I came upon this drama after watching Chen Joe's performance in Fated to Love you, which I simply loved. Honestly, I had to power through the second half of this series (27 ep. via Netflix) because for me Fu An's character went from being a spirited, spunky, outspoken 'you don't fool me' country gal to an emotionally tortured woman who no longer seemed to have a backbone to stand up to Da Feng's verbal (and sometimes physical) abuse. It really diminished the entire drama for me. I just could not warm up to their relationship based on all the lies, deceit and abuse by Da Feng. I had a hard time laughing it off because it just generally pissed me off. I also have to admit that I had serious SLS with Mr. Hottie Loan Shark with a sensitive heart of gold Han Dong Jie (played beautifully by Roy Qiu). I felt the chemistry between Fun An and Han Dong was amazing (really wanted them to end up together.. so very bummed) and I just did not feel the same chemistry with Da Feng. It seemed forced. Why do we always go to the bad boys who really is THE BAD BOYS FOR ANYONE??!!

For me Fated portrayed a women's growth from submissive, lacking confidence, weak willed to a strong powerful woman who eventually made her own fate and decided who she wanted to love. Both the main leads really grew up and learned to understand and more importantly respect one another. In this drama I felt the reverse happened to Fu An's character.

Side note: Also I was enamored with Yan Yang's character (Xiu Jie Kai) SOO freaking adorable combined with a dose of hotness. I wish they had given us more backstory to his character.

Overall it was not a terrible drama just not one I will be watching again.