Update: It's been 2 weeks and I'm only halfway through the 2nd book....

IN MY DEFENSE i had a short vacation and had days i had to go back to the office so early nights...

Finally got my TGCF CN simplified version! Let’s see how long it’ll take for me to finish it…

Finally got my TGCF CN simplified version! Let’s see how long it’ll take for me to finish it...

"I just buried the last person who truly knew me. My heart, was buried with her."

Chinese audio dramas recommendation part 1(?)

My recent obsession: audio dramas! It’s seriously the best form of entertainment when I’m working and since working days take up 5 out of 7 days, I source for audio dramas so much it’s taking up a lot of my working hours.

1. Mr Dior (2 seasons, completed)

My comfort audio drama. The number of times I’ve re-listened to this one is uncountable.  Synopsis: No matter what script is it today, you are always the lead in my memory.  7 years into their marriage, Zhang Dadiao/Zhang Chengfei (top) got into an accident one day. Even without any serious physical injuries, the impact of the accident caused his brain’s perception turning into the novels that were stored in his Smart Watch. As a result, it caused him to think he was different characters of different kinds of script each time, but one thing stayed constant: his wife, Jiao Qi, will always be his priority. Thanks to that, Jiao Qi had to put up his husband’s weird actions but also, learned new secrets his husband apparently had been keeping from him. 

I really enjoyed the laughs and the tears from this story. Though I’ve been meaning to read the original novel but... it’s on hold for numerous reasons... And the manhua is still ongoing now. But nonetheless, each script has its countless funny moments, and the couple never fail to prove to us love does exist. And CEO Zhang loves his wife no matter what happens. Adding on, the voice actors, Jing Xiang Shui Yi (Zhang Chengfei) and Yang Zai (Jiao Qi) had incredible chemistry together for this was their 2nd project together. Their voices do fit the characters well and did excellent jobs in conveying the emotions just by their voices. They made the characters come to life and made listeners fall in love with them too.

2. Accidentally Married a Man full of Vinegar (1 season, completed)

Another comfort audio drama. Too many re-listens. 

Synopsis: While drinking his sorrows away in a bar one night, Chu Yi picks up his future husband then and there, drunk, and after doing the unimaginable. After that, a handsome customer appeared in his design studio, asking, “Mr Chu, have you forgotten me?” “Excuse me, but you are...?”  “Qin Yiheng. Are you looking to get married this year? Because I do, and I think we’re compatible.” With the growing pressure from both parents, they decided to get married when all they knew were each other’s names, and their skills on bed...? But as the saying goes, time reveals a person’s heart - for Chu Yi, he did realise how much jealousy his husband had in him, and for Qin Yiheng, how much he actually cared for his new husband. While others date first before getting married, this couple got married first before they started to date. Qin Yiheng was someone new to the relationship stuff and all. It was cute that he didn’t understand why Chu Yi asked for certain things, or why would his assistant suggested him to do certain things because he was married. But of course he was a fast learner and soon enough, he captured his husband’s heart. The 15 episode audio drama captured their journey together, as they finally became a real married couple. And of course, Qin Yiheng’s growth as a lover as well.  Additionally, the voice actors too, Hu Liang Wei (Chu Yi) and Jiang Xu (Qin Yiheng) had incredible chemistry as well. Their voices were really soothing too for such a sweet drama. 

3. Your distance (1 season, completed)

Synopsis: Distance is a social platform that displays the distance between parties. To prevent the chances of bumping into the person he wants to flirt with in real life, Ting Shuang chose to match with someone 287km away. Everything was going well, other than his ex-boyfriend who cheated on him pestering to reconcile. But things got worse when he realise Cycle, the guy he called “darling” to get rid of his annoying ex, was 4.8km away from him?! Slowly, the distance decreased to 3m when he was in school. Which means...?! After much denial, Ting Shuang finally admitted that his hellish professor, Bai Changyi, was Cycle that he matched with. Despite the 12-years age difference, they started their life as a couple. I enjoyed the drama as with the age difference, the two guys were from different generations. And Ting Shuang would not let Bai Changyi live (more like he didn’t let him forget how old he actually was). But what I enjoyed the most was how Professor Bai was really mature and exerted that in their relationship. When Ting Shuang was being immature and refusing to communicate, Professor Bai would use his ways to deal with that, not allowing the miscomm trope to even take place. And how they dealt with problems were different and refreshing to see. 

