2 yeas ago, I watched the Chinese version with Jackie Chan & Dilireba, this year finally decided to watch the original or Japan version. Still love the concept of the story surrounding Namiya Store. How the advice help people & give warmth in their heart.

Not much a different with the story between this version & Chinese version. But somehow, I don't know what or how this version feel more warm than the Chinese version. It feels more like Mr. Namiya cover me with blanket and tell me everything gonna be OK.

And somehow I also more like the version of the youth here, Yaguchi Atsuya, Kobayashi Shota & Aso Kohei, than the Chinese version. I forget or just simply don't know what make the different to be exact. But maybe the youth here feel more bitter & how Mr. Namiya in his last letter really give the warmth in one of their heart (I forget which one. Haha...)

Oh and I really love how they give us preview or a glimpse about the 3 youth future, this is a big different, cause as I remembered Chinese version don't have this. But just correct me if I'm wrong. Overall this one of the movie that give warmth to our heart after watching...

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I should have read the review first. Haha...

Have bad feeling when WeTV write this as S1, but many praise this drama in MDL. So without much thought I just jumped into the drama. This also cast one of my fav actress, Yang Zi, so i guess I still gonna watch this anyway. Haha...

To be honest when i first read the cast, quite raising my eyebrow & surprised. I can't really say I know any of the actor & when you click their info, none of the actor you could say have experienced in many drama. So yeah quite worried about how they gonna played their character here & how good this drama will be....

Yeah as you already guess this drama is open ending. I can't say cliffhanger, cause it's not. But just unfinished story that need to be tell with another season. If they're not divided this into several part we will gonna have long *ss drama to watch & recently that's what china try to avoid it. Haha... But this is one of the open ending drama that not pissed me off with the closing curtain....

As PeachBlossomGoddess already explained beautifully in her review, so I'll not gonna talk much about character in here, you can read her review to know. Probably just what i like & not about this drama

Well i gonna talk about what I like first. Cause it's safer... Haha... Gonna talk about a bit spoiler in the don't like part...
+ I really like Yang Zi here. How she played the boyish Wen Xiao Liu (XL) or the women Xiao Yao (XY). She potray them perfectly... When she become XL we can sense how lonely she actually is. And when she potray XY, we can sense how she really understood her place & part...
+ I really like Zhang Wan Yi as Xiyan Cang Xuan (CX). We get many expressions from him.... Especially when he potray CX feeling for XY.
+ I also really like Tan Jian Ci as Xiang Liu (XL) / Fangfeng Bei. We get many feeling from him. The lonely, the cruel, the love.. Oh how many expressions that we can separated one from each other.
+ The relationship between XY & CX is really beautiful. How they support & protect each other no matter what... Love the chemistry between Zhang Wan Yi & Yang Zi.
+ The mischievous grandpa, King of Xiyan. He really surprised everyone with his choice of new king....

What I don't like, sometimes for me doesn't make sense even. Haha... A lot spoiler. So if you don't want to know or get spoiler just stop read until here.








- The biggest question mark still for me how other people can be so stupid & doesn't realize the relationship between XY & Tushan Jing (TJ). Especially after what TJ did when XY almost dead.... Before that yeah ok, they hide it quite well.... But after the incident they literally have to tell other people about their feeling, I mean like TJ grandma & Chishui Feng Long (FL), they're the people that involve really can't read the situation & need to be told, really...?? It's just something that doesn't make sense. Even with CX try to cover it, secret like that usually reveal itself & people gonna talk about it...
- I don't like TJ. Haha... Maybe just like PeachBlossomGoddess wrote, Deng Wei just the wrong actor to play him. Yeah i also agreed with PeachBlossomGoddess, Deng Wei played the part of Ye Shiqi (SQ) good enough, I can sense how gentle & his love for XY, but when the time he need to switch character into TJ something feel amiss. And finally I can really accept why XY fall for SQ. Just like CX said in the few last ep, he is maybe the reason for XY to be falling really deep for SQ & that's quite make sense to me. All the thing that TJ did for XY really make the heart of XY soft & penetrate deep... Cause like XY said herself, she look for a man that make her the priority & that's exactly what TJ did for her... Haha...
- We can't really ship for XY & CX. Haha.... Actually the one person that really gonna do anything for XY is CZ. But XY never feel the same with CX, she really just think him as brother & nothing more. Really sad when I see the sad eyes in CX eyes when XY tell him that she gonna accept FL proposal...
- I don't really get the political issue & hope the second season talk about it more elaborate than this season. This season feel heavy on romance than political...
- Don't know like it or not, but how logic everyone when talk about marriage are. Like CX & his wife or Chenrong Xin Yue and her feeling for CX or how FL and XY marriage itself.... We can sense how important marriage alliance in historical times, so important that feeling must put aside....

