The Rational Life

One of the best modern cdrama with realistic plot

What i love about this drama is that they're so realistic and not ridiculous at all for cdrama. For once, this cdrama centred around main characters with COMMON ordinary background (not typical cdrama where one of the main character is rich and fall in love with the poor main character). The story also talk about real life struggle for people nowadays in our society. Also, i like the female character so much. Other people see her as 'perfect' independent woman when irl she has a lot flaws. Totally love Qin Lan's acting as Shen Ruoxin. Highly recommended drama if you want to watch slice of life drama.

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So Comforting and Exciting.

I actually had thought of a headline for my review in myb the 33th or 34th episode but ofc I forgot it when I continued watching this drama until the end. But truly this drama was so comforting to me. I've never been so engrossed in each episode of a drama that every time when each episode ended, I would exclaimed... "wait, ended already?". Like it just suck me in. This drama was about Rouxin's overcoming her difficulties navigating her career and her life with her loyal assistant, Qi Xiao alongside her.

Male Lead, Qi Xiao, a young man that only joined a big company to get a job and got mesmerised by his capable lady boss. He was smart, creative, loyal, hard working and quite a smooth talker. Ended up swearing loyalty to his boss, the FL bcs she tried her best to protect him, her newbie assistant when she was kicked out of her position and slowly he got to know her and fell in love with her as a person. You should see how he described her bcs you can truly see how in love he was with her. (I'm very bad at putting all this into words I'm sorry, but he was so amazing to her). Qi Xiao as a man in love, always be there with Ruoxin together solving problems, willing to do anything she wanted, protective of her, worried so much about her and very affectionate. He was so sweet. The length he went through to make her happy my god.

Female Lead, Shen Ruoxin, a woman in her early thirties that was very goal oriented but got derailed bcs of jealous men in power threatened by her performance in the legal department. At first, it seems like Ruoxin was cold and unapproachable to others but actually, Ruoxin was an independent, straightforward, wise, rational, graceful, righteous and courageous woman that strived to do her best in her field. She didn't back down when she literally was kicked to the curb by the company's vice president but she moved forward, learned her lessons and a bit by bit she succeeded advancing her career to the top accompanied by her loyal assistant later her boyfriend, ML Qi Xiao. She was impressed by the persistent of Qi Xiao to be her assistant and she won his loyalty when she willing to put her career on the line to help him keep his job bcs she knew it was unfair that he got dragged down as her assistant. She didn't desire a relationship and marriage bcs she prioritised her career and partially coz of her parents. Gradually, she saw how sincere Qi Xiao was to her, fell head over heels because of his actions repeatedly showed how much thoughtful he was to her, that he accepted and understands all of her as a person. Ruoxin also protective of ML and wanted to do everything that she could to help him.

I definitely love that this drama also showed other couples struggles and how they got back together , Ziyan (FL's bff) with her husband and Su Yang (Qi Xiao's bff) with Sijia.

Special shoutout to Qi Xiao's mom for being so supportive of QX relationship with Rx, trusting and loving her son so much. Well... Unlike the other mom *eyes rolls* but thankfully she came to her sense bcs she got to witness how they love each other.

Love most of Rouxin's office attires and ofc Qi Xiao, fashionable as always.

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I could not be rational.

[I respect other reviewers and their individual choices. There are plenty of dramas out there to suit every taste. Direct your support or lack of to the drama itself. If you support this drama, good for you and please continue to. Please write your own good reviews. If you do not support this drama, please also write your own review. We are reviewers. Not personal attackers. We review. We do not attack. Reserve your opinions for your reviews and not for the reviewer who is responding to the drama itself and not to other external aspects. I am responding to this drama that I have watched and I am not personally attacking any actor or actress in real life as I do not know them at all and have no grudges against them. It is all based on this particular drama only/ this particular reel life only.]


I wanted to watch this drama because the premise looked interesting and I wanted to watch Dylan Wang. However, after sitting through the whole of the first episode, I must confess that I couldn't go on.

What I consider okay:
- The FL is very decent. She can act. She was all right.
- Dylan Wang is pretty cute. I must confess that I have not watched anything with him in it (yet) and I plan to.

