(This is less of a review and more of a rambling love letter. I had to go back and delete the words "I love" 6 times.)

I love this show so much, I actually stalled watching the last ten or so episodes to save them for days when I hated my job and needed a work-life related pick-me-up.

This show feels, sounds and looks so real, if I had a magic machine which would transport me to a fictional world, I would want to be dropped in right here, thankyouverymuch.

I felt like the working life of everyone was not just a plot device to move them here and there, ending in overly dramatic boardroom scenes. No, some enjoyed their job more than others, but everyone was trying to do their best work, whether they succeeded or not, their struggles were diverse and their motivations to work were real. It was such a breath of fresh air, treating work like it is a real time-suck, but also a motivator, and not something you throw aside as soon as the love interest shows up.
Everyone had not only a job, but also a love-life and a friendship-life and a family-life, that took up an appropriate amount of their time and focus. They also went overseas, and it wasn't willy-nilly and all the foreigners were caricatures, even that part was realistic and well done.
But it is not just that, these women (and men) are written with so much depth and realness, they feel like real friends and co-workers. And it is not just them either, the side characters are really well written and distinctive and real as well. Despite all their flaws and shortcomings and idiosyncrasies, I just wanted to hang out with them much longer. No one was perfect or a one dimensional villain, not even the many antagonists.

And let us not talk about the friendship between Shen Si Yi and Lu Ke, each of them a badass in her own special way and they portrayed that mix of love and annoyance of longterm, closer-than-sisters friendship so well. I am not surprised people thought this should have been a GL, because I have also experienced friendships so close people thought we might be dating.

The acting was on point all around. Don't care for OSTs, didn't find anything particuarly annoying.
The fashion, which is always a plus for me, was very understated, distinct and stylish.

Honestly, the only criticism I have is that there are so few kisses between Lu Ke and Zhang Mang, and I wanted more scenes of them together.

Watch it, that's all.