Overall this one interesting drama to watch. Really looking forward for the continuing of this story. Hope we don't wait too long for it to be aired.

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Sweet childhood romance

Long time not find such fit title. Yeah this drama really like the title 'Exclusive Fairytale', cause not everyone get really such sweet romance story. From baby until grown up, our ML & FL never really separated with each other, except for 1 year while the ML go to university, yet he still come back a few time to meet our FL. Haha...

Story about Xiao Tu (XT) & Ling Chao (LC) that already know each other since baby till grown up. How their friendship finally bloom into romance feeling for each other. The love that get a little 'blinded' by their closeness with each other, until not really realize that the feeling already start to bloom inside the heart. With classic jealousy, separation & advice from friend story, they made aware about their feeling with each other. Really cute and a little bit stupid, especially XT, feeling when she finally realize & admit to herself that she indeed fall in love with LC.

A love story that maybe all of us really dreamed about. We have childhood friend, family friend too, that accompany us from baby until grow up & finally grow into adult relationship. More over also without much hic cup & trouble with their relationship. This is one of the most relax cute youth romance drama that we really can just sit down, relax & enjoy watching.

But that's exactly why I didn't give this drama higher score. This drama, you can say, without conflict at all that actually feel a little bit repeatable & kinda predictable make me a little bit bored to watch. And if you compare the most recently drama of our FL, Zhang Miao Yi, When I Fly Towards You, I more like that one than this.. M

Although still cute enough, but I really can't bring myself to give this drama higher score. But for you who really want to just sit down, relax & enjoy watching, this is the drama for you then.

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One of the best short drama

Rarely I really enjoy the short drama from begin to end & after that still re-watch it again & again. This happen to this drama. The drama that over us complete story from begin to middle to the end, with great acting & also not so min budget.

The interesting thing about this drama is indeed they only swap face, not swap body. Many drama often swap soul, which mean body & face. So with only swap face, that's mean the body remain the same with all its scar. And that's how in the end our ML recognize our FL.

This drama not only offer us full complete story, but still manage to give us a good plot twist & a really good happy ending. The plot twist that no one ever expect or even suspect from the first. But yeah when you sharp enough, maybe you can still guess it. And I really happy how they not really rush the ending due to limit duration. Everything seem fall into its place on the right track of time...

Overall this really one good short drama you can watch & enjoy fully on Youtube

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Serious drama with educational tone

Watch this of course like most of us for Dilireba. Watch this at the point I'm quite bored with romance drama, so yeah this quite refreshing for me.

Sometimes quite admire and jealous with China. Like when they have problem with something, they make drama & people watch & finally get educated or at least aware with the problem or how to handle it in the end. My home country not so much, mostly just about trash soap opera that I myself not even watch. Haha.... But recent years our soap opera getting better, but still not on this level too...

Ok back to our drama. I think when China make this drama, their problem with internet fraud in China is already piling, so they make this drama to educate their people about this problem & how to best solve it, which just trust your country & law to handle the criminal.

Just like Rampie wrote: 'First off I'd like to say that this is mainly an educational anti-fraud drama. Don't expect action packed drama, sizzling romance, thriller, or any of that sort. If you're here looking for action or romance you will be disappointed. Don't bother watching if you get bored easily at lectures, Reba's character and other characters will try to lecture you in various Chinese laws and saying it out loud many times!' Yeah not much romance or action in this drama. There's limited police action & slight romance that we can enjoys. But mostly they educate us with all the laws.... But for me all this drama not really boring, cause they still alternate with action & daily life of the cast.