The voice actors, Yang Zai (Ting Shuang) and Zheng Xi (Bai Changyi), were great with their characters. Zheng Xi had the voice to show the stableness of Professor Bai and Yang Zia’s voice, in contrary with his partner’s, showed the difference in their maturity. And that helped with the drama and plot a lot. 

4. Ex-husband’s call (1 season, completed)

Synopsis: After being set up with a handsome police officer with a great body, Tong Qiu, a school teacher with a uniform fetish, started dating him with the consideration of marriage in mind. And after 3 months, they got married with the agreement that if Tong Qiu wanted a divorce in a year, Huo Zhixing would agree to it wholeheartedly.  Fast forward to a year later, Tong Qiu: “Huo Zhixing, let’s file for a divorce.” But that didn’t mean it was the end to Huo Zhixing. No matter how much Tong Qiu had to remind his friends that that was his ex-husband, everyone could tell Police Officer Huo had other plans. And that kicked off the courtship from Huo Zhixing. 

I felt that this audio drama had simply taught us that in a relationship, never hide your true self as that’ll be what keep a relationship strong. I’m not going to spoil much here as I really do encourage people to go listen to this, it’s a really heart-warming drama and I thoroughly enjoyed it and was really happy I found it. The small actions from Huo Zhixing were really obvious actually and was really cute when sometimes it got Tong Qiu questioning himself. And slowly seeing Tong Qiu looking over the uniform and at the police officer himself was a nice journey to follow on. And of course there was a tad bit of angst but it was definitely for character growth.

As for the voice actors, Dao Diao Nan (Huo Zhixing) and Tang Cu Pai Gu (Tong Qiu), I felt that TCPG had some moments in the drama that... his voice was a little off for the character in a way I can’t really describe. But nonetheless he did a great job for this character who is a teacher and had hid his different sides. Dao Diao Nan also did an excellent job where there were definitely moments in which you could tell his voice had much more to say beyond the script, and it was amazing. 

Trigger warning for this one as a very side character committed s**cide.

Please feel free to drop any recommendations! I would appreciate them! And I guess from my recommendations it’s quite easy to tell I’m one that goes for lighthearted dramas haha so please don’t hold back anything you wanna share!

There goes the last Wangxian Wednesday...

Ladies and Gentlemen, will you please stand

With every guitar string scar on my hand

I take this magnetic force of a man to be my Lover~

On today's Wednesday Wangxian~

*Xie Lian being the poetic teen by saying ‘Body in Abyss, heart in paradise'somewhere in the world. *

Jun Wu:

Today on Wangxian Wednesday

Today on WangXian Wednesday

When I tell y'all how much I laughed at @/teacupbun ’goose-u’ y'all won’t believe me. It’s my favourite thing.

Heavenly Official, Crowned Prince of Xian Le smooches tall pasty ghost man.

忍着泪 等待重遇的喜悦❤️

The past transforms into butterflies that flit across the blossoms 

then part once more, Holding back tears, 

waiting for the happiness of meeting again

- Alternate Reunion -

I love the idea of Hua Cheng coming across Xie Lian by chance during one of his street performances <3

guess who’s hand slipped and made a whole mini game 😂😂

link to the game: https://liluo.io/naixaie/catch-all-the-san-lang 🍄🍄🌳

guess who’s hand slipped and made a whole mini game 😂😂

link to the game: https://liluo.io/naixaie/catch-all-the-san-lang 🍄🍄🌳