Joyce Chan

Never thought about falling deeply in love with you? plus complicated revenge story?

To be honest wasnt quite sure what to expect of the drama before watching it. I saw some reviews that said it was bad, but after I have watched it, overall was good but towards the end I would skip. I almost contemplating dropping it towards 36 ep because it started not to make sense... but the overall drama is acceptable. Although this drama has some traces of revenge , it wasnt the main factor/drive behind the story, a good chunk was about their job and being a financial headhunter, that make the story more breathable, but towards the end they kinda stretched the story a little too much.

Male lead is Gao Shan. He is in the financial business. He has a complicated past. His father committed suicide from having not enough money to pay the people in his warehouse( i think he also went bankrupt) Gao Shan saw his father's suicide and his mother became mentally unstable. He completes to find a job in the financial industry, more over he wants to investigate what actually happened to his father. He meets the female lead Lin Wo, she is a financial headhunter. Their jobs are to find the perfect candidate to fit the financial job opening offered by the company. Lin Wo is smart, confident. Initally Gao Shan doesnt know that Lin Wo was the suspected person that was responsible for his father's suicide. Of course Lin Wo and Gao Shan fall in love. After he finds out about her identity, he attempts to break up with her.

He eventually gives up his revenge for her which I find sweet. I mean love can overcome hatred!!!But then the story gets weird and introduces to a character named Bei xiao rong. He was someone that Lin Wo took care of when he was younger. He use to have autism when he was younger... This character is introduced at a bad time and the introduction of his just makes the rest of the drama unbearable... He also complicates things and does things to ruin the relationship between the leads.... just because he likes her...

As for the romance between the lead, I felt they had a decent chemistry/passion. Although I wasnt the biggest fan of all their " punch kisses" ( lol term I made up) All their kisses were so forceful, like they plant the kiss in their face with force like punching someone lol. Can't they just be gentle?

Can we talk about the choice of clothing for the female lead? some formal outfits were so opened and low cut? ( something we dont really seem much in Chinese dramas)

Im so glad it wasnt just revenge driven or else it would be a very negative drama....It honestly did better than I expected.

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Honestly was anticipating this drama, but after watching it , it has let me down. Typical FL and ML were bf /gf during college, but was separated due to reason. They eventually meet up because of their jobs. In between the ML tries to chase her back , but she is hesitant because of the hurt. In addition to the main FL/ML , there are the 2nd and 3rd ML/FL. All of the male leads are friends from school. This drama focus on tourism/travel as the story of their jobs. It also talked about the 2nd and 3rd ML/FL love story. I felt that the storyline did not flow. They placed an evil character right near the end which didn't make any sense.

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Short and sweet

Each episode is like under 5 mins making this drama short and sweet.
Storyline is the female lead finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her with her best friend and the boyfriend tries to kill her by pushing her off the building . The same night a meteor appear and it some how transported her back in time. This time she changes and tries to collect the evidence of the evil boyfriend. The male lead disguises himself as the female lead's secretary. He has his secrets and want to find out the truth behind his father's suicide. The female lead and male lead team up to try to collect the evidence ! They end up falling in love. They are a cute couple. There is still some romance to this mini drama! Not too much time is focused on the evil characters so that is good. Im liking this mini dramas more and more.

i watched with without subs.

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I was excited to see another Bai Lu drama, but to me this drama didn't meet my expectation. Was hoping it would be a cute story but this drama just packed too much. I got a little lost watching it at the end. I felt this drama was kinda choppy in it's plot development...

Let me try to summarize it.... Male lead is from the Upper Jiu Liu ( aka upper class person) He has a clothing business.
Female lead is of the lower Jiu liu ( from the lower class) where she is the leader in the Dragon Bamboo sect. Two people from two classes come together to solve a case of missing gold thread from the male lead 's store/factory. ( Many episodes were about this case , which i didn't find particularly interesting). The female lead gets to stay at the store to unravel what has happen .Beside the Dragon bamboo clan there is a snake clan , who does evil and try to inflate the silkworm. They were also behind the missing golden thread. After the case is solve, the female lead is there in the shop as a designer, and help design different thing likes bras and pillows to sell to the public. In their shop there is the second female lead who has an evil father. The evil father basically tries to kill the male and female lead because they know of his evil and deceptive ways. He gets saved because , he actually has another identity, he's a crown prince. Just like that the story turns and he moves Chang An.

There is also a mystery behind the female lead's identity, but the big reveal was just kinda confusing and like wth ? it took way too long for her to solve the case/find out why someone killed her master. she goes into the royal palace and tries to find more , but she doesnt really find much information.

