Lady_Dragon

Whoa... you do make finding it hard, then, don't you!!!

This is the version that I liked the best:
https://kisskh.at/774007-fatal-attraction

Agreed, though this pairing has taken top spot for me (with Sun Yue/Xu Yizhen in third)...

Yeah - I wish he was added on the cast list... I have seen him in a couple of things and he always delivers but this performance was his best.

Here are a few more to add to your list - ones that I have noted down from various dramas:
https://kisskh.at/people/119701-tian-xi-wen
https://kisskh.at/people/122697-xu-yi-zhen
https://kisskh.at/people/129913-yi-la
https://kisskh.at/people/117725-zhai-yi-ying
https://kisskh.at/people/138309-dai-feng-yi (usually plays the antagonist but has recently played several FL roles well)
https://kisskh.at/people/144935-zhong-xi

Here are some more actors that I've liked in verticals:
Sean Pai/ Bai YiXiang https://kisskh.at/people/89943-sean-pai
Ma ShiYao https://kisskh.at/people/134083-ma-shi-yao
Sun Yue https://kisskh.at/people/123955-sun-yue
He JianQi https://kisskh.at/people/133309-he-jian-qi
Wang Nan https://kisskh.at/people/143411-wang-nan
Ma XiaYu (not Ma Xiao Yu) - no MDL currently
Wang ZiYi - no MDL currently (NOT this one https://kisskh.at/people/17960-wang-zi-yi)
Yuan Zi - no MDL currently

Hope that helps!

is she the lead in this drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyn4t6wSkhw??? If not, I'm really confused.

This was the first time I had seen Dai Feng Yi in a LEAD ROLE... and not as the villain.
...she is SO GOOD at being the villain and that was all I could think about for the first few episodes of this short series.
...she's played a "friend" of the lead before and is quirky and cute in that role, too.
...the second time I saw her as the FL was in this gem (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyN_KDVq1Cg) which had be bawling for the first half and groaning for the second... where scenes and lines were directly ripped off from one of my favorite verticals starring Shen Hao Nan (https://kisskh.at/763315-mei-gui-guan-mian)...

Having said that, she impressed me as the lead and I am coming around to liking her. I have always liked Shen Hao Nan.

What is the name of THIS DRAMA... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyN_KDVq1Cg
... and why ISNT't it listed here????

I don't remember that particular drama. I am not constantly updating the lists of youtube links on this profile page because they remove and re-upload the dramas too often to keep track of. If you type her name (in English, in Chinese or in both) into youtube, you usually get a couple playlists that are pretty well stacked - you might find it in there!

I have seen this script (almost exact) with other leads that I have really liked... and this one still holds up well. (my favorite, though, is with Zuo Yi)

I disagree, but I think her simpering is a little hard to handle even though it is justified by the character's background... it's just hard to accept that degree of pathos. However, seeing her emerge from that timidity as her relationship with the ML progresses - his softening and her accepting his affection - helps mitigate her earlier pathetic nature.

This is my favorite version of the story and the best acted/scripted of it that I have seen. Every time I come across another version, I have to cleanse my palate by returning to watch this one again.

mmm yummy

Probably because volunteers who enter the information cannot find the title / episode / etc. information required to make even the most basic entry.

That's a bit harsh... it's like judging a whole country based on some b-rated films...

I agree that I personally DISLIKE these films - even though I DO like this actor. You should watch some of his other roles, he can do tenderness like few others (Here's a good one with Wang GeGe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSasIWWpjgc) - so it certainly isn't the actor himself.

These sado-masochistic abuse films are more common than my comfort level allows and rape, especially marital rape and daughter-selling, seems to be treated as trope and fairly common. I'm not even gonna try to excuse that... but I have seen dramatic changes in SOCIETAL acknowledgement and condemnation of domestic abuse in the last ten years so I have hope for the continuing shift of attitudes regarding rape and abuse as well.

There are some vertical dramas that address this trope directly... like on Wang GeGe film where she "wakes up" from the victim role and takes back her life - and other Wang GeGe film where she "falls" into a scripted play where the character simpers and gets abused... and basically refuses to be abused anymore (even fighting back)... in both of these the genre of abuse stories and lead-role victims is mentioned outright and with disdain - showing that there is considerable acknowledgement of its disgusting nature.

Just something to consider.

Here is the same story, different actors but better subtitles. I like this actress from other films but the whole cast is lacking when compared to the Gege-HaoNan version, acting-wise. However, the clearer / better adapted subtitles made me understand bits of this one better after re-watching it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93pogIl1tDY

Probably, judging by my comments alone, "Mei Gui Guan Mian"

Here are some other links that might work (as of 9/22)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSasIWWpjgc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_dPQE4kY0g

too much torture

The dynamic between the leads is both interesting and confusing, yet there is definite chemistry. As the plot develops and the ML's emotional dependence tips over into physical attraction, the creep factor is glossed over and eventually subverted by a mutual understanding, respect and dependence on each other. The FL is intelligent, savvy, determined and mostly in control of her destiny - a nice change from most vertical dramas.

Of several versions of this vertical drama plot, this one is the second best.