Watch it ............with a bottle of depression medication and tissues

Tbh the only reason I made a MDL account was to come cry about this show. This show starts out phenomenally strong and draws you in to make you invest your emotions and interest, but then throws all of those into the gutter towards the end. There is nothing actually wrong with the show. But at point some shows exceed the tragedy tag because "life simply cannot be so damn cruel" to a single person. This show does exactly that so be ready for multiple stabs to your oh so poor heart.It took me a while to recover from the blows that were dealt to me.

Good things about :

Cheng yi's acting is absolutely mindblowing. I am head over heels for this man. His expressions of happiness, pain and crying are so so natural that you want laugh with him and cry with him.

The costumes, sets and production is high budget. Visually it is appealing.

Bad things :

The story starts out very strong. But then goes totally in an unexpected direction. Many plot points are introduced which should been executed but end up going nowhere which is frustrating as hell.

Some characters are extremely repetitive and predictable to the point of you wanting to pull your hair out.

There is no emotional payoff or satisfaction towards the end of the show. Not a single one.


TLDR : Cheng yi is the MVP of the show. Overall a good watch but definitely not a happy or satisfying one.

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A solid serious drama with excellent acting and a story that could been better.

Honestly, I can't believe I had been sleeping on this drama till now. It reminded me so much of nirvana in fire even though the storyline of this is considerably weaker, it is still one of the best shows of the year. No unnecessary goofiness, and a well thought out plot with twists and turns makes it for an intriguing watch. There were so many things about this show that made it memorable. The believable cross dressing, unexpected actions of an wuxia MC ( like letting a certain someone die for greater good ), and the excellent acting of the side characters which each of them having their own little storyline.

Won't be going into detail cause long review writing is not my forte but I definitely recommend you watch this show.

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