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One of the best C-drama I've ever saw
I started watching Tender Light thinking it would be just another C-drama that I’d get into at first, only to drop it halfway through due to the writers’ lack of creativity. That’s usually what happens to me with C-dramas. But I found myself loving every single episode. I already love actor Xing Cheng and his unique talent, but I hadn’t had the pleasure of seeing Tong Yao’s work before. She is simply phenomenal. I was impressed in every scene she was in. She completely commands the screen, steals the show, and makes us root for her character every second of the series.She brings a unique duality to a character who already has her ups and downs. We question some of her actions, but she’s so deeply immersed in a life full of overwhelming circumstances that were just thrown at her. She’s surrounded by awful people who don’t even see her as a human being.
Then Xing Cheng’s character comes into her life, and he seems to be the only person in the world who genuinely cares about her. At first, she sees him as a friend, but for him, it’s always been love. Not some wild, impulsive kind of love—but a true, devoted one that makes us love watching it unfold. Because Tong Yao’s character truly deserves that kind of love in her life.
But in the middle of all this, there’s the murder of her husband. She confesses to killing him, and her life starts falling apart. That’s how the series begins.
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