Bad mixture
My review is purely subjective. After hundreds of dramas, it seemed to me that I had once again found a watchable drama. I'm not too strict with details if it fits the overall picture, e.g. a mature Hu Bing Qing playing a very young woman or her character suddenly being an officer. I liked the beginning, the crimes were eerily shocking and I was curious to see how the whole thing would develop. But then the silly, not to say idiotic character Qi Meng Lin, played by Zhai Zi Lu, took centre stage - and ruined the show for me, so I stopped the drama. I was not interested in a very smart young woman, a former maid, starts a love affair with a spoilt guy who is socially far above her. Qi Meng Lin acts like a light switch, when it's supposed to be funny he's stupid and clumsy, but when it's needed because there's no one else around, he suddenly has to move the story forward. And oh yes, of course he has a heart of gold. That makes me feel like I'm going to puke. Other viewers with less pretensions seem to have enjoyed the drama. I really have nothing against the actors, the director or the cinematographer, they all did a solid job. In my opinion, it was just the scriptwriter who ruined an exciting drama with the extremely empty-headed love story.
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