And the most important thing this drama in the end not only about anti-fraud drama, but there're something big net that wrap the whole things. & they keep all the net cleverly under the wrap to attract us to watch until the end.

Oh the only minus point this drama has for me: they use Chinese all the way.... I mean they do go abroad to take care the criminal, yet they still use Chinese when speak & all the people in that country know Chinese by heart & quite fluent with it. I know they don't want to offend any country regarding this. But when you go international more naturally to speak with English than with Chinese.

Overall this really good drama to bring us awareness about all the bad thing internet can bring us & about how they do the fraud in this internet era

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The story about culture that we often forget + some youth energy & love. We as modern people, sometimes forget how important, deep & meaningful our traditional, sometimes mostly about our own culture, we often more proud with international or modern stuff.

This drama tell story about some student that have enthusiasm for traditional musical instrument & some of them even have enthusiasm about Chinese history itself. While some of them try to find the root for the traditional musical instrument itself.

The story start from Chen Jing (CJ) that see Wang Wen (WW), the handsome classical music student, while he's practicing on the piano and immediately falls in love with him. While WW himself condescending CJ & her traditional musical instrument, thinking that traditional musical instrument outdated. CJ hear that determine to introduce her traditional musical instrument (Yang Qin) & make WW acknowledge both herself & her Yang Qin. With that thought in her mind, she begin her journey to make people acknowledge traditional musical instrument altogether.

In her journey, she meet with unique friend that turn out really passionate about traditional musical instrument than herself. And together with them she finally start to ask herself about her root with Yang Qin itself.

In their journey to make more people know and finally feeling proud with traditional musical instrument. They encounter many condescending word or behavior that think traditional musical instrument just outdated, even their teacher not really support them. But with friend & their love & passionate for traditional musical instrument they keep in their journey.

How the end...? Well I tell you enough, not gonna spoiled the end for you too. So... In the end Music is something everyone can enjoy no matter outdated or not... ^^

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Forbidden romance between Master & student

Never really understand why sometimes love between master & student is like forbidden things in the heaven realm. Is it to avoid everyone want to master because of want to fall in love or having relationship with their master...? Or just obstruct the cultivation....? Maybe we must learn Buddhism to understand this...

This drama OK for all the wrong thing I think. Haha... The good thing are the scenery or background & the music, this maybe one of the most pretty Xian Xia I've watch. For the story itself, hmmm... Enough to make me hang till the end, but not so good either. I stop caring for the story from the middle, but still curious enough to watch how everything revealed in the end.

Really like how FallingSlowly88 wrote: "Lets make 15+ episodes of misunderstandings. Lets also make every man obsessed with the main character. Lets also WITHHOLD moments of confession and understandings for the sake of derailing / padding out the story because 'it's not the time'. Lets also not have a single good female for the main character to look up to, or a male who isn't in love with her. The list goes on..."

Haha... Yeah.... This drama have everything messed up. The whole world put the blame on a little girl that have evil aura, all the man that close to her fall in love with her or at least want to protect her, all the female get jealous because of it & want to kill her & to make things more messed up.... The only friend she has & trust, in the end also using her for her own reason.... Sigh.... What a lonely world for this little girl... Haha...

Overall if you want to check this drama I'm not gonna say you can't, but in my opinion kinda such waste of time. Better check other drama that have better story to tell....

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A love story about determined people. Hehe.... Let me explained...

Xu Lai (XL) meet jin Shi Chuan (SC) 10 years ago in the earthquake, SC save XL from the rumble & that make XL fall for him & want to make SC become her partner (boyfriend/husband). 10 years apart doesn't shake XL feeling for SC & when she meet him again she just wanna get closer & get to know SC. And the love journey begin....

What I like:
+ What a cute William Chan... Haha... Although he is a stiff & at the beginning have no expression, or you could say typical cold ML. But in here we can see he's dancing.... OMG I can't believe my eyes when I see him and all the other fireman dance for the kindergarten Kids, some kind of work day on the kindergarten I think... And after that we can stil see him & all other fireman dancing through the drama. Haha...
+ The good chemistry between William Chan & Zhang Ruo Nan. They're just so cute together
+ team work & friendship in the fire department.... Love to see the friendship in the group of fireman
+ The good second couple, Lu Fang Qi & Zang Qiu. Although feels a little bit rushed & pushed. But I still like this couple...

