The first impression he had of her was nothing more than a lifeless doll - until she calmly helped him to throw a corpse downstairs. That crack in her porcelain facade hooked him, and the deeper he looked, the more her madness bled through the silken mask. She sought only to borrow his power, to grind her vicious family into dust. She thought it was nothing but a sordid bargain off desire, yet he was willing to be her blade and her armor - so long as she could live fiercely as she longed to. (Source: TopReels app) Edit Translation
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- Native Title: 沪城风月
- Also Known As: 滬城風月 , Hu Cheng Feng Yue , Schemes in the City of Desire
- Genres: Historical, Romance
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The plot elements are taken from Ke Chun's 'Save Myself' but with a touch of Republic era.
I rarely write reviews for vertical short dramas and this one is definitely worth it.FL hooked up ML, not with a painting but gun, his own dialogue ("really troublesome") and throwing dead body of assassins in the banquet hall. That whole scene looked cool. She's a badass from start until revenge completion.
What I liked the most in this version is :-
1. FL was using ML, he knew that from beginning.
2. He repeatedly admitted "being her sword" and asked her, "what do you want me to do". He arranged a birthday party for himself without her instruction just to set up the stage for her.
3. He was laid back but always on feet to help her. She calls, he's there.
4. He asked if he could propose marriage, she agreed. He once again said 'give me 1 month' but he didn't disappear at any point during this one month (for his family matters)
5. She used him but LOVED him too and expressed that sufficiently.
6. They share plenty of screentime together for things other than revenge stage.
7. The kiss under the wedding veil, I was screaming.
What could have been better :-
1. After revenge completion, she had short duration of collapsing which could have been more well developed.
2. Drama is of about 3 hours and they could definitely stretch the ending after revenge, giving time for healing FL, their marriage, meeting his family.
3. That one-eye blind guy should have been put behind well guarded, completely inaccessible prison or rather, sentenced to death for being a traitor, abusing many females, etc. But FL's crippled sister easily located and rescued him is ridiculous. That seemed unnecessary arc.
I would definitely re-watch many of the scenes.
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10/10
I don't know how he makes smoking a cigar look good but they both did it.
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