One big cliche

I watched this series because I really enjoyed the other drama the two leads were in together. They both acted fairly well but I enjoyed the male's character way more, that was the case for this series as well. I didn't really like XiXi. I hated her mulling and pouting and the aeygo faces she kept making. I thought she was an adult but she kept being so childish and it made her character hard to like. Ms. Ran was way better. I liked her dominant character and she was more relatable. Even Mr. Mo was likable. I was happy that he didn't follow the female villain's lead and continue to try to do evil even when he saw there was no way they would ever be together. I liked the fact that he bowed out while still being a friend to XiXi. I thought the female villain was way over the top. How Sichen kept figuring out it was her and never retaliated and also kept trying to just be her friend. It was clear she was unhinged and obsessed, even his mother recognized it. Why they never got that girl any help is beyond me. Anyone who would behave like that and still think everyone should give her her way is psychotic and needs to be institutionalized.
I was honestly mostly enjoying the series until the masquerade party. The masks were dumb. Seriously how can you know recognize people in half masks. The Nianxi was dumb because it was clearly Mr. Mo. But Xixi started being mean to Sichen because she thought he told her he liked someone else and it was so cliche and so unnecessary. Then I think I stopped liking the series. Because what followed was every cliche that has ever happened in CDramas squeezed into 10 episodes. It became so hard to watch and XIXi became even more whiney and I almost stopped watching so many times. Can I say I am happy I kept watching, nope. Not even going to lie. It just kept getting worse.
I am so happy that both the leads have grown so much since this series because this Cdrama just wasn't it.

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Great!

I came onto this series becasue of a clip of Commander Tan entering the party at the Mu Mansion. I literally said, "is he the bad guy, I have fallen already." And his character in the series didn't disappoint. I think he is the type of character all the domineering CEOs are trying to emulate but just not getting it right. His character was crafty and funny and lovable at the same time. I loved when he outsmarted everyone at every turn.
I am not a fan of female characters in CDramas at all. I don't like the baby talk or the pouting or acting like a 4 year old (hence my Little Four was my least favorite character and the only one I really couldn't tolerate at all.) But the female lead was smart, strong and honest. I thought she did great. I didn't think I would like her because I found her a little sanctimonious in the first episode but she quickly grew on me.
I liked this series all the way to the end, for the most part. I thought it got a little draggy between 24-30 episodes and they fell into the trope-y breakup because of what happened in the past that had nothing to do with the other person. So cliche but that was soon shown to be something else entirely.

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It was good until it wasn't

I really liked this drama overall. I liked all the characters and the actors. I liked the storyline for the most part. Actually until it got to the 2nd or maybe it was the 3rd time she broke up with him, if you count five years ago, it might have been the 4th or 5th time.
This drama was very trope-y. The breaking up because you were eavesdropping and didn't wait to hear the whole conversation is overdone and I think that was when I was like, hmm. By episode 22, I was skipping forward most of the episodes. But, 22 out of 28 isn't bad when you think about the first 21 episodes were actually enjoyable. The last six wasn't bad they were just predicable.
But, no I wouldn't watch it again.

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It started off strong

I really like this drama in the beginning. I really felt that Fangning's character was one of the most likeable characters in all the CDramas I have watched in the past. She will probably always be my favorite now. One thing I don't like about most female leads in CDramas is how weak their character is and how needy and childish. She was never any of that except when it came to get her husband's love. Still didn't mind it though.
I really liked this drama until I was actually bored by episode 18. I was still watching it but not invested any longer. I realized I couldn't stand any of the support character at all. None of their storylines made any sense. Like, PingPing. Why was she still allowed to be so clingy. She had a stalker she was scared of but had did much worse to Dr. Ling. The stalker had only followed her around, she literally tried to sabotage his wedding, his marriage and his job. And their biggest enemy was right there. Why didn't they sue him and charge him with corporate espionage? Why didn't they accuse his company of underhanded tactics to bring them down? It just got to be too stupid by episode 24 because not only did I not understand some of the dumb choices people were making the story was just dragging on by that time.

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It was good to me.

Really good. I liked all the characters and especially shipped the main couple. I really didn't like the professor and the intern getting together. Their relationship was sorta cringy. Not because of the age gap but because she was so invested that she came off as a stalker at times. I feel like he just gave in because she wore him down. Another thing was I didn't think they should have done that to the ex-boyfriend. I understand he cheated because he thought the other girl would be able to help him more but he saw before long that he wasn't happy with the other girl. They could have just left him to wallow in his grief.
I was also liking that the main couple wasn't falling into tropey plots until the break up and I thought that one was a real force at that time. Especially when he blocked her but got mad when she deleted his contact.

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Really Like this Series

I found out about this title because I really am not a fan of cdramas and the way the cinderella always comes off as a helpless little girl. The little girl act, I assume is preferred by those in the country, is kind of creepy. So I don't watch them at all. The male leads are always better to me. I researched to find some more mature Cdramas because I didn't want to just give up and this is the first series out of the list that I started watching. That was 16 hours ago and now I am on episode 14.
I really like this series, I like the two male leads. I think both of them are extremely handsome with great characters. I actually think Liu Qing is the more handsome because I really like his personality, always smiling though he hides so much pain. Of the two female leads, I didn't like Wan Qing at all. You told your father to pick any husband then you complained about the husband he picked. But as she softened more to her husband, her personality began to grow on me. I don't like JunDie, she's aggravating. She looks like a started puppy and acts like one. I think what I don't like most is she behaves like the cinderella that thinks she is tough but probably gets beat up all the time, especially by life. Seriously don't like her character.
Will update this review as I complete the series.

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I don't know how I am going to make it through.

I agree with the other reviews, I am only sticking this drama out because of the ML. He is literally carrying the whole drama on his back. The FL isn't a horrible actress, I just think her character is really bad. I don't get the draw of having a grown woman act like a twelve-year old helpless child. They dress her like a child and it's kind of cringy how they want these lead actresses to be child-like. And her best friend is annoying too. And she looks like she is wearing a filter, either it's a filter or she is totally disguising her face and it looks a porcelain doll and not in a good way. I kept expecting her face to glitch and there be some old lady in her place.
Hopefully I can make it through all the episodes but I don't see myself ever rewatching it.

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Great watch!

I really enjoyed this series a lot. Every person acted well and there was very few predictable portions. I predicted that Song Yan was going to have to save someone in the fl family in order for them to not be upset about their relationship. But I didn't predict that the brother wouldn't fall for the FL's lookalike. I was sure he would be stupid and I am glad that he wasn't. I was disappointed that the FL picked the reason for arguing with the ml. It was the most random reason that was obviously pulled out of a hat and made no sense. It was mine only beef with the show as a whole.

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It's a no for me

I went to watch this drama because I got the name of it from a list of mature Chinese dramas, it definitely wasn't. From the first scene I knew it wasn't going to happen for me. The female lead did nothing but yell in her irritating voice from the beginning. I watched Go Go Squid and couldn't stand her in that drama but I finished it because of the male lead. I was really hoping this would be the same but she literally was so annoying in every scene. Why is she so loud?! and immature? No wonder her boyfriend not only left her but quit his job to get away from her.
I would watch it to see if I like the male lead enough to continue it but he is barely in the first episode so my idea is the series is based around the female lead and that is just too much for me. Seriously why are Chinese female leads so childish?

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