Deadly Night Flame

Deadly Night Flame is a romance miniseries with Wang Xuan (as Zhou Li Cheng) and He Shi (as Jiang Wan Zhi) in the leading couple’s role. This miniseries is one more adaptation from the web novel "Jing Zhi Yu Ye" by Tan Qing Zhu. The cast did a decent job bringing their characters to life and the leading couple had a lot of sensual and intimate scenes but there was not a good chemistry between them. Although the male lead put forth some acceptable level of effort, the same can’t be said from Wang Xuan who seemed distant from the scenes and there was no warmth on her ice. Without getting too deep into China’s cultural divide, it is possible that some actors are intimidated by social norms. So far, I’ve only seen two adaptations: Zhi Zhi Fu Zhi Zhi 2025 with Ke Chun and Zhai Yi Ying and this one. Between Ke Chun and Zhang Yi Ying the level of discomfort from the leading lady was more subtle but her facial expressions and her eyes were also not as warm. Overall, Deadly Night Flame is a nice drama to watch while waiting for a great one to come. You can find other adaptations taken from a list given on MDL page for this drama as listed:
Jing Zhi Yu Ye (Chinese adaptation)
Utterly Submit (Chinese adaptation)
Jiao Gu Zhi Chen (Chinese adaptation)
Zhang Xin Jiao Zhi (Chinese adaptation)
Burning Love, Unblemished (Chinese adaptation)
The Moonlight Never Falls (Chinese adaptation)
Xi Men Li Chen Du Chong Wo (Chinese adaptation)
Jiu Ai Chong Feng Qi Meng (Chinese adaptation)
Zhi Zhi Fu Zhi Zhi (Chinese adaptation)
Wanzhi Couldn't Sleep (Chinese adaptation)
Ta De Xiao Jing Zhi (Chinese adaptation)

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