Also the female lead is suppose to be a leader of the dragon bamboo clan , but i didnt find that she had the characteristic traits that fit. I mean she is a little loud, rough , brave and can drink but she doesnt know martial arts , so she cant protect herself, while on the other hand the male lead who is from the upper class and is much more tamer knows martial arts and kicks butt!!!

The female and male lead pairing didnt work. I didnt feel like they had chemistry at all. Like it took so long for the female lead to figure out she liked the male lead. The male lead was a little too stone cold face lol, but he was cute when he smiled. I felt she had more chemstry with the second male lead. They didnt have enough screen time to build that relationship up, maybe one incident, but afterwards nothing so it was left to dry lol ( dont know if you know what i mean) So if you are looking for romance, this is not the drama for you !

I think they gave a little too much time in showing the relationship between the second male and female lead. I didnt like the fact that he turned evil, but at the end had such a wth ending.... ( dont wanna ruin it all) Also the evil father has an evil daughter.... Didn't like her either, a lu cha biao!! green tea b....

What i liked was the relationship between the female and male lead's servants. Their story was pretty cute!! They ended up falling for each other.

I mean this drama is bearable, watch at your own warning! hehe

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Sweetest mini drama of time traveling prince to the modern day !

PLEASANTLY SURPRISED! This drama was a mini drama with each ep being about 12 mins, and a total of 18 episodes. This is how you do a drama! this drama was so cute, drama free, good chemistry between the leads!

At first glance the male lead isn't very handsome but he kinda grows on you :) Male lead is a prince from the ancient times. He faces his brother trying to kill him. He somehow transports to the modern day through a notebook he has. He transports and meets the female lead who is a manager to celebrities. She is in a need of a new one to star in a drama and he's the perfect fit!. on the other hand there is the second lead who is the female lead's boss. She some how writes in the prince''s notebook that she wants to fall in love and she finds herself in a bed with the boss. So its basically a love triangle lol. Of course she and the male lead live with each other and she teaches him the things in the modern world ( cliche lol ) They slowly fall in love.

This mini drama is well done in the fact that the leads has INCREDIBLE AMOUNT of chemistry and passion! man some steamy kisses and a lot of it! for such a short drama

Nothing too dramatic in the sense of revenge, schemes etc( I mean eventually the prince's brother also transports but its acceptable because that isnt the main focus)

It focused on one aspect, which was developing their relationship!

The songs are cute!

Definitely would recommend!!

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cutest bickering contract couple ever!!!

I can't emphasize how 24 episodes is the perfect amount of episodes!! This drama is totally worth your time. Although is kinda cliche. Male and female get into a contract relationship, from bickering couple they fall in love.

Male lead- a idol/star. In the summary it said he is childish, but i don't really get that vibe , lol only when he is with the female lead.
Female lead- is a tone deaf , but wants to fulfill her dream of writing music/composing.

They get into this contracted marriage because to minimize the gossip of the male lead because he is a star while the female lead wants to keep her house because its from her late dad.

Their chemistry is really really good, its off the charts. They are such a cute bickering couple definitely cute moments together. This was one drama that didn't have as much kissing scenes , but which i felt they being together is cute and sweet enough. They had a lot of scenes actually together like spending time and you can see their relationship develops.

She also helps male lead to resolve the issue between him and his dad.

Although she has a friend who , who did something messed up like wth ? why would she do something like that, her character is bearable.. and doesn't become worst. Another evil character later but it doesn't take away from the show.

This drama is definitely better than count your lucky star!!! You won't be disappointed.

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not sure how i feel about this drama...

First of all , cant believe this drama is only 24 ep, feels like so much more!! because of how the storyline was.

They introduce some kind of xianxia in the beginning but didnt fully explain of developed that story well enough.

I would give the leads and their chemistry/relationship a 10/10 ! but the storyline just messed it up. Honestly the first half was pretty good. and they messed it up the other half towards the end.

Too much stories going on like their first life of the leads but evil guy, then their current life, the mystery of the female lead's mom death, etc....

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Too much going on!!

Argh, this drama was initially quite good! Had a lot of hilarious moments but as the drama went on it was kinda boring and illogical, Like come on......
1) How could the male lead hide his identity without the female lead knowing? isnt there something called the internet ? to find out who she had an arranged marriage to? like is she super naive or super dumb ( no offense) for not figuring out.
2) cliche aspect- she is the twin of her sister and she replaces her sister to have an arranged family marriage......
3) Her sister is in love with the male lead's older brother. The Wen family grandpa does not like the other brother, hence her twin sis and the older brother cant be together. So forced marriage to the younger brother aka male lead...
4) The wen family doesnt know she has a twin sister...

