The unexpected success of Sniper Butterfly, a small budget no big leads C-drama, feels like the budget version of this past summer’s unexpected hit with Love’s Ambition. Story and set up isn’t very interesting on paper and the leads don’t seem well-cast opposite each other, but the execution and chemistry end up being so good that viewers enjoy the ride. Sniper Butterfly ended its run this week and leads Michelle Chen and Zhou Ke Yu got their older woman-younger man romance happy ending, with viewers liking how this drama plotted conflict and resolution and delivered a lot of nicely framed romantic scenes. Opening Douban ratings are on the high side for a modern glossy romance drama coming in at 6.9. C-ent is also saying this is rising actor Zhou Ke Yu’s big breakout and also heralding the return of Michelle Chen after her marriage hiatus and then divorce.