Lots of office, little romance

Too much office stuff and some things I didn't understand: What evil did ML do to make FL break up with ML so radically, despite her supposed great love?
What motivated Du Heng to go to great lengths to ingratiate himself with FL when he was actually indifferent to her? Why did FL accept this Du Heng as a lover so quickly? Then she gets the receipt for it, from this piece of crap.

In my opinion, this whole part of the story is completely illogical and unsuccessful. FL behaves absolutely badly in this phase of the story, just think of her behavior concerning the wonderful grandmother who died while FL is having sex with DuHeng at about the same time.
But ML is supposed to be the unforgivably bad one, according to her?

It takes the "Deus Ex Machina" (the storm) to reunite the two. That is weak.

But actors and especially the main characters are excellent. And Xin Zhi Lei as FL is so beautiful! Also the Intro-Song: "I Am A Bad Boy" is great!


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Series 1 and series 2, harmless reflections! But spoilers !!

The great love of the FL was the worst criminal and murderer. This is how the story starts. He stabbed FL because of her rival and cut out her heart. O yes, where love goes!

And her later husband ML is left with what was left after FL's rebirth, a laboriously constructed implausible love story. A little lovey-dovey and all is well. Chemistry? Hardly! And, whoops, she almost had sex with his alter ego in the cave. After all, she'd known him for a few hours.

But ML clings to love even after FL leaves him rather arbitrarily. In fact, she betrayed ML significantly more seriously with her past.

And her final revenge against the 3rd prince in episode II/16 is poor. Is that what all the fuss is about? His atrocious crimes like cut out heart, murders etc. are held up to him in a tired speech, a little reproach and complaining, and she herself is done and dusted.
ML then becomes emperor. Why can't FL, as his wife-consort, go to the palace with him?
Lots of authors messy crap.

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No pity, late mercy

This thing, I don't want to call it drama, this nonsense, is not borderline at most, except maybe for some of the first episodes.
Peng and Ting, the authors, must be severely traumatized, otherwise they would not be able to write something like this. I will spare myself and you extensive descriptions.

But just one: When the shy heroine falls heartily in love with the ML and marries him, leaving him for understandable reasons, her lightning transformation into a cold avenger of the ML who has misbehaved is an incomprehensible imposition.
She presents the following to the remorseful ML who wants to get her back,who realizes his mistakes and wants to change his behavior: FL has not only acquired a new lover, a rather weird bird, in a very short time, no, although she was particularly shy, she implicitly let this lover impregnate her after a few days, or a few weeks.

This takes the shaken ML by surprise,who goes back home broken.

FL's repulsive story does not prevent the ML to think of something else and whimpering and begging, ready for any concession, crawl back to the FL- bitch, who continues to treat him coldly. In the end, he sucks up to her despite her reluctant attitude and is then allowed to serve her.

Now I have already written too much, friends of the deviant trash film. I read devastating reviews beforehand, but I didn't want to listen to them. Obviously I had to feel the pain myself and then cry about senselessly wasted life time.
Heartfelt condolences and sincere thanks to God,

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Don't read this review if you hate spoilers and are easily excited!

The hero is successful in his studies and soon in the business world. As a result, he arouses the envy of friends who soon turn against him.
At some point, the revenge chapter begins, settling accounts with enemies.The revenge later changes from settling accounts to forgiveness.
Pity prevails with whining and crying, the ML finally allows mercy to prevail.

Obviously we should learn to forgive and to forgive instead of punishing.

But one should then also keep the extent of torment and brutal meanness to the extent that forgiveness is still possible and does not seem absurd.

His girlfriend, "Princess", the FL, abandons him, later they get back together. Her share of forgiveness for the criminal is particularly large. Shame, one thinks, she should actually be by the side of her long-tortured friend.

Many critics gripe about the toxic ML, saying he's cold as ice. Put yourself through what he has to suffer serially.

The FL is criticized as well, even for not getting her parents' culturally customary consent for the relationship. These parents beat their daughter, hold her captive and do all sorts of other monstrous things - consent from these parents? Only so much, they should go to hell.

Although, especially at the beginning, the story is quite interesting, I'm reluctant to recommend the series, because as soon as it starts, it goes full throttle through mess and misery.
Save yourself the many incomprehensible character jumps, don't get angry, make love instead or go to the pub. Maybe she is sitting there! Or him!

Post Scriptum: I hope I didn't spoil too much, according to the rules of etiquette in the forum.

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Ouch! That hurt!

It starts promisingly, as a series for adults. But then it becomes one-sidedly about the cause of women, emancipation, and all the rest. Men are secondary, bad, evil, irresponsible, or uptight, like the ML and everyone circles around the great career women.
It turns out, the FL really doesn't need a man. Not even the submissive slave ML who is camouflaged as the "Perfect Husband". So what does this the series want to tell us?