The lead's have some much ups and down in their relationship, one moment they like each other, the next they have a miscommunication, the next they are lovey dovey , the next they are arguing or mad at each other.

Come on.... can the storyline be developed better.

I like the female lead's sunny personality , but don like the fact she is kinda too gullible and naive.

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ONLY WATCH THIS DRAMA IS YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WATCH , UNLESS you like watch revenge on repeat and 綠茶婊.....

I honestly didnt like the story line. The backstory is the male lead is a rich CEO. The female lead is a poor girl who is a a tour guide. As you know they fall in love . The cliche parts come where he is secretly engaged to a rich girl. The main lead didnt find out , until the engagement and questions him. He however locks her into a closet and the house catches fire.
She gets burned and the rich girl's beset friend. This gives a chance for the female lead to take on a complete new identity. Fast forwards three years have past .....

The female lead comes back to take revenge on what the male lead has done to her in the past. The female lead also has an autistic younger brother. The female lead opens a fashion/fabric corporation and often competing with the male lead. The male lead eventually recognizes her and tries to pursue her again.. However I felt they got back together way too quickly and there was that much hatred from the female lead to the male lead for causing her to gets burns and having to recover from them.

Not to mention not being able to stand the side characters 1) the evil and conniving cousin of the male lead. Trying all he can to get the company and doing all things evil, trying to get the rich girl to be with him 2) the spoiled brat the rich girl aka 綠茶婊... She gets introduce towards the end, and I kind of find her really scary and almost pyschopathic... Trying to come up with all kinds of excuses and ways to be with the main lead.

Also I got sooooooo tired of the main leads being together , then break up, then being together and then breaking up....ummmm........

One of the only characters I liked died so illogically???i felt that part was pretty stupid and kind of sudden, didnt really fit in. Female Lead's brother was actually really kind and sweet.... but he had to die..

On the other hand, i really like the female lead's sense of style. It was impeccable through out. Omg she has such nice shoulder bones. She acted as a cool/cold character pretty well... The male lead( in my opinion is not handsome enough)

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Wife revenge on cheating husband

This drama starts off with the female lead about to commit suicide by standing on the ledge. Its later on revealed that her husband is having an affair with her sister. The husband is a cheater and is lying to the wife to try to get their company for himself. However the female lead goes back into the past with her current memory and attempts to take revenge on all who have done her wrong.

I hate the character of the female lead sister and the husband... They get on screen time but not too much.

This drama has basically none romance involved. The male lead does help the female lead out by getting her company back. The male lead and female lead met like 5 years ago. He is opposing company ceo.

It is not worth your watch. I watched it without subs .

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I absolutely adore the female leads personality, She is hecka quirky, loud, proud and stands up for herself , takes no sh*t from nobody. She was the main reason why this drama was enjoyable because it was full of laughter lol.

Female lead background comes from a family of doctors. When she was young her whole family gets massacred and she remains alive. She grows up with a family that takes her in. She has a not related by blood sister. The sister ends up going to the palace in place for her benefactor's daughter. ( who eloped with her loved one) Female lead follows and works in the kitchen as a maid. The sister became a concubine of the emperor. The male lead is an imperial guard. They have a bickering relationship. Because of thee female lead identity, she gets in danger a lot. There are some people who want to get rid of her, and of course the main lead saves her. They gradually fall in love. Her personality is seriously so funny. As a maid you will get punished for doing something wrong. She ends up hitting the people who want to hit her. Dang she has the guts to do so !! Due to evil people scheming, she and her concubine sister gets banished to work on a royal burial site. The female lead learns about medicine and helps the village get through a pandemic.

Romance; Their romance is pretty cute. I like how the main lead always protects her. He's alway the one to initiate the kisses. Their kisses are sweet and with believeable chemistry :)

I didnt like the end as much... maybe because I had to wait like a whole week for the last ep lol. didnt like the fact that her sister turned evil.... but still the female leads saves her. It was sad that she found out the person who killed her family was the male lead's dad. After saving her sister, then it ended abruptly without any explanation. That is why its 9 /10. but overall a good watch !

