First of all, I came to watch this drama after watching “Destiny’s Love”. I fell in love with the young actor, Zhang Ming En. I love his sunny smile and bugs’ teeth. He gave me the much-needed comfort I desperately seek after watching “Goodbye My Princess”. I needed a good romance story with a good, strong male character.

I had a slow start with this drama. It took me awhile to get into the story. The first 10 episodes were built-up of the main characters that described what made them feel and do things the way they did. I had no problem in relating to Yu Zhi, the main male character. But until the end of the drama, I still could not fall in love with the female character, Gao Jie. I don’t know if it’s the problem with the actress or the persona of this Gao Jie character. Gao Jie was supposed to be strong, determined but yet reserved due to the burden she had been carrying. The character played by Janice Man did not appear to express this persona. Although Gao Jie was being described as a very kind person, I don’t find that was the correct description of her. Therefore, it was either the poor acting of Janice Man, or that’s how the character was supposed to be – an unconvincing person.

After reading some of the comments made by viewers, however, I’m convinced that my assessment of Janice Man was correct – she didn’t portray the Gao Jie character correctly. Most viewers, like me, couldn’t connect with her.

Apart from the, perhaps, poor acting of the main female lead, the rest of the cast was pretty good, especially Zhang Ming En, Shawn Wei, Melody Tang, and even Ma Ya Shu.

This is a drama of office politics, plagiarism in the creative industry and love relationship between couples.

Yu Zhi, the main male character, was intelligent, quick witted, outdoor, optimistic, athletic, daring, decisive, articulate, risk taking, devoted, sweet and romantic. And yet, there was a different side of him - he was also lonely, insecure and hurt as he witnessed the death of his birth mother when she killed herself. Therefore, when he met the love of his life, he invested all his emotions in her. She was like a float in the ocean for him. He depended on her to console his pain. He could be strict and commanding in the office, but once he was with his loved one, he was as timid as a kitty, cringy just like a small boy. For his part, Zhang Ming En was so convincing. I fell in love with this character immediately.

I found the Gao Jie character so confusing. On one hand, she was supposed to be open and outright but on the other, she was deceitful. Time and time again, she covered up even she already had a very deep relationship with Yu Zhi. She was supposed to be intelligent and sensitive and yet she lacked the innate ability to detect something had gone wrong when Yu Zhi gave her multiple hints to confess herself. In fact, she was so oblivious to the point of being irritating, and the character was not consistent with the personality of being a sensitive person who Yu Zhi had fallen in love with.

This drama is actually quite a moving story. The underlying theme is how plagiarism hurts the original creators. It was very heart warming to see how one should take care of ones’ parents despite them being disabled/invalid. Friends and family should trump everything including success and wealth. Winning is not everything. If one wants a long lasting loving relationship, one should build it with trust, love, and without an ulterior motive.

Things were wrapped up quite properly at the conclusion. The Chinese / western cross-over wedding gown was perhaps the most beautiful wedding gown I've ever seen.

I wish the production team had hired better voice actors in speaking English. I don’t mind the accent, but it was really embarrassing listening to bad English; most of the time, I couldn’t understand what they were saying without reading the subtitles.

Overall, this is a rather fun drama to watch without eating your heart out. If you have nothing better to watch right now, this drama maybe a good candidate for you.