OMG! I'm so annoyed! So, we are in the circle of love XYH and GM. I just have to say this couple compliments each…
I haven't watch recent episode but based on the earlier trailer spoiler, main couple of this drama have 2 bed scene.
First on the bed, she pulling his tie, scene showing some of his bare back then they both talking while in blanket & second in the car, also showing some of his bare back.
I think Youku cut out the first bed scene.
This is not the first time Youku doing this. They also cut out bed scene in Maid's Revenge. I don't know why Youku keep doing this =_=
Drama beating bigger counterparts with traffic actors on some youku-related-shows rankinghttps://twitter.com/JS_Prince0903/status/1663706166361477120?s=20
People can say whatever they want.
But spicy romance with dashing masculine bad boy especially in military uniform always get peoples attention even they are face palming with the dramatic plot LOL
And since the usual 40 episodes Chinese romance dramas have stricter censorship, people get attracted with spicy romance short dramas even they had low budget haha
Dramatic and toxic love hate romance ala wattpad, lakorn, telenovelas, soap opera kind of story. Just for entertainment so you need to turn off your brain when watch this short dramas.
It's easy to watch tho since it just about 12 minutes per one episode.
Of course the main attraction is the main actor with masculine feature and well proportion body. In real life everyone should stay about 1 km away from this type of person haha.
If you couldn't stand domineering & possessive main male lead, I advice you to stay away from this drama LOL
You can't be a main male lead in Chinese romance drama especially a domineering one in Republican Era without giving your main female lead bridal carry as many as you can like her legs are just some decoration. https://youtube.com/shorts/xY-AXP8AVts?feature=share4
To be a main male lead in Chinese Republican romance drama especially if he is a general, they need an actor with mature face and well proportion body.
One of the actor I suggest is Li Jiu Lin. His appearance is suitable for a general in Republic of China drama.
These toxic romance plot is not just in Chinese dramas LOLYou can find them on:*Harlequins/Bodice Ripper novel*Wattpad…
When I say you say that it was only Chinese dramas? I don't know who came up with this story but it's already in romance literature around the world for a long time.
What is love without some brutality and forceable sexual assault thrown in just for fun? Wth who came up with…
These toxic romance plot is not just in Chinese dramas LOL
You can find them on: *Harlequins/Bodice Ripper novel *Wattpad story *Romance manga/manhwa *Thailand lakorn usually the one that adapted from old Thailand romance novels
So, based on spoiler of this drama, I declare main male lead in this drama, Xiao Hong Ye as the most red flag…
Gu Meng will still in amnesia state when she fall in love with Xiao Hong Ye and after they being lovey dovey, they will finally sleep together until she get pregnant.
One day, her memories get triggered when she saw a photo (I couldn't see clearly who are peoples in the photo) and she also will overheard second male lead, Yuan Zi Ming, said something to Xiao Hong Ye (maybe about her family) and faint because of shocked.
There's a scene where doctor talking to Yuan Zi Ming, I assume about her pregnancy while she look sad on the hospital's bed. Then the doctor talk to Xiao Hong Ye in the hospital, which I assume also about her pregnancy, and when he look at hospital's bed, she's not there anymore because she run away with Yuan Zi Ming but then Xiao Hong Ye will caught them.
He asked about her baby and I guess she denied it his (?) because then on the bed, he forced her to drink something while she struggling.
I guess that is an abortion drink *face palm*
After that she run away with Yuan Zi Ming again and then Xiao Hong Ye caught them again. He want to shoot Yuan Zi Ming but she protects Yuan Zi Ming. Xiao Hong Ye and Gu Meng will quarreling, she trying to shoot him but fail and then finally she trying to kill herself with stabbing a hairpin on her chest (?).
There's no subtitle so I just watch the preview and then doing some assumption based on the scenes LOL
I tried to watch the video again but they had been deleted LOL
So, based on spoiler of this drama, I declare main male lead in this drama, Xiao Hong Ye as the most red flag main male lead in Chinese romance drama that I had watch.
