🔢 Seasons/Episodes Covered

Season 1, Episodes 1-9

✨ Quick Spark

He Chu San is a top student – the first in Kowloon Walled City to succeed, attend university and graduate. His dream is to escape the chaos of the place that is run by triads and corruption. However, while running an errand for a stall, he crosses path with Xia Liu Yi, one of the triads’ deputy leader. His life is not the same again when he’s forcibly pulled into the triad’s criminal scheme. What was meant to be a forced, temporary allyship, they became partners in revenge.

🪝 The Hook

I have to just admit that the reason I watched this series was He Chu San. I obviously have a thing for guys who look incredibly cute in glasses. Help me! But I continued watching because despite him being such a nerd, that man is smart enough to know how to survive a triad. Typically, someone like him would have gotten eaten up (maybe literally) by the triad. But nope, this man survived. I’m pretty sure it’s 80% intelligence and 20% Liu Yi finds him cute, even if he denied that for 8 episodes out of 9.

🧪 Character Chemistry

This series is an irony of sorts. You have Liu Yi who is the triad leader, one of the most wanted and vicious in the hood. But actually a softie and a little immature. Then you have Chu San who is a nerd. But actually dominant. Chu San is the pursuer, not Liu Yi. Throughout all 9 episodes, you just witness Chu San trying hard to show how he’s into Liu Yi but resisting because he didn’t want to lose him and Liu Yi just being oblivious to it until he almost lost Chu San. When it comes to such shows, it also boils down to how good they look together. You have a cutie patootie and a handsome chiseled-looking man. It’s so good and they look kinda believable, some people are shipping them in real life, based on my TikTok FYP.

🚶🏽‍➡️ Pacing Check

It’s not bad but I also think it went a little too fast and a little too short. The ending is open so I feel like it can be longer because it does have a whole back-story with the second couple. And the novel itself (yes, there’s a novel) didn’t end where it ends in the series. So, while I think it’s not bad, it can slow down and make it longer.

💤 Final Sleepy Rating

🦋 Heart-Flutter – It’s cute when Liu Yi figured out his feelings for Chu San. I was like, finally, bro!

🧐 Status

Completed

✍🏽 Notable Mention

He Chang Xi, who acted as He Chu San, was an idol 😮