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Yeah, she'd been murdered in the killer's teenage era 'cause he couldn't stand her (remember, Lin Chunmei resembled his mother).

Ikr, the changes really irks me - they should've just stuck to the OG source rather than creating a nonsensical new plot out of nowhere. No, Lin Chunmei is Zhou Zhicheng's wife - while the killer's mom is Li Xiaolan. Who is that Zhao guy that you mention above?

Based on the comments here, it seems like the writer has omitted several victims of the serial murder case, which I'll elaborate below:
1) Li Liwei
A rich merchant's wife who happened to write her wish at Ding Jing's tarot card website. The killer, tired of waiting Ding Jing to get back, then made his move by targeting this woman.
2) Wang Wei
Wang Qianqian's best friend at a neighboring city. Just like Li Liwei, Wang Wei also made a wish on the website, which was discovered by the killer. It was from Wang Wei's connection that the killer could find Wang Qianqian (though she herself made a wish too)
3) Zheng Xiaowen
A rising actress in the entertainment industry. After killing Ding Jing, the killer unexpectedly chose Zheng Xiaowen as his newer target alongside Wen Peng so that the latter could be a scapegoat if Zheng Xiaowen was found dead. However, this scenario will never happen in the drama 'cause the writer has altered Wen Peng's characteristic and omitting Zheng Xiaowen from the script.
4) Lin Chunmei
Zhou Zhicheng's wife and the killer's first victim. I don't whether she appears in the drama or not, but she did resemble the killer's mother in terms of appearance and personality, which only added fuel to the killer's killing intent.

NOTE:
The case is revolved around the tarot card website called Winter Solstice, created by Ding Jing in her highschool years. Whoever writes wishes in it will be done for.

NOTE 2:
I'm feeling pretty bored at the moment, so I make this super long spoiler. Who knows it might be of help to those who are watching the drama right now.

Liu Yujie is definitely the next one. As for the person who's threatening Ding Jing, I have no idea about him/her, but he/she is no simple person for sure.

It'll become A Beautiful Lie 2.0 for sure. Honestly, I don't understand why iQIYI keeps airing flopping dramas this year. Even I dub it as the laughingstock of 2024 across the c-drama world.

Super headache indeed. We've been fooled for half a year already. It's infuriating. It seems that they deliberately postpone Reborn and let other dramas get in its way.

I was like 'wow' if you could really do that 😂😂

But, I admit that the plot is going haywire instead of following the OG source. I'm literally got confused after all those comments.

Guys, for your information, this drama is no historical genre like the melon account said. In fact, it's a fantasy supernatural drama which is set in modern era (21st century), like Wei Yu's other works (Parallel World, Qi Gen Xin Jian, San Xian Mi Hui, Rattan, Love on the Turquoise Land, and more).

Rumored casts are Wei Zhiming and Jing Tian.

Ready to camp at Moonlight Mystique's page!!!!

December 2023, to be precise

No, she didn't date anyone (in the case of novel).

Who do you think he/she maybe?

I get your point. I'm also wondering if there will be a plot twist which deviates from the novel's storyline.

Yeah, in the novel, Wen Peng is just a minor supporting character and doesn't have huge impact on the case, despite being suspected as a potential killer.

Seems like the screenwriter is getting more creative lol. FYI, there's no scene like this in the novel and not even a single stinking stuff about ticking time bomb is being mentioned 💣💣

Good luck for you then.

Nah, perhaps they make some differences in the drama. As far as I know, they did suspect Mr. Wen of being the killer, but he was actually innocent. I have no idea whether they are trying to incorporate Mr. Wen and the villain into one person or he's just a false bait. Btw, the killer is a makeup artist (won't spoil further anymore).

Can you mention the name of the 2ML?

Don't get me wrong. I only read the novel but don't watch the drama. Quite weird, isn't it?

Try to type 冬至 at google search and you'll find the novel online. But, you need to translate it in English if you want to read tho.

There might be some changes in the drama because as far as I know, there are only female rivals who are competing for ML. However, the same can't be said to FL (I mean no male rivals chasing her, except a dumb-and-dumber who got punched by ML for nothing). The killer did stalk her before, but he was interested in killing her. That's all.