Nian Shang Da Shu Zhang Xin Chong

Modern city, sweet pet, flash marriage short drama

There is not much information about this drama nor any synopsis mentioned in MydramaList. Hence, i thought of penning down a more story based review here. I watched this drama solely because of Guo Yu Xin. Recently, I watched one of her drama and got hooked to her acting. So I searched what other drama she has acted in and watched this one.
I watched it in Youtube with eng subtiltle (Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EmIDCwv4-8)
Coming to this short web drama,
Plot Summary
The heroine Fang Wan ( Guo Yu Xin0 had just graduated. She was drugged and sold at a high price by her adoptive mother. After escaping by chance, she met Song Yubai, the second son of the Song family, who was also being plotted by his younger brother. The two decided to "take what they needed" - they decided to get married in a flash, first agreed, and then developed true love while getting along. The heroine gradually revealed the secret of her life experience and grew up with the hero in family and relationship. The plot includes the CEO's mother's typical test, company workplace conflicts, family conspiracies, true and false identity confrontations, etc.

Analysis of main characters
Fang Wan (female protagonist)
Setting: smart and tough but with a rough background, she fell into trouble because of being betrayed by her adoptive mother.

Turning point: After escaping, she met the male protagonist by chance, and gradually changed from a weak and helpless woman to a strong woman who gradually controlled her destiny.

Growth line: From "homeless" to becoming "the president's favorite", she constantly revealed her life experience and challenged family conspiracies in the process.

Highlights: The character setting is not weak, but shows great wisdom at critical moments, and his values are relatively positive.

Song Yubai (male protagonist)
Setting: an older and abstinent uncle, the second young master of the group, cold on the surface, but actually very good at pampering people.

Dilemma: framed by his younger brother for power struggle, in order to save the situation, he agreed to marry the female protagonist.

Contrasting cuteness: cold and abstinent in the early stage, gradually revealed "love brain" in the later stage, and had no bottom line in pampering his wife.

Visual temptation: the protagonist is good-looking, the scene and shape are simple, but the "atmosphere" is sufficient.
Fragmented narrative: each episode is only 2 minutes, all high-density plots, no nonsense.

The drama is very popular on the short drama platform, and has topped the short drama popularity list many times, with a total popularity of 65.64 million

Although the production is not as good as a long drama, the subject matter is novel and the story is smooth, which can quickly meet the needs of "sweet drama". Audiences who like modern sweet love, especially those who like the setting of "flash marriage, cute pet + CEO uncle would love this. Those who want to watch a drama in the form of a relaxing short video with a tense plot can give a try.

You can search for the keywords "Nian Shang Da Shu Palm Pet" + "Song Yubai" + "Fang Wan" on platforms such as Douyin, Haina TV, and Longkan Cinema to watch.

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Simple story about family with likeable main characters

I am big fan of Guo Yu Xin and try to watch as many of her dramas I can. This drama gets positive comments on youtube so I watched it just now. I had low expectations but glad I watched it because the drama was enjoyable.

What I liked:
1. ML characterisation - He was smart & instinctive. I liked that he verified claim first before informing the jade master about the missing child mystery.
2. Romance - Very sweet. ML is older and more worldly than FL but there wasn't any sense of manipulation or icky about their differences. It's good to see that both like and respect each other.
3. Mother - son dynamic - Good to see different interactions, i) between ML & his mother, ii) between ML's brother and mother. That last scene between mother and brothers was devastating.
4. Apprenticeship - What a cool opportunity for FL! I was glad she chose that opportunity over internship at ML's company because it gave some freshness to the drama.
5. Missing child claim - I loved this scene. I punched the air when ML said he had done DNA test.

What I disliked:
1. Antagonists - FL's adopted family was money hungry. ML's brother was even worse - I couldn't believe he did that thing just to compete with ML.

Favourite scene
When ML announced that he had done DNA test

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