Far fetched

i will start with the good stuff: Both actors portrayed their roles great. The ML's change in character after the FL came back was very well done by Gong Jun as he managed to seem both aloof and afraid of losing the FL again at the same time. Also the scene where he cries in the apartement thinking of how much he got hurt in the past was very emotional. Honorable mention: the kid actor!!!! he is clearly a natural.
However i would not recommend this drama because of the turn the story takes. The FL decides to leave the ML with no explanation whatsoever because she "loves him and that's the only way he will go abroad to study". I wouldnt complain about this if it happened at a point when she couldnt leave her job, but it happens exactly when her business falls apart and she has to sell everything. Plus she decides to go abroad ANYWAY, just not with him. This does not make sense. After she leaves she finds out she is pregnant and simply does not tell him! The story takes us 6 years after that: the ML has returned from abroad and is now a professor (and a father, he just doenst know) and the kid (5yo) decides to take a plane and head back to find his father. So if the 5 year old hadn t decided to come back, the FL wouldnt. Anyway, they "begin again" after that and iit has a happy ending but it just seems to far fetched for me.
The music is nothing special.

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Cringe

First of all I would like to say that I have not seen the previous adaptations of this and I knew very little about the story beforehand.

Story:
The backbone of this is the typical popular/rich/smart guy who falls for the unpopular girl. It also happens that he has a crazy and overbearing mother who of course doesnt like our FL because she is poor and she has nothing to ''offer'' the ML. I have watched and enjoyed many of this kind of dramas but this was not one of them.
Most of the drama is just cringe. There is not other word for it really. Our couple constantly make empty promises to each other about facing things together etc but they seem to suffer from amnesia because next episode they are apart for some stupid reason that the writers came up with. Also the plot with the evil mother just gets out of hand at some point. By episode 40 I was just tired and dropped the whole thing. The reason I continued watching this long was the actors' good looks.

Acting:
This was my first time seeing dylan wang and shen yue act and i think they did a pretty decent job with the script they were given. Couldnt have done anything more. Having watched general's lady, the chang an youth and My unicorn girl, I know Caesar Wu and Darren Chen can do so much better if they are given a good script. So acting was not the problem in this drama, the script was.

Music:
Tired of listening to "Say something I am giving up on you" and other english songs here and there in the drama

Rewatch Value: Nope
Watch Value: Nope

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Handsome and Toxic

Everybody seems to like this story but me. I find Jiang Chen very selfish and toxic.
He constantly hurts her throughout the series and the one time he has to chase after her, he does it after 3 years.
There were many moments in the series that got me angry at him. To me this is not a love story. Not my cup of tea.
The acting was good and music was okay.
I wouldnt recommend this drama though.

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The Perfect Husband

I enjoyed every second of this drama.
The ML is gorgeous and perfect in all aspects. He respects the FL, protects her and doesn't give up on her even when she kinda loses it and lashes at him ( dont get me wrong, i dont blame her because her family was slaughtered when she was a kid and for a second she thought the ML had something to do with it. Today you could call this scene as a sign of PTSD). The flow of the story is very natural.
I also enjoyed the fact that they solve the mysteries as a team and the credit doesnt go to the main couple alone.
The music is great and suits the drama very well.

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So close...

Well.... 33/34 episodes were great and i would rate the drama an 8. But then episode 34 hit and I was very disappointed. There was absolutely no reason for qiu yan to lie to him about his mother and leave him like that... The guy has lost his father, his best friend and then his mother and wife on the same day. He has been lied to since he was 12 or so, he has killed innocent people while seeking revenge for a crime commited by his mother after all. I cannot comprehend qiu yan's sacrifice... maybe this is an asian way of thinking?? i dont know.

The ML's acting was pretty good. The FL had her good moments but overall her acting was a bit shallow for me.

the music fit the drama well.

i rarely rewatch dramas and i absolutely wont be rewatching this one.

It s such a shame because it was going soo well.

Anyway, if you watch it consider stopping at episode 33.

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Epic

This was an epic drama. I avoided it for some time because of the "sad" ending, but after watching it I dont regret it. SPOILER ALERT: the ML dies in the end, but it is done in a very poetic way after the ML has achieved his goals, so it doesne leave you desperate crying under your pillow, but rather happy for the ML because he can finally be himself and rest in peace. Plus he does not die out of the blue. From the very first episode you are getting prepared emotionally for his death, so it is not a shock when it happens.

Another thing I would change is that I would add just a litlle bit more romance, like a marriage scene before he goes off to battle and dies. I think Nihuang deserved that, having waited for him for so long even though he was presumably dead. But this is a minor detail to the story.

Music fits the drama well but it was nothing memorable for me, hence the 8.

I will not go on to say how great it was cause others have said so already. For me this is a must watch.

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Great Production Quality

Before I begin I should state that I do not like stories with many wives so I may be more "strict" in my review than usual.

I will start with the good things. The production quaity is great; from the costumes to the music everything fits in nicely and exudes professionalism. The plot is also consistent and the perfect combination between complex and easy-to-follow. I am a fan of mystery type dramas so I really enjoyed that aspect of the plot. Needless to say, the cast did a great job portraying all of the characters, no moment felt fake or forced.

I had one major problem with this drama though. The writers are trying to convince us that the ML is the indiffirent but righteous military type guy, which just doesnt add up for me. He does have a scheming wife and a crazy a mother who make things difficult for him at home by bringing in concubine after concubine. Even though he claims he never wanted them, he has slept with them as 2 out of 4 of the concubines were pregnant at some point. However since there is always trouble at home (usually because of his wife's scheming) he starts to avoid his family and emerses himself into his work. That leaves plenty of room for the concubines to experience some very tragic moments that I just couldnt get past without disliking the ML. If he is a righteous as the writers want us to believe he would at least protect them from harm.

The concubine most unlucky in this whole circus is concubine Qin. She was a maid who treated the ML after some injuries and to reward her, his mother made her his bedside maid, even though concubine qin did not want to. His mother also made her drink some kind of contraception which led to her losing the baby she was carrying. So after being essentialy raped by the ML (without him realizing), and losing her baby, she is basically left alone and ignored by the now indifferent ML, without anyone ever aknowledging the hardships she has been through. To me her actions were completely justifiable and after episode 40, during which we hear her full story, I took a break form the drama to unwind because I disliked the ML so much .

Overall its a good drama. If you are like me and dont like the many wives narrative, I suggest you skip this one, it will just make you angry. If you dont mind the harem, its a well made drama.

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Light and Sweet

I liked this drama very much. I usually get bored when the confession takes forever to happen but i didnt mind in this drama because there are many scenes with the main couple and we witnessed them bonding. There is no major misunderstanding which i also liked very much. I also enjoyed how darren chen protrayed his role and wasnt afraid to smile even when acting angry. I would like the FL to be a bit of a "fight back" character mainly to not be pushed around that easily by ML's mother but i guess it was needed for the plot. The drama also had many funny scenes. Overall its a light and sweet drama. I recommend it 100%. The music fits the drama well.

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