First off, this show has 2 parts to it which totals up to 56 episodes.. which you can already tell there will be a lot more things to tell in this show. BUT, in this first part of the show I felt that everything was progressing very slowly which makes it hard for me to be very invested (esp the romance). First part of show revolve mainly on FL's story and for us to understand her character (why she acted like that, her perspective of love and family, etc.) which was very done in my opinion. It's not sloppy and even in her first engagement with Lou Yao - i can tell that she wants to escape her family and a husband that does not restrict what she does. All these don't need words to explain but was already well shown in the first part of it.

However, as mentioned above, the romance between FL and ML is very slow and they have very little scenes together (almost all the scenes the ML appeared is to save FL).. not to mention their lines with each other adds up to less than 10. Even up till the last ep of P1, i still don't think she likes ML/appreciates what he does for her. Nonetheless, both FL and ML have great chemistry together. Also, there are almost no emphasis on ML's character and story too which I felt like could be shown more. Like we spent more almost half of the show seeing FL and her story but doesn't know anything about ML.. this part doesn't make sense to me, also if they were going to show his revenge or whatsoever in the later part shouldn't such development begins from here?

So far the show is still good, cinematic is very pretty and it makes u want to continue watching but maybe because the progress is so slow, the wait is less satisfying when u watch. I do hope to see more of both ML and FL's character growth in the second part. And I also hope they will not rush the ending where the last few episodes end messily.

FINAL VERDICT for P1, not a show to waste ur late nights for but if u are gonna binge watch then best to watch when both parts are out!