Shows human irrationality, but at times it feels aimless

1. The story is promising and makes me envy that kind of love and luck the leads have (as being rich kids), but the storytelling is very inconsistent. In a memory, Yan is shown visiting Xiaomeng in her room at a rainy night, and Xiaomeng's mother plays fool while noticing him, only to later try to force a sudden split after Yan's father catches him or the mother reports him (it's unclear which). I was so confused.

2. The relationship between the leads as half-siblings is forgotten most of the time, or wrongly taken for granted storytelling-wise, but the holes are obvious for you to fill so I can see why they didn't even try to use that. However, it feels like a big gap in the plot and some missed storytelling opportunities.

3. The fact they call uncle and aunt all adults one on one can be confusing at first. It's also odd.

4. The story gets pretty bland and repetitive after Yan's dad dies. I get he gets suspicious and angry, but instead of showing a journey on the discovery, he just shuts himself down and she gets aimless. Yan's role in the company is almost all about the drama, and you don't even feel he's managing a humongous corporation.

5. Xiaomeng's evolution goes from bad to worse until she tries doing theater. That's so many episodes of her being pathetic that it's not fun at all. They tried to make her look incorruptible, and it's nice she's so pure of heart, but damn, give her some character and self-respect.

6. Yan is a complex character. He's still too young to deal with the company on his own plus the mystery of his father's murder at the same time. I get it. He just shuts down for so many episodes that watching the abuse feels like torture at some point. It would be nice if he discovered some of the truth on his own instead of just seeing the story unfold on its own.

7. Because of 5 and 6 the series feels far too long.

8. Xiaomeng's mother seems to have all the answers, but beyond ONE deed that helps Yan discover one secret, she's completely useless as a character and even decides to not say anything. That is so fricking frustrating! There was a lot of potential right there. Even she being "back to normal" doesn't feel too different from what she was before. It's ridiculous.

9. The friends are all okay but come on, it's like they didn't have any more friends than those that the plot wanted.

10. The Jian Qing side gets annoying as the lead actors seem like sitting ducks even after knowing right from the beginning he's the bad guy. Yan is warned from episode 1 from his dad, and yet he always plays dumb right until 3/4s of the drama, but still he does nothing really.

Overall its entertaining, but you have to suffer a bit to get to the end.

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