I absolutely loved the the series, after Go Ahead, this is the first Chinese series, I can actually feel and it has effected my mode more than I had thought.

The direction, cinematography (I don't mind washed up screen), the pacing, and the shift between past and present is so smoothly done, that it is rare for a CN drama these days, where everything is fast paced, quick, without any logic and the random evilness, and mostly you are not given any time to empathise with characters or feel them, but surprisingly this drama offers you a plenty of time to know characters and not let you bore at the same time.

It sure has some typical Chinese elements, but thats given and I can ignore that fully, because the acting, and writing is true star here, both leads are talented and veteran of their craft. When they are on screen, the electrifying chemistry flows in air and create magic.

The story is cliche, yet done right. I was anxious, and felt on the edge of seat to see FL and ML tension, specially ML coldness towards, despite his love for her. I am sure something happened in past that made FL leave her, nor his father nor her loving pother person broke them, it was something inevitable and culmination of her poor fate. When you are born poor, life is not just life, it is a struggle, it takes your pride away, it makes you do things that can make you feel less than your other half. She has been like that her whole life. Despite being talented, smart, she lost in the love she thought could save her. ML who sincerely loved her, wanted best for her, couldn't truly understood her. She knew he would believe her if she would tell him a lie, so she made him believe that she doesn't loved him but money or whatever. ML is keeping a damn good job at keeping himself misunderstood and ignorant of anything, when secret will be revealed he will run for her, I just hope it is not too late.

FL's husband, who is also not bad, is just not smart enough, good looking enough or fit the criteria of ML, but FL is loyal as she know, although she doesn't love him, and he knows that, she is keeping this name for sake relationship alive for reason, I truly hope we get to know soon. Like what exactly their relationship is. Is it a paper marriage? or marriage to protect her child. And we all know whose child Pingping is. I don't have to spoil or say it.

Music, and the melo scenes, and flashback are equally fantastic and it is a part of story, like essential part of story. So I am very much glad that the sequence of those flashbacks are so aligned and so well fitted to current timeline, that you keep wanting more. It reminds me of "When My Love Bloom", it has 50% same story, but with different touch.

It is a must watch series as it is mature romance, it might not fit for everyone, but it is addictive as hell, for a person like me.