He already surpassed Li Cheng Yin in Goodbye My Princess and Ying Zheng in The King's Woman for me.
Now I understand why main female lead, Gu Meng shoot him in the drama trailer.
Not a fan of ML. This should've been a guilty pleasure but ML is not the right choice for me.
It's fine, everyone have their own preference.
But honestly, to be a domineering governor / commander / general / marshall (or whatever the title is) main male lead in the drama that set in Republic Of China (1912 - 1949), they need an actor with a masculine feature and well proportion body, not the usual skinny pretty actor because there will be many scenes where the main male lead wearing a military uniform.
An actor with masculine feature and well proportion body will look more dashing in man's outfit in Republic Of China ^^
Trailer looks horrible, too more abuse from ML😱 not something expect to see in 2023 drama 😅😅
Domineering and possessive main male leads are not new in Chinese romance dramas but this main male lead also being too abusive even he hates main female lead's father because of what her father did to his family.
I don't think any usual 40 episodes Chinese romance drama nowadays whether in modern or historical setting will pass the censorship if the main male lead in those usual romance dramas did what main male lead in this drama did.
But since this is a short drama, I guess the censorship is less stricter and that's why they can be more wild. Even bed scenes in Chinese short historical dramas are more sensual than usual 40 episodes dramas LOL
I will only be satisfied with this series if Gu Meng attempts to whack the ML at least once, even if she is not…
Based on this drama trailer, it seems main female lead, Gu Meng will shoot main male lead, Xiao Hong Ye using pistol while wearing Western wedding gown in later episode.
Well, I don't know whether he will die or still alive after that but hey, at least for once, the main female lead get to shoot this type of main male lead in Chinese drama LOL
If we observe the emojis on this drama's calender, there is an emoji of pregnant woman and based on the English subtitle, he also said "Let me ask you one last time, whose child is this?"
So I assume she will get pregnant later but I don't know whether the baby will be safe until the end of drama or get miscarriage.
You can see the scene at 1:25 on this trailer where she raise a pistol to him and on 1:31 where he kinda want to wipes blood on her face. https://youtu.be/V7DBkOpHSQw
Thankfully, this is just a short drama so it wouldn't be dragging like dramatic telenovelas haha
I agree, finally a masc. male for a change. Most Chinese actors have childlike or feminine facial features in…
I don't know why but I realized that not just in older Chinese dramas, older South Korean dramas also have those type of actors as main male leads.
Nowadays majority of those type of actors will be in supporting roles or they are not popular.
I think because many young generation especially Chinese and Korean audiences nowadays feel those type of actors look old? That's why they like actors with baby faced more.
But usually we can find them in Chinese Republican Era romance dramas because no matter what, to be a domineering governor / commander / general main male lead that has to wear military uniform in many scenes, they still need actors with mature face and well proportion body.
Male lead does not look like a doll. He got a mean vibe about him
The main male lead in this drama, Xiao Hong Ye is not only domineering but also quite ruthless to main female lead, Gu Meng.
Many main male lead in Chinese Republican romance dramas with lakorn vibes like this that I had watch have their ruthless moment but usually they were ruthless to other peoples, not to main female leads. Majority of crimes that other main male leads in dramas like this did to main female leads were sexual assault like forced kiss and attempt rape.
Based on the drama trailer and preview that I had watch, Xiao Hong Ye will forced kiss, attempted rape, harshly stuffing food into Gu Meng's mouth and choking her neck. Not to mention he wiped out her family on the first day of their wedding because of revenge.
No wonder she shoot him in the trailer. I think she shoot him on their second wedding? Because at that time she holding pistol while wearing Western wedding gown while he's kinda wearing a tuxedo?