What minus:
- SC kinda crazy man that willing to do anything for his teammate. I mean I know he kinda traumatized when his captain died in the fire in the attempt to save him, and since then he determined to save anyone from his team. But when you want to take the dead body of your teammate from the fire building, that still very much blazing with fire & the leader even say you can't enter, that just stupidity scream out loud.
- As usual with c-drama, this drama also feel a little bit stretched. I don't think they need 36 ep long to wrap the whole drama. Because of that they kinda push everything, important or not, into the show. Like the fire accident with SC saving his teammate, I don't think that necessary need to be in the drama.

Overall this good, funny & loving drama that u can watch

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Another sweet romance start from high school. Like most high school romance, this drama not filled with many angst & love rival or love triangle. This drama tell story about love, friendship & study.

This drama tell a story of a Young girl named Su Zai Zai (ZZ) that meet a boy name Zhang Lu Ràng (RR), she falls in love with this quite boy & try to get close to this boy & succeed. For the whole high school they become friend, and as soon as they graduate they become couple.

In the same time this drama of course not only tell the story about ZZ & RR, but also about their 3 other friend, Gu Ran (GR), Guan Fang (GF) & Jiang Jia (JJ). While building a friendship together, this drama also tells each of their story, so we have a little background of each character. Start from GR, that even though has rich parent but their so busy that often left GR alone & in the end make him actually a lonely guy. Then we have GF, that turn out used to a bit rascal that like to fight. And finally we have our ML (RR), that although people see him as excellent student, turn out he usually compared to his brother & that makes him a little bit not confident & inferior. But of course with heart to heart talk with RR parent & his brother, RR parent finally learn not to do that anymore. Unfortunately the deep story only about the boys. For JJ & ZZ themselves, they don't talk much. We just know these 2 girl grow up in happy home, unlike the boys.

I really like how ZZ deal with 2 b*tch that want to ruin her relationship with ZZ. 1 in the high school & 1 in the university. She doesn't deal it with being childish or sulking but with quite mature. And I also really like how they doing the everyday vlog to capture their life....

The funny thing about this drama is for me 1 thing. ZZ & RR have been study buddy since grade 1, but teacher seem have much bigger complain when they reach grade 2. So funny really how 1 year have such big impact in teacher mind. I mean, since grade 1 ZZ & RR already used to study alone just by themselves, no supervision from adult or anyone else. And when they reach grade 2, suddenly ZZ & RR study alone is a bigger problem. Hey if they want to have relationship or want to do 'funny' stuff they don't need to wait for grade 2...!

Sometimes watching this kind of Youth drama, make me really envy them & feel want to get back to my high school year to change a few things....

Overall this one of the good youth drama of this year...

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Watch this for my ALPHABET DRAMA / MOVIE CHALLENGE. Turn out much better than what I expected.

Yoo Seol OK (OK) & Ha Wan Seung (WS) is quite a unique duo. Where OK charm us with her unique traits & also attract WS attention. Of course, as a police officer, at first WS don't trust ordinary citizen like OK. But upon some case OK prove can help him with her attention to small detail, WS more and more trust her. Until the end, WS even like need OK help.

Who I don't like in here is OK's in law family. Start from her missing husband, her sister in law & for better or worse her mother in law. For me OK husband [Kim Ho Cheol (HC)] kind of bastard & selfish guy, he seem shame to show OK as her wife outside, even some people don't know that he is a married man. And also the restrictions that HC gave OK about her involvement with police force, that in the end turn out for his own good than for OK herself.

Overall this one good detective drama, with cases but also with a little bit humour...

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The story of the ex

What happen if you have unfinished love story with your ex...? Haha.... I think when I conclude this drama in 1 sentence this what will come out...The title should be The story of the ex. Haha...

This drama tells a story about unfinished love story with the ex, and many years after he try to reconnect, disturb & entering her life again. Xia Tian (XT) has steady relationship with her man, Guan Xin (GX) when Xu Ze Hao (ZH) try to enter her life again. And with ZH keep disturbing XT & GX life over & over again, XT & GX relationship start to take a blow. And finally the bomb is exploded & make a messed every where. Haha...

