| Air: 2017
| Episode: 21 (Season 1) & 23 (Season 2)
| Cast: Tang Song Yun |
Jiang Chao
Li Yan Shu's life is a mess. Her mother left for a wealthy man, resulting in her father to be depressed and drown in drinking. He collapsed and passed away eventually. She even insulted by the grandmother of her boyfriend, Gu Jin Yu. The grandma tried to buy her to leave the boy because she thinks Yan Shu is not good enough. She took the money to study abroad to be designer, only to return to step father's house where stepsister, Han Jun Yao hates her to the bone. Even though her stepfather invites her to join his company, the stepsister does everything to harm her.
When Han Jun Yao traps Yan Shu for plagiarizing other's design, she decides to move out of the house. Fortunately, she stumbles upon Gu Cheng Zhe, the president of Shengdong Department Store. He lets her stay in his house thinking to use her to attract his nephew Gu Jin Yun working. Well, it works, Gu Jin Yun shows up just to bully Yan Shu because he needs to take revenge for being left. But, later he learns her sacrifice and decides to pursue her.
However, Li Yan Shu and Gu Cheng Zhe have already developed a special relationship. Gu Cheng Zhe is germophobia and obsessive-compulsive, but he can bear living with messy Yan Shu.
I don't like the edits. There are too many any flashbacks and unnecessary scenes. I fast-forward a lot, so cutting those off could've pressed the series into 21 episodes. Still, Cheng Ze is too cute and you can't hate Li Yan Shu. Okay, there are few episodes where I despise her for playing hard to get and enjoy the fight between Jin Yun and Cheng Ze. It's very low, even for an ordinary girl like her. That's not what an adult should behave.
The story put important points on the relationships between elder and younger generations: Yan Shu and her mother; Jin Yun, Cheng Ze, and the grandmother; also Yan Shu's mother and Han Jun Yao. In eastern culture, we're taught to be filial, to listen to everything elder says and be obedient every time. But, are the elder always right? I beg to differ. Just because they have long years don't always mean they know what to do. Moreover, they can't steer other people's life. I learn that these kind of elders are those with regrets in their lives and they want to achieve their goals through the kins. Parents can be seditious, as well.
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