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This drama seem promising. I would say for the most part it was an enjoyable drama but lacking . It mainly focuses on the female lead trying to become a chef. While she is trying to pick the ingredient she needs she falls and of course the male lead catches her. Their love story is pretty smooth as she like him and he likes her. The male lead is kind of like a body guard/protector of values being transported.
The food she cooks looks so good but thats totally not her cooking because it resemble male hands ( during some of the closeup shots of her cooking the food)
The storyline goes pretty smooth and their isnt too many bumps. We are introduced to a girl that likes the main lead but that storyline doesnt really go anyway. The female lead along her way of opening a restaurant meets other chef and other people she takes as apprentice, teaching them to be a better cook.

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First of all this was filmed in 2017... This drama if it werent for the Li yi tong and Lu yi, i couldnt get through it... and which i barely got through.... dont like this drama... storyline sucks..

Female lead is the daughter of the Xia corporation. She is rich, pretty, smart. In her high school years she befriends Su Mo ( aka bitchy bf), and Ling Xiang An ( second lead?) whom she had a crush on. Of course the second lead only has eyes for the white lotus Su mo. At that time su mo already had a bf which was the male lead. Due to the male lead's family disapproval, the second female lead Su mo takes the money of the male lead mom's and goes to university in United Kingdom. Second male lead decides to go with his white lotus ( second female lead) to United Kingdom. During this time the female lead goes to United Kingdom to find her mom. The phone number that she though was the mom's was the male lead ( lol what a surprise) Thus beginning their friendship. They go through their 4 years together in United Kingdom and decides to go back to China to find her mother and get revenge on the mistress of her dad. The mistress has been trying to get rid of the female lead, trying to cut all money ties and tries to take over the company.
Long story short , male lead slowly falls in love with the female lead.. but the ex gets in their way aka the lu cha biao Su mo.

The story is not developed well and there are quite a few annoying characters!
1) Su mo ( who was suppose to be the female lead's best friend.... but was always jealous of the female lead for having the perfect life) Su mo gets int the way of the two lead's relationship, when she already has a fiancee. What a bitch !!
2) Lin Xiang An ( the crush of the female lead when she was young) He only has eyes for Su mo, and never saw how good the female lead was. His character is of nuisance, and annoying.
3) evil mistress wanna be step mom.... such a despicable character and conniving. Trying to do too much to interfere between the relationship of the female lead and her dad.

The sweet moments of the leads were not enough. They were literally always bickering than being in love.lol I guessed right about when they would be together,, more than half way of the drama... predictable...

sighs... not my fave drama...arghh but i love lu yi and li yitong tho :(

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Seemed interesting... but fell short

I really wanted to like this drama! but couldnt. It had such potential and seemed kinda cute,, why did they ruin in ?

Female lead has a super taste what wine she has drank before she'll remember it. She is trying to be a wine taster/ recommender at this company name Anda. She takes may blind taste test and wins but is always blocked my the third female lead. They never liked each other. The third female lead never liked the female lead. The male lead has a very strange disease/disorder which his symptoms gets better when the female lead kisses him. He tries to do what he can to pursue her, be her neighbor etc. The male lead never told the female lead his true identity ( being the ceo of Anda company). The male lead has a younger brother. The younger brother is pretty famous in the wine industry. He holds a grudge against his family due to a car accident while he was young. The younger brother becomes the female lead's teacher.

There is just way too many misunderstanding between the leads. It suppose to be a sweet drama since, they kiss so many times! but its not... no chemistry at all..

Few reasons why it flopped

1) FL AND ML didnt have enough chemistry
2) Annoying/evil third female lead character constantly sabotaging.
3) Annoying younger brother
4) male lead is not honest enough in the relationship
5) female lead is too naive

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Started off as. a potential 8.5 ... slowly went to 8.0... and then to 7.0

The basic backstory of this drama is that the female lead is into taking and restoring plants
The male lead is a ceo of a hotel/ corporation that also has a garden kind of thing., due one to the male lead's grandpa passing he meets the female lead. The male lead often gets headaches and the female lead is the only one that can make him feel better. The female lead ends up working as his hotel.. The second female is kinda annoying, making it hard for the female lead to do what she really wants which is gardening and taking care of plants.

The drama focused mainly on the backstory/ identity of the male lead and the second male lead. ( don't want to spoil it too much)
The production focused too much on the identity part which felt really draggy after a while. I thought it was going to end around 30... , but in total there are 36 chapters.

I skipped majority of all the planning/scheme/identity /backstory ... >_<
The biggest a**hole in the story is the dad......

I however really liked the chemistry between the two leads, wish there could of been more sweet scene
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Mainly watched it because I like the male lead Zhang zhe han :)


I definitely would not rewatch

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