The sneaky 2nd ML, has felt more action time with the FL than the ML, why doesn't he have the lead role? FL and he are a perfect fit in their coldness of feeling and with their pathetic shared past.
This ex-boyfriend of FL, Jun Hui, who is admired as a "good man" throughout, who watches a rape while filming, is the constant nuisance to the main characters' relationship.
The poor, hasty ending is in keeping with the general level of the story, 2 minutes of sweet talk at the end must be enough for anything. Does the writer lack the empathy to fabricate a reasonable happy ending? She has given more time to the assaults of the 2nd ML against the FL.
Too bad for the wonderful leading actress Yang Mi, too bad for Xu Kai, who always has to look down in intimidation.
It was not worth it. Is there no supervisor or editors to correct the biggest bullshit of the authors?

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All those enthusiastic letters! They can't go unchallenged.

The love story was implausible piecemeal. Side plots were pursued for a tiringly long time. Also the annoying: "I want to spare my friend suffering, therefore I torture him terribly, but with good intentions", could not be missing, because the end was near.

There was of course a love triangle, so much time must be! The FLs sidekick seemed more important than the ML and had more scenes felt. The FLs in Korea always break the hearts of the greatest men, even when, as here, the FLs are simple-minded, almost dead, moderate-looking, and treat the great men like cab drivers. The glorification of FL was exaggerated to excess, including their professional skills.

FL is not a likable person overall, although she appears that way on the surface. She intentionally ruins ML's life plan, as critical as one may be of his perspective on life. She does not love him very much, as eagerly as she constantly pursues other interests. She is consistently selfish, hiding that behind her countenance of suffering. Rarely is there any reference to the precious time that remains. Wasting her time: she takes a bit of revenge, does nice things too, so what? Why should one also be precious with precious time?
Probably because of the flaws, the series drowns in a stream of tears. And an ending can be so mendacious that it cracks: the people want it, the writers write it.

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Love in the hands of writers

Poor MaRo was treated badly. This brave boy sought revenge for his arbitrarily destroyed life.
In the end, the evil was done, a mild punishment was meted out to the main criminals, but the most destructive of all was the attractive MaRo himself.

That the love of the main characters ends tragically was known since EunGi, whom MaRo loved, had sexual intercourse with the dubious lawyer Park. This consistently and irreparably destroyed the whole love story. Why, was there no other option for their difficult love that cost us a lot of nerves and hopes?

In the end, we are left with a bunch of loose ends, a presumably dead MaRo, EunGi who might be with one of her cheaters. Yes one could make free-floating guesses. Very unsatisfying, downright annoying the whole thing.

There was a consolation for us sensitive souls in a quasi-separate final chapter. In an obviously fictional story, the lovers found themselves in a kind of modern-day Xanadu. A village by the sea, bathed in pastel colors, it was the place of their longing.
MaRo, who had lost his memory, and EunGi seemed strangely empty. His voiceover described that he would find EunGi again in his next life and live his happiness with her.

Everyone should think what they want, the writers probably think. Don't get angry friends, and peace on earth!

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Sometimes you don't know whether to laugh or cry.

FL is supposed to be a confident, strong woman. A woman disguised as a man in a Military Academie.
But at any time she is put down and humiliated by comrades. Every underachiever watches her, and looks down on her. But the guys gather around FL, despite her disguise as a man, and fall in love.
Although the boys are not supposed to be gay. FL is supposed to be a man, a soldier, an officer. To believe this balancing act even in a C drama is hard.

Lovey-dovey, flirting, eroticism like in a contact yard and that in a barracks, you have to come up with that. For now he/she has four admirers, why are not eight or twenty-two? What was going on in the Chinese army? Even if soft crazy rich big shot kids are the actors here and future officers.

Despite some ridiculous developments of the story, much was exciting and hard circumstances of the time would be hinted at. You could guess what bitter evil times are on the horizon for China. As for the drama, sometimes more seriousness would have been nice.

Because, unfortunately, some things are out of place in the story, considering how Sino-Japanese relations have developed historically, up to unimaginable cruelties of the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese War.
But love in times of war is normal, unfortunately we come up a bit short here.

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Watch it if you want to bite the table.

The main female character, DanDan, is kind and beautiful, a lovable, good person.

Unfortunately, with a few exceptions, she is surrounded by idiots, madmen and lunatics, malicious people and criminals.
Among these people, one can confidently subsume the author who made this mess in 52 episodes.

There are brutally selfish parents and other disturbed people who obviously have the right to interfere.

For the happy ending, everything is concluded with a huge reconciliation smear, in which even the worst offenders are forgiven. Hard to bear...

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Bonus: unappetizing love triangle

Three quarters of the story was misery, toil, humiliation, violence, humiliation, sexual abuse. The rest was similarly depressing. The good guys suffered permanently at the hands of the bad guys, there were never any mental recovery phases.

A gloomy play for forgiven people who want to find a comforting peudosense in the incorporated Buddism.

The whole children's friend thing was misleading, one of the friends liked to act as a mean perpetrator. The fact that the FL was turned into a whore was also down to him. Nevertheless, she believed she owed him something, believed she had to be grateful for the benefits she had received: Do I have to understand that?

