This drama swept me away rather quickly and I ended up unable to move on for about a week.
Admittedly, the format is a little confusing because the story takes place at three different times, but it is fairly easy to keep up and anyone who watches this will quickly get invested in the relationship of Yan Mo and Qiao Yi.
This is a very slow-burn sort of drama and there’s a lot of pining and longing and the main couple have quite the history, but their relationship feels real. The relationship is very special and chemistry-charged and the developments feel hard-won, but thankfully there are other relationship to enjoy. The familial relationship between Qiao Yi and her brother, between both of them and their step-father, between the step-father and their mother, between Qiao Yi and her best friend, etc. Really, it’s the relationships and the realistic nature of them that really make the entire show. The characters feel like human beings with complex emotions that run beneath the surface, not the typical over-exaggerated actions and reactions like other dramas tend towards,
When I found out that this was based off a true story, it made me love it even more and I think this is one of those classic dramas that won’t easily be forgotten under the multitudes of new dramas being released every year.