I was excited to start this drama because I really love both of the lead actors and felt like they would have interesting chemistry onscreen. In that sense I was completely correct. This is one of those rare dramas where the age gap really works. The dynamic is certainly stern, commanding older male lead and bold, bubbly younger female lead, but I feel like they do a great job of showing how that can be a really joyful and beautiful dynamic. In reality, I'm not so sure if this would really work, but in the magical world of dramas I think it's very successful. Rosy Zhao has this infectious energy and earnestness that's very charming, and Lin Yu Shen brings a moody, intense, and weightier presence to the screen. Together I think they make a great pair.

But while their scenes together are some of the loveliest and most intense romantic scenes I've seen in a drama in a while, I feel like the rest of the drama is a lot weaker and really drags down our leads. There are certainly bright moments. I like the focus on social class, I like the sort of fish-out-of-water aspect of each of the leads stepping into each other's worlds, but I think that there are too many repetitive aspects of the rest of the plot. There is a lot of scheming family members, misunderstandings, and even fights between the leads that are really hard to watch as a viewer. I was really invested in this couple and the plot brutalizes their characters in a way that wasn't very enjoyable to see onscreen episode after episode. It's not that I don't like a dark or tragic or serious plot, but I think this one was just too melodramatic and clunky for the drama.

Overall, great leads with exceptional chemistry, but an uninteresting and sometimes painful plot that gets more repetitive and draggy the longer the drama goes on. A nasty brother bent on revenge and using the unsuspecting female lead in his schemes is very 2005, and I wasn't interested in it in the least.