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The cat’s out the bag in ‘Revenged Love’! Scheming protagonist Wu Suo Wei (played by Zi Yu) admits he has romantic feelings for Chi Cheng (Tian Xu Ning), his ex-girlfriend Yue Yue’s (Sun Qian Yu) new boyfriend, even though the plan was to break them up and move on.
Quick Recap of ‘Revenged Love‘ Episodes 7-8: Suo Wei instigates both Yue Yue and Chi Cheng’s mother through anonymous texts to accelerate Chi Cheng’s breakup. He also works to free the captive pet snakes to stop Chi Cheng from being manipulated by his father. On the other hand, the two men get closer, and also decide to become business partners by starting an art firm together.
In episode eight, Yue Yue hires goons to kill the only pet snake still in Chi Cheng’s possession, hoping to spend a snake-free life once they get married. Suo Wei happens to be visiting when the goons come for “Little Vinegar.” He tries to fight them off and is rescued by Chi Cheng before things get out of hand. The episode ends with a romantic moment between the lead pair, with Suo Wei clearly beginning to enjoy Chi Cheng’s attention.
Episodes 9 & 10 of ‘Revenged Love’
Sarcastically titled “Snakes Aren’t More Important Than People,” episode 9 begins with Chi Cheng’s father receiving a call about some of his son’s pet snakes dying. Soon, Chi Cheng learns that a truck is being moved from his dad’s company, most likely to relocate his beloved snakes. So the primary focus of the episode is his efforts to get his snakes back. But as the previews suggested, Suo Wei follows him and is seriously injured by a snake. Chi Cheng rises to the occasion and proves that Suo Wei means a lot more to him than some of his snake children.
The whole pet snake business continues to be a comical part of ‘Revenged Love‘, with Chi Cheng’s friend Guo Cheng Yu (Zhan Xuan) trying to steal them. There’s an armed face-off between three sets of goons over the snakes, so viewers are served some action scenes, which both Tian Xu Ning and Zhan Xuan pull off with action-hero swagger, despite this being a goofy romantic comedy so far. Doctor Jiang Xiao Shuai (Liu Xuan Cheng) also happens to be at the scene and is clearly impressed to see the men in action.
“This is the first time I am falling for a man,” even Suo Wei admits with glee when he sees Snake-dad Chi Cheng fight for his babies. Ten episodes down, and the Revenged Love creators are doing a fantastic job of keeping a consistent comedic tone in the story, even through the tenser moments. Besides, the romantic tension between the lead protagonists sees significant progress in these episodes, obviously, since Suo Wei has moved past the denial stage but is still struggling to come to terms with his newfound sexuality.
Episode 10 of ‘Revenged Love’, in fact, is hilariously titled ‘Can You Turn Straight Again After Being Bent?‘, where most of the focus is on Suo Wei dealing with his strong attraction toward Chi Cheng. He turns to his beloved master Jiang Xiao Shuai for advice on the matter, looking to kill his feelings. But in a twist, Chi Cheng practically threatens Xiao Shuai to make sure he convinces Suo Wei to seal the deal with him, or else he will go back to his “old ways,” which means targeting the men Cheng Yu is interested in, i.e., Xiao Shuai.
Zi Yu is incredibly comically-cute as Suo Wei, the confused, goofball in love, who from being disgusted as Chi Cheng’s sexual advances, is beginning to actively seek out his attention, even though he isn’t ready to take things to the next level. Tian Xu Ning’s portrayal as the ‘crazy in love’ Chi Cheng is driving their onscreen chemistry. The secondary romance between Xiao Shuai and Cheng Yu doesn’t see much development, which is absolutely fine, since we still have more than half-of ‘Revenged Love’ to go.
Overall, these two episodes are very entertaining, driven both by a comical script and engaging performances by the lead actors.
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