OMO OMO OMO ! we can sure count on short dramas to give us the spices and seasoning that have lacking in all of…
If these dramas trying to air on the national TV like usual Chinese dramas, many scenes will get edit out from the dramas or the dramas will get ban LOL
Not only that, I'm sure they will get complaints from local audiences too and maybe finally the Chinese government will ban this genre like they did with BL genre LOL
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1912 - 1949) The Republic of China (ROC), or just China, was a sovereign state in East Asia once based in Mainland China, established in 1 January 1912, when it was proclaimed in the 1911 Revolution, until 1949, when its ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) was defeated in the Chinese Civil War by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which resulted in a retreat of its central government to Taiwan, a territory which it took control of from Japan just in 1945.
Ah, yes. How could you be a main male lead in Chinese romance drama especially a domineering one in Republican Era without giving your main female lead bridal carry as many as you can like her legs are just some decoration? https://youtube.com/shorts/xY-AXP8AVts?feature=share4
Main male lead in this drama is not only domineering, he is also ruthless to main female lead. Other main male leads in Chinese Republican romance dramas that I had watch also have their ruthless moment but they were ruthless to other peoples but not to main female lead.
First on the bed, she pulling his tie, scene showing some of his bare back then they both talking while in blanket & second in the car, also showing some of his bare back.
I think Youku cut out the first bed scene.
This is not the first time Youku doing this. They also cut out bed scene in Maid's Revenge. I don't know why Youku keep doing this =_=
But you mean youku cut out the spicy bed scene?!
But spicy romance with dashing masculine bad boy especially in military uniform always get peoples attention even they are face palming with the dramatic plot LOL
And since the usual 40 episodes Chinese romance dramas have stricter censorship, people get attracted with spicy romance short dramas even they had low budget haha
It's easy to watch tho since it just about 12 minutes per one episode.
Of course the main attraction is the main actor with masculine feature and well proportion body. In real life everyone should stay about 1 km away from this type of person haha.
If you couldn't stand domineering & possessive main male lead, I advice you to stay away from this drama LOL
Well, when I'm watching drama with toxic love hate romance like this, I need to shut off some part of my brain LOL
https://twitter.com/iamseolayaa/status/1662916206762885121
https://youtube.com/shorts/hgrXhNp3EBs?feature=share4
Actor Li Jiu Lin looks dashing in military uniform in era of Republic of China.
https://twitter.com/iamseolayaa/status/1663132872469823488
You can't be a main male lead in Chinese romance drama especially a domineering one in Republican Era without giving your main female lead bridal carry as many as you can like her legs are just some decoration.
https://youtube.com/shorts/xY-AXP8AVts?feature=share4
But I saw other video with some spoiler scenes that I never watch yet on youtube.
https://youtu.be/5Bh7nqcSXIU
One of the actor I suggest is Li Jiu Lin. His appearance is suitable for a general in Republic of China drama.
I don't know who came up with this story but it's already in romance literature around the world for a long time.
You can find them on:
*Harlequins/Bodice Ripper novel
*Wattpad story
*Romance manga/manhwa
*Thailand lakorn usually the one that adapted from old Thailand romance novels
One day, her memories get triggered when she saw a photo (I couldn't see clearly who are peoples in the photo) and she also will overheard second male lead, Yuan Zi Ming, said something to Xiao Hong Ye (maybe about her family) and faint because of shocked.
There's a scene where doctor talking to Yuan Zi Ming, I assume about her pregnancy while she look sad on the hospital's bed. Then the doctor talk to Xiao Hong Ye in the hospital, which I assume also about her pregnancy, and when he look at hospital's bed, she's not there anymore because she run away with Yuan Zi Ming but then Xiao Hong Ye will caught them.
He asked about her baby and I guess she denied it his (?) because then on the bed, he forced her to drink something while she struggling.
