won. Especially in episode 13 when they were on the date he messed up in every way possible, had negative rizz, and then she called him annoying even though he didn't do anything and he got a kiss???? That had zero build-up and was just terrible. The Second Male Lead wasn't great and didn't give me second-lead syndrome but since the Main Male Lead was so bad honestly the Second Male Lead would have been better even though he was just alright

The supporting cast was much better as their romances had some buildup and were solid nothing exceptional though. The Female Lead is very outgoing and I feel like people would enjoy her character but the Main Male Lead was just not good in terms of story (Not hating on his acting) it's just the character they gave him didn't do anything and won which still confuses me.

Overall I don't think this drama is worth a watch due to the Main Male Lead being barely relevant and randomly decided he was gonna be the male lead on episode 13. The Second Male Lead wasn't anything great either so he's not worth the watch, The story was a mess although great in concept was not done greatly. I did enjoy the FEMALE LEAD though as she made it bearable to watch and enjoyable at times but still, the Main Male Lead made it hard to watch. Overall this show is not worth the watch.

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Beautiful Romance Drama. Perfection.

The Male Lead of the show was good with great character development with his brother and the people around him, he was enjoyable to watch, a silent character done well that has a great personality. The Female Lead was also a great character and very enjoyable to watch with her bubbly character and outgoing personality. The supporting cast was also incredibly good the main group consisting of 5 splendid characters each with their own issues and upbringings. The Grandma of this show added emotion to this show and added a lot of real-life situations. The parents of Gu Ran also added a feel of what it feels like to not have parents at home all the time due to them being busy but also having an understanding of that and still loving them. The show's pacing was incredibly good and while most dramas have terrible pacing these days these show episodes always leave you wonderfully joyful as each episode is incredibly great and moves the drama forward. The show also isn't as long as other C Dramas as it's only 24 episodes and each one is 30 minutes long. Although it isn't very long it perfectly fulfills what the show needs to be in terms of length.

Some additional but extremely great highlights of the show were the production. The OST was very memorable and noticeable, typically when I watch dramas the OSTs aren't something I really remember after the show except for a few exceptions but this one was very memorable. The Camera features one of my favorites as it added a lot of depth to this show it has the pictures saying Cam and the sound getting worse to signify that it's a camera recording making it genuinely feel like it was a camera recording of the characters and was one of my favorite features of the show. Sadly they removed it towards the end of the show but it was most likely because they were now out of college which is understandable. Nonetheless, it's these small features that add a new layer to the show and I think this is a great watch.

Overall this is one of the best dramas I've ever watched due to the depth, production, story, characters, character development, pacing, and minor details that add a lot to the story. Definitely a 10/10. I 100% would recommend it. This year has been really great for Chinese Dramas it seems.

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