Perhaps I was expecting too much from this drama, or it may also be some cultural difference. To me, drama is all over the place and a lot of stuff does not make sense (how on earth you can't recognize your first love?!) .
From my point of view, this is a failure on director's side as you can tell that actresses and actors are trying their best but scripts they were given was at time truly disappointing - if it wasn't for Li Qin, I would of drop this a while ago . She makes this drama almost worth your time.