Okay this is a bromance and not a BL, but having said that, its was a really good and extremely enjoyable to watch, I literally watched this drama in one sitting that is how good it was.

This Drama is a separate beast altogether. Though the main relationship remains explosive with unresolved sexual tension that is very palpable, in absence of actual sex a real mentor and pupil relationship comes to a forefront and the progression of said relationship is very realistic. As a rule the story deals with two very different and lonely people who have no one they can trust, as they are thrust into a situation they both don't want while being chained by their temperaments and positions., And the show does very well with the options it got.

The main characters were really put together, you can feel and see the chemistry between them, it would have been nice for them to have had some NC scenes (but with China on rampage with this I guess we have to settle with no touchy adaptations)
not only were there a well, pair but they both were hot in looks, your typical BAD BOY, meets White collar boy. there were well matched I thought & decently-paced, in a way that really drew me in, if perhaps while implementing plotlines & characters that one could perhaps say have been done before.

I thought the acting, at very least of the two lead males especially, was very powerful and well-done & very compelling; I thought they also had excellent chemistry and played very very well off of each other. From their facial-expressions, to their vocal-tones, & their overall body-language & everything...it was all so excellently conveyed by these actors that, in my opinion, it crossed into that silver/golden line where really great acting actually becomes completely surreal & even almost Unreal to watch for me in how perfectly & how POWERFULLY portrayed it is. when in reality it is actually a pretty rare person who actually conveys their emotions so well or so flawlessly that it is nearly impossible to so-easily mistake except perhaps if you aren't really particularly attentive or learned to such specifics or detail. (But, it wasn't just the leads, many - if not even all - of the rest of the cast also acted very capably well.) I thought the whole cast embodied their characters well, although - I suppose - I can not truly compare the characters from the tv series to those in the novel...nothing I have heard of the novels so far has really deviated from what I had personally seen in the tv series. Of course, every reader of any novel will have their own ideas regarding that anyhow, I'm sure.

Overall, this is a great show, and the story is so different that it got me hooked. A must watch! Again, BROMANCE…LOL.