Good Grief

Not me impatiently and excitedly waiting for new episodes to drop. 😍 This one’s getting more interesting everyday.

the child actress is such a cute and good actress 🥹

I would also like to express concern about the increasing amount of toxic comments and suspicious low ratings targeting this drama recently. Many users seem to be rating unfairly without properly watching the drama, which creates a very negative and biased environment.
I hope the moderation team can monitor these activities carefully and maintain a fair rating system for all dramas and actors. Thank you for your hard work and support for the community.

I believe this drama is currently being targeted by organized anti-fans who are intentionally lowering the rating through mass 1-star reviews. The sudden score drop feels unnatural compared to the actual audience response and review quality.
Please consider reviewing suspicious rating activity to ensure the platform remains fair and trustworthy for all users.
Thank you.

7.5....c'mon 7.5..... if you don't want to rate it just do not rate.....you prevent others from even giving it a chance. Open your minds a bit and you will enjoy... stop spoiling it for others

I already said I won’t talk about MDL ratings for Zi dramas after Love Endures, but since this is the first non-idol drama of hers hitting such a low here, I felt the need to say something for the last time (hopefully).
To passerbys who use ratings to decide whether to watch. So I just want to clear a few things.
I’ve been seeing people say they didn’t even know The Heir aired and talk about poor marketing. Compared to Flourished Peony (even though it aired on Mango TV), there are hardly any people aware that The Heir is even broadcasting. So right now we’re basically a handful of watchers.
Intl, Yang Zi dramas heavily depend on passerby opinions. If there aren’t many watchers, just forget it, the rating will be low.
Her dramas usually start low on MDL. We’ve seen that with her other dramas too, then as real viewers come in, the rating increases.


So if YOU are here trying to decide whether to watch this:
If you are planning to watch this with romance in your head at all, just don’t bother. You’ll probably find it boring, so just forget whatever you’ve seen online if romance is your expectation.
The male lead doesn’t even properly appear until episode 6. This drama is literally for people here for Li Zhen’s storyline in the ink business world. Romance is a bonus for people already watching for Li Zhen’s life.
The drama is very fast-paced. If you’re here for romance, you’ll think it’s boring or dragging. But if you’re here for Li Zhen, it’s actually interesting. she handles one challenge after another every episode. That part keeps it exciting for me.
Right now it’s still early, so I don’t know what will happen later. Based on MDL so far, I feel like it could’ve debuted around 8.1–8.2 regardless of haters but the issue is there just aren’t enough viewers yet so it’s a handful of watchers plus haters.
Also, some of the people watching (not haters) might also just not like it for reasons beyond romance and that’s fine. Nothing is perfect.
As a Yang Zi fan, I’ve learned to rely more on Douban because there’s a better balance between fans, haters and passerbys in China compared to intl platforms.
Anyway, this is mainly for people trying to decide whether to watch for Li Zhen. I felt I had to say something because of the low score. Tbh, I don’t really care much about intl data anymore. I’m used to it but this one just feels beyond the usual

The acting skills and production quality of this drama are absolutely top-notch! It’s unfair to see anti-fans review-bombing such a masterpiece. Please ignore the toxic 1-star ratings and watch it for the incredible talent and story. It’s easily a 10/10 show

Really like the educational journey of making ink. Eye opener to learn how tedious and difficult making ink is without modern technology. Hats off to all actors and production team for a realistic portrayal and also the feud aspects in family as well as competitors!

Could have the accident 10 years ago (FL dad getting drunk and fire ensued) be an insider job?

The antis are surely working their ass off.... 7.5 is just ridiculous. Tbh I'm someone who looks at the rating before starting a drama. I was very reluctant to start this. But somehow I started because of YZ. This drama is really good. I also recommend people to watch this. Ep 4 it's still going strong

These last 5 episodes have been perfect

I watched the fist 4 ep is was really good why is the rating so low??

I expected the rating to go higher after a couple of days but it actually went down from a 7.8 to a 7.5. This is a solid 8.5+ drama. Why is the rating so low? I don't understand 🙁

I like that pairing. I don’t care about fantasy, occult, ghosts but gonna watch it for Park EunBin!

It's always like that at the beginning of a drama, people whom expectations are not met will give bad ratings, but then all the people who watch the drama to the end will give fairer reviews, and the ratings usually raise. That's what exactly like that during Love between Fairy and Devil where the ratings dropped even lower at the beginning.