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I grown up in Tientsin but left there from 18 years old until now. In my memory, Tientsin is a mixing of Chinese traditional, Western culture as Concession, humorous citizen, Mysticism, food and the river. All the place in this TV show was so familiar, the river, the bridge, piers, restaurants, black market... Unfortunately, the TV show losts 40% of details from the fiction, and the translation lost 40% more details, but I'm still very happy to watch it from Netflix and see my hometown!

Excuse my non-professional review, but as a person who randomly picks things on netflix that are suggested I was not only thoroughly entertained by this show, but, I think I like it quite a lot. It has an engaging and intriguing story, it has action adventure, really cool costumes and backgrounds and props, very good cinematography, and some sweet love stories. The only thing I have to say is: How could you do this to us? Leave us hanging like this in episode 24? We need another episode soon!

I enjoyed this series during lockdown. Commendable acting from the male lead, female lead has annoying acting on the character.

The story and dialogue is very thoughtfully woven. The sets and details on the sets are meticulously crafted and beautiful to look at. The acting is done well and enjoyable to watch. If you speak Chinese (Mandarin) then you will probably enjoy listening to the dialogue. You might have to rewind sometimes to catch the subtitles, but it is worth it. And I like how they include a scene at the end with the credits, that is a nice touch.

This drama is fun to watch, however the female lead acting distracts me with her bland acting, the way she delivers the character annoys me.

Still overal the drama is great. I especially like the male lead and want to check more of his works. I'd recommend it to everyone if you like mystery and entertaining series!