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Started off good but then it kind of flop in the middle and ended with a happy ending
To start off, I only watched this for Wang Xing Yue. He is my biased and I do enjoy his shows. But, I was hooked. The Li family was chaotic and but loving. They only wanted what was best for each other and Madam Li only wanted the best for her daughters. Of course, as a mother during that time, securing a loving and rich husband for your daughters was uncommon so I feel that it was realistic. What did disappoint me was how the storyline played out. I did like that they focused on one sister at a time, but what I didn't like was how they kind of become background characters and nonexistent after their storyline.
Like I said on the headline, it started off good and then it flopped and got boring towards the middle, but it did end with a happy ending and I am all for that.
Everyone is ranking their favorite sisters' love story, so I will touch base on that as well.
Shou Hua and Du Yang Xi -
With these two, I feel like their relationship was forced. She didn't like him from the very beginning, or at least I didn't get the impression that she had any sort of feelings for him at all. And then she just fell in love with him? There as no progress or what he did to make her fall in love with him. When it comes to him, he was very honest about his displeasure with the situation and over time, he started to fall for her when he realized how great of a person she was. I feel that if they did the same with her, it would make them a stronger couple. Also, I really do feel that she was almost always standoffish. Like she's sitting on a high horse or something. I know that she has a tragic past, but she needs to let loose a little. She wasn't my favorite sister, but I did enjoy the change of feelings towards her from Du Yang Xi.
Fu Hui and Fan Liang Han -
These two are pretty funny. I enjoy her scheming against him and he tries to scheme against her but is always outwitted by her, or should I say, Kang Ning. However, they didn't really explore this relationship. I wish we are able to see how they got married and feel in love. They mentioned it once and that was it. Nothing else. One thing I didn't like about this relationship was how she all of a sudden got pregnant. I didn't even know that they were in that kind of relationship since he was a playboy so it was shocking that she suddenly got pregnant. I really did wish they went into more depth with these two.
Kang Ning and Chai An -
These two have one of the most explored love story. From the very beginning, their relationship was honed in and everything. The scheming against each other that eventually turned into love. The break up that eventually leads to their marriage. It was all fun and games for these two. However, as biased that I am towards Wang Xing Yue, they kind of disappeared into the background once they got married. We barely saw them and when we did, we only saw Kang Ning. I wish we were able to see more of their marriage life. I mean, at the end they had kids and we didn't get any inkling that she was ever pregnant. At least with Fu Hui, we saw her pregnancy or at least they showed part of her pregnancy. I also love that they can outwit each other which was the foundation of their love.
Hao De and Shen Hui Zhao -
This is BY far my favorite love story. I wished all of the other couples' stories were shown the way this one was shown. There was no scheming against each other. She knows that he doesn't like her and that he was tricked to marry her when he was away, but then she never gave up. She fell in love with him at second sight and stood her ground. She didn't force him or beat him. She just loved him the way she wanted to be love and I loved that about this couple. When he lost his memories, she did lie to him, but it was for his own good and through it all, he learned to love her. They have one of the best communications too. They treated each other with respect and worked side by side. I really wished the other couples' were written the same way this one was written. You can definitely see the growth in their relationship, especially Shen Hui Zhao. He only wanted to protect her and she wanted to protect him.
Le Shan and Yang Xian -
I had hopes for this couple when they first came on screen together-- yes, I am taking about the time she stripped him. I wished that they would have build on from that to grow their relationship instead of him abusing his power to get Kang Ning. I feel that it was a miss opportunity from the writer. They could have explored their relationship that way and it would have been a great one. I just feel like she was only married into his family to beat them into sense and destroy their holier than you persona. Honestly, I didn't even feel her love for him. We can clearly see that he had fallen for her but there was no sign that she had fallen for him. I hated how they made her so chaotic as a character too. If I was to rate the sisters, she would probably be the second to last on my list. I feel that she needed to tone down a little bit. I get it, she's headstrong, but for her to beat her husband majority of the time was too much for me. I do not condone the violence that she betrayed. I know that Yang Xian was the favorite son in law, but at the end the family screwed him over and I hated that for him too. They did a 360 on him when he only wanted to be part of the family. I get it, Madam Li wanted Le Shan to have a stable life, but didn't she want someone to marry into the Li family? This was her chance to have him marry into the family. But no, they destroyed him.