That's why we should leave the history behind. And with this drama we can see how destructive the ex / past will be if we keep leaving them hanging around.

Overall this one drama fill with a lot of angst that we can imagine in our life.

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One of the good short drama, but the ending... I wish for a few min more to make this drama has the best ending possible...

This short drama has almost complete story, This has beginning, middle and almost the perfect ending.... Unfortunately this drama close the curtain with something hanging in the air. Yeah I know they give us preview about what the ending, but if only the actual ending where Zhang Yu Bo really meet Xiao Jiu, it's gonna be perfect...

This drama begin with Xiao Ju (XJ) keep dreaming about a boy that have accident. She doesn't know who is this boy, or why she keep dreaming about him. But one day through her professor she finally know this boy name, which Zhang Yu Bo (YB) the boy who was missing. One day XJ found a book in the library, a book about YB & one day by magic she entering the book, while her consciousness inside the book her body is sleeping in real life.

In the book XJ finally meet YB & try her way to be as close as possible to YB, cause she think that she sent to the book world to save YB from missing. She manage to be a 'crazy' girl that try to persue YB. But one day she accidentally pull back to real world. And while she come back to real life, the XJ in the book world back to herself, turn out the personality of the XJ in the book world & XJ in real life is very contradictory. And that finally what make YB pay attention to XJ.

At first YB though XJ has double personality, but the more YB become closer to real life XJ, the more attract he is with the real life XJ. And from there on they feeling keep growing to each other, and of course naturally they finally become couple. & YB since then also believe the word that real life XJ said that she come from the future.

The story become more interesting with real life XJ friend that also come along with her to the book world, Lian Jie (LJ). And his story is more interesting you can say... Because the book LJ is turn out to be a little bit sissy & quite hilarious when they transform from one to each other. & to make thing more complicate of course LJ also has to find the love in the book world.

See the story is quite unique & interested. But unfortunately the ending is kinda incomplete.... Well I write pretty much spoiler, I don't want to spoiler a little more to messed the whole experience for you. So I gonna stop writing here. Just watch by yourself to know the ending that I mean. Or you can message me to know it...

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Only You...

Played by Janice Wu & Vin Zhang of course I've to watch this one...

The drama told about 1 man, Xu Yan Shi (YS), that like 1 woman, Xiang Yuan (XY), in his life. But life played them good & separated them again & again until life decided enough time to make them together now. Haha...

YS & XY have 4 times encounter: kindergarten, high school, university & workplace. But when in high school & university, YS's dad succeed screw up their chance & finally they have their chance in the workplace.

The story begin in Velin company, the branch of Donghe group that in the verge of collapse, cause bad management, corruption & nepotism deep in the management. XY is happy go lucky girl from rich family that at first don't care about her family business. XY grandpa, chairman of Donghe group, send XY undercover to manage this branch. In there XY finally group up from happy go lucky girl to the girl that finally understand how to manage business & care enough about her family business in the end.

What I like:
+ First of all really happy to finally have another director that using their brain when cast, to separate the cast of adult time & high school time... Sometimes I must sigh when I see actor/ess on end off their 20s or early 30s play as high school student. I know sometimes that relate to the budget etc. & the bonus point, they even cast the actor/ess according to their respective age in the drama...
+ The chemistry between Janice Wu & Vin Zhang is good.... They match each other perfectly. It feel really like old friend that finally get together. Janice & Vin Zhang looked like having fun while filming this drama.
+ The develop of YS & XY relationship is make sense. YS a few times make XY angry & XY not immediately forgive him, all need process....
+ YS is quite jealousy boyfriend, but his jealousy several time quite make sense. But I really like when he never restrict XY's life & really respect her, especially when he said that XY should not change herself just cause him.
+ The story of Gao Leng (GL) & Chen Shu (CS) also make sense. They love each other, but GL indeed need to grow up to match CS. And I kinda like how GL just not give up, but he still care & try to chase CS again.
+ The cute & adorable XY's grandpa. Especially when YS's friend try to messed his mind about his evaluation toward YS. Is just so funny...
+ Janice is quite adorable played XY, but still nothing too new about her acting...

