Better Halves (2025)

Super Lighthearted

Ren Hao became my favorite to watch after Everlasting Longing. Wanted more of his dramas, but he's not really ml all the time.

So this was a nice watch if you're a fan of him, and want him to finally get the girl.

Storyline wasn't too stressful it was just the right flow for a cute historical drama.

FL was really cute in this not mean and not annoying at all. Which was a plus. Usually when I check out a calm sweet cdrama the fl's characters are always annoying and causing misunderstandings with the ml's for so long.

Here the leads communicate and solve problems together. If she's facing something difficult ml would step in to help her.

The only bad thing I can say about this drama is how the editing wasn't the best and needed fixing, but the drama kinda a few years old. So I overlooked it.

Still it was a fun watch and a happy drama!

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Frustrating from the beginning to the absolute bitter end

There are 24 episodes at approximately 45 minutes each and it’s clear they spent a bit of money on this drama.
The women are stupid, immature, incapable and weak and by episode 10. I’m completely sick of the FL.
She’s totally useless. She wouldn’t solve a single case and would be dead without ML intervention every time. She’s just an oxygen thief at this point and makes it unwatchable.
When she was collecting money for the flower show, she still can’t do anything but rely on the ML to bail her out.
Why did she take responsibility from Ms Deng in the first place? Because she’s an overwhelming idiot is the answer.
SHE LITERALLY CAN’T DO ANYTHING.
In episode 11 when the whole family were having a meal together, everyone was stupid about their own love lives but switched on to everyone else’s. The family is ridiculous.
ML helped them sooooo much, but they have the audacity to not only disapprove but actively go against him. WHY? This was never made clear apart from FL being their ‘precious daughter.’
The marquis is used to move the plot forward by introducing new characters felt like a blunt hammer. No finesse at all. Soon as anyone is threatened in the slightest. Like the marquise’s Steward telling Ms Cleng they might visit associates if she doesn’t accept the Marquis invitation. They immediately fold like a pack of cards. It’s weak and lazy writing.
Annoyed me that everyone is just waiting for the Marquise to attack them. No one ever takes any initiative, but as soon as they foil his plans, they just wait to be attacked by him again.

In episode 18 or 19 the FL best friend’s ex fiance was allowed to destroy her shop and after he got beaten up by our ML he was allowed to just walk away without taking any responsibility or paying for the damages??????
Stupid, ridiculous nonsense as usual.
Episode 21. Qiyue, Qiyue, Qiyue (the foreign land princess). Is the most idiotic, stupidest woman in the world.
Why are women in Chinese dramas as thick as pig poop?
It’s embarrassing at this point.

They decide to give the marquis an honourable burial????? which just comes across as weak and pathetic nonsense

In episode 24 why is the FL constantly torturing Qiyue when she could just say that Mr Huang is the painter, the painter is the Emperor?. ABSOLUTE GARBAGE.
I must admit, their wedding is kind of cute, but it was ruined by our ML and FL wedding where she ran away to take a matchmaking wedding emergency during the middle of her own ceremony. The ending is not cute or funny but quite ridiculously stupid.

I also feel that the FL‘s family should be kow towing to the male lead at least 100 times a day because he clearly was too good for her and all of them.

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