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I usually don't care for modern dramas because the story lines are basically the same. Office drama/romances, love triangles, corporate espionage, etc. This drama honestly wasn't different in that aspect. The story lines were fairly the same as most modern/office dramas. The one good point was that this drama essentially skips all of the beginning relationship building, and at the beginning of this drama, the ML and FML already have a strong work relationship.The FML is actually the ML's "lucky person/mascot" and they've been together since day one of the company.
For me this plot advance gives you more time to really see the development of their relationship from boss/employee to lovers with good detail. It also makes the FML stronger, IMO, because you and other characters see the effort she already put in for the company, so there's little "back-door, climbing up the ladder" feeling that many other dramas end up having. No major twists and turns, but I think the development of their relationship was actually pretty solid.
As for the side characters, I honestly didn't care too much about them. The sister and her husband plot line pretty much worked out ¼ of the way in and they were just side characters by the end. The SML and SFML relationship was longer building, but honestly felt a bit more rushed to me. They were both "in love" with the ML and FML, but after one night, the SML was immediately in love with the SFML. Meh.
Characters:
ML - I like that more Chinese dramas are adapting the "cold boss" 霸道总裁 trope. The ML can still have some characteristics of that without being overly "cold" and ridiculous. I think Xing Zhao Lin honestly was super cute in this drama. His little smiles and facial expressions won me over while watching this.
FML - I honestly think Bai Lu was really good in this drama. She played the cutesy FML part well, but also showed a very responsible, dedicated, hardworking side as well. Overall the chemistry with XZL wasn't super deeply amazing, but it was cutesy and surface level good.
Others - The ex-girlfriend was honestly a bit overacted for me. Most of the characters were fairly realistic to me, but her character was just overly extra with no real substance.
Overall:
Again, decently cutesy drama. The kiss scenes were pretty good for a chinese drama. I would probably watch again whenever I have nothing else to watch, but it didn't blow my mind.
I usually don't care for modern dramas because the story lines are basically the same. Office drama/romances, love triangles, corporate espionage, etc. This drama honestly wasn't different in that aspect. The story lines were fairly the same as most modern/office dramas. The one good point was that this drama essentially skips all of the beginning relationship building, and at the beginning of this drama, the ML and FML already have a strong work relationship.The FML is actually the ML's "lucky person/mascot" and they've been together since day one of the company.
For me this plot advance gives you more time to really see the development of their relationship from boss/employee to lovers with good detail. It also makes the FML stronger, IMO, because you and other characters see the effort she already put in for the company, so there's little "back-door, climbing up the ladder" feeling that many other dramas end up having. No major twists and turns, but I think the development of their relationship was actually pretty solid.
As for the side characters, I honestly didn't care too much about them. The sister and her husband plot line pretty much worked out ¼ of the way in and they were just side characters by the end. The SML and SFML relationship was longer building, but honestly felt a bit more rushed to me. They were both "in love" with the ML and FML, but after one night, the SML was immediately in love with the SFML. Meh.
Characters:
ML - I like that more Chinese dramas are adapting the "cold boss" 霸道总裁 trope. The ML can still have some characteristics of that without being overly "cold" and ridiculous. I think Xing Zhao Lin honestly was super cute in this drama. His little smiles and facial expressions won me over while watching this.
FML - I honestly think Bai Lu was really good in this drama. She played the cutesy FML part well, but also showed a very responsible, dedicated, hardworking side as well. Overall the chemistry with XZL wasn't super deeply amazing, but it was cutesy and surface level good.
Others - The ex-girlfriend was honestly a bit overacted for me. Most of the characters were fairly realistic to me, but her character was just overly extra with no real substance.
Overall:
Again, decently cutesy drama. The kiss scenes were pretty good for a chinese drama. I would probably watch again whenever I have nothing else to watch, but it didn't blow my mind.
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