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‘Revenged Love’ has come to an end and what a random but happy finale! A worn out Chi Cheng (Tian Xu Ning) gets exonerated after the real culprit surrenders himself in the embezzlement case. And instead of a thrumming emotional re-union, viewers are served a comedic water fight: Guo Cheng Yu (Zhan Xuan) and Dr. Xiao Shuai’s (Liu Xuan Cheng) playfully attack Wei Wei (Zi Yu) with water-guns to celebrate his boyfriend’s comeback. Chi Cheng joins in the fun too.
Recap of Revenged Love Episodes 22-23: Chi Cheng is arrested for embezzling funds at his art firm, even though he didn’t commit the fraud, but he takes the entire blame to protect Wei Wei, since they don’t know who fudged the accounts. It turns out Yue Yue’s ex-boyfriend bribed an employee at the company to mess with the accounts. While Chi Cheng’s family blames Wei Wei for his imprisonment, Wei Wei does all he can to get his boyfriend free, which includes spending his life-savings and selling his childhood home for all the legal expenses. Episode 23 ends with the lovers meeting at prison for the first time after several months, and Chi Cheng is devastated to learn about the new developments.
Revenged Love Episode 24
Titled ‘I Have a Home Again’, the finale begins with an interesting development: Chi Cheng’s mother has warmed up to the idea of Wei Wei being her future son-in-law, especially after learning about all the running around he has been doing to free her son. It turns out Chi Cheng’s father chose not to bail him out as a way of teaching him a lesson. Talk about having a harsh dad. Still, the entire family eventually reconciles and accepts Chi Cheng’s relationship.
Episode 24 of ‘Revenged Love’ runs just 35 minutes, at least ten minutes shorter than the average duration of earlier episodes. All the passion and playful tension between Chi Cheng and Wei Wei is missing from the climax, though they do share some cutesy romantic moments. One can’t help but wonder if there were additional scenes left out of the final cut, especially since the creators sped up the airing schedule by releasing back-to-back episodes on Saturdays and Sundays, when they originally aired only on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Anyway, it’s a rushed farewell to the lead protagonists, with both couples in ‘Revenged Love’ getting their happy endings. Thankfully, the finale avoids any last-minute ambiguity or open-ended twist, closing instead on Wei Wei and Chi Cheng sharing a blissful moment in his childhood home, wrapped in each other’s arms and smiling.
You can watch ‘Revenged Love’ on YouTube or Viki.
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