Ordinary People with Ordinary Wishes Forced to take Extraordinary Action
Zhao Buyou and Wen Yue was an ordinary couple living in the capital. One day, a corrupt official, Gan Liang, went to harass Wen Yue in her umbrella shop, and was about to manhandle her when Zhao Buyou arrived just in time to intervene, though he ended up getting beaten. A while later, as the family went to have fun at an amusement park, Wen Yue received a message which compelled her to meet with the sender. It was Gan Liang, threatening Wen Yue with her secret to force himself on her. Left with no choice, Wen Yue stabbed him with her hairpin which killed him on the spot. Zhao Buyou found her just as the official died, and they both scampered to hide the body. While they were trying to hide their traces, they got caught up with the local authority led by Commissioner Gu Zhen who was looking for Gan Liang. Zhao Buyou realized his wife was hiding something from him, and as he tried to keep her from getting sniffed by Gu Zhen, he offered himself to help Gu Zhen investigate a high profile case involving the disappearance of Mei ship during Qingming festival, which led to numerous queer cases that inadvertently affected the whole family’s life.
This is a very close-to-heart concept as it features a very ordinary family of the common folk, the breadwinner being a lower-tiered government servant who is often bullied and ostracized by his colleague and bosses. Zhao Buyou is in his late 30s who has worked as a scribe in Court of Judicial Review for more than 15 years, while his wife Wen Yue owns an umbrella making business. The family of 5 consisting of ML,FL and ML’s father and a younger brother and younger sister get by with ML’s meager salary and FL’s humble business income. I really love the family dynamics, it is not perfect as we hoped for. Theyre very ordinary with a father who is often sick but love his liquor too much, while the younger sister and brother still looking for their life purpose and having difficulties in keeping their apprenticeship posts.
Zhao Buyou is depicted to be very timid and cowardly, while Wen Yue is shown to have the final say in the household. We can see how much Zhao Buyou loved and adored his wife when he always gives in to almost everything she says. Zhao Buyou, although seem to be weak and easily bullied in the earlier episodes, turned out to be very eloquent, clever and resourceful, especially so when it comes to the safety of his wife.
Wen Yue, although shown to be weak and reserved in the first episode, turned out to be somewhat the opposite. Laying low for almost 15years from her pirating life, she was forced to shed her skin when Gan Liang decided to threaten her with this secret. Wen Yue was indeed a far cry from a weak woman. She wears the pants in the household for a reason, that is because she has a very strong personality and even physically more capable than her husband thanks to her hidden past life. Wen Yue acts like the glue for the family, she runs the household and manages their spending, and she knows how to handle each member of the family.
Commissioner Gu Zhen and his deputy Wan Fu are the real treat of the show. From officials filled with suspicion and wariness towards ML, their relationship progressed to be buddies in arms. Their characters aren’t perfect, Wan Fu takes bribes just to provide for their fallen comrade’s family, while Gu Zhen does not hesitate to kill a criminal when he sees there is no way they could be found guilty in the court of law due to their steel backing.
There were many villains in the show, corrupt officials and strong-backing figures pop up like mushrooms after the rain as cases emerged one after another, but the most cunning and twisted one is none other than Su Zheng, FL’s long lost brother. Initially pictured as a good natured scholar, he was about to win everyone’s heart in Zhao family had he not tried to snatch FL for himself, resorting to despicable acts.
It’s a real fresh look for a show to me, as the main characters have been husband and wife for more than 10years, a seasoned couple approaching their middle life as opposed to the budding romance between beautiful people in other shows. The ML here isnt quite as handsome, and the FL, although a beauty, they manage to make her look very ordinary as how her character should be, a very different take from the usual cheesy romance of exceedingly handsome young men with ethereally elegant young women depicted in other dramas.
I totally love the anecdote of facts about Song Dynasty at the end of each episode. It’s a real different approach of attracting viewers’ attention, this definitely impressed me very much.
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I dont get why people are so worked up about Wen Yue not being a good sister to Su Zheng. First off, she had suspected something fishy about him right off the bat, like he was hiding something from her. Then later he admitted that he was the client who was also behind all the other incidents regarding Zou family since the boat incident. If you realized the little brother you doted on back then turned to be a bloodthirsty vengeful monster who doesnt even bat an eye about sacrificing innocent people which they deem as mere collateral damage, can you really embrace them like they were the innocent little boy from back then? Those who died were not even accidental, he literally instigated them to make the move, making them kill, that eventually cost their lives. And this guy also tried to rip apart your family just so he could have you all to himself. Like seriously? You guys can really love this person just for the way he is? What Su Zheng experienced after he escaped the killing was no worse than Wen Yue, how did he turned into a monster and Wen Yue the opposite? It’s lame excuse to blame traumatic childhood, because what they experienced was the same. The difference is Wen Yue still had some humanity in her because she found warmth and love from ML’s family, and deemed that this family is more important to let go for revenge, while Su Zheng placed revenge on top others. He is a monster with a twisted mind, and he could never choose love over revenge. Wen Yue saw this, she even advised him as she saw fit, but he still went on to choose to be evil. How is Wen Yue the bad sister now? Get real. 🙄She had already accepted him into her family despite her suspicion and even tried to please him, now tell me what amount of doting could she have given more to Su Zheng for him to stop doing what he was planning to do? Should she have celebrated his birthday and ignore Zhao Mo Er after she knew Su Zheng had instigated him to do something horrible? There’s literally nothing she couldve done to prevent Su Zheng from inducing more damage. He just wanted everything to go the way he wants it to be because he had a bigger backing.
