They are the antiheroes pair and my favorite pair. Despite being the main pair of story, they have the feel of supporting characters like Tian Ya Ke's WenZhou. For example, Zuo Yunqi almost sacrifice himself to save others but got nothing in return and Lou Zhu is a schemer who watch the drama take place. They have 10 years age gap but surprisingly, this pair is all about being inspired by your loved one to survive or improve oneself. They are in sync, and have deep understanding of each other. In the main story, Zuo Yunqi is still 18 years old but they only end up together in the extra story that happened 5 years after the main story ended so they are both adults already. Their dynamic is so funny because Lou Zhu is like "I don't need anything else. I just want him to live even if we're not together. He's a bird who deserve to be free not caged so I support his hero aspiration." and Zuo Yunqi is like "I decided to meet you after 5 years to continue our not finished romance but why are you not making a move?" but he's also like "I can't be with you because I want to help you and by staying by your side I can't do that but I truly like you so I hope you understand me." so they ended up in a long distance relationship I believe? Also, the younger one is the better flirt than his clown gong so their exchanges is so funny. Their relationship works somehow. As long as they keep sending letters to each other, why not? Communication is the key!

The collateral damage pair with Bad Ending. The sad thing about this pair is they are standing at the opposite side of most of the main characters so its expected they will suffer but they are not really the bad guys because Zhou Rongqi's revenge is actually justified. Their different morals clash a lot because Li Ke is the type of person who will hurt himself than hurt others and Zhou Rongqi don't mind hurting others for his loved one. Yet Li Ke can't do anything to stop Zhou Rongqi and so is Zhou Rongqi so he died with regrets. I think the charm of this pair is Zhou Rongqi live for revenge but died for love aka him protecting Li Ke. Its an angst fest alright!

The actual morally good protagonists who care about others. They have this ordinary people energy. Xie Liang is yes a rich young master hero who gets nervous easily but he's not that skilled or barely have achievements compare to Long Daxia. Fan Aiguo is not the best writer and just someone forced to plagiarize a novel by Lou Zhu but later realized he want to write true his feelings to help others. Even though they are not that skilled in their field and look like a fraud, they both have good intentions. They are bickering friends to lovers pair. They are very likable and cute. I love that their story started with them assuming having two souls in one body as sickness but somehow it turn into they are more stronger when they are together. Power of friendship!!

Their pair is about finding the reason of their life in partner. That people are like puzzles where we just need to find the perfect missing piece. Finding love language that fits each other. We have Long Daxia who's pretty much a popular handsome hero loved by everyone but in reality he don't really know the purpose of his life. He's having midlife crisis even if he has good reputation as hero and have many achievements. He only realized what he's been looking for in his life when he became acquainted with Xiao Qian who only care about money and when Xiao Qian almost died because of his hero's duty. He like Xiao Qian because Xiao Qian don't look at his handsome features and achievements but look at Long Daxia's earnings. It don't matter how much he make but as long as he earned something for him. It makes him happy. And so a hero decided to retire to live peacefully with his special someone.

Well, these two have the guardian and a child he's taking care of type story. Its not everyone's cup of tea definitely. They didn't really end up together because the older guy take that secret in his grave and younger one also like him but he only realized its mutual when the other guy is dead. Its a very tragic story. So the younger guy visits his tomb frequently before he died and they are not even buried near each other. Its sad. I guess their story is about being born in the wrong time so they can't be together. Its all about regrets. They are the only couple that has a canon kissing scene if we exclude LouZuo's extra and the kid even has a wet dream of his guardian back then.

Tbh its hard for me to read Lin Kai as character because he was described as ambitious who want to achieve something but I believe he get all of the achievements he can get so he can propose to Dr. Tao with confidence??? So he did all of that for love??? Which pretty aligned to Zuo Yunqi's belief that true love was earned not forced?? Dr. Tao don't really fully reject him but she said if he can wait MAYBE she'll consider it after few years. Its a hopeful ending which I don't mind.