He Yi Sheng Xiao Mo

Mosheng gets a super short haircut but then reverts to her previo haircut in the scene where she and her friend plots how to lure Yicheng to the theatre. Yet another haircut shows up on the same timeframe, just even later in the evening, after the movies.

The Caucasian actors and actresses seem to have been picked without much consideration. Many speak unintelligible English. Perhaps Russian or other European languages? The accent is so thick it's unintelligible. And the worse offender is the landlord lady portrayed near the end, who spoke no English at all and yet Mosheng is replying in Chinese.

The younger boy that Mosheng was the guardian to was not friendly and spoke no Chinese. The older boy actor also lacked acting skills and seemed out of it.

Sometimes the background music is so loud it's more like foreground music and makes it next to impossible to know what was being said.

Not all of the Chinese actors spoke clear English. The worse offender was Yin Hui, whose deep voice and accent contributed to my frustration. Netflix didn't seem to bother trying to provide subtitles for the supposedly English lines. Which increases my frustration.

I couldn't finish the series; gave up after 8 episodes. The two main characters were so unappealing. The woman has no personality. Worse, she can't look anyone in the eye and spends almost every scene looking down at the ground. She consistently refuses to answer people, acting kind of like a deaf mute. The male lead also has no personality. No warmth, caring or humanity. No intelligence either. Why was this series made? What was the point?

The show could have been fine. The premise was interesting, the filming very decent and the secondary characters okay. Unfortunately, the main male character is cold as a fish and, most importantly, it is very difficult to envision why even a hot blooded man could have any interest for the main female character. She is supposed to be in her late twenties, but dresses and talks like a 12-year-old, has a submissive attitude 90% of the time, and has all the personality of an oyster. Who would want to pursue such a lame girl, let alone remain faithful to her for years while she was abroad?! This critic is for the characters as written in and not for the actor and actress, who just play the (very bad) part they were given.

Poor sound quality while shooting outside which included a bad buzz.

Miserable cheap wigs for the main actress.

Way too much product placement of a scary looking alcohol brand named RIO that comes in hideous bright colors.

The people who played the English speaking roles didn't even speak good English & were mostly foreigners.

The plot was cheesy & over the top. The male roles were overly bossy & macho.

Not much to like with this series.

There are so many things wrong with this drama that I can't believe it was popular back in the day. The 1st problem is the FL's wig. For some reason the director thought she should wear a bad wig for most of the show and then halfway through double down to a smaller worse one?! Then the ML is the most unlikeable guy ever. He's either cold or down right mean to the FL for most of the show. It makes no sense that she would have put up with him in college and still want him as an adult. He breaks up with HER in college but let's all their friends believe she abandoned him and doesn't clarify later. He also never lets her talk and bulldozes over her when he talks. He never gives her the reason for their abrupt break up and we're supposed to believe that she should have "read between the lines" and not left after it?! I had to stop watching--I couldn't buy into their happily ever after.