ktsilent

I pushed off this show for weeks because of the positive reviews saying how sad the first half was but how amazing the whole thing is. I didn't end up sad though, I was angry.....that was FIVE years of mistreatment. The circumstances of his misunderstanding doesn't matter; he has eyes, he has resources, he knew her for 3 years prior, married to her for 5 years, the same people that knew them both kept calling him out and saying what a good person she was, but it took the divorce for him to question if maybe he was wrong? She is gorgeous, and I love the ML actor, but there was not enough groveling to justify their reunion. The things he did for her is what you do out of kindness, and he owed her so much anyway, but there should've been a year of pursuing at LEAST if not longer. The tears wasn't enough either, like....I can't even say it's because I have a high tolerance/standards while watching because they're actually extremely low for these shows but he didn't just ignore her those 5 years, he actively insulted, he played into the rumors around her, had multiple scandals, he never defended her, and he jumped to conclusions. I was so glad when she told him that he never gave her chances to explain when he said he was kept in the dark. And as an orphan with her struggles and upbringings, she was the biggest victim of the whole thing. I remember watching this one short drama with Chensi about him regretting a divorce and I can't help but compare it because his character always treated her well before and after the divorce but he accepted the divorce because he thought he was respecting her choice when he never wanted it. Chensi's character was tormented and he cried in regret. This man was terrible to her (doesn't have to be abuse), and maybe I will just never understand being mean and going out of my way to insult people unless there was a pattern of abuse towards me. He took one incident within the 8 years they knew each other and built everything around it that he would later regret. He was a victim of the rich people politics, sure, but she was a victim of being a poor woman used in their scheme and continued being a victim of those schemes for 5 years. I'm only taking this seriously because the show wanted to take itself seriously, and my final humble personal opinion is....he did not deserve her. Acting was great, actors were great, writing was great, I was just too pissed off by him to give him the same chance that the FL did. I think this is my first review for a short drama because I usually like them all to some degree but this one somehow rubbed me the wrong way.