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Wow, is Zhao Lin really the screenwriter of this short drama?!
She write many good main female lead character in her romance dramas.

I'm quite confused at first because there no info yet about the screenwriter on dramawiki when I searched about this drama.

The plot on dramawiki is more suitable for this drama though:
Xiang Tingdong, heir to the renowned Tangcheng family, is severely injured in a dispute with his fiancée Cheng Che and falls into a coma. To save the Xiang family, Cheng Che finds Xiang's mysterious younger brother, Ye Ran, and asks him to impersonate Xiang. Together, they uncover and dismantle the drug syndicate Xiang Tingdong was involved with. Will they succeed in completing their mission? --WeTV
https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Be_Your_Knight

Other dramas from this screenwriter that I like:
The Killer Is Also Romantic (2022)
https://kisskh.at/724971-the-killer-is-also-romantic
A Familiar Stranger (2022)
https://kisskh.at/733007-the-evil-face
Butterflied Lover (2023)
https://kisskh.at/746597-butterflied-love
Hard To Find (2024)
https://kisskh.at/755723-hard-to-find

Wait, I'm just realized her currently airing drama, Be Your Knight and all of her drama in my list above are about married couple \^_^/
Some similarities in her dramas that I watch:
Strong main female lead, green flag main male lead, married main couple
Aww, I feel this is so cute >_<

The list of her dramas:
https://kisskh.at/people/118761-zhao-lin

If this drama turn out to be enjoyable to me like her above dramas, it will solidified her as top Chinese screenwriter for short dramas in my list.

Update: I edited my post because based on new info, the gender of screenwriter is a female while I'm misunderstood her as male before this since it stated her gender is male on this screenwriter Mydramalist page.
https://dramapanda.com/2024/04/hard-to-find-writer-zhao-lin-never-write-bad-endings.html

Anyone miss Punpreedee?
Here, I found Punpreedee live video with automatic English subtitle on youtube:
https://youtu.be/rjU-SPU2YF0?si=OXkL7Pjpl_T98Cdf

According to some Thailand novel reader on Tiktok and X, the Poncheewan novel end with main couple wedding. All other main couple in these Juthathep series already married and some even have children together with them when they attending Saruj and Cheewan wedding ceremony T_T

For now, it seems many of his upcoming dramas will be costume dramas.

I hope he will quickly get established as talented actor in his next drama that not produced by Yu Zheng, Calming Waves, so he could get opportunity after this to play as main male lead in modern drama since I confidently believe Yu Zheng will make him play in many costume dramas again especially after his Duke Su character in The Double.

Actually, after reading some articles and watching some videos where Chinese actors and actresses mentioned about how hair styling like wigs and accessories in their costume dramas make them almost bald and even went for hair treatment, I hope he could take more rest from costume drama after this. I'm worried he will get bald before he is 30 years old LOL
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS2Hf5BpJ/
https://x.com/tiff_ilosophy/status/1700824853077688758
https://www.jaynestars.com/news/xu-kai-admits-to-hair-transplant/

According to Chinese fans that get accessed to drama script, this drama will end with main couple separated from each other. Main male lead will become emperor while main female lead will wandering around the country or something like that.

According to novel reader, the main male lead is really a red flag and did some crazy thing but main couple get together at the end. There are no English translation for the novel yet.

I think the reason the screenwriter change the ending from the novel is because audiences in our time won't accept a really red flag main male lead has happy ending with main female lead LOL

Although the screenwriter for mainstream Chinese dramas need to soften main male lead character compare to novel because of their strict censorship, I hope at least they won't whitewash his character too much. They already give sad ending for him so why not make his character more red flag than recent main male lead in other romance drama to show us he deserve that haha

When I read about Nicky Wu on google before, his first wife is Ma Yashu, an actress. They got divorced in 2009.

I get to know about Nicky Wu because of Scarlet Heart (2011), one of the famous Chinese costume drama. He is the main male lead while Liu Shi Shi is the main female lead.
https://kisskh.at/2969-scarlet-heart

They get married in 2015 and have a son together. As far as I know, for now, Liu Shi Shi and Nicky Wu are still married.

Oh, twin. They should add the tag here. There are some scenes that I feel that kind of two main actor faces in one frame but it not clear much to me.

I need to watch first but I'm sure main female lead is not a red flag level in here.

Since this is the usual dramatic Chinese short Republican Era romance genre, main male lead will get slap at least once LOL

Based on my guess, the scene where main female lead knocked his head happened on their initial encounter or beginning of their relationship. She tried to shoot him because she misunderstand him since he dodged it but then he hugs her.

What is healthy relationship in dramatic Chinese short Republican Era romance drama anyway haha

Some red flag main male lead in Chinese dramas with obviously main couple couldn't be together at the end:
(other than The King's Woman, their English titles already give us the hint LOL)

1) The King's Woman (2017)
https://kisskh.at/22292-the-kings-woman
2) Goodbye My Princess (2019)
https://kisskh.at/21684-good-bye-my-princess
3) Love & Bid Farewell (2024) - short drama
https://kisskh.at/766723-yu-jun-jue
4) Kill Me Love Me (2025?)
https://kisskh.at/680797-chun-hua-yan
https://youtu.be/SXnYl2tU6AY?si=VKjp4UU6aWm5GFKA

Question:
Who is the most red flag of them all?
My answer:
For now, Yue Jin Chen in Love & Bid Farewell is on the top.
Chinese regular long dramas have strict censorship compare to their short drama so they couldn't make romance drama with too toxic and red flag main male anymore. Not to mention, main male lead in recent Chinese romance dramas are green flag to cater many audiences LOL