What I don't like:
- The plot about the woman at 33 being very old and that she has 'no more market value' and that she has to quickly settle for any available man and quickly get married and settle down and give birth to a kid or two etc. I could not take such annoying ridiculousness. A woman has choices (just like a man). A woman is settled enough with or without a man. A woman is complete enough with or without a man. I could not see how I could sit through several episodes of such old-fashioned thinking / nonsense and so, I had to stop watching this drama for my own sanity.
- Pushy men with old-fashioned thinking. Pushy men who use "because I love you" as rationale for all the ridiculous things that they do. Pushy men who disrespect women. Pushy men who are also self-absorbed, self-entitled and self-serving.
- Annoying parents / elders who use emotional blackmail and who push children / the next generation into unhappy or unsuitable relationships / marriages simply because they think that it will be a disgrace to have such an old and unmarried daughter (or son). It is crazy. Isn't it better to be happily single than unhappily married?
- Irresponsible shareholders who run off and leave others in the lurch. (Dylan Wang's business partner ran off, leaving him in the lurch and creating a complete mess too. Terrible!)


[I respect other reviewers and their individual choices. There are plenty of dramas out there to suit every taste. Direct your support or lack of to the drama itself. If you support this drama, good for you and please continue to. Please write your own good reviews. If you do not support this drama, please also write your own review. We are reviewers. Not personal attackers. We review. We do not attack. Reserve your opinions for your reviews and not for the reviewer who is responding to the drama itself and not to other external aspects. I am responding to this drama that I have watched and I am not personally attacking any actor or actress in real life as I do not know them at all and have no grudges against them. It is all based on this particular drama only/ this particular reel life only.]

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Promising storyline

Love Dylan Wang so much! For being such a young actor, he’s truly promising. Everything he’s done so far has been phenomenal. He’s young yet experienced, unique yet charming, kiddish yet handsome. I find him very entertaining to watch. He seems to play this character pretty well. Looking forward to watching him develop this role and seeing the rest of this drama. This is the first time I’m watching this actress. I hope I like her. So far I like her strong character. She seems like a smart business woman who will stand up for herself. I sure hope she follows through.

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I really liked the story

what delighted me the most is that despite the difference between the age in the drama and in real life, there was no lack of intimacy, as in some who barely had a kiss at the end, I looked at the whole drama in the shortest time, the story was very calm, and you can still develop many things for a second season, although I find it difficult, I liked the couple a lot, things that are not common to see in a society like ours, which judge more than they try to make us happy, I recommend it to anyone , I expect a second season, or at least the 3 extra episodes subtitled on Netflix. (used google translate from Portuguese)

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Autêntico

Não sei se eu mudei, se estava com saudades de doramas com o Dylan Wang ou se o drama é realmente tudo isso, mas só sei que esse é o terceiro melhor drama que eu já vi.
Dificilmente gosto das protagonistas de hoje em dia e dificilmente gosto de tudo em um dorama, mas esse carinha é diferente. Ele rompe barreiras e levanta temas disfarçadamente. A presença do emponderamento feminino é maravilhosa, pois a protagonista passa por CADA situação machista e desprezível. Ao mesmo tempo, também são retratados outros temas como casamento, materialismo, desmerecimento de pessoas jovens, as falcatruas em ambientes de trabalho, sustentabilidade..., mas acho que tudo gira em torno da temática feminina. Questões como "mulheres servem apenas para fazer filhos?", "mulheres não podem fazer o que querem?", "mulheres precisam gostar de crianças e agir com feminilidade?", "mulheres não servem para coordenar empresas?", "mulheres são frágeis e não pensam muito?", "mulheres não podem ficar com homens mais novos?".
Todas essas questões levam a seguinte resposta: NÃO.
Esse drama trouxe um romance lindo e simples, sem nada muito intenso e que me fizesse ficar extremamente presa, mas trouxe muitas reflexões lindas para guardar em meu coração. Fora que essa protagonista é perfeita, MEU DEUS!
Se você só quer algo meio meloso e clichê, não sei se é a hora de ver esse dorama, pois ele não segue a linha de uma garota pobre com um cara rico. Muito pelo contrário! Ela lutou muito para ter o dinheiro dela e o rapaz também trabalha muito todos os dias para ter seu sustento.

SOBRE O DORAMA EM SENTIDO DE ROMANCE:
Demora uns 25 episódios até você ver um só abraço. Sim, você não leu errado e eu não estou me precipitando. Também fiquei um pouco impaciente, mas eles te preparam para isso. Por ser um dorama com uma temática MUITO amadurecida, o romance também é amadurecido. Você consegue ver um romance nascer entre os dois. É quase como se você estivesse vendo uma gestação toda detalhada. Eu sou impaciente e fiquei bem calma até o momento. Acho que esse é um dos pontos fortes do dorama: a espera. Não gosto de romance que não é bem trabalhado e esse com certeza foi bem trabalhado.

