Jun Jiu Ling

I love strong women leading roles and this one is one of the best ones I have seen, and very consistent throughout the whole series. The male lead is actually supporting her and never crippling her, overshadowing her or just rescuing her. This has happened in several dramas before, like The Long Ballad or Who Rules The World, where the female lead starts being super strong and independent and the more we watch the more she becomes the typical submissive female lead they love in the very patriarchal asian societies.

Ever since I watched Parallel World I got enamored of Jin Han and his acting and I found this one. His acting as main lead is great here and I love how versatile this role is for him, going from silly and clownish to very dramatic and assertive. I really enjoyed his performance. His chemistry with Peng Xiao Ran as the female lead is great and I truly enjoyed the bromance trio with his brothers.

Although sometimes the main plot wasn't very realistic/logical it was very interesting and gripping and the script was good. Still, the drama is at least 15 episodes too long and some of the subplots too dragging, repetitive and felt underwhelming at times.

There was also a lack of likeable characters in this drama, the majority of them are just too superficial and shallow for you to form any kind of connection.

Overall, This drama was enjoyable and entertaining for the most part. Great main characters, with a superb strong and smart female lead and great fighting choreography/action scenes although a bit too long and dragging.