I'm late but these are some red flag main male lead in Chinese dramas with obviously main couple couldn't be together at the end:
(well, look at their English titles LOL)

1) Goodbye My Princess (2019)
https://kisskh.at/21684-good-bye-my-princess
2) Love & Bid Farewell (2024)
*short drama, meaning usually duration for one episode could be from 10 minutes until 20 minutes
https://kisskh.at/766723-yu-jun-jue
3) Kill Me Love Me (2025?)
https://kisskh.at/680797-chun-hua-yan
https://youtu.be/SXnYl2tU6AY?si=VKjp4UU6aWm5GFKA

Question:
Who is the most red flag of them all?
My answer:
For now, Yue Jin Chen in Love & Bid Farewell is on the top.
Chinese regular long dramas have strict censorship compare to their short drama so they couldn't make romance drama with too toxic and red flag main male anymore. Not to mention, main male lead in recent Chinese romance dramas are green flag to cater many audiences LOL

A Chinese short Republican Era romance drama with fake married couple.

Based on the trailer, main male lead is not abusive but there are scenes where main female lead knocked his head off until it bleeding(?), tried to shoot him, slapped him and pushed him on the bed. There are also some scenes with him get bruised and bleed which I assume from fight with other people but yeah it seems main male lead suffered more than main female lead in this drama LOL
https://x.com/dramapotatoe/status/1834078733298180331?t=eH_o0-u-o2fSSCbxkd_TKA&s=19

Lousy Yu Zheng is so ridiculous, exploitative and annoying.
Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xing Yue couldn't reject his arrangement because lousy Yu Zheng is their boss =_=

Are negative and pessimistic comments on weibo about Wu Jin Yan & Liu Xue Yi themselves or about Hong Yao, Wu Jin Yan husband?

What exactly serious thing he did that make them hate him? Did he commit any crime before?

I know Hong Yao is under Yu Zheng's agency just like Wu Jin Yan, Wang Xing Yue, Bai Lu, Xu Kai. He and Wu Jin Yan got in dating rumor years before but she denied it at that time.

Wu Jin Yan really denied about her dating rumor with Hong Yao before.
https://x.com/whimsicalclouds/status/1834447475916042693

Look what happen now!
https://x.com/dramapotatoe/status/1834442689028174200

But, maybe at that time she feel they just suitable as friends.
Many things can change in 10 years so never say never!
We don't know about our future LOL

I hope if she want to take a break from drama after this, it won't be long. She already in hiatus before huhu

Wu Jin Yan really denied about her dating rumor with Hong Yao before.
https://x.com/whimsicalclouds/status/1834447475916042693

Look what happen now!
https://x.com/dramapotatoe/status/1834442689028174200

But, maybe at that time she feel they just suitable as friends.
Many things can change in 10 years so never say never!
We don't know about our future LOL

That lousy Yu Zheng really casted Hong Yao as second male lead in drama where Wu Jin Yan & Wang Xing Yue will be as main couple?!
https://x.com/triplem11543909/status/1834552716326236625

I don't care who Wu Jin Yan married with or if in the future, Wang Xing Yue also unexpectedly get married while they both filming this drama but to cast Hong Yao in Wu Jin Yan & Wang Xing Yue romance drama just after Wu Jin Yan & Hong Yao marriage news to public?

No matter what, Wu Jin Yan & Wang Xing Yue are still human being with feeling. How could Wang Xing Yue create comfortable environment for him to do skinship with Wu Jin Yan while being conscious about Hong Yao on the set? Hong Yao suddenly added as second male lead after their marriage news.

Sorry, I'm 1000% confident this is lousy Yu Zheng idea. With how lousy Yu Zheng usually give minimal screentimes to main male lead with main female lead and more screentimes to second male lead with main female lead, I could imagine how annoyed I will feel when I'm watching their second drama.

One of the main reason some people like me want Wu Jin Yan & Wang Xing Yue reunion in second drama is because we love their chemistry together. Lousy Yu Zheng is really annoying =_=

I still will watch this drama though because I like Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xing Yue.

At first, based on your coment here I thought you means some people joking about adding Hong Yao as second male lead in Wu Jin Yan & Wang Xing Yue second drama so they edit their Douban account but Hong Yao really get cast as second male lead in Wu Jin Yan & Wang Xing Yue second drama produce by Yu Zheng?!

To be main lead in Chinese regular long drama, you need a backer/sponsor that will promote you so you can gain fund to invest for your drama because to produce a drama especially costume drama, you need money for filming.

If you're not popular how could you get money from investors or sponsors? Usually you become popular because you get promote by your manager of your agency or someone like that.

Wu Jin Yan become popular after played as main female lead in Story Of Yanxi Palace. Hong Yao also in that drama but he only played as supporting lead.

Lousy Yu Zheng focused to certain actors & actresses in his company that he feel will benefit him so if he/she is lucky, he/she will get favor from Yu Zheng to get push as main leads in dramas.

Based on Thailand fans comments that I read using google translation on X, it seems she adored Cheewa character in the novel that's why.

The fans mentioned she should write script about drama where Cheewa is the main female lead, not use Punpreedee & Kao as main leads and wasted their chemistry together on drama.

I hope Punpreedee & Kao never work with this screenwriter again in the future =_=

Wang Xing Yue want to play in modern drama. I hope his wish will be fulfill in the future.
https://x.com/lionheartbase/status/1818297502220898586