My biggest dissatisfaction is the acting. I really liked the story line but the acting kind of took away the nostalgia of the moment. While Li Yifeng's acting is so-so, the character of Su Mo is icy and devoid of feeling on the outside, so Li's portrayal of Su Mo is befitting. Yukke Chen, however is very bad. Her acting is bland, very textbook, and lacks variation. She only has one expression, which is staring with those big eyes (sometime with tears and sometimes without, that's the only variation she's done here.) I really disliked the character of Na Sheng at first, but she grew on me. Kudos to Zheng Ye Chen. He was great here. I don't understand why he is not more famous.

Chemistry between the leads is non-existent. Bai Ying acts the same way towards Su Mo, Zhen Lan and Xi Jing. So if you are here for the love story, you will not go away feeling satisfied.