The drama revolves around He Qiao Yan, CEO of Heshi Group, and Qin Yi Yue, a child psychologist. It tells the story of a rational and indifferent man and a soft, optimistic, considerate, and meticulous psychologist, whose relationship develops from acquaintance to love.
Allow me to elaborate. Qiao Yan has a son. It's not his biological son, but his late brother's. His brother and sis-in-law both died in a car crash (which also involved Qiao) .Xiao Bao (the son), due to trauma as he was also involved in the crash, became mute and anti-social. He doesn't like being touched and often throw tantrums. But unexpectedly, Xiao Bao warmed up to Dr Qin real quick. Upon seeing their instant connection, Qiao proposed a marriage contract so that Dr Qin can be a stay-at-home doc and truly focus on Xiao Bao's improvement.
Honestly, I skipped A LOT. I just skipped to the main couple's scenes so I won't be able to comment any other thing than their relationship. Judging from how much I skipped, the drama really had many side stories which I didn't really enjoy. Mind you, my harsh criticisms may stem due the fact that I really realllyyyyyyyyyyy reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyy enjoyed Miles Wei's previous drama, "Perfect and Casual". Officially one of my favourite dramas ever. And Miles' character in that drama... O.M.G .. perfection. I can't imagine liking a character more than Professor Zhang. Will definitely write a review on PaC but need to rant about this one first.
Okay on to my review:
1) Pre-binge hopes
The premise: It was soooo promising. I haven't crossed any dramas where the male lead has a son. So I thought, I THOUGHT, the plot won't be as cliche. Unfortunately, it was not so.
2) Cliches
Male lead, extremely cliche. The clueless-about-love CEO with either dead or toxic parents trope. It could've still been enjoyable if he didn't act TOO clueless. Like cmon. He couldn't even figure out that the female lead wanted to hear "I love you". That issue alone dragged out over 2 episodes. Which annoyed me.
And then the constant accidental fall into each other arms and almost kisses. Mygawd. Annoying AF. It kept happening throughout the series and I was no longer entertained. I'm clumsy too; no one is that uncoordinated.
Then the interfering family member who thinks the hero deserves someone of same status (this time it was the aunt)
..and the possessive 2nd female lead who is of same status/is supposedly more suited... boring boring boring!
And seriously this woman.. how many times does she need saving?? i hate the damsel in distress trope too. Meteor Garden had plenty as well, but MG had 49 eps so those type of scenes were spaced out ok. UL only has 24 eps and its sooooo frequent. She sprained her ankle twice, nearly got attacked by a snake, kidnapped, media harassments, gotten sick, and the many times she fell or needed a coat. Plus all the situations were insignificant to the plot. I like scenes proving the male lead is "reliable" (like shown in PaC) but it would've been better if the situations were a lot less serious.
3) Healthy relay. Yay or Nay?
Nay. Their communication is a bit off. Contributed to a lot of misunderstandings. Plus their progression of love didn't make sense. It was sooo fast in the beginning but then dragged mid-way. The hero acted very understanding at times, and very clueless at other times. Idk it just didn't make sense to me. The post-confession kiss wasn't brief like most dramas' first kisses but then they had the audacity to act all awkward and shy the episode after that??? Ughhhh frustating!! They were going back and forth. The breakup phase where both were lying to each other was hella distressing to watch. They broke up twice. The heroin is a bit weak.
4) What's to love
The beginning episodes! If they kept up the pace throughout, it would've been hella cute. Like Dr Qin faking intimacy with Qiao just to make Bao Bao happy. It picked up the pace once they both confessed but due to the mid-way drag it somehow felt unnatural to me. PaC had perfect progression <3
5) Rewatchibility - would binge from the start/sweet scenes only/never again
Never again, unless to only stare at Miles Wei. Even the occasional cute cant make me.
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