Love Day and Night

This is a fantastic miniseries with a solid, steadfast and passionate love story between Zhang He Nian (played by Yu Long) and Qin Tang (played by Yang Mie Mie). Zhang He Nian’s scheming mother and sister get Qin Tang’s father to marry the cunning sister and the lead couple gets separated foe seven years. From the moment that doctor Qin Tang comes back home from studying abroad, Zhang He Nian puts into action his strategic plan to have Qin Tang accept her feelings for him and stand together to become husband and wife. Qin Tang, against her own feelings, tries to curtail He Nian’s advances but, for every time that she rejects him, he doubles the intensity of his efforts. The leading couple has great team and romantic chemistry. He Nian is forceful and passionate going after Qin Tang because he knows that she is someone that respects and abides by their cultural believes, but he also knows that his family members are vultures and he will not sacrify his life for them. This drama is a great tale of a resolute couple that fights together in pursuit of their happiness.

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Better ML characterisation and romance arc made this drama superior to 'Hide Day and Night'

I have a column reddit where I watch and compare two dramas from the same source. This story was recommended to me by a Reddit member so I decided to watch both stories. I watched this drama after watching version 1 starring Lan Lan and Wang Kai Mu. I liked this version more. Anyway I watched on 花笙TV YouTube channel - be warned that the English subs were on and off.

What I liked:
1. Romance - I must say that the romance arc in this version was healthier than the romance arc in the other version. Consent is the key. I could sense that both of them were into each other and they became intimate, there was no coercion by ML. Good quality of kisses.
2. ML characterisation - He was respectful toward FL although he was pushy at the start when he forced her to stay with him.
3. Styling - I appreciated that the styling created two different hairstyles for Yang Mie Mie because there was a time jump. FL's outfits somehow reminded me of US movie Legally Blonde 2. Yu Long looked dashing in the military uniform.
4. Duration - This drama's running time is less than 100 minutes.
5. Acting - Both of them did good job in their roles. I particularly enjoyed Yang Mie Mie's performance during conflict scenes e.g. when she tried to repress her feelings because of her mother's resistance. The chemistry was palpable too.
6. FL characterisation - I liked that she created a boundary between her and ML when they met again at the start of the drama. She struggled between her feelings for ML and her mother's disdain for ML and his sister.
7. Editing - The predecessor is 50 minutes longer than this version. However I found Love Day and Night to be well-paced.

What I disliked:
1. Antagonist - ML's sister in this drama was the antagonist. She was selfish and manipulative - had no remorse for doing those things. I also disliked both mothers of ML and FL.
2. Scumbag - There was a scumbag that kidnapped FL. I don't recall if he was FL's ex but I thought his arc was boring.

Favourite scene
When they were first intimate

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Great Pairing

I know these two leads are together in real life but they're in A LOT of shows together and eventually it becomes a mush of the same plot lines and tropes and the same two faces. Yes, they have good chemistry but again, they are together in real life so that is kinda expected. That being said I really liked them in this drama. I liked how unconventional the storyline is and how they pair up in this specific drama. I get where the father is coming from but the daughter deserves happiness just as much. I want to write hoping to see them in another drama together but I think we've seen the two of them in enough dramas together. Give someone else a shot.

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Graças a resenha da EmberZMars que apareceu no meu feed, eu me lembrei de ter assistido a essa adaptação após ver a Hide Day and Night com o Wang Yi Ran e a Lan Lan. Lá eu dei 4 de nota, mas também fiquei com preguiça de fazer a resenha, mas me lembro claramente de tudo.
Confesso que não gosto do casal Yu Long e Mie Mie, e não, não é por causa da diferença de idade de 10 anos entre eles, mas sim porque acabam sempre nos dramas onde o roteiro insiste em colocar a Mie Mie como a infantil/jovem/criança/ninfeta e ele o homem mais velho que nutre sentimentos que não deveria ter e bla bla bla. Esse esteriótipo é muito ruim, principalmente por eles serem um casal real, então raramente assisto seus dramas. Mas este assisti porque como eram apenas duas adaptações deste web novel eu queria ter certeza sobre a história.

A maneira que o ML foi escrito aqui é completamente superior a outra versão, lá eu achei o ML extremamente dominador, forçando constantemente a FL, que a Lan Lan interpretou como se fosse a vítima sempre, que tivesse medo do homem. Aqui já não, talvez por realmente serem um casal, o carinhos transparece no olhar, a FL não tem medo dele e sim dos sentimentos que existem dentro dela.
Masssss, não gostei da caracterização da FL, seu figurino e seu penteado. Não sei se foi o excesso de maquiagem que deixou ela parecendo ainda mais jovem e menos convincente em um papel de médica.

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