A fairly decent watch , but I always have my doubts when a drama is 40 episodes long, it usually tends to get draggy and have plot holes ( which it did)

Storyline- The male lead is a leader of a a group of "bandits", in that town they he rules and protects the people there. It starts off with him kidnapping the female students of the well known academy in the city ( i forgot the school name) Basically all the wealthy/well known official's daughter and sons goes to that school to study. Our male lead is a genius, he is good at all things like painting, poetry, archery, chinese chess etc. He challenges the male students to an area of study they are good at in order for them to save the girls. There he meets the female lead who is the daughter of the Wen family.( an illegitimate daughter). She was the only person that didnt get saved, because it was 1 male could bring back one female who was kidnapped. They end up spending sometime together and she realizes that he isnt as bad as he seems. The " senior" brother goes back with a general and tries to save the female lead. The male leads jumps off the cliff......... Fast forward, to the setting of the school. A new schoolmate is accepted to the school because he has the talent, turns out to be the male lead. Only the female lead recognizes him. She shows him around the school. The male lead's motive for going to that academy was to figure out why someone wanted to kill him , when her was young. This caused him to miss the last time to see his dying mother. The male lead eventually becomes friends with the people that bully him. He of course slowly falls for the female lead. The female lead learns some martial arts/ qing gong from this dude ( turns out it was her mother's senior brother.

Here comes the plot holes-
if the female lead knows kung fu/ has qing gong how come she doesnt use it all the time? certain times in the drama she gets caught... but im like you know how "to fly/drift"

How they randomly save some teen, and that teen turns out to be of royal family from what looks like Korea lol ( just to stretch/ make longer this drama?)

2) I didnt like how near the end how the evil guy got the upper hand. It was quite dumb lol. Like you gonna throw the principal/ teachers into a locked room just because they believe the male lead is not a bad guy? Also the evil dude forces them to be burned alive? At this point, how come the female lead doesnt break away from the people holding her down to use her kung fu/qing gong?


Romance- they definitely were on the cute couple list, They had really cute interactions and moments. It felt like a real relationship because you can see the things they've been through. For the kisses nothing super special, mostly just pecks on the lips. Also they were not in a relationship till like half the drama( which is considered long) but i mean in a ancient drama , theres no part saying will you be my gf >_<, They liked each other pretty early on.

Characters I couldnt stand

Evil mom of the Wen family. She didnt like the female lead one bit!

Evil stupid sister. Initially she showed like she cared for her but that was all a front. She showed her true colors very soon. She was jealous of the female lead, because the person she likes , likes the female lead. Always trying to make her sister look bad/fail.

Evil senior brother- who claims he loves the female lead. He is just a whimp, who has been pushed too far by his mom. His mom gives him pressure to be the best and pursue the beset, Telling him he cant like the female lead, he should like the sister instead. All that hate , pressure and jealousy made him cray!

I give it a 7.5 because of the ridiculous plot at the end and the annoying evil characters. Those characters shouldnt get too much limelight or it becomes a nuisance to watch ! Both got what they deserved!!!!!!