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This drama is a weird one. Some cases are quite interesting, while some are a slog to get through. Overall, it’s a good watch but I didn’t find it so engaging. I usually binge investigative dramas like this within a few days but it took me several weeks to finish this drama.

The main lead, Lu Linfeng was smart and very good with martial arts, but he was really arrogant initially. He lost everything at some point and eventually became humble. I liked his character arc. His love interest Pei Xijun was also a spoilt brat who was obsessed with him initially, but she eventually mellowed down, and towards the last third of the drama, she became one of my fav characters. Su Wuming is the typical very smart and funny detective with great people skills, and he remained like that till the end of the drama.

One of the glaring weak point of this drama was the romance. I eventually warmed up to Lu Linfeng and Pei Xijun’s relationship, and even thought they were cute together with time. But I was shocked the drama decided to insert a “romance” between Su Wuming and Yingtao. First of all, he was too old for her, and there was no chemistry whatsoever. Infact Yingtao was believable as his daughter, so when they made her the one taking the initiative in the relationship, it was so uncomfortable to watch, I skipped those scenes. Otherwise, this is a slow but good watch.