I started watching this drama because I had nothing to watch and saw quite a lot of good reviews on it. I’m also neither a fan of Joe Chen nor Huang Xiaoming, as I’ve never watch a series with them in it, so this review is not bias. The drama started of okay, not too good, but bearable, and then it got draggy toward the middle. I was on the verge of giving up and skip to the last episode if it’s not because of my favorite couple( not Jinxiu and Zhou Zhen... and I will talk more about it later). Then out of nowhere, the drama’s pace speed up during the last few episode and ended in the most abrupt and crappy way. The main couple is also one of the reason why I wanted to drop the series. Joe Chen is way too old to play a sweet, naive young girl that does nothing but open her eyes as wide as she could and cry at any chances she got. Huang Xiaoming, on the other hand, had only one expression throughout the whole drama, his character was sooo annoying and boring that I have no clue if it’s because of the actor’s acting or the character himself, but the only thing that I know is that even the smallest supporting character have more charisma than him. Now, this drama is not entirely bad, as I have one thing that I love about it... Yin Mingzhu and Xiang Hanchuan. Their love story is way more interesting than the stupid and boring love story of Jinxiu and Zhou Zhen, I actually cried over their tragic ending, and also angry because Mingzhu’s conclusion was sort of rush and stupid. Lv Jiarong and Tse Kwan-ho‘s acting’s are also top notch and the best among the cast with mediocre to bad acting. Overall, this drama is a total disappointment and I would never want to watch it again, unless I want a good cry, then I would rewatch it, but skip to all the scene with Mingzhu and Hanchuan to watched their sad love story over again. From now on, I will probably avoid any drama with Joe Chen and Huang Xiaoming in it, as I heard that Huang Xiaoming loves playing cold-hearted main lead and Joe Chen, who is now 40, still play naive, young girl, 5 years after Cruel Romance.(p.s This is just my personal thoughts on the drama, so please no hate, thank you!)
