I love The Autumn Ballad more than I thought. It's very different from other series I watched.

Qiu Yan is very special. I love how she's not that typical. She's smart, strong and often scheming yet vulnerable enough in front of her mom, her sister and the one she loves. She's a perfect match with Liang Yi who are the same. He's quite grey and cold but secretly holds a soft spot for Qiu Yan. Their romance progresses quite naturally. It's just realistic and how love should be depicted (i.e. unlike some other series, ML/FL suddenly likes each other for ridiculous reasons...).

The side characters are however lame. Qin Xuan is useless for most of the series. But I cannot blame him because Liang Yi outshines him at all levels. Qiu Min's character development also doesn't make sense, especially in the last few episodes when she suddenly changes (for no reasons).

The ending is obviously weak. They introduce a new villain quite late and the ending for Liang Yi's mom is unnecessary. Why not a wedding instead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, I still love the series, thanks to all the cute scenes between Liang Yi and Qiu Yan.