- Behind Your Smile: 19 episodes total / around an hour and 10 mins each. Zhao Yi Ting (Marcus Chang) has spent the last 12 years seeking revenge against Lin Man, the woman who caused his family much unhappiness with the lost of his father and family farm. On the day Lin Man is to report herself to the authorities, her daughter Lei Xin Yu (Eugenie Liu) arrives from studying aboard.Through various chance encounters Yi Ting and Xin Yu lives end up intertwining and slowly Xin Yu's naive, gentle and kind ways melt Yi Ting's cold heart.
This was my first Taiwanese drama. The show took some time warming up to. It was unclear Yi Ting's intentions with Xin Yu were and Xin Yu came off too naive, almost stupid. After a few eps. you realized he never planned to harm her but just use her as an end to a means and they toned down Xin Yu's behavior. The two main leads had great chemistry and played off each other well. You cheered and rooted for them in the end. Yi Ting's relationship with his brother Zhong Qian Ren and his mother were sweet and heartwarming. The family dynamic was really nice to watch and I really enjoyed most of their interactions. Xin Yu's relationship with Jian XiaoYue, the roommate, was fun. They were such a great fit for each other given their different personalities.
Marcus Chang was very handsome and all the suits and outfits they put him in made it easy to watch him. Eugenie Liu was cute and not in that annoying cutesy way. I will say at some points I questioned the production value because it came off very low budget during some scenes. Like Yi Ting's office was a joke when he was suppose to be CEO of a company, it was pretty sad. The strongest thing about this series had to be be soundtrack. They had some of the best songs and it fit the scenes in the drama well. I find myself listening to it way after the show has concluded.