I guess that is an abortion drink *face palm*
After that she run away with Yuan Zi Ming again and then Xiao Hong Ye caught them again. He want to shoot Yuan Zi Ming but she protects Yuan Zi Ming. Xiao Hong Ye and Gu Meng will quarreling, she trying to shoot him but fail and then finally she trying to kill herself with stabbing a hairpin on her chest (?).
There's no subtitle so I just watch the preview and then doing some assumption based on the scenes LOL
I tried to watch the video again but they had been deleted LOL
He already surpassed Li Cheng Yin in Goodbye My Princess and Ying Zheng in The King's Woman for me.
Now I understand why main female lead, Gu Meng shoot him in the drama trailer.
But honestly, to be a domineering governor / commander / general / marshall (or whatever the title is) main male lead in the drama that set in Republic Of China (1912 - 1949), they need an actor with a masculine feature and well proportion body, not the usual skinny pretty actor because there will be many scenes where the main male lead wearing a military uniform.
An actor with masculine feature and well proportion body will look more dashing in man's outfit in Republic Of China ^^
I don't think any usual 40 episodes Chinese romance drama nowadays whether in modern or historical setting will pass the censorship if the main male lead in those usual romance dramas did what main male lead in this drama did.
But since this is a short drama, I guess the censorship is less stricter and that's why they can be more wild. Even bed scenes in Chinese short historical dramas are more sensual than usual 40 episodes dramas LOL
Well, I don't know whether he will die or still alive after that but hey, at least for once, the main female lead get to shoot this type of main male lead in Chinese drama LOL
If we observe the emojis on this drama's calender, there is an emoji of pregnant woman and based on the English subtitle, he also said "Let me ask you one last time, whose child is this?"
So I assume she will get pregnant later but I don't know whether the baby will be safe until the end of drama or get miscarriage.
You can see the scene at 1:25 on this trailer where she raise a pistol to him and on 1:31 where he kinda want to wipes blood on her face.
https://youtu.be/V7DBkOpHSQw
Thankfully, this is just a short drama so it wouldn't be dragging like dramatic telenovelas haha
They also shoot these dramas in shorter time than the usual Chinese dramas that usually take about 5 to 6 months to complete.
Nowadays majority of those type of actors will be in supporting roles or they are not popular.
I think because many young generation especially Chinese and Korean audiences nowadays feel those type of actors look old? That's why they like actors with baby faced more.
But usually we can find them in Chinese Republican Era romance dramas because no matter what, to be a domineering governor / commander / general main male lead that has to wear military uniform in many scenes, they still need actors with mature face and well proportion body.
Actor Chen Xing Xu as Tan Xuan Lin in Fall In Love (2021)
https://youtube.com/shorts/w4Ebee2fWi4?feature=share4
https://kisskh.at/people/14043-chen-xing-xu
Actor Dou Xiao as Xiao Bei Chen in Love In Flames Of War (2022)
https://youtu.be/o20BhwiAVE8
https://kisskh.at/people/3719-dou-shawn
Actor Dai Gao Zheng as Fang Tian Yi in Maid's Revenge (2022)
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV19U4y1z75L?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click
https://kisskh.at/people/72059-dai-gao-zheng
Actor Zhang He as Zhao Zheng Nan in The Last Princess (2023)
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV17L411Q7QP?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.0&vd_source=1dbfe62e64305a4fe01a23578bdb42d9
https://kisskh.at/people/2454-zhang-he
In short, when I'm watching Chinese Republican romance dramas because of the plot, this is what I means:
https://youtube.com/shorts/74N4R7DPHt4?feature=share4
Now, we get to watch another manly looking actor as main male lead in Chinese Republican romance short drama:
Actor Li Jiu Lin as Xiao Hong Ye in Circle Of Love ^^
https://twitter.com/YammyLaLa/status/1662305643162906626
https://twitter.com/iamseolayaa/status/1662036813152649217
They have to wear military uniform so the actors couldn't be too baby face.
