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Cute Storylines

at first in the beginning I was a bit sceptical and I couldn’t really relate to the characters an found 小哥 a bit annoying but once they became adults I started to really enjoy the story.

小哥’s storyline lowkey hit me the hardest and the actress roommate which I never expected cause I lowkey found them the most annoying in the beginning.

I loved that the father got with his mother they’re honestly such a cute pair. I also like how we didn’t get hot romance but a softer version because it honestly would’ve been weird since they grew up together.

anyways I think the way the story wrapped up was super rushed but overall I really enjoyed this show.

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Type of drama where you should turn off your brain.

Ill start off with the good. I think the two leads have really good chemistry like I can buy them being a couple. I quite enjoy the pacing of the story and how he treated her during her highschool years. I think that era was the most fun to watch for me.

I think my one criticism of this story is the iffy step siblings plot. Sure they aren't related by blood but they knew each other ever since they were like 10 and treated each other as such. I find it kinda weird how the moment she turned 18 he started viewing her as more. Of course they're not related by blood but before that he was treating her just as someone he needed to take care of. I personally would've enjoyed it more if he had a relationship outside of her before he started dating her at 18.
But ignoring this whole ethical debate and just focusing on their chemistry I can confidently say it is a very entertaining show.

The writing and storyline for the first half is so fun to watch but once she comes back after a couple years, thats when the story starts to decline a bit. In the first half I couldn't wait to watch the next episode but during the second half I could feel myself starting to get bored.

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Just not my cup of tea

As much as I love Chen Xingxu I don't feel like wasting my time here. It was a sweet and light hearted romcom but the type thats more on the cheesy side. I could've sat through this during my teenage years but NOT now.

CXX's character was making me cringe so badly. At first it was cute but once the misunderstandings started piling up I could not sit through it. I think they have decent chemistry though.

I like how the lawyer portion of thet stories were quite interesting and how she cares about her job. I enjoyed the side characters plot but nothing about this drama stands out that much imo.

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I really like how they wrote her character. She was strong but also had space to be vulnerable and cry and allow others to comfort her. Many times when people write strong female leads they don’t allow the character to be comforted by someone else or even cry which is why I think the writers did a good job with He Yan.

I also love how supportive Xiao Jue was with her feminist views which really comes off as him having stable masculinity. Overall I really liked the plot and the pacing I think was perfect for me however like most Cdramas I feel like it could have been like 5 episodes shorter.

I really liked their interactions throughout and how he found out quite early on in the series. I just find it really funny that from a random soldiers perspective if they saw them doing all that it probably would’ve looked like they were homosexual 😭😭

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Perfect Casting and Chemistry but Uneven Timeline Distribution

The casting in this was perfect. Both the actors gave off the vibe they needed for these characters. Bao Shangen did so well like her crying scenes genuinely had me feeling so bad for her.

Honestly the yearning in this drama was next level like it had me hooked from the beginning. I also love the character dynamics. I like the side characters and I like how they didn't take up too much of the drama and how most of it was focused on our main characters.

They also did a lot of tropey things like him backing her into a wall and if done wrong it would be very cringey and hard to watch but since they have such a natural chemistry they pulled it off really well.

My main complaint was the timing of the drama. For a 29 episode drama why did we spend like over half the time in the past. I feel like it should've been half and half not like 20-9. At some points in the past the drama felt like it was dragging abit. I think we should've spent more time unpacking Lu Xixiao's pain and what not in the present. I also think the transition back into their relationship in the future could've been smoother. It felt a bit too all of a sudden to me and didn't make much sense. I wish I saw Lu Xixiao get more mad or something because it would've been valid.

Anyways this was a very good show that I would definitely rewatch one day.

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New title should be "The bitter life of Ye Pingjun"

I am extremely biased towards these two actors and I think they have such wonderful chemistry like I need a second collaboration but that being said the only knowledge I had of republican dramas was Overdo so my expectations were quite low.

Anyways this broke my expectations, the cinematography was so pretty and the lighting and sets. It really reminded me of the Hong Kong republican dramas. I think that the actors fit their role perfectly the only problem I found was that XRH is not a very good screamer when she needed to be. She nailed it near the last couple episodes but the rest of her screams were mid.

Overall plot wise I really enjoyed it. He was such a red flag as expected but I'm so glad they strayed away from the books after the first couple episodes cause the book had me scared. In the series Yu Changxuan was actually in a way redeemable but the book version was insane. I wanted that man dead. However I did see a quality drop in storyline in the second half as other reviews mentioned.

I felt so bad for Pingjun. Everytime she found peace with something, the plot would flip and make her suffer again. Tell me why she was kidnapped like four seperate times. This poor girl. I also really disliked the Jiang Xueting plot I thought they wouldn't include the kidnapping but of course they did. I see a lot of people complain that its too tragic and whatnot but I think that its good to have different stories sometimes. Whats the good in always having a smooth sailing plot. I thought it was fun to explore some dark romance.

My one plot criticism is the amnesia portion. Hate amnesia plots, the whole time they were together it just felt wrong knowing her old spunk and personality wasn't there. Their honeymoon phase was so sweet but in the back of my mind I couldn't fully enjoy it knowing that this IS NOT Ye Pingjun. However I did like how sometimes during her amnesia phase that hint of stubbornness and spunk would come back.

The ending hit me hard. Like from a logical perspective Changxuan is a dick so good riddance but at the same time we saw his redemption. I think the scene comparing the empty hotel vs when everyone was safe was beautifully shot and really displayed the consequences of war.

I'm so sad its over. They were such a beautiful couple and I pray they will get a second collaboration soon. Their contrasting looks just makes it so good. The tough cold man vs the sweet female lead. I guess now we can say shes free from Yu Changxuan when this is like the one part of the plot she didn't want to be free of him.

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Character Dynamics are written well

Personally the story had too many politics for me but I stayed to watch the character dynamics and like the general plot of what would happen to our main characters. I feel like the last ten episodes weren't as interesting as the first 20 but that's cause I personally prefer when shows focus more on the characters rather than politics.

Anyways I love how much tension the writers wrote between the main characters especially when they were having misunderstandings. It wasn't frustrating but more so exciting. I just loved how the relationships and friendships played out.

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