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A new storyline with perfect romance
C-dramas have been killing it lately, and the bar is high since the past few ones. This one, especially had a relatively newer approach and honestly, it was surprisingly good. Love between lines depicts mature, understanding love which is always a treat to watch.
STORY:
Hu Xiu, FL, accompanies her friend to a VR murder mystery game where she meets Xiao Zhi Yu, ML who is a popular NPC there. She begins to grow fond of him as she keeps playing these games. Fate brings them together as FL becomes the landlord of ML and he also becomes her boss in real life. Both leads are smart, talented and hard-working. The rest of the story continues with how they end up falling in love, and ML unfolding the truth behind the death of his father.
ACTING & MUSIC:
Chen XingXu as Xiao ZhiYu and Lu YuXiao as Hu Xiu, the casting couldn't get better. Leads, their besties, SML, parents, colleagues- acting was good. Nothing negative to say here, everything was good. Coming to music, opening OST is perfection, im hooked!! and music overall was not bad at all.
CHARACTERS:
ML is a calm, mysterious, caring CEO whereas FL is lively, mature, courageous underdog. I LOVED FL's character. Her confidence, her style, her personality — everything, she was cool af. Confident women are always the coolest to me. And ML, when he subtly flirts or smiles, oh my. They match each other's personalities perfectly. I love how both of them are not shy of expressing their love towards each other>3 Also FL's parents were adorable while ML's mom idk what to say about her. The friendships were heart-warming, and so were colleagues. I wanted to see colleagues reaction but ig we'll never know haha.
THE GAME SCENES:
I enjoyed every bit of those VR game scenes set in republican era. The cinematography was insane>> Rongcheng was visually breath-taking, the costumes were apt too, specially the FL ones were so good. It was nice seeing a sensible, smart FL. And I knew that their confession typa kiss was gonna be in the game!! And not to mention when she went on a killing spree after being upset at him irl.
MY FAV PART:
The leads chemistry was fire, I mean who doesn't enjoy mature romance?! All their intimate scenes were natural. I loved this specific scene the most in the whole drama. In EP 17 ending, when the ML starts getting anxious in the dark, when he momentarily hears her voice calling his name, and finds her in the dark, gosh that scene is stuck in my mind. It's a metaphor for saying he finally found his light in the darkness, the background music and the way his expression seems a little relaxed after seeing her gosh i love that scene. And later in the next scene, he smiles thinking about her, I think that's when he realised he could never not fall in love with her. And the confession scene was beautiful.
The second male lead, unlike others, i didn't root for him at all. I never felt him and FL were compatible. Although initially he seemed not bad as a person, and at some point, i pitied him but later nah. He lost the empathy i had for him, he turned all jealous and it was weird. Glad he payed for his crime and talked to ML properly at last.
It is applaudable how they showed just the right amount of angst required before the leads got together. And I truly enjoyed EP 26, seeing her cry broke my heart, and him being upset all alone in rongcheng while she runs back to him and consoles him, that was truly sentimental. It was a roller coaster of emotions and I truly enjoyed every bit of it. When he rushed back to her and confessed at the thought of losing her, when he always waited for her quietly when she's stressed, when he gets all jealous, it was adorable.
Honorary mention to the end credits scene, LYX is stunning!!! My first drama of CXX, i saw him for the first time on weibo night awards in the viral clip IYKYK. Hope his new dramas are successful, and LYX, watched her in love in the clouds, and what an actress. And now after love between lines, im a fan, and just heard the news of another upcoming drama of hers, hope she slays again! Story, cinematography, acting, music — it was peak. Thanks to everyone who created this masterpiece, found another drama which is close to my heart, worth a rewatch!
STORY:
Hu Xiu, FL, accompanies her friend to a VR murder mystery game where she meets Xiao Zhi Yu, ML who is a popular NPC there. She begins to grow fond of him as she keeps playing these games. Fate brings them together as FL becomes the landlord of ML and he also becomes her boss in real life. Both leads are smart, talented and hard-working. The rest of the story continues with how they end up falling in love, and ML unfolding the truth behind the death of his father.
ACTING & MUSIC:
Chen XingXu as Xiao ZhiYu and Lu YuXiao as Hu Xiu, the casting couldn't get better. Leads, their besties, SML, parents, colleagues- acting was good. Nothing negative to say here, everything was good. Coming to music, opening OST is perfection, im hooked!! and music overall was not bad at all.
CHARACTERS:
ML is a calm, mysterious, caring CEO whereas FL is lively, mature, courageous underdog. I LOVED FL's character. Her confidence, her style, her personality — everything, she was cool af. Confident women are always the coolest to me. And ML, when he subtly flirts or smiles, oh my. They match each other's personalities perfectly. I love how both of them are not shy of expressing their love towards each other>3 Also FL's parents were adorable while ML's mom idk what to say about her. The friendships were heart-warming, and so were colleagues. I wanted to see colleagues reaction but ig we'll never know haha.
THE GAME SCENES:
I enjoyed every bit of those VR game scenes set in republican era. The cinematography was insane>> Rongcheng was visually breath-taking, the costumes were apt too, specially the FL ones were so good. It was nice seeing a sensible, smart FL. And I knew that their confession typa kiss was gonna be in the game!! And not to mention when she went on a killing spree after being upset at him irl.
MY FAV PART:
The leads chemistry was fire, I mean who doesn't enjoy mature romance?! All their intimate scenes were natural. I loved this specific scene the most in the whole drama. In EP 17 ending, when the ML starts getting anxious in the dark, when he momentarily hears her voice calling his name, and finds her in the dark, gosh that scene is stuck in my mind. It's a metaphor for saying he finally found his light in the darkness, the background music and the way his expression seems a little relaxed after seeing her gosh i love that scene. And later in the next scene, he smiles thinking about her, I think that's when he realised he could never not fall in love with her. And the confession scene was beautiful.
The second male lead, unlike others, i didn't root for him at all. I never felt him and FL were compatible. Although initially he seemed not bad as a person, and at some point, i pitied him but later nah. He lost the empathy i had for him, he turned all jealous and it was weird. Glad he payed for his crime and talked to ML properly at last.
It is applaudable how they showed just the right amount of angst required before the leads got together. And I truly enjoyed EP 26, seeing her cry broke my heart, and him being upset all alone in rongcheng while she runs back to him and consoles him, that was truly sentimental. It was a roller coaster of emotions and I truly enjoyed every bit of it. When he rushed back to her and confessed at the thought of losing her, when he always waited for her quietly when she's stressed, when he gets all jealous, it was adorable.
Honorary mention to the end credits scene, LYX is stunning!!! My first drama of CXX, i saw him for the first time on weibo night awards in the viral clip IYKYK. Hope his new dramas are successful, and LYX, watched her in love in the clouds, and what an actress. And now after love between lines, im a fan, and just heard the news of another upcoming drama of hers, hope she slays again! Story, cinematography, acting, music — it was peak. Thanks to everyone who created this masterpiece, found another drama which is close to my heart, worth a rewatch!
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