Overall this really one good drama this year...

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A drama that make me tired

Really hard to put a word about this drama. But really I just feel tired by watching the FL, Cha Eun Jae (EJ) in here. Oh so much I want to slap that girl...

This drama has 2 stupid man, 1 stupid woman & 1 selfish woman. The 3 idiots do everything in the name of love... The nominee are:
1. The biggest idiot in the dramaland Jung Hyun Sung (HS). He's been rejected over & over & over by EJ. But still can't give her up. Oh he tried, for 6 years to be separated from EJ & yet still can't forget her. After 6 years the first thing he did, he help her with her family debt that make EJ & her family kinda in debt with him. He also buy house to be lived by him & EJ family, yeah way to more torture himself.
2. Ji Soo Yun. At first I still have respect for this girl. I hope she is not the stupid girl that do stupid thing in the name of love. But boy oh boy. With the more episode rolling this girl has less and less respect from me. She did unspeakable stupid things in the name of love. Ugh really tired with this kind of girl.
3. Han Yi Joon (YJ). Well he is ML & yeah he did all the stupid thing that ML did in the dramaland . & sometimes we just romanticize it. But if you want to think him as not ML & see how EJ actually kinda disgrace him. Yeah he kinda stupid in a way....

Ok now about our FL
EJ is one of the most selfish woman in the drama world. Usually with this type of girl we have a best friend that can help us 'slap' her, but here no she has no such friend, & that's make me wanna more slap her. Her trait make us hard to sympathies with her. She is one we used to called doormat girl, always try to make everyone not hurt & by that she instead makes everyone hurt.

EJ & her family has debt to HS. And she's well aware of HS feeling toward her. So instead just give space upfront she just be kind & feeling debt & simply torturing HS feeling in the end. Cause she's the girl that can't say no & give a d*mn space.

Not only that she's also torturing YJ, by once again not giving a d*mn clarity about everything & still choose to be near him... At first she like play with both YJ & HS feeling back & forward. She knows who she choose, but her attitude never represent it & what visible is she play with both men feeling. Ugh... It's even make me tired just to describe her.

What make me hang till the end only one. I just want to see how the story between EJ-HS-YJ come out in the end...

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How crazy are you willing to do for 'love'?

Finally finished watch this after delay it for quite sometimes. Thinking & thinking to watch or not because of Chen Yu Qi. For me this girl is no FL material yet. I love her character in ashes, but as long as she play the lead role / FL, almost feel lack of something. Sorry for her fans. But at the same time I want to watch Dylan Wang after Love Between Fairy and Devil, so yeah finally I decided to watch this & hang till the end because of Dylan & Peter Ho.

How crazy are you willing to do for 'love'? Here we have Murong Gao Gong (GG) that willing to do anything just to make sure Bu Yin Lou (YL) be his, even with the lack of cooperative & willingness from YL herself. GG is an unfavored princes that have opportunities to take the throne, due to all his relative is dead & he is as the closest heir. GG himself has very week personality & when he takes the throne he became quite insecure. Unfortunately he choose the wrong way & pick power to control everyone that don't obey him.

At the same time we have Xiao Duo (XD), head eunuch & have all the power to control the military & court. He has one purpose to find his brother killer & take revenge. With time he encounter YL & fall in love with her. In the end they found out the one killed XD's brother is related to YL & he decided to just give up the revenge in the name of love. And last he finally give every thing that he has just to be with YL....

OK. Now our girl, Bu Yin Lou (YL). She is one free spirited girl that love freedom, she is smart & witty. She is falling in love with XD, the man that up & down try to do everything for her & give his best to give her freedom. Unfortunately we got Chen Yu Qi as YL, she can't portray YL perfectly. Although I quite like her in the end, where she like crazy & the talk with GG is done well. But maybe if someone else be YL, it's gonna be better...

What I love:
+ The chemistry between Dylan Wang & Chen Yu Qi not as bad as I imagine. Quite like to see them together.
+ Peter Ho give amazing performance as GG. We can see how insecure he is, how he crave love from YL, and every little feeling that GG has we can feel it.
+ The adorable Tong Yun & Cao Chun Ang

Overall this drama pulled by Dylan Wang & Peter Ho performance.

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