Enough writing about this ugly series, it was another waste of my life. Amithaba!

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Confusion about the whole story. Is this intentional?

What strikes me is that it seems to be the custom to invade the most private areas directly, without any announcement. Both Cheng Mu, the cook's friend, the ex, or Ling Chen, who is as saucy as a blowfly, stand without knocking in the bedroom, in the living room, simply everywhere. Is this usual in China?

Or this: The girl Orange is kidnapped, tortured and nevertheless reconciles with Ling Chen after a short bitching. He is somehow involved in the kidnapping. I didn't understand the reason for the crime. Is apparently anyway not so bad, hurts soon no more!

The usual victim number, here 5 years, for FL and ML may not be missing. To make the eye surgery possible, there is a deal with the evil rival. What do you think was her demand to Xia You? I just can't figure it out!

The ending is special crap that I didn't know could be piled so high. It's supposed to be a happy ending. For the friends involved, some of whom knew from the beginning where FL was hidden and even had a child, he should make good on his threat: they will plant trees in the desert forever. Or rather the writers?

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Maybe watch only 1st and last episode?

It started out amusing and interesting. Unfortunately, after a few episodes came the pain. Pain of disappointment and frustration. To go into details would be too much trouble. Only this much: The pithy entrepreneur lets himself be beaten down. He responds to attacks from business rivals with love, even though he is almost ruined.

For long stretches, the romance was gone and we found ourselves in a chick flick. Women's problems and women's problems. And women's problems. Then parental problems, marginal problems, a tiring merry-go-round also with plenty of marginal characters, while the FL and ML often make themselves invisible.

Johnny Huang and Dilraba, whom I saw for the first time in a drama, were good and a small salvation of this waste of lifetime. Whereas unfortunately the wonderful Dilraba had to play a dubious unsolidary character. But that is probably seen differently by the author, but how? Johnny was just great!

The author has probably also processed plenty of their own generational conflicts, it is really torture to have to watch this crap.

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Hard to believe:

I wonder if this story represents the usual relationship between women and men in Korea? Do the women act so intimidatingly reserved and the men so shamelessly harassing?

We see sexual harassment in this show, forcible kisses, to assaultive touching, to sleazy requests for sexual intercourse. Rejections from women are ignored at best. Is this the way it is in Korea?

Harassing women at work, even repeatedly asking them to have sexual intercourse, would mean summary dismissal in the West.

Guys ignore that you hate them, dislike them, loathe them, don't want to be harassed, but women's opinions don't matter.
That must be exhausting for women, constantly fending off assaultive behavior in addition to work.

It may be a comedy, however it comes across as pretty weird in parts! Much of it is annoying and not funny. This includes the "candidate" scoring and haggling over FL. and other ridiculous, adolescent competitive behavior.
At least the story has lighter moments, especially in the second half, and the actors do well. Still, the ending is quite stale and disappointing.

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How to destroy an initially good idea...

Although many reviewers had fun, I thought the second half of the show was bad.

This show is obviously an illustration of the old British saying, "It is said, that a woman's heart is like a needle in the bottom of the sea."

FL is completely out of character. Whoever has such a "loving woman" at his side no longer needs enemies. She has literally blown up the great love and the two families right along with it. Families, are in Asia still much more important, than with us in the west. This woman takes no prisoners.

Why does she destroy her families and ML without need? Yes, why?!

One can hardly believe her reason for separation. In order to relieve the ML she only had to go with him to Germany, her career as a businesswoman was over anyway. Happy holydays in Heidelberg!

Even later, FL has many absurd reasons to maintain the separation and withhold the son from the father, Ling Rui. With poor, pretextual excuses. From this we can conclude: the FL was doing quite well, there was no pressure of suffering that would have motivated her to return. Only her business interest finally causes her to return home.

From episode 25 on, the fun was over! But it was clear that FL and ML had to be brought together again. That's what the writers are there for, they'll do it, even if the rind cracks.

It is clear that the authors would not shy away from any kind of remorse kitsch. This is absolutely necessary to make the unpleasant aftertaste of breaking the infamous FL forgotten. The word "sorry," for example, is now on the index in my book.

I guess any relationship would be over after such experiences and after 6 long nasty years. The injuries caused by FL's lack of character and baseness should damage any trust forever. Who wouldn't break up with her? But then the embracing forgiveness by the authors takes hold.

Still, the mood - at least mine - is gone. The lovey-dovey talk, the professions of love in the rest of the event now seem unbelievable. Really a pity , because the tough business woman of the first half was believable and sympathetic in her straightforwardness.

During the second half, you just wait for FL's lapses, even a Love Afair with the childish Shen Zhuo would be believable for her. And let's keep quiet about the finale with Gao Er Fan, the ghost sister and all the sugar coating and marriage proposal the second. Let's hope she doesn't sneak away again, secretly.

But OK, don't panic, it's just show and a lot was nice too. The actors are much better than the plot of the drama, the second half of which really belongs in the trash bin. And of course: the FL is very attractive! (ML too).

Sorry for the harsh review. English subs could be better!

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