However the drama can be a bit slow at times.
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The child actor stole the spotlight and kept me interested in the story while the two leads frustrated me with their lack of communication and manic personalities (well his more than hers).
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A MUST MUST MUST WATCH
There are very few dramas that make my rewatch list and this one is at the top of it all. I first watched this drama a few years after it came out and it set my bars sky high for Taiwanese dramas (and dramas in general). The cast is amazing and the little boy is the cutest thing ever! There is your traditional poor girl/rich boy, mean parents, 2nd lead syndrome, miscommunication, funny tid-bits, and heart warming/breaking love. Since the first watch, I have watched it 3 other times and every time I am in awe.This drama had the perfect concoction of it all and will remain timeless in my heart.
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Music was good, even though I don't understand it. I would watch this again.
I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
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Romance muito lindo!
Eu já assisti muitos dramas asiáticos e esse realmente me surpreendeu pela história e pelos atores. Assisti apenas muitos anos após a estreia, mas valeu a pena. Super recomendo! Todosnos episódios foram muito bons e muito interessantes. O amor deles é lindo! O filho é lindo! Lição de vida! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Assistam! ———————_________________————————……………………………………………………………………………………………………..Assistam! ———————_________________————————Was this review helpful to you?
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The 2009 Melodrama That Outperformed My Entire 2024/2025 Watchlist
(WARNING: Potential Spoilers — I'm Not Saving You from any Emotional Damage)First Impressions (and Immediate Emotional Destruction)
Listen. This drama was made in 2009, and it still wiped the floor with half of what came out in 2024. I’m usually not hooked in episode one—that’s rare for me—but by episode two or three? I was gone.
Productivity? Canceled.
Social life? Dead.
Water intake? Unclear.
Even the side characters didn’t annoy me, which is practically unheard of in Taiwanese family melodramas. Everyone had a purpose, and the story never tripped over itself trying to justify unnecessary screen time.
Early Arc: Campus, Bento Boxes, and Betrayals
The progression from Mu Cheng’s childhood trauma → university → romance buildup is chef’s kiss. Nothing abrupt. Nothing rushed.
Guang Xi starts off using her for a bet (classic). She kind of knows, kind of doesn’t care, and then life slaps both of them into emotional sincerity.
He’s traumatized, stubborn, and trying not to fall in love.
She’s wounded, principled, and impossible not to fall for.
Cue:
soft moments
small kindnesses
accidental emotional intimacy
trauma bonding that actually feels organic
Then—boom—brain tumor.
He tries to push her away because he thinks he’s dying (men).
She refuses (queen).
They get together.
Surgery, Lies, Stabbing, and Amnesia (The Megamix)
Mu Cheng agrees to leave him so he’ll get the life-saving procedure. Predictable? Yes. Still painful? Also yes.
Right before surgery, his mother—the CEO controlling the procedure—and one wildly incompetent anesthesiologist manage to ruin everything.
Guang Xi tries to stop her from leaving → gets stabbed by her predatory uncle → wakes up with full amnesia and a doctor’s daughter (Emily) hovering like a ghost of a “rich wife future” he never asked for.
Six Years Later: Flower Village of Feelings
Mu Cheng is surviving in a small village with her five-year-old son Xiao Le—diabetes, bravery, and heartbreak included.
Guang Xi is now a high-powered, morally dead lawyer engaged to Emily. Yawn.
A case sends him back to the village (because fate is messy and petty). He doesn’t recognize Mu Cheng, but she becomes his secretary, and Xiao Le immediately bonds with him.
Watching Guang Xi regain morality one small interaction at a time? Art.
CEO Schemes, Moral Whiplash, and Baby-Mama Drama
Guang Xi flips sides, fights for the villagers, grows closer to Mu Cheng, and unknowingly father-bonds with Xiao Le.
Then Emily shows up and drags him back to Taipei.
Xiao Le misses him so badly he literally runs away. Ends up sick. Ends up hospitalized. Ends up meeting grandma.
Tension everywhere.
Emily learns the truth.
The mother remains insufferable.
Mu Cheng remains exhausted.
Memory Restoration: CHAOS MODE ACTIVATED
Right before the wedding, Guang Xi finds the memory-card bracelet.
Images. Flashbacks. Emotional combustion.
He remembers everything.
He snaps. Breaks off the engagement. Yells at his mother. Pursues Mu Cheng with a mix of revenge, heartbreak, and longing he absolutely refuses to name.
Their marriage—forced by a custody threat—is peak Miscommunication Olympics. But the jealousy? The yearning? Whew.
Final Arc: Healing, Courtrooms, and Second Chances
Guang Xi defends Hua Tuo Ye in a murder case.
The mother softens.
Secrets unwind.
Everyone stops being stupid long enough to let love in.
And yes—Guang Xi and Mu Cheng finally get back together, because after all that emotional cardio, they earned it.
💭 Final Mood
“Emotionally shattered, spiritually uplifted, and now staring at my ceiling like it betrayed me — 10/10 would rewatch at 2 a.m.”
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packed with tropes
I've just started to watch this despite the series being kinda old... And i gotta say it's more like a teens' thing.Totally - and i mean TOTALLY - unrealistic and packed with tropes! Just saying, we have Cinderella, then her secret adorer - played by the ever so excellent Chris Wu, then here comes the troubled, traumatic Prince Charming, acting like the bad boy who just awaits a gentle loving soul to tame him... And of course he is not just misunderstood, but also rich, showing up in a Porsche! No doubt, the poor orphan piano-lover Cinderella will be the object of dispute for the two handsome male leads, for being so irresistibly pretty and innocent and kind-hearted - right??
Watching this as a filler, feel free to recommend me anything.
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Painful
I just cant get on with Taiwanese dramas. And this one encompasses all i hate about them.Bad acting that cannot touch the depth of emotion needed for the story line. A storyline that has such bad writing the actors didn't have a chance. No chemistry between the leads. And don't get me started about the hairstyles.
Everything is cringey and awkward. The characters aren't likeable nor convincing in their roles. Very disappointing that what could have been a strong female lead was needing to be saved all the time. The male lead was not just rude but uses the girls desperate situation against her and can't see he is being abusive yet gets mad when someone else is towards her. Not a true male lead.
Dropped it after 3 episodes.
I tried, but there are so many better dramas out there.
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