The reason why i watched this drama is the ML, i was waiting for a long time for this modern drama of xu kai, and i kinda liked it.
Some may say the plot wasnt up to the mark, but what i have to share is that:
I really did enjoy watching this drama. As opposite to the trailer, this drama presents a lot of office politics and stuff, (which in my opinion hasnt been clearly portrayed in the trailer).
If you are bingewatching, good for you, coz the way every episode ends on clifhangers,oh man! I had a hardtime waiting.
Definitely toward the end of the show , things could have been better. Not a fan of last minute reconcilations so...truthfully speaking ...it hurts when such lovely couples get separated.
All those lovey-dovey things in the trailer....goes by without much focus in the actual drama , they mostly talk work almost all the time.
But i did have a good share of laugh and giggles , and i would totally agree to that.
The way the office politics is portrayed seems so real and i specially love the dynamic relationship Qin Shi has with her colleague Li Dai, i mean i just find it amazing, how they tease and taunt each other but stand united when need be.

I love the character of Yang Hua, he's awesome. 1000x thumbs up (those who have watched the drama will understand ;)
Some people have raised the issue that ...he should've been more persistent and shouldnt have let go Qin Shi so easily, but i beg to differ.
Like he himself mentioned "he didnt wanted to be an excuse". All he wanted to hear from Qin Shi was her confession. Anyway
Qin Shi is a strong independent woman. We all know ..
What i didnt like was the parallel story of mei mei, i mean , i find the character of mei mei in exact contrast to that of qin shi(both strong independent working women but totally different ideologies in marriage matters). That is to say one is exact opposite to the other, where one is afraid of taking risks, and the other is constantly taking risks (i cant believe how could she put up with qin wen yu for so long . She should have divorced him the 1st time she caught him cheating, why tolerate?)
How qin shi was so apprehensive about her own marriage is totally understandable, she grew up in a family with so many relationship issues, its normal for a person to become the way she was.

The climax disappoints me because, the whole purpose of divorce was sidelined, by their 5 minute rushed up reconcilation in the end. Matter-of-factly, qin shi never actually confessed her love to yanghua. I think in this...writers should have done something. I mean there were so many ways, to move toward a more satisfying ending , but sadly they didnt give it much thought , or maybe there was more of it . A lot of people have said that, they had to cut a lot of scenes, to make it fit in the 40 E thing... maybe there is more.....i really really hope it gets out eventually(if there is)......it just feels a bit iffy.
I mean there are scenes that abruptly end, for example , the night yang hua was playing video games in qin shi's room. He said he wanted to ask something , which we never got to hear, and then we find him playing videogames after a while .
There are a lot of similar instances. Also the ending scene . All they do is hug and then BAM!!!! Problem solved , they reconcile, without qin shi ever confessing her love , so ultimately, it was Yang Hua , who came backmto qin shi AGAIN!!.

Like I mentioned before, i feel that the teaser was totally inappropriate, wrt the content of drama. Its like they combined all the lovey-dovey scenes into a trailer, just like that. It hardly had enough office related stuff, which i found misguiding . From the initial teaser, it appeared to be more on the romantic side, given the title as well. I believe this is why a lot of people are discontent with it .

But in my opinion :
I feel that the story was really good as far as the story progression is concerned . It kept me hooked up. Obviously the divorce in E36 was heartbreaking, it was necessary though. Think with the perspective of real life for once.... what yang hua did was something anyone would do. It was necessary. And No! He isnt rude with FL. After getting to know about Qin Shi's true feelings though li dai, Yang hua was constantly present on screen expressing his love for qin shi.
But but but ..... its just the ending that i didnt like.
Firstly, we never hear Qin Shi confessing her love to yanghua, which is really sad.
Secondly, their reconcilation was delayed to the last 5 minutes.
Thirdly, i feel there should have been more of communication between the leads , toward resolving their differences, near the end .
And lastly , THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE a TIME LAPSE OF 1 YEAR OR SO, TO SHOW Qin Shi and YANG HUA HAPPILY MARRIED , WITH YANG HUA WORKING , you know like , THEIR LIFE AFTER REAL MARRIAGE, and YANGHUA'S CAREER FINALLY TAKING OFF FOR GOOD. Stuff like that.
I think that could have been a better ending.

Another thing, i didn't like is the time frame of the drama .

2 years is too less to become what qin shi has become in cheng and hui
And 7 years relationship with tao junhui is just too much.
In my opinion, they should've made it more like 5years relationship with tao junhui & atleast 4 to 5 year history of working at the firm.
And near they end ...there's a time gap of 7 months .... i believe its too much. It should be like 3 months (that should suffice).

There were sad, happy, exciting , competitive, relaxing , soothing....and many more moments in this drama . I wouldn't say it was the best ive ever watched , coz truthfully speaking, i was expecting better from this drama. It wasn't that
spectacular, i was hoping it'd be. But i relly liked it , wish we had more Qin shi and Yang Hua screen time but...on end note ..i liked it.
You know what..... I'll give it a thumbs up