JulyMoon

No worries, VIP only means I have the paid subscription of MDL. :)

You're welcome and I'm not a mod. Just regular drama lover like everyone else. ^.^

No, it's an older drama. Filmed years ago in 2016, just didn't air in China and probably never will.

This was filmed back in times when it was popular in China to film with South Korean actors and actresses. It's a bit misleading that the year 2023 is in the title because it was filmed years ago and was shelved in the meantime. It could only air now, because Japan purchased the rights from China. The drama never aired in China. It's still banned there.

The Double: There is a poisonous plant mentioned that is also rare

The Double: The ending song is named 'Flowers from Afar'

Dashing Youth: there is a hidden place with cherry trees and green grass, later the place is shown again and the trees have lost their leaves/blossoms and the grass is orange/brown and dead

The Double: there are pastries in the shape of flowers

The Double: They mention a plant that can be used as medicine but if unprocessed it's poisonous and that's how it was used in the drama

The Double: FL Xue Li is written with the character 薛 which means wormwood

The Double: FL mentions that she noticed the scent of ylang ylang on someone and that it's a perfume for seduction

The Double: FL has flowers in pots in her yard

Dashing Youth: One of the characters is introduced with flower petals surrounding him

Dashing Youth has Lotus in water

The Sign: the title Mekhong Full Moon Party is mentioned when they say a quote from the movie and mention they have watched it often.

I haven't watched TBOY but I agree, by episode 5 it got me hooked.

Great for you.

Personally I disagree with great chemistry, but that's just my opinion. The romance of them didn't work for me because of multiple reasons.

Yeah but the marriage was not out of love. It is explained later why they got married against their will. The main leads are basically enemies and scheming against each other, so the user above is actually correct. Their relationship and the romance is indeed complicated and slow burn.

True. I loved how the story showed us that he isn't evil just because people claimed him to be, but that real evil can be determined through actions. What others, who considered themselves as 'the good ones' did, was way more evil than what he had done, yet they 'justified' it with noble reasons. He wanted justice for his people and revenge for the pain they went through. None of that was wrong in my opinion.