Many main male lead in Chinese Republican romance dramas with lakorn vibes like this that I had watch have their ruthless moment but usually they were ruthless to other peoples, not to main female leads.
Majority of crimes that other main male leads in dramas like this did to main female leads were sexual assault like forced kiss and attempt rape.
Based on the drama trailer and preview that I had watch, Xiao Hong Ye will forced kiss, attempted rape, harshly stuffing food into Gu Meng's mouth and choking her neck. Not to mention he wiped out her family on the first day of their wedding because of revenge.
No wonder she shoot him in the trailer. I think she shoot him on their second wedding? Because at that time she holding pistol while wearing Western wedding gown while he's kinda wearing a tuxedo?
https://youtu.be/V7DBkOpHSQw
Yeah, there's totally no happy ending for this couple LOL
Not only that, I'm sure they will get complaints from local audiences too and maybe finally the Chinese government will ban this genre like they did with BL genre LOL
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1912 - 1949)
The Republic of China (ROC), or just China, was a sovereign state in East Asia once based in Mainland China, established in 1 January 1912, when it was proclaimed in the 1911 Revolution, until 1949, when its ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) was defeated in the Chinese Civil War by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which resulted in a retreat of its central government to Taiwan, a territory which it took control of from Japan just in 1945.
Some of Chinese romance drama set in Republican Era:
https://twitter.com/YoukuOfficial/status/1642763595149881344
A) Fall in Love (2021)
Chen Xing Xu as Tan Xuan Lin
Zhang Jing Yi as Mu Wan Qing
https://twitter.com/mavurlu/status/1475567226619150340
https://youtube.com/shorts/w4Ebee2fWi4?feature=share4
https://kisskh.at/53549-fall-in-love
B) Love In Flames Of War (2022)
Dou Xiao as Xiao Bei Chen
Chen Du Ling as Lin Hang Jing
https://twitter.com/cdrama_update/status/1522871712165294082
https://youtube.com/shorts/lfm6cU60eKA?feature=share4
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV1UZ4y1t7q3?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click
https://kisskh.at/54939-love-in-flames-of-war
C) Maid's Revenge (2022)
Dai Gao Zheng as Fang Tian Yi
Chen Fang Tong as Dong Tin Yao
https://twitter.com/naileekim/status/1573516701081403393
https://youtube.com/shorts/Q5VgTOvO5lY?feature=share4
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV19U4y1z75L?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click
https://kisskh.at/737601-maid-s-revenge
D) The Last Princess (2023)
Zhang He as Zhao Zheng Nan
Wang He Run as Aisin Gioro Yurong / Jin Yu Rong
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV17L411Q7QP?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.0&vd_source=1dbfe62e64305a4fe01a23578bdb42d9
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV1GL411R7x1?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.5
https://kisskh.at/53955-bu-yun-qu
I'm enjoying all these face palm, hair tear, head desk soap operas in Chinese Republican romance drama because of the plot^^
The plot:
https://youtube.com/shorts/74N4R7DPHt4?feature=share4
So now in this drama Circle Of Life:
Li Jiu Lin as Xiao Hong Ye
Guan Chang as Gu Meng
https://twitter.com/iamseolayaa/status/1662036813152649217
Ah, yes.
How could you be a main male lead in Chinese romance drama especially a domineering one in Republican Era without giving your main female lead bridal carry as many as you can like her legs are just some decoration?
https://youtube.com/shorts/xY-AXP8AVts?feature=share4
And of course throwing other man coat and then gives her your coat:
https://youtube.com/shorts/4w9u9g8wDa8?feature=share4
Main male lead in this drama is not only domineering, he is also ruthless to main female lead. Other main male leads in Chinese Republican romance dramas that I had watch also have their ruthless moment but they were ruthless to other peoples but not to main female lead.
And based on the three men conversation in episode 1, main male in here also wiped out main female lead family on the first day of their wedding?!
Bruh, you are doomed LOL
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV1fk4y1p7VC?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click