If you asked me at the beginning of 2024, I certainly would not have put “loving a Yu Zheng produced C-drama” on my drama bingo. And yet here we are and I am so addicted to The Double it’s not even funny, and it doesn’t have have romance yet through episode 25! More than halfway done and the OTP hasn’t even had a conversation that isn’t laced in double entendres but they make up for it with so much eye-sexing and mutually aware understanding. Leads Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xing Yue show what good acting can create in terms of chemistry by first playing their own characters to perfection and letting the audience see that these two would totally fall for each other in a slow burn way. If you haven’t checked out The Double yet get on that wagon now because live watching this baby hurts so good and I have on good accounts that the comeuppance coming for all the baddies (stepmom, princess, murdery ex-husband, greedy minister) will be so satisfying.
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