Recomendo hoje, recomendo amanhã e recomendo sempre.

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Es un drama maravilloso centrado en Shen Ruoxin, una mujer a la que otros critican y tratan de derribar por hacer bien su trabajo y desear superarse profesionalmente, en lugar de casarse y tener hijos.

Ruoxin es inteligente, profesional, amable y con hambre de conocimiento. Lo que más desea es llegar a sus objetivos por sus propias habilidades. Nunca tiene la necesidad de atacar a quienes la quieren destruir, simplemente deja que su trabajo hable por sí solo. Sin duda, fue mi personaje favorito. La manera en que se expresa, respetuosamente, pero dejando sus puntos claros, me fascina. Sabe lo que quiere, la forma en que desea obtenerlo, sin depender de nadie más que de ella misma.

El romance avanza despacio, pero a paso seguro, y no decepciona con escenas adorables de una relación donde ambos ponen de su parte para darse apoyo y hacerse sonreír. Ruoxin y Xiao caen poco a poco por el otro, con la convivencia que tienen al trabajar juntos, empiezan a admirarse mutuamente hasta que el aprecio se convierte en algo más.

Una de las tramas secundarias es sobre la mejor amiga de Ruoxin, que tiene problemas con su marido cuando éste habla de tener un hijo, aunque ambos habían acordado años atrás que eso no estaría en sus planes nunca. A pesar de que varias veces pensé en gritarle que dejara al marido, la historia es muy madura, con ambos hablando y dándose cuenta en qué momento del camino se perdieron y cómo pueden seguir adelante.

Otra trama secundaria es con un par de amigos y compañeros de la pareja principal. Ella, una completa dulzura de pies a cabeza, lo motiva para ser valiente y seguir con sus sueños.

Por último, necesito hablar de mi relación amor-odio con la madre de Ruoxin. Esa mujer sabe ser desesperante cuando se trata de influir en la vida de su hija, sin embargo, la ama como nadie más y no quiere partir sin estar segura que alguien estará para cuidar a Ruoxin. Terminé queriéndola, en especial porque la actriz tiene un encanto especial que me sacaba carcajadas sin intentarlo mucho.

Esta historia ha elevado mis estándares para los dramas chinos.

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Como produccion de netflix es algo pobre

Este es mi primer drama chino que no este enfocado en la escuela/ universidad y fue justamente el porque empecé a ver el drama ya que quería conocer una vista más "madura" de su sociedad aunque obviamente que mucho este exagerado.
La trama sobre una mujer fuerte, empoderada en un ámbito de trabajo y sociedad super machista me encanta, creo que es de mis cosas preferidas en dramas asiáticos pero a eso también le sumaron una relación de mas de 10 años de diferencia así que quede encantado y atrapado en toda la historia pero poco a poco mi interés empezó a decaer por lo pésimas que son las actuaciones del 90% del cast... Creo que el mas notorio u al menos en el cual yo lo note primeramente fue con el chico secundario que es amigo del principal pero después las situaciones se hacían mas y mas notorias al punto que me pregunte si seguir viendo o no pero cuando la pareja principal se consolido y empezaron a mostrar la química que tenían juntos y a eso sumado el crecimiento del matrimonio amigo de la protagonista me decidí a terminarlo porque verdaderamente me gustaron ellos 4 pero quien en realidad me devolvió el amor por este drama fue la madre del protagonista en la escena que tienen la charla de madres, personalmente me pareció espectacular y ame a esa señora.
En cuanto a la música hubo momentos flojos pero mas importantes fueron los momentos donde dijeron presente haciendo que escenas emotivas lo fueran mucho más, hubo algunas que con su acompañamiento me hicieron llorar sin que pudiera darme cuenta.
Para cerrar creo que es un buen drama con muy malas actuaciones pero que mostro que es necesario cambiar el chip de la generación anterior a este siglo.