She Cong (Fan) and Qiong Nu -
Okay, I wish they explore this relationship more. I know that they were childhood sweetheart and that he "died" but when he returned, they should have gone on to write them a love story as old as time. They definitely rushed this pairing. We did not know She Cong (Fan) that well and then he just showed up and he still loves her. They should have made him fall in love with her again because she is definitely worth having someone to love her. I also hated how Madam Li treated her from time to time. She was supposed to be your daughter in law, but she treated her like a slave? Come on, Madam Li, you are not even that great of a person yourself. Smh. This pairing was definitely a last ditch effort to give Qiong Nu a husband.
Madam Li -
What can I saw about her. She's not my favorite parent in dramaland, but she's also not the worse. I understand where she was coming from since she had to fend for herself and her daughters after the Li family took everything from her. But her tactic was not right. She was materialistic half the time and she thought greatly of her daughters. Yes, I get that they are beautiful and talented, but they are also not the nicest people in the world. They scheme against others and they don't really treat their husband right either, I mean, when one sister is mad at her husband, the others throws their husband out just because...that makes no sense to me. I also hate how she talks so highly of herself too.
The sons in law alliance -
This was a funny group and I am glad that they had each other to rely on. I do wish they wouldn't beat up Yang Xian when they "initiated" him into the family. But I wish to see more of them too. I wish that they would show all five of them together protecting the Li daughters, but that was a miss opportunity not the writer's part too. They were funny, chaotic, and truly love their wives.
The Li sisters -
I can say that they have a really strong bond and I love that they rely on each other. But, I also feel that they are chaotic and sometimes toxic. I mean, why is it that the first thing they do is scheme against others, especially their spouses to be. But overall, I enjoy watching their sisterly bond.
I rate this as a 8 out of 10 because I laughed and cried, but the middle just got boring with useless plot lines. I mean, what happened to the maid's death case? They talked about it, the parents ran off and that was it. Nothing else was said about it. Yang Xian's brother in law and sisters horrible attitude where just blah. I mean, they were mean, but they couldn't even hold up on their meanness. The plotting against her and Yang Xian, for what? The family money? But then he goes and sue them so now they have nothing. And what was the point of that? Even though, I was glad that the brother is alive, I feel that was unwarranted. I mean, they didn't have to add that to the story line. It was kind of pointless since they didn't even go more into details. They just ended it like that. If they had more episodes, then yes, go ahead and throw that into the mix, but they didn't and it was super last minute. I did enjoy the happy ending so I gave one point back or else, it would have been a 7.
AND YES, THIS IS MY HONEST OPINION OF THIS SHOW. I know that there are a lot of good reviews or "9" and "10" reviews, but I feel that those reviews are sort of misleading because this was not a 10.
Like I said on the headline, it started off good and then it flopped and got boring towards the middle, but it did end with a happy ending and I am all for that.
Everyone is ranking their favorite sisters' love story, so I will touch base on that as well.
Shou Hua and Du Yang Xi -
With these two, I feel like their relationship was forced. She didn't like him from the very beginning, or at least I didn't get the impression that she had any sort of feelings for him at all. And then she just fell in love with him? There as no progress or what he did to make her fall in love with him. When it comes to him, he was very honest about his displeasure with the situation and over time, he started to fall for her when he realized how great of a person she was. I feel that if they did the same with her, it would make them a stronger couple. Also, I really do feel that she was almost always standoffish. Like she's sitting on a high horse or something. I know that she has a tragic past, but she needs to let loose a little. She wasn't my favorite sister, but I did enjoy the change of feelings towards her from Du Yang Xi.
Fu Hui and Fan Liang Han -
These two are pretty funny. I enjoy her scheming against him and he tries to scheme against her but is always outwitted by her, or should I say, Kang Ning. However, they didn't really explore this relationship. I wish we are able to see how they got married and feel in love. They mentioned it once and that was it. Nothing else. One thing I didn't like about this relationship was how she all of a sudden got pregnant. I didn't even know that they were in that kind of relationship since he was a playboy so it was shocking that she suddenly got pregnant. I really did wish they went into more depth with these two.
Kang Ning and Chai An -
These two have one of the most explored love story. From the very beginning, their relationship was honed in and everything. The scheming against each other that eventually turned into love. The break up that eventually leads to their marriage. It was all fun and games for these two. However, as biased that I am towards Wang Xing Yue, they kind of disappeared into the background once they got married. We barely saw them and when we did, we only saw Kang Ning. I wish we were able to see more of their marriage life. I mean, at the end they had kids and we didn't get any inkling that she was ever pregnant. At least with Fu Hui, we saw her pregnancy or at least they showed part of her pregnancy. I also love that they can outwit each other which was the foundation of their love.
