After I watched Hidden Love right, Zhao Lusi piqued my attention because she did really great there, so i wanted to watch her early shows and this is the earliest that netflix has in their catalog. Also great, since Riley Wang is in here cuz i just checked 'Everybody Wants to meet you' too, though that drama was really trash.

Anyway, the story... I wouldn't say it's trash, though they did add something new to the table with that "Fake relationship" concept in dramas, i think they just did it badly like they had an idea, but they didn't manage to put it all together really well. It was such a mess in the first half, but after the season 2 of the dating show, i wouldn't say it's good, but it got a littleee better enough for me to feel something and to be at least a littleee invested for me to finish it, and it got fast paced as well. FL's mom, i think she got introduced too early and it was soo sudden, like there are no bits of crumbs that we might get a FL family drama side plot incoming, she just came in storming and it never even got a proper resolution, because suddenly she's okay with her mom, like did i skipped an episode or something? why is her relationship with her mom suddenly like "Oh, we're good now", and the scam part with her mom, i kinda predicted that, but that scene with the other victims like those paid extras doesn't even give a shit, they didn't even put an effort in their acting. I also don't like how the moment she knew her composer crush was actually our male lead, immediately her feelings flipped, it wasn't like "now i'm in love with this guy" kinda thing, but it was sort of like you can tell she started developing some feelings towards Shuwei right away just because of his other identity. The accidents in this drama are soo predictable, how could you mess up something that's supposed to be a turning point for a character or story? I don't really know how to explain it... I've watched a lot of dramas that have accidents in it and it's supposed to come out as a plot twist, something you're not expecting and just happened out of nowhere, but here i can sense it a mile away and it's baaaad. I like how they handled the side plot with our 2nd male lead. It's not intrusive, and they didn't really focus on it that much, it's just there from time to time, that's probably why i never felt the 2nd lead syndrome. It's very cute and heartwarming, glad he got a proper closure. 2nd couple's side plot was a nice break, for how messy our main couple was, but it got messy too as it went on and i wasn't expecting it to turn out that way, though i'm glad it got a proper closure too. In the very late game, i don't know why did this, but why introduce a new girl? I get it she had some sort of contribution to the story, but i think that is unnecessary, there's a lot of ways you could've done that without adding a new character to the story, it just stretched out the last parts of the show. The japanese dubbing in the last episode was so obvious, but props to them since it matched Zhao Lusi's voice

The characters, I think they're all ok and the acting too was meh... it's passable. The one that stood out to me in the beginning was the 2nd couple, again it was nice, but it got messy as it went on, their acting was okay and then i switched to our main couple because they got better in the 2nd half. Zhao Lusi, although i like you here, because you're so cute and adorable, but this is me after watching your recent work 'Hidden Love' so there's a very big difference in your acting. In here, i can tell it's not up to par with what your current acting skills can show, i don't really have much to say about your character here, aside from 'it's okay'. Riley wang, this is the 2nd drama that I've watched that he's in and to be honest, I feel bad for him because this one too is still bad, He really needs to be given a good written and scripted drama. Also, at the same time i don't like his acting here, he's just a frowning soulless character, that's not how you act cold. You just look like you're angry all the time. I don't even think I've seen his character smile genuinely in this show and it didn't develop much at all. I don't know if i'm supposed to blame your acting or the writer...

The music was okay, i mean it's there... good. Though i liked the violin stuff. I wish they did that more.

Cinematography is ok, but i just noticed this, and not just here, but in other cdramas as well, when they do video calls, dashcam, or cctv footage stuff it's always a full on cinematography, oh my god.. are you really that lazy to film those kinds of shot? like, have an intern film those for you if you couldn't be bothered to film it yourself. In most cases, you're not gonna bother eyeing that shit, but it's just that, i would notice it every time. Stop it!!!

So yeah... overall, this drama is bad, but still entertaining enough, like the first half if you could endure, and get past that then you're probably gonna enjoy the 2nd half since that's where it'll get better in terms of story and characters. Would i watch this again? heck no!