A Burning Obsession: The Sickly, Brutish Man of the 1970s Turns Darker

[Delusional, obsessive, rough-edged man of the people versus a sweet, gentle, stubborn beauty]

The first time the villagers saw Lu Zhanting carry Lin Weiwei home, they thought,

“Wonderful! We’ll soon be celebrating Young Educated Youth Lu’s wedding, and we can finally eat our fill of meat.”

But the wedding feast never came.

The second time they saw Lu Zhanting carry Lin Weiwei home, they thought,

“See? Lin Weiwei is always making a fuss. Now she’s finally angered Lu Zhanting, the King of Hell. She’s bound to get a good beating.”

Instead, they saw Lu Zhanting kneel on one knee and tenderly cradle Lin Weiwei’s delicate, jade-like foot in his hands. He gently soothed it, saying, “I told you I’d carry you, but you insisted on walking. Now you know what it’s like to have sore feet, don’t you?”

A little extra scene:

“You idiot, do you have a death wish? You actually made yourself a test subject for someone who means nothing to you.”

Lu Zhanting: “My Weiwei asked me to.”

“So you’re willing to throw your life away just because she asked?”

Lu Zhanting: “She matters more than my life.”

[Both leads are devoted only to each other, one-on-one romance, a sugary little story full of cheesy, over-the-top CEO vibes.]