This is a very close-to-heart concept as it features a very ordinary family of the common folk, the breadwinner being a lower-tiered government servant who is often bullied and ostracized by his colleague and bosses. Zhao Buyou is in his late 30s who has worked as a scribe in Court of Judicial Review for more than 15 years, while his wife Wen Yue owns an umbrella making business. The family of 5 consisting of ML,FL and ML’s father and a younger brother and younger sister get by with ML’s meager salary and FL’s humble business income. I really love the family dynamics, it is not perfect as we hoped for. Theyre very ordinary with a father who is often sick but love his liquor too much, while the younger sister and brother still looking for their life purpose and having difficulties in keeping their apprenticeship posts.
Zhao Buyou is depicted to be very timid and cowardly, while Wen Yue is shown to have the final say in the household. We can see how much Zhao Buyou loved and adored his wife when he always gives in to almost everything she says. Zhao Buyou, although seem to be weak and easily bullied in the earlier episodes, turned out to be very eloquent, clever and resourceful, especially so when it comes to the safety of his wife.
Wen Yue, although shown to be weak and reserved in the first episode, turned out to be somewhat the opposite. Laying low for almost 15years from her pirating life, she was forced to shed her skin when Gan Liang decided to threaten her with this secret. Wen Yue was indeed a far cry from a weak woman. She wears the pants in the household for a reason, that is because she has a very strong personality and even physically more capable than her husband thanks to her hidden past life. Wen Yue acts like the glue for the family, she runs the household and manages their spending, and she knows how to handle each member of the family.
Commissioner Gu Zhen and his deputy Wan Fu are the real treat of the show. From officials filled with suspicion and wariness towards ML, their relationship progressed to be buddies in arms. Their characters aren’t perfect, Wan Fu takes bribes just to provide for their fallen comrade’s family, while Gu Zhen does not hesitate to kill a criminal when he sees there is no way they could be found guilty in the court of law due to their steel backing.
There were many villains in the show, corrupt officials and strong-backing figures pop up like mushrooms after the rain as cases emerged one after another, but the most cunning and twisted one is none other than Su Zheng, FL’s long lost brother. Initially pictured as a good natured scholar, he was about to win everyone’s heart in Zhao family had he not tried to snatch FL for himself, resorting to despicable acts.
It’s a real fresh look for a show to me, as the main characters have been husband and wife for more than 10years, a seasoned couple approaching their middle life as opposed to the budding romance between beautiful people in other shows. The ML here isnt quite as handsome, and the FL, although a beauty, they manage to make her look very ordinary as how her character should be, a very different take from the usual cheesy romance of exceedingly handsome young men with ethereally elegant young women depicted in other dramas.
I totally love the anecdote of facts about Song Dynasty at the end of each episode. It’s a real different approach of attracting viewers’ attention, this definitely impressed me very much.
SPOILER BEYOND THIS LINE
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I dont get why people are so worked up about Wen Yue not being a good sister to Su Zheng. First off, she had suspected something fishy about him right off the bat, like he was hiding something from her. Then later he admitted that he was the client who was also behind all the other incidents regarding Zou family since the boat incident. If you realized the little brother you doted on back then turned to be a bloodthirsty vengeful monster who doesnt even bat an eye about sacrificing innocent people which they deem as mere collateral damage, can you really embrace them like they were the innocent little boy from back then? Those who died were not even accidental, he literally instigated them to make the move, making them kill, that eventually cost their lives. And this guy also tried to rip apart your family just so he could have you all to himself. Like seriously? You guys can really love this person just for the way he is? What Su Zheng experienced after he escaped the killing was no worse than Wen Yue, how did he turned into a monster and Wen Yue the opposite? It’s lame excuse to blame traumatic childhood, because what they experienced was the same. The difference is Wen Yue still had some humanity in her because she found warmth and love from ML’s family, and deemed that this family is more important to let go for revenge, while Su Zheng placed revenge on top others. He is a monster with a twisted mind, and he could never choose love over revenge. Wen Yue saw this, she even advised him as she saw fit, but he still went on to choose to be evil. How is Wen Yue the bad sister now? Get real. 🙄She had already accepted him into her family despite her suspicion and even tried to please him, now tell me what amount of doting could she have given more to Su Zheng for him to stop doing what he was planning to do? Should she have celebrated his birthday and ignore Zhao Mo Er after she knew Su Zheng had instigated him to do something horrible? There’s literally nothing she couldve done to prevent Su Zheng from inducing more damage. He just wanted everything to go the way he wants it to be because he had a bigger backing.
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