I don't get the appeal of shows like this. Only a glutton for punishment could want to watch 50+ episodes of a person getting crapped on time after time after time after after time after time after time after time after time. The evil mother character needed to have a long mustache like Snidley Whiplash that she could roll around in her fingertips while thinking of the next scheme to make poor Gao Jie's life a living hell. These dramas always have over-the-top villains but this one took it to a stupidly ridiculous extreme.

EDIT: Ok, so I'm a glutton for punishment. I had to see how this crazy show ended. I ended up skipping some of it because, while it did get better, the "LOOK AT HOW EVIL THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CHARACTERS ARE" bit was still pretty tiresome. I still didn't like it but it did get better.