Roxy

I have watched 8 episodes and haven't been motivated to watch more. I've watched to completion all the dramas you listed above, and The Ingenious One is not as compelling. It seems to want to be a revenge story, but it's mired in too many business dealings.

Basically, the adopted daughter goes full psycho from jealousy after her family is reunited with their long-lost biological daughter (FL), ultimately allying with the enemy to bring down her family in a really diabolical way.

I agree. It felt like one continuous music video with some dialogue. If it were 4 minutes, the whole story could still be told and the effect would have been the same.

Qin Ming Yu and Duan Rou 'sconversation in ep28 is the most entertaining scene in the whole drama.

Why do rich people in South Korea always live in homes that look like museums or hotel lobbies?

The grossest was Rebel Princess, where the prince who wanted to marry the FL was her double cousin, i.e. both sets of parents were siblings: queen is sister of her dad, and king is brother of her mom. Yuck.

They never hug when he comes home from work, even after a month apart. In the college flashback, when she sees him at her school, she doesn't hug him, either.

They don't even hug after they see each other after a long time. Sometimes she back hugs him afterwards, but the no hug at greeting is really strange to me.

There are no juicy details, super tame throughout. It's not worth it to bother reading.

The leads of this movie are much better actors than the leads in the drama.

I agree. I didn't expect this drama to be such sweet rom-com/drama based on the poster or the preview on Netflix.

The subtitles on episode 7 need some improvement: "priggish scholars" going "dumb" SMH

I didn’t read the novel. I just meant I want to get spoilers so I don’t waste time like I did with Have a Crush on You, but sounds like that drama didn’t follow the book.

Gui Xiao sets up her coworker (the one that likes Xiaonan) with the dad, and they get into a long-distance relationship.

After reading the book, I actually wouldn't mind if the drama starts veering off from the novel. Not that anything is bad, just not my personal preference. Also, after the disaster that was Have a Crush on You, I want spoilers.

So I binged all available episodes starting late last night. And then today, I found the English translation and read the book. So far, the show is following the book very closely: most dialogue is straight from the book. Surprisingly, the book does not offer more insight into the characters' thoughts than the drama does.

This is my first time seeing Jing Boran act. I've seen him on variety shows before but never thought him particularly handsome, but he's definitely handsome in this role.

Once I got past JT's dubbing, this drama is really good. Maybe he will finally have another drama that matches the standard set in Autumn Ballad. I can't wait until they both reveal their martial arts.

I really hate the dubbing for Jeremy Tsui in this. It's really jarring how different it is from the voice in Chongzi. I don't know how Chinese audiences can handle back-to-back dramas where the same actor's voice is completely different. Tencent should have at least tried to be consistent and used the same voice actor. I saw some comments that he is dubbed because his real voice is too deep, this dub is also really deep.

Your assessment is spot on. I also think the key word is "silly." I am still watching because it's amusing enough, but I am not captivated. There won't be any rewatching for this one, but I've dropped everything else and this is the only drama I have at the moment.

I like Jeremy Tsui, but I'm not feeling this drama. I felt more emotional investment for the mediocre Novoland series he was in.