I started watching this drama because of Vin Zhang, his smile have my heart.

The drama is slow-paced but just right to unfold the events and characters. I couldn't help but analyze the scenes and relate them to a game of chess.

The whole casting is amazing. Ma Shang and An Jing make up a very interesting pairing I have ever seen (may be because its my first time seeing this genre) They are witty partners. Ma Shang's parents did a good job as well (I am used to skipping parents scenes in dramas) There was a time when I even liked the innocent Cheng Lie and always thought that Zhou Lian is quite pretty villain. Too bad, one of my favourite man, Du Meng was sacrificed. Like WHY? WHY DID THE SCRIPTWRITER CREATED THIS PLOT? This is the reason I gave 9/10 for the story.

Background music is nice during the thrilling scenes, rest I didn't notice much about ost.

Anyways, to sum up, this is one intriguing and amazing drama. At first, I didn't expect myself to complete 40 episodes but I was hooked up from first episode and binged it in 4 days.

I hope this will have a season 2.