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A bit rushed and strangely edited

First episode gets off to a bit of an uneven start. The story is a bit smashed together with only barely enough info to make it make sense. And the whole 'allergic to tears' thing is a bit weird and contrived. Why not give her a more believable condition such as maybe an anxiety disorder or heart defect or low-blood pressure that leads to fainting or whatever? Whil being allergic to tears (actually the proteins in tears) is not completely unreal, it's extremely rare and a strange thing to base a story on. That said, both Bai Lu and Lu Yun Xi kick off their roles in great form. They both look great and they immediately have chemistry even though they are at odds to start off. Oh, and Du Li already reeks of pathetic annoying unrequited SML before we have even started. Hopefully we won't have to endure too much of that creep.

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Three Stars

I'm a little disappointed in the ending. It wasn't 'bad', but some plot decisions were far less than satisfactory. Because they skipped ahead 2 years from the proposal to her master's degree graduation, we completely missed any interaction with the parents, which is something I was kinda looking forward to. And then while we got some 'wedding-like' events in the return trip to Guillen (the photo shoot and the 'banquet'), we never get the actual wedding. Also, because they had dragged out the Duo-Dou + Ya Song storyline forever (12 freaking years of unwanted 'friend zone'????!!!) that storyline filled up the final episode instead of, well, an actual wedding for the leads! And we also skipped right on past Zheng & Xiaoxing actually confessing to each other. That was just hand-waved over and we just accept it must have happened somehow. Finally, returning to Dou-Dou and Ya Song: This plot was just annoying. It started off great. Based on other commenters on the Viki stream, I wasn't alone in really liking the potential of this couple when first hinted at way, way back. Chen Hua Lan is one of my favorite actresses and she was wonderful right off the bat as Sister Dou Dou. But the show kinda ignored resolving the obvious 'thing' between her character and Feng Ya Song for too long and when they got back to it they turned Feng Ya Song into one of the most irritating baby man-child idiots that by the final episode I was rooting for Dou-Dou to give up on him and go find herself a mature man who would act like an adult. So disappointing. Unbelievable that they dragged their going-nowhere relationship out another 2 years (12 in total). Otherwise, the story we got in the limited time they left for the leads was okay. Just could have been much better. if they hadn't had to devote so much last minute screen time to the immaturity of Feng Ya Song.

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