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Mi aspettavo di più

Primissima cosa da dire: questo drama è ESTREMAMENTE lento. Quindi se cercate qualcosa di veloce, di ritmico, di allettante che vi faccia venire voglia di divorarlo, cambiate opera. Ogni episodio dura all'incirca 40-45 minuti, ma sono 35 episodi. Una marea e il fatto che la narrazione sia lenta non aiuta per niente.
Il drama, secondo me, voleva trattare due argomenti in particolare: donna in carriera in un ambiente di lavoro prettamente maschile e maschilista, e una love story tra una donna adulta e un "ragazzino". Il primo punto a parer mio l'ha svolto davvero molto bene, la lotta di questa donna all'interno di un'azienda vecchio stampo che mal vede una figura femminile tra le sue fila e soprattutto che vorrebbe salire di grado. Meno male che in questo campo non tutti gli uomini sono così e ci sarà sicuramente qualcuno ad aiutarla, però sempre una battaglia è e lei stessa più volte si farà valere.
L'altro punto invece...
Finchè i due non si mettono insieme, la storia mi stava piacendo moltissimo anche se lenta. Poi la quiete totale, che dici boh. A parte qualche scaramuccia con la madre di lei, i nostri personaggi non trovano davvero delle difficoltà nello stare insieme nonostante la notevole differenza di età. E qui il drama mi casca. Ma se finora sta povera crista doveva battersi per sedersi ad una scrivania per il solo fatto di essere donna, adesso che si scopre che sta con uno molto più giovane di lei non succede nulla? Nessuno fa "ah"?
Cioè, l'unica idea che hanno è stata infilare a forza un personaggio a caso spuntato dal nulla per "mettere in crisi" (che poi che crisi oh) la coppia? Oh ma ci siamo?

In pratica consiglio la visione solo se avete pazienza e volete vedere una donna battersi per se stessa.

p.s. Cmq anch'io come altre persone ho recuperato l'opera in primis per Dylan Wang: in questo caso attore che interpreta il co-protagonista maschile, ma conosciuto nel drama cinese Meteor Garden. Volevo vedere se era maturato e devo ammettere che come recitazione non è niente male in confronto ad altri attori presenti nel drama.

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Eu simplesmente amei esse drama. O foco não foi exatamente o romance, mas foi muito bom.
A amizade dos dois foi algo que eu realmente amei de ver, apesar da diferença de idade os dois realmente se tornaram amigos, e não ficou naquele relacionamento chato de amor e ódio.
O casal demora muito a ficar junto, mas isso não tornou o drama chato, e quando ele se confessou, pra ficou ficou obvio que ela iria aceitar, apesar da diferença de idade. Como ele recusou os dois homens antes e deixou claro que ela iria fazer o que a deixasse feliz.
Mas o que me deixou incomodado é que eu não vi romance entre os os dois. Não precisava ter foco no romance, mas eu não vi nenhum romance e sim uma relação de amizade. Ficou evidente que ele gostava dela bem antes, mas ela só foi ver ele com interesse romântico quando ele insinuou que gostava dela naquele encontro as cegas. Por isso foi meio estranho no momento em que ele se declarou, ele pergunta pra ela se ela não sentiu nada e cita alguns momentos entre os dois. Mas eu realmente não senti que ela sentia algo por ele nesses momentos. Isso foi o que me deixou mais chateado.

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เป็นเรื่องที่ควรค่าแก่การดู

1.เป็นเรื่องแนวความรักที่ไม่ใช่ทางของฉันเลย
2.จะยอมรับว่าดูเพราะหวังเห้อตี้ก็ได้ ทำให้ยอมเปิดใจดู หากดูแล้วไม่ชอบก็จะไม่ดูต่อ
3.ผิดจากความคาดหมายอย่างมาก กับการพลิกบทบาทนี้อย่างหวังเห้อตี้ แสดงได้ดีมากเลยทำให้ฉันต้องดูเรื่องนี้ต่อไป
4.พอดูแล้วทำให้เห็นได้หลายมุมมอง ไม่ว่าจะชีวิตในการทำงาน เพื่อนร่วมงาน คู่รักที่รักกันแต่ต้องทะเลาะกัน คู่รักที่ต้องยอมรับกันและกันให้กำลังใจกัน
5.ความเป็นแม่ที่มีความเป็นห่วงลูก
6.ความเป็นเพื่อนร่วมห้อง
7.ความเป็นผู้หญิงที่อายุ30ต้นๆ ต้องฝ่าแรงกดดันต่างๆ
8.แต่คุณเชื่อไหม ถ้าคุณได้ดู เรื่องนี้คุณจะอยากมีแฟนเด็กแบบฉีเสี่ยวมากๆ

ต้องดู!!!

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