Little Joy

I even preferred the relationship dynamics between Yiyang and Chun Chang. The drama dragged in the first 14 episodes. The actor who plays Li Wu is such an amazing actor and did an amazing job portraying his character's feelings. You can literally feel everything Li Wu's feeling just by looking at his face. He wears his feelings on his sleeve. The FL, however, beside her ML pales in her acting skills. Her expressions for everything we're basically almost the same. She even pretty cries. Like, I can't mess up my makeup. She looks perfect even when just waking up. Makeup and hair perfect. Like wtf. And I know you'll say it's normal in these dramas. I know but c'mon... It was just way too obvious in this one. She's the main reason I couldn't enjoy their relationship to the max. Li Wu carries that relationship. Not just with the acting but also literally(like in the drama of course). Cos there's an obvious power imbalance. No apology whatsoever, after 8 years for the heartbreak she caused him when she tricked him into going to the US. Now, i get why she did that cos bro kept making stupid choices, but c'mon. She says stop and that's it. She says "ok, I'm ready now" and he automatically follows along like a lapdog.

As for Chun Chang, I initially disliked her. Cos why did she keep talking and acting towards Li Wu like that? Yeah, he was legally an adult but with his level of naivety back then, her actions felt paedophilic. And then, she started going after Yiyang and I genuinely don't like those tropes where the lady chases a man because of how they portray the ladies. They always come off as not understanding boundaries. However, after learning Yiyang's character and seeing that he was no pushover himself, I grew to start liking their dynamics. Plus, Chun Chang had a bit of character development too. Her tough girl act would literally all just melt away with him. Lol. I liked that.

Cheng Rui pissed me off when he got bullied to go after Li Wu in highschool cos no matter how they explained his reason for doing that, bullying is never justified. Apart from that, he was such a darling. His relationship with Wanwen was cute too.

Chinese mums... Omg. If you're Chinese or know anything about the culture, please answer this. Is it normal to just show up at your kid's house without any announcement whatsoever and actually have access to their house? I couldn't get over that part. Like, no privacy and someone's already punching in your door code. What the hell? Is that real?

With that being said, I also don't like that in cdramas, the kids get wronged by their parents but the kids are expected to make the effort to understand them and patch things up. I hate that shit. Makes my blood boil.

Well, that's all my thoughts on this drama. Bye.