Hao De and Shen Hui Zhao -
This is BY far my favorite love story. I wished all of the other couples' stories were shown the way this one was shown. There was no scheming against each other. She knows that he doesn't like her and that he was tricked to marry her when he was away, but then she never gave up. She fell in love with him at second sight and stood her ground. She didn't force him or beat him. She just loved him the way she wanted to be love and I loved that about this couple. When he lost his memories, she did lie to him, but it was for his own good and through it all, he learned to love her. They have one of the best communications too. They treated each other with respect and worked side by side. I really wished the other couples' were written the same way this one was written. You can definitely see the growth in their relationship, especially Shen Hui Zhao. He only wanted to protect her and she wanted to protect him.
Le Shan and Yang Xian -
I had hopes for this couple when they first came on screen together-- yes, I am taking about the time she stripped him. I wished that they would have build on from that to grow their relationship instead of him abusing his power to get Kang Ning. I feel that it was a miss opportunity from the writer. They could have explored their relationship that way and it would have been a great one. I just feel like she was only married into his family to beat them into sense and destroy their holier than you persona. Honestly, I didn't even feel her love for him. We can clearly see that he had fallen for her but there was no sign that she had fallen for him. I hated how they made her so chaotic as a character too. If I was to rate the sisters, she would probably be the second to last on my list. I feel that she needed to tone down a little bit. I get it, she's headstrong, but for her to beat her husband majority of the time was too much for me. I do not condone the violence that she betrayed. I know that Yang Xian was the favorite son in law, but at the end the family screwed him over and I hated that for him too. They did a 360 on him when he only wanted to be part of the family. I get it, Madam Li wanted Le Shan to have a stable life, but didn't she want someone to marry into the Li family? This was her chance to have him marry into the family. But no, they destroyed him.
She Cong (Fan) and Qiong Nu -
Okay, I wish they explore this relationship more. I know that they were childhood sweetheart and that he "died" but when he returned, they should have gone on to write them a love story as old as time. They definitely rushed this pairing. We did not know She Cong (Fan) that well and then he just showed up and he still loves her. They should have made him fall in love with her again because she is definitely worth having someone to love her. I also hated how Madam Li treated her from time to time. She was supposed to be your daughter in law, but she treated her like a slave? Come on, Madam Li, you are not even that great of a person yourself. Smh. This pairing was definitely a last ditch effort to give Qiong Nu a husband.
Madam Li -
What can I saw about her. She's not my favorite parent in dramaland, but she's also not the worse. I understand where she was coming from since she had to fend for herself and her daughters after the Li family took everything from her. But her tactic was not right. She was materialistic half the time and she thought greatly of her daughters. Yes, I get that they are beautiful and talented, but they are also not the nicest people in the world. They scheme against others and they don't really treat their husband right either, I mean, when one sister is mad at her husband, the others throws their husband out just because...that makes no sense to me. I also hate how she talks so highly of herself too.
The sons in law alliance -
This was a funny group and I am glad that they had each other to rely on. I do wish they wouldn't beat up Yang Xian when they "initiated" him into the family. But I wish to see more of them too. I wish that they would show all five of them together protecting the Li daughters, but that was a miss opportunity not the writer's part too. They were funny, chaotic, and truly love their wives.
The Li sisters -
I can say that they have a really strong bond and I love that they rely on each other. But, I also feel that they are chaotic and sometimes toxic. I mean, why is it that the first thing they do is scheme against others, especially their spouses to be. But overall, I enjoy watching their sisterly bond.
I rate this as a 8 out of 10 because I laughed and cried, but the middle just got boring with useless plot lines. I mean, what happened to the maid's death case? They talked about it, the parents ran off and that was it. Nothing else was said about it. Yang Xian's brother in law and sisters horrible attitude where just blah. I mean, they were mean, but they couldn't even hold up on their meanness. The plotting against her and Yang Xian, for what? The family money? But then he goes and sue them so now they have nothing. And what was the point of that? Even though, I was glad that the brother is alive, I feel that was unwarranted. I mean, they didn't have to add that to the story line. It was kind of pointless since they didn't even go more into details. They just ended it like that. If they had more episodes, then yes, go ahead and throw that into the mix, but they didn't and it was super last minute. I did enjoy the happy ending so I gave one point back or else, it would have been a 7.
AND YES, THIS IS MY HONEST OPINION OF THIS SHOW. I know that there are a lot of good reviews or "9" and "10" reviews, but I feel that those reviews are sort of misleading because this was not a 10.
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