Don't watch this expecting a warm, healing second-chance romance with a mystery/thriller subplot. Although the first ten episodes showed some promise with developing the relationship between the main characters Lu Yan and Jiang Chengyi, after that everything revolves around the thriller aspect, which escalates until the end. I appreciate that the final episode is fully dedicated to giving the series closure, rather than a 5-minute epilogue.

Johnny Huang and Sun Qian just didn't quite have the chemistry to carry the romance storyline. I liked their storyline, past and present, but perhaps it's because I had last watched Sun Qian in Islands, where she had fantastic chemistry with her co-star. I liked the supporting cast: Wang Tian Chen played his role so well that I forgot I'd ever seen him in anything before (coincidentally he was in Islands, too, though not paired with Sun Qian. Guan Zi Jing and Jackie Li are a ray of light here, infusing humor into the story as well as heartwarming friendship with the leads, and they also navigate ups and downs in their marriage well. He Hong Shan always impresses me with the range of her roles.

The psychology and motivations behind the thriller plot were solid but it dragged on for too long. Sometimes the only thing reminding me that this was also a romance was the Eric Chou OST.