Zakarkaa

I liked it. It was funny, absurd at times and entertaining to watch. The first part of the series is arguably better than the second, which is mainly just the misunderstanding trope. It wasn't bad, at least I could understand where it came from. I wish they had given us a good heart to heart talk between the leads, because considering how long the misunderstanding lasted, the resolution felt extremely rushed and for me lacked any impact (are we fr ending an almost relationship breaking argument with "past is the past, let's forget it"? The promise after was kinda cute tho).
Both couples made me root for them. Chengyu and Xiaoshuai in particular were such sweethearts kinda wish we got a bit more of them, but oh well, such is the fate of a side couple lol.
Chi Cheng does some horrid things at the beginning, one of them in particular comes to bite him in the ass by the end of the series, but he has his moments and it's kind of the premise of the series.
Wang Shuo is an absolute nutcase, I don't understand his motivation in the slightest. You think your bf has a crush on his best friend, so you decide to stage a fake cheating scenario? In what world does that make sense? lol If I got it wrong I would appreciate someone explaining this to me.
The rest of the cast was very likeable and I really enjoyed watching them all try to outsmart one another.

Overall, I had a great time. Would recomend

I honestly can't with how incompetent the whole prosecution is lol. WEAR THESE DAMN GLOVES! They keep talking about evidence contamination, yet they only wear gloves when they feel like it.
I also can't with Chae Ha. Like, dude was in the police academy, wasn't he? Don't they teach you how to disarm someone with a knife? Don't they teach the basics of self-defence and hand-to-hand combat? Same with athletic ability, you need to be in at least decent shape to pass the exams. So why is he so defenseless? Dude got stabbed TWICE, and one of those could have been completely avoided with a simple shove.
But it was fun! And after all, that's all that matters. Given the limited runtime, the crime aspect wasn't too bad, I just wish it had been longer so they could have fleshed out the plot more.

From my understanding, Tae Seon's father was killed by Tak Seong Ung (the older prosecutor and Tae Seon's mentor/father figure) so Ja Hyeon could manage the casino without problems. Chae ha's dad killed himself in prison because he likely couldn't bear being accused of killing his friend, a truly helpless situation.

So, to summarise whole crime case. Ja Hyeon comes from a chaebol family and was in love with Seong Ung, but her father didn't approve of them. When she got pregnant her father made her terminate the pregnancy, but she went behind his back and had a son, meanwhile Seong Ung was sent to Russia by him to separate the couple. That's when Ja Hyeon went completely bonkers, stabbed her father and was kinda separated from her family and I'm not quite sure how, but she was put in charge of the casino project. It's not clear if she was in contact with Seong Ung the whole time, or they reunited sometime before casino. I believe that at the time there must have been already a casino in the vicinity and Tae Son's dad was an important figure in it, so to clear the path for Ja Hyeon, Seong Ung killed him and framed Chae Ha's dad. Ja Hyeon and Seong Ung clearly managed the casino together (he from the shadows) and had their hands in drug smuggling using Seong Ung's contacts from Russia. Somewhere around this time Ja Hyeon's husband (arranged by her father) talked with the OB/GYN that delivered her son and found out the truth, so as to not lose the inheritance Seong Ung killed both the doctor and Ja Hyeon's husband. I don't think it was clearly stated when, but they reconected with their son (who we later found out was Song Ha Neul), but they only used him for a dirty job like getting rid of a body (russian smuggler) and keeping an eye on Tae Seon. I don't get what was the deal with Yun Gyu Ho tho, did he lure Chae Ha into the building or was there really a witness? Idk he's sus and I don't know if it's to give us someone other than Song to be sus about or it there was truly smh off about the guy.