I wasn't a huge fan of Bai Yu so I never thought of trying it. However, I saw a review on Youtube and I was like why not give it a shot, and then when I did, I had to binge through the whole thing in one day! It was just so good and the ending blew me away!
First of all, the story was very well-written. I think the drama is very realistic. The justice system in real life isn't very reliable. People like Jiang Yang and Zhu Wei who want to uphold justice are very rare and that's why they make this a very beautiful yet tragic story. Every episode, I couldn't wait to find out the whole truth. We only got to know how Jiang Yang died at the very end so for 12 whole episodes, I was like dying to get to the end. I always thought it would be someone killing him. I never thought he would kill himself. And the moment where they watched the video, I was just weeping my heart out. I was very impressed with all the actors, especially Bai Yu. I am very much used to idol dramas or should I say the normal dramas where you'd have to ignore a thousand flaws if you want to finish. And you have to because that's how most of the dramas are like nowadays. However, Light On Series such as The Bad Kids and The Long Night really sets a new scale for the drama world. The whole drama is just very well done. From casting to storytelling, every aspect was perfect. I really like how all the small details such as uniforms from the past and the tools/locations were very realistic to the time period in which the story was in. For example, there was a very old lunchbox that Jiang Yang's girlfriend Ai Ke brought to work. I remember seeing it when I was really tiny. Overall, I am very satisfied with the whole series and definitely look forward to more dramas with this quality in the drama world. This kind of standard shouldn't only for crime dramas but it should be the same for romance, xianxia, etc. In the end, I really want to recommend it to people who are hesitating to watch! It won't be a waste of your time for sure!