Mu Wan Qing's elder sister escaped from marriage. As the unloved adopted daughter of the Mu family who was forced to pretend to be mute, she was forced by her mother to marry Si Huai Yuan, the new head of the Si family, whom she had secretly loved since childhood. After marriage, she was ignored by her husband and became a nameless woman. Due to a kidnapping incident, Mu Wan Qing misunderstood that Si Huai Yuan ignored her and told her to wait until she was dead before notifying her. Disheartened, she decided to pretend to be a kidnapper to threaten her husband to divorce her, so as to escape from this loveless and cold home, but she did not expect to fall into the emotional vortex with her husband. (Source: Chinese = Weibo || Translation = Google Translate) Edit Translation
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Low grade carbon copy of kdrama When the Phone Rings
I got to know about this drama through reddit. I was curious so I watched it. This drama is almost a carbon copy of the original Kdrama When the Phone Rings. This adaptation doesn't work for me for a few reasons.What I liked:
1. Styling - Both FL & ML wore beautiful clothes.
2. Plot - I liked that this drama focused on kidnapper and the relationship between FL & ML.
3. Visuals - Lin Fen Song was handsome in this drama. Peng Yao was girl-next-door pretty.
What I disliked:
1. Acting - Peng Yao & Lin Feng Song don't have the acting prowess and intensity required for their characters. I've only seen Peng Yao playing bright characters and while it's good that she tried dramatic acting, I think this role requires a lot acting muscles and she isn't at that level. She didn't immerse herself in the role. It's my first time watching Lin Feng Song - he is ok at playing emotionally cold ML but his facial expressions are still limited. The only actor I can see pulling the role of ML is Huang Bo. He has shown range in one single drama An Incurable Love. I could see him playing an aloof presidential spokesperson who hides his crush on his wife behind the cold facade. I think Huang Bo could pull off that suspenseful scene from When the Phone Rings episode 6 when Baek Sa Eon frantically looked for his wife in the forest.
2. Romance - What works for When the Phone Rings is the chemistry between Yoo Yeon Seok and Chae Soo Bin. Even though there was no emotional connection between Baek Sa Eon & Hong Hui Ju at the start of the series, there were so much pent-up sexual energy between their characters. Unfortunately for this Chinese adaption, there is no chemistry between Peng Yao & Lin Feng Song. They are basically roommates.
Favourite scene
When ML took care of FL while in hospital
Enjoyable.
For a low budget adaption, I truly enjoyed it.Both actors had very good chemistry and worked together. It is not easy to get used to new acting couples but that does not mean that they do not do a good job. They put a lot of effort and time to make this movie.
It is true that many parts of the original work were left out however that does not mean that they movie was in anyway incomplete. I just wish I would have been able to watch it on youtube for a second time before it was taken down.
Great job!
