https://mydramalist.com/games/OrgnIZ/result/1814371614758801408
That results makes me smile, because these two dramas are so different. The highest popularity one and one of the lowest popularity in ZLS filmography : but perhaps it has to do with songs. I love the folklore song in the sequences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6HCPh2W5ZA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gQ3WJvxs-I "The rivers resemble mirrors", supposedly from folk song "Ge Bai Di" - 民谣《歌白帝》 and think it was Zhao Lusi singing, although there are no credits for the song in official OST... I still include it among my list of ZLS songs. Of course, it's also funny how she massacred the qin, which is not her instrument (she plays the guzheng) ; XKC was not the worst in make believe he played the qin, with a qin + zheng as bgm and although not best pairing, the drama has great comedic moments (in particular the slapstick moment when three young men hide under Sang Qi's bed).
But the results also intrigue me, because there is no dispute I raved most about LLTG AND HL, acting-wise and even musically. LLTG is the one I went back to watch the most times, delighting in some classic scenes like the 'solving riddles, measuring well' one before LBY saved her for first time, the princess' hypocritical dinner scene when Shaoshang finally learned that Shiyilang (11th "unofficial" prince) was general Ling Buyi (later also known as Zisheng and Huo Wushuang), the tango-self defense one, or the bridge one, so funnily highlighted in this fan video :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYd8dENwbFI
I also re-watched several times HL, enthralled by her chemistry with Chen Zheyuan and doubly admiring, knowing Rosy was so much involved in saving that drama, extending resources and wardrobe in an emergency. I liked that it included one song from former ZLS drama, which used to be her acting partner's favorite one, used for his Weibo, long before he met her!
Duan Jiaxu, stumped at singing 好像掉進愛情海裡 in the karaoke bar, ep.8 Hidden Love (also heard in ep.13 at Qian Fei wedding)
| Strawberry feeding, one of the "secret sequences" after first "credit pictures" in ep.13 of Hidden Love. |
However, although to me these pairings (Wu Lei and Chen Zheyuan) were stellar, I agree with the opinion that Rosy makes all her ML shine, even young Luo Yizhou, briefly, in GenZ, who was one of her most unlikely pairings.