Despite the description, the first story arc of them as kids has been just about nothing but endearing stuff. (With angst and tragedy, to be fair; it's not all flowers and daisies. But still.)
I know manhua in general are fond of changing the tone and personality of the characters drastically after romance time-skips, like it's a Thing. So I can't say the description is necessarily wrong, and it's on hiatus and all... but for it to reach the harsh impression given by the description, would be a pretty extreme turn-about. >_>;
Anyway it's been a much better read than I expected so far. I was trying this one just in case it was somehow good, and lo!