I liked the show but I am giving a 4 because although I enjoyed most of the show, once Anna came back it became unbearable for me to watch.
Starting from the beginning, I watched the Taiwanese version first and I loved it! So I would definitely give this one 10 stars more because This Chinese version in my opinion is a lot better, for the most part the changes are for the better ( Xiyi realized his feelings a lot sooner and once he made a decision he was not hesitant at all, he was determined and as soon as Anna was in front of him, he told her the truth from the beginning, for the most part he did not allow her to manipulate him and I also liked that there was no kidnapping , no having to put his journey to get his love back in pause because of Anna. He was honest and I loved that) I understand him not telling her while she was abroad but he was always upfront with Jiaxin sometimes even too honest borderline cruel(except when he started having feelings for her and was confused, he avoided her ) however her lack of confidence was too much for me to bear. The guy gave her the divorce agreement on her first day together, then why would Jiaxin believe that what Anna gave her was right ? If Anna told her face to face that she was not going to give up easily and tricked her to see how Xiyi would pick her (Anna ),shouldn’t she had seen it as a threat ? Shouldn’t she had been waiting for ruthless actions from Anna? Shouldn’t she has believed Xiyi when he said everything was over between him and his ex? When he wanted to make their relationship public ? When he re assured her many times ?Jixian did not try to confront them, she just silently left and here is where I find the character of Xiyi totally dumb : he did not see Jixian but he told Anna again that it was over between them, why a friendly dinner to say good bye ? Why trusting her so easily and believe that 5 minutes later she was okay with their relationship? Why drinking with her to the drunken point?Really makes no sense to me. And then of course I hated Jixian pushing him away every time even 3 years after when he found her, but I would have been able to forgave all that if they would have gotten together a little sooner. Maybe at her friends wedding ? Maybe the first time that she confronted him when he showed up on the first date that she was going to have with Mr W ? at least give the viewers the opportunity to enjoy the happy ending, to feel that they finally made it, to be left with a sweet flavor. Honestly I plain cried the last 2-3 episodes. The last 4 minutes were not enough to bring my lovey dovey mood. When I finish watching I was sad. It was a happy ending, but the sadness that I had carried for several episodes was too heavy. How can a friend like Dylan betrayed her, used her ? In my opinion Dylan and Anna shouldn’t have been at their wedding. I would have liked to see a proper confrontation between them .
The writing was the opportunity here because the actors were great!