the series was filmed during the summer of 2016. in july, the first promotional poster was released, followed by other posters and trailers featuring the characters in the following days. despite its low budget and cast of amateur actors —seven of which were members of the taiwanese boy band spexial—, the series became highly successful and received generally positive reviews. the show had over 200 million views during the premiere of the twelfth episode, while the whole drama accumulated 430 million views in total, becoming one of the ten most popular series of sohu throughout its transmission.