VeraGoldberg

What makes this series work is the actor who plays Lu Feng. He is incredibly handsome, with a fantastic range of expressions and very charismatic. His evolution from a naive hot-headed passionate young man, to a conniving and destructive character to finally healing and admitting his weakness is what made me watch this series. Unfortunately, the actor who plays Yi Chen has this strange open-mouthed expression along with a laugh - pretty much 2 expressions only. It is not clear why such an intelligent and passionate man would even fall in love with him. So it seems more like obsession. There are similarities to To my shore which cannot be discounted . There is also a lot of attention paid to detail especially all the scars that Lu Feng gathers for love. The SA scenes were graphically shot, so this show needs a trigger warning. Until the last 2 episodes Yi Chen comes across as someone who just sleep-walks through life or is perpetually high and never tries to defend or protect himself, which ironically feeds Lu Feng's insanity . In some ways, his extreme passivity serves as a trigger for Lu Fend which shows the perfect toxic combo.