In her previous life, Shen You Ning, a college student in the Republic of China, was deceived by her scumbag fiancé, Zhao Mu Yun, who manipulated her into giving up all her inheritance. She didn't know that Zhao Mu Yun had joined forces with her father, Shen Da Xiong, her stepmother, Jin Ling, and her stepsister, Shen Mei Yan. Shen You Ning was killed by them, disguised as a suicide. After her death, Shen You Ning's soul wandered in the funeral hall, full of hatred but powerless. At this time, Song Xian Cheng, the sick and delicate governor, suddenly broke into the funeral hall and killed all four people who killed Shen You Ning, before drinking poison and dying himself. Shen You Ning was shocked to realise that she had always thought that Song Xian Cheng only regarded her as a pleasure toy, but she didn't know that Song Xian Cheng loved her more than life itself. Swearing she would love only Song Xian Cheng in their next life, she was given a second chance at life and love, and fully embraced her second chance. (Source: Chinese = DramaBox || Translation = Google Translate) Edit Translation
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- Native Title: 拙慕
- Also Known As: Stupid Admiration
- Genres: Historical, Romance, Drama, Fantasy
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Reviews
A Dark Revenge Romance Where the Leads Match Each Other’s Crazy
A rebirth revenge drama with a dark romantic core, where obsession turns mutual, revenge is methodical, and the leads match each other’s intensity perfectly. If you like devoted yandere MLs, power couples, and republican-era aesthetics, this one delivers.The male lead is the highlight. He embodies that delicate balance between dangerous and tender-possessive, intense, but never cartoonish. His love is desperate (those puppy eyes🥺) yet restrained, obsessive yet sincere. It’s a performance that makes you sympathize rather than recoil, which isn’t easy with this archetype.
Unlike many revenge dramas, this one doesn’t sideline the romance. Love and vengeance are woven together, given equal weight, and allowed to breathe.
The costumes and cinematography elevate what could have been a familiar plot into something more memorable.
Savage revenge. Sweet-but-unhinged romance. Fire chemistry. I highly recommend it.
One of the most wholesome and well-made dark romances
I feel hypocritical giving this drama a 9.5 when I'm so demanding of others that are arguably much "better" lol.This drama, because of its short length, manages to remain satisfying throughout the entire plot.
Positive points: Both MCs are very attractive. At first, I thought the ML looked old, but he's the ML I've fallen in love with the most out of all the dramas I've watched so far. He's obsessed with her (to an expected degree for a dark romance), and FL has enough personality and courage to confront this and embrace the obsession (which is a cliché I love).
It's not a drama that will impact, change lives, move people, or win awards, but if you like dark romance with a strong FL, you'll probably enjoy this one. It did what it set out to do very well.
Bonus: The steamy scenes between the protagonists were very well done! I loved that they weren't afraid to explore that aspect. I've never seen so many "hot" scenes in a C-drama, especially so well done and tasteful.
