I dropped this drama after the 20th episode because it was getting boring, and the chemistry between the female lead (FL) and male lead (ML) was becoming too clichéd. It was nice at first, but I mainly watched it for Li Hongyi, who was the only character I truly adored. The FL was also beautiful, but I didn't like her character much. As for the second girl (whose name I can't remember), the one Li Hongyi was supposed to marry, I think she deserved him more. But in the end, he fell for the FL. Overall, the drama was enjoyable up until about episode 18, but after that, it started to drag, and I ended up fast-forwarding through episodes 20 to 23 just to get to the plot and ending. The ending wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. So, "Parallel Love" was just average for me.