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The Inextricable Destiny(2023) is a romance miniseries set in a historical era with Wang You Shuo as Rong Yu and Ireine Song as He Jiu Ling in the leading couple’s role. The cast did a great job bringing their characters to life and the leading couple really pulls in the viewer’s attention once they become a couple. The leading couple’s relationship is an intensed bittersweet one full of painful and heart tugging moments. The male lead, Wang You Shuo, did fantastically showing all range of emotions and mishaps that he endured; his facial expressions and body language gave the viewer a character that was brilliant, intuitive, passionate, flawed, and more, with the portrayal of the multifaceted, righteous, and steadfast lover Rong Yu. The female lead, Ireine Song, portrayed her character very well and gave the viewer a strong, sometimes a bit too mischievious (especially on the first 6 episodes), spirited, and self-sacrificing He Jiu Ling, a character that, despite her naughty and hostile attitude toward marrying Rong Yu became someone that could see the best of Rong Yu in his most difficult circumstances and also loved him steadfastly. Rong Yu and He Jiu Ling’s love and lives’journey was one of many struggles and inconstancy but they truly complemented each other.
SPOILER ALERT: This drama would’ve been a solid 10 if it was not for the separation of the lead couple by her brought about by He Jiu Ling’s preposterous master when the couple needed to be together the most which let to a rushed, just cute, bland ending and the fact that, although Irene Song gave a great performance as the rascally and later on, supportive and steadfast partner to Rong Yu, her body language and facial expressions don’t ooze passion and romance; now, having said that, her agonizing moments can crush the viewers’ heart and have one in tears in a cinch. Overall, this is a good and entertaining drama, enjoy it and have a pack of tissue close by!