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When i watch it, my first impression, the drama ambience feels like reading a romance novel, i don’t know how to describe it, that sort of calm and soft texture, and the sort of whispery but not really vibes, i like it but it hard to see because the colour grading is too dark. It’s a cute drama, the character despite the somewhat unique character setting the male lead have, it feels pretty grounded and realistic, credits to all the actors potraying the character.

Gu Yi is a very likable character, she is kind, sweet, and relatable, being the one that fall in love first, she was the one that chase the ML first, i personally find her courting game to be cute and just the right amount. Liang Dawen is aloof but he was never a jerk, he is a pretty nice and well meaning guy, he does have his moment of mishaps but it was never out of malice. The side character were also very likeable, the coworker, and the second couple feels real, their story progression also feels natural, their friendship is sweet and fun to watch. But like most of a romance drama out there , we also have a love rival here. He was a good guy through and through, you can feel bad for him, some might even have a second lead syndrome (not me though). I don’t really like love triangle, but he doesn’t really have a chance at all, so i’m satisfied enough, he might become a little too relevant at the later part, but he was never a competition. Now, the annoying obsessive female side character from ML’s side that’s the one we should talks about, doctor shen (ML’s theraphist) probably need to admit this creepy woman too, she is definitely sick. Liang dawen’s alixithemia and guan xingxin’s anxious attachment is too mild compared to this delusional woman delusional disorder. I mean, she is the quitely crazy type. Iy kinds of irks me why the male love rival a sweet considerate guy, and the female love rival (if she can even be considered as a love rival) is a delusional witch. She is just an antagonist, i don’t even consider her as a character, she could just be considered as a plot.

The first part of the show is very enjoyable, the progression of their relationship feels natural, the story kind of feels like a slice of life, like a breeze of wind, like a ripple in a calm water, i don’t know how to describe it but it was somewhat flat, but just the right amount, not too much of anything.

Anyway this drama also have the obligatory stupid break up arc, it’s normal things, it’s expected, we even got the self-sacrificing act by the male lead to prove his deep love, it gave the chance for the female lead to show that she’s no pushover, have a self-worth, it even gave a slot to the sml to become a hero, and it also gives space for the display of friendship helping thorough the break up. It’s just how it written in the manual of modern romance stories. Here is a thing, i’m glad seeing men grovel for forgiveness, but it’s become dragging at some point. They drag and stretch it to a point that despite one character developing, the other somewhat regress. Liang Dawen’s EQ increases and for some reason why does Gu Yi’s EQ seems to decreases instead. They give Liang Dawen awareness, and Gu Yi seems to somewhat lost them. All this push and pull become a little bit annoying.

The last strecth of the story is good, they manage to potray a very solid, very sweet, and a very strong relationship, it’s pretty satisfactory, and i’m so happy with the ending. But it’s a rough path reaching there, some episode at the last third of the show i find quite boring, but that’s just me, the show’s nature is quite slow but the atmosphere of the show become a little too slow and a little too sad, i find it not as enjoyable as the first third. Despite everything, this is still a gem to me.