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Joyce Chan
7 people found this review helpful
Nov 20, 2020
30 of 30 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 4.5
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A journey of Stenotype operator and solving cases!

This drama was so good ! Heads up not a romantic one! It woulda be nice to add a tad more romance but this drama is about crime/cases. This one is interesting because they are different cases inside this drama like each vignette/story is like 5 episode. All of them are very mind thrilling and definitely gets your adrenaline rushing!

Love Janice Wu as the lead!! She is a genius, very good at critical thinking and analyzing, very good at all subjects. She has a twin sister. Her twin sister Qiao Ya, applied to be a court intern and disappear right before she need to take her exam. She asked the main lead Qiao Nuo to taker her place. Her twin had something important to finish, so she asked her sister Qiao Nuo in the mean time to act as her cover. She takes the job well because she is very smart. There are like 5 different cases that they go through. The male lead is a court prosecutor he is also very intelligence and upholds justice.

What I find interesting is that it isn't strictly just court cases, but the story behind them and the investigation. To me they are like police. Its interesting to see the prosecutor and lawyer go head to head! Each case was packed with suspense and totally unthinkable. The case that left an impact was the one on bullying! I really wanted the bully to get justice. Also there was the mystery behind the sister and what was happening. ( although I was slightly disappointed by how that turned out) I though maybe the last couple episodes would talk more, but it was through the drama . Also the ending was not my favorite.... I felt like the sister's disappearance could of been better.

The male lead liked the female lead but that was basically it. Nothing further after that, i mean because this drama is focused on the crimes and cases. I didn't like that fact the male lead , didnt trust the female lead after he found out about her real identity. I felt he was not understanding and ever strayed from her..

I would high recommend this drama!

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jinxed_happiness
1 people found this review helpful
Feb 26, 2021
30 of 30 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 7.5
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Watch it for the aura it sets!

To begin with, I mostly don't venture into crime or detective type of series as such. This one captured my attention and I was hooked onto it. I started this because of Wu Qian but ended up loving every single character. There's not much of love or rival in love bs. It's a very mature story. The only thing I wasn't satisfied was with how the series ending. If there were atleast five more episodes things would have been more interesting and clear. The last episode was too vague and it was kind of abrupt to end the story that way. The story of the twins could have been more elaborated. Anyway on the whole it was nice to watch it and I might re-watch it sometime later.

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white17e
0 people found this review helpful
Jul 8, 2022
30 of 30 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.5
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Rare Gem Legal Drama

This this my second time watching Chinese Legal drama after Truth. This drama is so underrated seems so few people know about it, the cases are so interesting and the acting of all the cast are so good. Qiao Nuo (Janice Wu) ask by her twin sister Qiao Ya to took her place as an intern in a city court. Qiao Ya ask her to do so cause she has another task to do but she didn't tell Qiao Nou what was she is going to do and just disappear and Qiao Nou can't even contact her. In her role as intern she was facing with interesting cases, she is smart and takes the jobs well. The male leads is also smart and does the job very well in uphold justice. But I like the second male lead more played by Dai Xu because his acting is so phenomenal, he play a lawyer who will do anything just to win the case. Sound like a bad guy at first but later his has character development and doing his job right for the justice.

It has a little bit of romance because the ML like the FL, but after he know her true identity things became different. Second couple love story more interesting though.

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2ndLeadsBest
0 people found this review helpful
Mar 2, 2021
30 of 30 episodes seen
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Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 3.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

Watched it for Dai Xu

Honestly I didn't think the story was all that compelling. The acting by the FL was mediocre at best or maybe it could've been ruined by the dubbed voice. Her love interest was boring as well although nothing was really solidified as it is not a romance drama. I strictly watched this for Dai Xu. He's acting is always on par with all his supporting roles I've seen him in. Again his character was the best and most interesting in this drama.

The stories were ok, nothing too moving. You aren't really moved either way. The ending felt super rushed.
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