Ni Zhu Zhai Wo Xin Li (2023)

What on earth did I just watch?

I was looking to watch this because I saw the male lead played One from Go Go Squid and was interested to see how he would be as a male lead. Unfortunately my expectations were too high.

I expected a campus story, and from the summary above, an interesting love triangle (which isn’t always a turn off if done right). Instead, I was presented with garbage.

It starts off with the story of 3 “siblings” who are all adopted by Grandpa Lu (Lu Jin Bai takes after grandpa’s surname because he did not even have a name or knew where he came from before he met grandpa - the other two seemed to know where they came from). However, when they were young (elementary school aged), grandpa dies and almost leaves them to grow up on their own (but they have a “guardian”, Dr. Liu, who is also Xiao Ting’s cardiologist). So Lu Jin Bai is oldest brother, Wu Su Kai is second brother and Bai Xiao Ting is youngest sister.

Pretty much immediately, it is clear that BXT has the hots for LJB but he does not necessarily reciprocate. Instead, his sole focus is to earn money to cure BXT, as that was his promise to grandpa before he passed. So as a result, he works many odd jobs to support their family. BXT encounters many fainting spells and the doctor says her only hope is a heart transplant. Somehow the premise of the doctor being an organ donor comes up and LJB decides to also become one (foreshadowing what is to come).

At the halfway mark, due to a motorcycle accident, LJB passes away and his heart (shocker) is a match for BJT. Poor WSK has to lie and tell her that LJB has gone abroad to make more money to pay off the debts for curing BXT (I don’t think she realizes the extent of how bad her situation is/was). And this is where it just goes off the rails. Basically, his interests “float” into her body: she likes motorcycles, flirting with girls, and can now fight.

Just a ridiculous story. Please pass on this, not worth the time (even though it’s quite short). However, there is a catchy song in here that was apparently sung by a Korean singer (in Chinese), hence I gave some higher marks for OST.

If you are going to include transplant as a storyline, don’t use a main character! I would recommend “Time and Him Are Just Right” instead - that one is done right.

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