Whispers of Fate takes Luo Yun Xi’s beauty to the next level, alongside Lin Yun, Chen Yao, and Xiao Shun Yao

Whispers of Fate (水龙吟) is adapted from the novel written by Teng Ping.

Synopsis per Viki: When an influential but fearsome clan is massacred in mysterious circumstances, the clan’s talented disciple Tang Li Ci (Luo Yun Xi) finds himself accused of masterminding the crime. Accusers say that Li Ci is a traitor who murdered his master. A decade later, suspicions about Li Ci linger, but much darker forces are conspiring to unleash chaos into the realm. Torn by his duality and his apparent inability to distinguish between good and evil, Li Ci finds himself drawn back into the wider world to help defeat the evil conspiracy – armed only with his wits and his martial arts skills. His path soon crosses with former acquaintances, with some swearing enmity and others allied to his cause. Can he and his companions help defeat the forces of wickedness – or will his dual nature prove his undoing?

You can read the translated novel here @ RBF Translates (In progress, as the original novel is NOT completed! Abandoned for over a decade, it has only been recently resumed by the author, lol.)

Airing 10/24~

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Whispers of Fate with Luo Yun Xi, Xiao Shun Yao, and Lin Yun drops new promotional materials

Whispers of Fate (水龙吟) is adapted from the novel written by Teng Ping. It has your usual flair of wuxia dramas; good vs evil, with a male lead described as neither evil nor good; morally ambiguous. He gets entangled in a murder which is part of a larger conspiracy to bring down the wuxia world.

This is a the drama where the male lead gets all the beauty treatments – overwhelming both of his female counterparts. Lol.

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Mysterious Lotus Casebook with Cheng Yi, Zeng Shun Xi, and Xiao Shun Yao confirms air date in July

It’s been a while! Hoping I’m back for good!

Mysterious Lotus Casebook (莲花楼) is adapted from the novel written by Teng Ping. It follows the story of a popular doctor in the pugilistic world, Li Lian Hua (Cheng Yi), who in reality has no medical skills. Lol. What initially happened was he stumbled upon two people buried alive (still alive) and news spread that he was able to raise them from the dead. So who is Li Lian Hua really? Ten years ago, he was Li Xiang Yi, the famous Sect Leader of a righteous sect, who disappeared and assumed dead after a fierce battle with his arch enemy from the evil sects, Di Fei Sheng (Xiao Shun Yao). Xiang Yi was poisoned by his own people and fell into the ocean, disappearing on the face of earth. Now he travels around jianghu with a new name/persona, being pulled in by every murder possible and trying to solve them. Zeng Shun Xi plays a young aspiring hero, Lian Hua’s best friend, who is also the biggest fanboy of Li Xiang Yi but he of course doesn’t know Lian Hua is Xiang Yi. Di Fei Sheng eventually comes out of his hiatus as well and is the first person to recognize that the stingy and money-loving fake doc is actually the high and almighty Li Xiang Yi!

The three boys forge a friendship unlike any other. Cute, cute, cute!

Airing 7/23 ~

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Mysterious Lotus Casebook with Cheng Yi, Zeng Shun Xi, and Xiao Shun Yao has wrapped up filming

Mysterious Lotus Casebook (莲花楼) is adapted from the novel written by Teng Ping. It follows the story of a popular doctor in the pugilistic world, Li Lian Hua (Cheng Yi), who in reality has no medical skills. Lol. What initially happened was he stumbled upon two people buried alive (still alive) and news spread that he was able to raise them from the dead. So who is Li Lian Hua really? Ten years ago, he was Li Xiang Yi, the famous Sect Leader of a righteous sect, who disappeared and assumed dead after a fierce battle with his arch enemy from the evil sects, Di Fei Sheng (Xiao Shun Yao). Xiang Yi was poisoned by his own people and fell into the ocean, disappearing on the face of earth. Now he travels around jianghu with a new name/persona, being pulled in by every murder possible and trying to solve them. Zeng Shun Xi plays a young aspiring hero, Lian Hua’s best friend, who is also the biggest fanboy of Li Xiang Yi but he of course doesn’t know Lian Hua is Xiang Yi. Di Fei Sheng eventually comes out of his hiatus as well and is the first person to recognize that the stingy and money-loving fake doc is actually the high and almighty Li Xiang Yi!

The three boys forge a friendship unlike any other. This sounds wicked adorable!

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Douban’s Top Rated Chinese Romance Novels and their Adaptations

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In the last few years, I’ve gone through several drama droughts, where I wasn’t interested in any of the dramas coming out. As the popularity of IP adaptations continued to surge and seeing the more light-hearted comedies released, I decided it was time to venture into the source medium.

However, where to start was always puzzling and how should I prioritise this growing list of Chinese novels I accumulated? I’m not sure if I’m alone in this, but after a while I became overwhelmed and now those books on my TBR list just sit there, whilst I find other novels to read. I normally visit Douban when I want to find a new novel to read, but Douban has three ways of arranging their novels; their comprehensive arrangement (whatever that may mean), arrange by date or arrange by rating. As the ratings lover that I am, here is a list of highest rated romance novels on Douban.

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