It’s been long since I watched a series that catched me so much, since the beginning I was interested in the plot/story because I could relate kinda personally in some way. I binge watched all episodes in a short time, because the show was just so amazing. The characters are very unique and well written. I never experienced the problem that I couldn’t decide between the male leads, but here I really couldn’t decide between Tushan Jing and Xiang Liu in the beginning because all two or maybe even three (except for fenglong, he is in my eyes rather a friend to her) male leads or love interests have something special about them. At first I was so rooting for Ye Shiqi/Tushan Jing and despised Xiang Liu, but I have a weekness for unique looking characters, especially in white haha, he slowly started to develop feelings for her or even liked her since the beginning, but hid it really well, throughout the show, he gets friendlier with her, although he is still sometimes a bit rude/angry, but Xiaoyao really knows how to interact with him and I liked her really much. Throughout the show, I found myself rooting for her and Xiang Liu, similar to Tushan Jing, she has a lot in common with both of them but I don’t know why, I feel like Xiang Liu would be the best match for her, because he is there in important situations, I just wish they had more scenes together, more romantic scenes, but I have hope in the second season and really can’t wait till it airs! I guess I have to read the novel in the meantime. I wouldn’t have minded if the season had more episodes or covered everything. I find myself dropping shows when they have a lot of episodes, which is typical for chinese shows, but in this case, I always wanted to know what happens next and had to keep watching. I really really hope that maybe she will end up with Xiang Liu and will be happy but my heart hurt sometimes for Tushan Jing, especially when Fangfang Yiying kinda druggend and exploited him? Triggerwarning!! Maybe even r*ped him, but I still think that the child isn’t his son, rather the one from his brother so maybe fangfang yiying didn’t do anything with him because she was disgusted. Still, I don’t understand why she still wanted to marry him and why he did it in the end. He really kinda broke his promise to give anything up for Xiaoyao, I understand that she was hurt and angry but it actually wasn’t his fault, still, I think they somehow needed to kind of end their relationship to hopefully give change to my beloved Xiang Liu haha.
But I kinda wish they would have also shed more light on Cangxuans feelings for her, I wasn’t sure for a long time because it’s rather subtle, but now I think he has feelings for her and only her (I already spoilered myself a little bit), so I still feel sorry for him that he can’t have her, but one notizes, that his status/power is more important for him than anything… and having a wife already is I think the elimination for him being a potential partner for Xiaoyao. So yeah, I am very very curious how the story will end and how the second season will be, but I have high hopes and expectations and I‘m very glad for another season, although I hope it won’t be too long to wait. I was also amazed by the beautiful dialogues/story telling sometimes, there were themes who really resonated with me and I often was very touched by the story and really felt with the characters. The visuals, acting and music also were really really good! But now I kinda feel lost after finishing it, this show was just too good, will definitely rewatch.