the romance was really cheesy, the ml had no personality except being a devoted perfect simp, the villains were cartoonishly evil and never posed an actual threat, this is the quintessential rags-to-riches plot in kdramas where mc outmanuvers villains and obstacles quite easily, but this was entertaining, immersive, cathartic, and a decent palate cleanser after reading smth like Innocent Wind, which I'm sure was written as a darker subversion of this particular story.
the romance was really cheesy, the ml had no personality except being a devoted perfect simp, the villains were cartoonishly evil and never posed an actual threat, this is the quintessential rags-to-riches plot in kdramas where mc outmanuvers villains and obstacles quite easily, but this was entertaining, immersive, cathartic, and a decent palate cleanser after reading smth like Innocent Wind, which I'm sure was written as a darker subversion of this particular story.