I finished this title a while ago and generally it was good.

The actors were great.

The story was weak, especially towards the end, but it was an interesting concept.

The characters where not well written, there was far to much of the ML understanding the person who nearly poisoned him to death and other characters forgiving people who had done unspeakable things for it to be realistic. Also the characters seemed to reach a certain point and stall completely in development. It was a bit disappointing.

I would not watch it again but i'm glad I did once.

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(original review)

I am half way through this drama and a few things are beginning to show up for me, some good and some not so good.

First of all the acting is good. I haven't seen Ethan Juan since 'Legend of Fuyao' so I was interested in seeing him in this and he doesn't disappoint. Neither does the female lead who I saw in 'Fly with you' last year. So the main cast is strong and easy to watch. The Secondary cast is also easy to watch and very good at portraying their parts.

This brings me to the characters in the story. Now I know I am only half way through but I thought their would be at least some character development by now but their isn't, at least with the main cast. Jiang QianFan began the show as a man who covered his insecurities with a bad attitude, secrets and his ability to show off and he is still doing so. Ke Song covers up her feeling of being 'less' than others by throwing tantrums and just giving up before she starts, although she is beginning to fight back as the story progresses.
It's the 'villains' of the story that are showing the most progression in the story so far but sadly they seem to make the least sense both plot and character wise. Elise thinks she is entitled to Jiang QianFan simply because they were once going out and somehow manages to make it HIS fault that she poisons him, lies to him and eventually cheats him out of everything. Plus her mother seems to think this is all perfectly normal. I really don't see the logic.

I hope the second half of the show starts focusing on the leads development a bit more because at this point the show is really starting to make our leads look a bit dumb!

The acting, set, costumes and music are all great. It is the plot and characterisation that is letting it down at the moment, but lets hope that gets fixed in the second half.