How long? 35 episWhen? 2005
Who's in?
Yue Ling ~ Lin Jing Yun
Xie Zu Wu ~ Zhou Shao Pu
Sun Peng ~ Zhou Shao Bai
What's it abt?
When she was 10, Jing Yun saw a saddening scene which caused her to be unable to speak. 8 yrs later, to repay debts, Jing Yun married into the Zhou family. Just as everyone thought her husband was the handsome 2nd son of the Zhou family, Shao Bai, it turned out that her real husband was Bai's sick brother Shao Pu. Pu, who was a kind-hearted man, knew that he only had 8 more months to live. He loved Yun dearly, but did not want Yun to suffer. Thus, he used cruel methods to torture Yun, in order to let her leave the house. However, Yun knew about Pu's intentions, thus, she managed to endure all his cruelty and hoped that she could stay with Pu forever. Things didnt went easy for Yun. Though she gained trust from her mother-in-law, the boys' cousin Xiang Jun was deeply jealous of her, and with the help of a secretive businessman Zhao, she created chaos for Yun and caused Yun to land in troubles. Soon, Yun found out the big secret behind her family's tragedy, which was linked to the Zhou's and the businessman.
Love & Hates:
Haha..can't imagine I watch such a drama right? Super traditional "Qiong-Yao style" Chinese drama with 3 Taiwanese leads. Anyway, this drama is the 2nd series of a drama theme known as "China's Daughter-in-laws". Basically, there are 5 dramas altogether, showing women in different eras and situations. Plot was super standard..u can guess what will happened and what will be the ending. But then, I was curious how Pu would interact with Yun. Besides the couple, I basically didn't quite like the other characters except for Bai and Yun's sister.
I bet many ppl would know Sun Peng la..if u got watched his talk show "Guo Guang Bang Bang Mang". His acting was not bad lo...Full of expressions, especially when he tried to hide his feelings for Yun.
Yue Ling, famous for her roles for Qiong Yao dramas did a great job this time. Basically, she brought Yun to life la. Her chemistry with Xie Zu Wu was superb...kinda sizzling ya. Mr Xie gave a gd performance as the sick Shao Pu. It's quite hard for him to act those scenes when Pu kept suffering from his illness. And poor him gotta look so sickly from 1st to last epi...(think the white makeup really did a gd job..lolz). Or else, Mr Xie wld look way better than this. Hahaha!
Well...the main problem with such "Qiong-Yao style" dramas was the dialouges..super mushy. Haha! Btw, this is not a Qiong Yao drama ah...like what i stressed earlier on..just the style is kinda similar.
Worth watching?
Not too bad...if you can stand the rather mushy dialouges..haha! I think it's quite a touching drama.
