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The Real Summary
Phakin (Winner Tanatat Kunaneksin) is the CEO of Araya Capital and has been hiding his identity due to assassins. Just after he learns that the assassins are dealt with he reunites with his childhood love, Natee (Chris Christopher Tyler Chindapol). Natee's family is in desperate need of financial assistance so try to marry him of to Irene (Gunji). Phakin saves Natee from marrying Irene by offering to "fake" marry him but he also hides the fact that he is the CEO of Araya Capital. Chinese drama style clashes happen between the couple and Irene as well as Natee's family. Ends with a wedding. Many questions are asked about the intelligence of Natee and his family for failing to figure out that Phakin and CEO Phakin are the same person.Honestly the most hilarious part was when Phakin himself questioned Natee's intelligence when he failed to understand that he is CEO Phakin.
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a supportive ML
Overall: I appreciated how Lin Xiao was kind and supportive. 55 short episodes. Aired on iQIYI https://www.iq.com/album/%E6%8D%A1%E4%B8%AA%E6%80%BB%E8%A3%81%E5%BD%93%E7%94%B7%E5%8F%8B-2025-1oqynntut75Content Warnings: drugging, sexual assault, manipulation
What I Liked
- visuals (once that awful facial hair disappeared)
- a character didn't take advantage of another character because he was drugged/not in his right mind
Room For Improvement
- too much of the evil family
- comedy sound effects didn't make things funny
- almost needed to be more unhinged/dramatic to really pull me in (or get rid of the annoying family members)
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Long Lost Loves Reunited
Winner and Chris did very well in the series. This is their second pairing. Their first was the short Golden Feathers. They have a cute chemistry together. Lin Xiao has never forgotten Gu and wants to reunite. Wealthy family expectations is that they always need to marry into wealth, but what they want in the end is each other. I love that IQIYI is putting out these soap opera type shorts.Was this review helpful to you?
So Freaking adorable
I went into this expecting a campy melodrama and I was not disappointed. These two have lovely chemistry and I hope they do more together. The story was adorable and just full of fluffy goodness. Will now have to go watch the other series they did. I didn't think I was going to like these vertical shows but they are perfect for when you just need to shut down and unwind. I already know I'll watch this one again.Was this review helpful to you?
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This was a campy, over-the-top, soap-opera level, over-dramatic series. Don’t take it too seriously, and don’t expect too much. The dialogue is bad, the acting is terrible, the editing is inconsistent, there are plot holes and inconsistencies galore, and the entire premise is ridiculous. Don’t try to make logical sense of anything, because you won’t be able to. But all the same, it was still fun to watch.Given that the show is meant to be ridiculous, I’m not going to criticize all the ridiculous things that happened. But I will say that I wish it hadn’t been executed as a rich people dick measuring contest. Natee’s family kept calling him “poor” when he’s probably still in the top 1%, and Phakin would respond by buying something way more expensive than the family could afford. So it turned into one upping each other’s richness instead of a love-over-money thing, which is what I would have preferred. They invited a bunch of rich CEOs they had no personal connection with to the wedding, and wow those wedding rings were UGLY. Rich people need to learn big diamonds don’t make pretty rings.
Consent / boundary issues: Irene (arranged fiancé) attempted to rape Natee via spiked drink. Phakin had his employees keep tabs on Natee, which is how he knew he was at the club and in trouble. While drugged, Natee was inappropriately touching himself and Phakin, and I felt Phakin took a touch too long to step away. He also helped Natee shower apparently, because Natee woke up naked. Not sure why that was necessary. Phakin also made a joke about showering together immediately after they got married that made Natee uncomfortable. When Natee walks in on Phakin in the shower, he stares for way too long before exiting. When Natee is upset with Phakin after discovering his true identity, Phakin hugs him without checking for consent but gets pushed away and doesn’t persist further. When they’re having fake sex to fool the family, Phakin grabs / chokes Natee’s neck and that did not appear to be pre-negotiated. Natee hugs Phakin from behind, saying that’s how his mom used to hold him, but really it’s just an excuse to touch him, because he starts feeling up his abs and moves his hands down towards his crotch before Phakin stops him.
There’s one kiss at the end after they get married, and one NC scene where they’re pretending to have sex to fool Natee’s family. There’s no actual lip-to-body contact in that scene (Phakin kisses his finger instead of Natee’s mouth and only hovers his lips over the rest of his body), but it was fairly steamy for a shorts series. Phakin ties up Natee’s hands with a belt (pre-negotiated) and also grabs / chokes his neck (not pre-negotiated).
I’m not sure if it was a subtitle translation issue or them being heteronormative, but they referred to Natee with feminine words such as “wife” and “madam” even though he didn’t identify as a fem gender. They also used “her” to describe a fem male character that wasn’t indicated to be transfeminine.
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Antagonistas dominam o drama que chega a ser exaustivo, ainda mais a FL insuportável, parecia que eu estava assistindo um drama vertical chinês kkkkk A família era muito muito muito mala.O CP é fofo, depois que arrancou a barba falsa ficou lindo, mas afff, zero romance o drama todo porque mal dava para desenvolver algo com a menina sempre causando sem parar.
Enfim, minha enxaqueca voltou de tanto ouvir ela falar.
O único beijo acontece nos últimos segundos do drama e é isso, queria que tivessem focado mais no casal e não nos malas, um apoiando o outro para conquistar a herança deixada.
Gostei de que finalmente um ML não se aproveitou do outro enquanto estava drogado sem consciência de seus atos.
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