Su Qing, a luxury boutique sales associate, gives a customer her first-ever one-star review, complaining that he has "the temper of an irritable giant baby who never got weaned."
As it turns out, the customer is Lu Jinghan, heir to one of the capital's most powerful families. That very night, he corners her at her door and threatens, "Either give me a bad review every day, or I'll bankrupt your whole family."
Forced into the job, Su Qing launches her "creative bad review" campaign:
"Mr. Lu's breakfast: The soft-boiled egg is too runny, just like your brain. Neither one has set."
"Your sports car: The color is way too flashy, like it was scooped straight out of a paint palette."
Everyone says Lu Jinghan is a cold-blooded lunatic, volatile and cruel to everyone else, and used to having his way at home.
But Su Qing discovers that her "bad reviews" have become the only thing keeping him going.
"You drove your assistant away with the silent treatment just because you were afraid they'd find out you can't even make coffee, right?" Her sharp-tongued jab cuts through his fragile disguise as a "lunatic."
When Su Qing decides to quit and leave after her mother recovers, he blocks her at the airport, eyes red. "You want to leave before you've finished reviewing me? The penalty is a lifetime's worth of your wages." She scoffs. "Then I'll insult you until you're eighty!" He smiles. "Deal."
Later, Mr. Lu treats her collection of "bad reviews" like holy writ, and the company's efficiency soars.
Then, on his birthday, she hands him a note: "No bad review today, because when you smile, you're sweeter than a soft-boiled egg." Lu Jinghan bursts into tears on the spot, and Su Qing scolds him: "Have some dignity."
Who says you can't fall in love through bad reviews? The irresistible law of falling for it never misses a beat!
