cyn lynn : Be Your Knight | Recap and Review

A woman hires her "brother-in-law" to be her husband.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Fan Zhi Xin: Ye Ran / Xiang Ting Dong

Yang Yu Xi: Cheng Che

Director

Du Hao

Screenwriter

Zhao Lin

Chinese Title
他似火

He Resembles Fire

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 13/29 (Mini)

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2.99/5

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Cast


Fan Zhi Xin: Ye Ran Xiang Ting Dong	Yang Yu Xi: Cheng Che

Wang Jun Hao: Yu Jia Hao	Yi Lin: Xiang Ruo Lan

Wang Ruo Lin: Lord Thirteen	Guo Jia Yu: Xiao Xiao

Mini Recaps

[Ep1] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Cheng Che needs Ye Ran to fake her comatose husband who might be comatose because of her self defence. However a year ago, she gave Ye Ran a criminal record and not that he committed a crime, ofc /s. He isn't going to help her. She begs him. Doesn't work. She shoots him. Doesn't work. Phew, the way he dodged that. My heart somersaulted. She rams her car into his enemy to save him. That might work. Her killer "defence".

[Ep2] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Ye Ran accepts the husband job, but Cheng Che's husband, Xiang Ting Dong, is actually his brother, meaning she’s his sister-in-law (dasao)! Ye Ran has one question for her. "Dasao, let me ask you, my brother, is he dead?" And not "Is he alive"? It doesn't seem he cares about the answer as he smiles and understands what she means by a "business trip".

He who resembles the fire

"You can't be thinking that a contract can bind me, right?"

*Ding*. It just did.

[Ep3] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Ye Ran stops in his tracks when he learns Cheng Che still hasn't married Xiang Ting Dong. They were only engaged, and now Ye Ran will be the one to actually marry her.

[Ep4] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Please kiss the bride, will ya. The officiant is an official troll in our favour, haha. Ye Ran isn't supposed to kiss Cheng Che per her rules, but the ceremony ain't over if the kiss isn't on the lips! He cusps her cheeks and commands her lips. When they're alone, Ye Ran slaps him. He's astonished. She's mad because he had to kiss her like "that". She shapes "that" with her hands – the cheek cusp. He mutters that if he doesn't hold her face, he might miss. This is cheating, sir, you can't be cute too!

It seems his real name is Xiang Yi Ru.

[Ep5] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

So it goes like this → Aunt Xiang Ruo Lan strips, then Ye Ran is whipped, and finally he half-strips too. ~~*Heart-eyes*~~. Cheng Che had taken the whippings with him, but how could he let her be hurt? He, who had taken all the blows before, blocks the whip from coming down on her. I can be whipped, but no one whips my woman! <- I translated his body language.

[Ep6] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Cheng Che slaps Ye Ran again. I love that he's stunned for a second. It's part of an act to investigate Xiang Ting Dong and his "mistress", Xiao Xiao, through Lord Thirteen. Lord 13 also knows about "Han Shan", Xiang Ting Dong's alter ego and the reason Ye Ran agreed to be an identity thief.

Cheng Che tearfully tells Ye Ran everything (i.e. her comatose husband). He hugs her to comfort her. Later, she apologizes for threatening him in the beginning and promises to have faith in all that he does. Me too, girl, me too. He's too hot to not trust. Brain --> Trashcan. He smiles, and then brings up if his sleeping bothers her. She quickly reassures him that he doesn't snore, grind teeth, or sleep walk. It's the same for him. "But you snore." He smirks and says he's only joking.

The answer to Han Shan:

"Seemingly far away, but actually right in front of your eyes"

"Today, [she] has an umbrella"

The pair of umbrellas. They tried their best to make a heart.

[Ep7] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

2CP has logged in. It's an OWYM romance where Yu Jia Hao, the family's handyman, has a crush on Aunt Xiang Ruo Lan. Their relationships reminds me of Destined to Meet You.

Ye Ran learns waltzing and wine-tasting from Cheng Che. He overestimates his tolerance and now he's drunk. She takes the chance to ask him about the type of girls men like.

Cheng Che: Do all men like that type?
Ye Ran: Which type?
Cheng Che: This type? (Xiao Xiao)
Ye Ran: Don't like.
Cheng Che: Then what do you think about me?
*Sips his alcohol*
Ye Ran (smirking): Not much.
*Grins to himself*

[Ep8] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Ye Ran approaches Xiao Xiao, the "mistress". Does she already know he isn't Xiang Ting Dong?

[Ep9] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Ye Ran tells Cheng Che that he did everything that he could with Xiao Xiao tonight. In reply, Cheng Che gives him Chinese herbal medicine to replenish there. No, no, no. Our man is more pure than she thinks. He's into flowers (because she likes flowers).

Hopeless. Why am I so into him sliding those flowers.

[Ep10] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

TIL how much feather is actually in a single pillow. Cheng Che retrieves the key Ye Ran wants, but Ye Ran doesn't just want the key anymore. She wants him safe and alive. But it sure took you long to get there! And now it looks like Aunt knows Ye Ran isn't Xiang Ting Dong.

SUPERMAAAAN

[Ep11] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Nobody really cares about Xiang Ting Dong because even Xiang Ruo Lan forgives Cheng Che for nearly killing her nephew.

GG, it's a CC. How do we escape Childhood Connections! Cheng Che is the girl who saved Ye Ran when he was a (homeless?) kid.

Ye Ran cries! He realizes they're star-crossed lovers. He cries again when Cheng Che ends their (fake) relationship. Aunt Xiang Ruo Lan had ordered it, but if Ye Ran is willing to return to their family as the grand/son, she'll allow it.

[Ep12] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Ye Ran leaves the house. Cheng Che chases after him! But she doesn't say anything, and he leaves. Oh wait, no. He went to pick up her heel that fell off. Awwwwwwwww. He asks why she ran to him, but she sniffles and gulps down that she wants him to stay. Isn't she supposed to tell him that Aunt will let him stay as Ye Ran at least?

Ye Ran: Cheng Che, I'm leaving. What's going to happen to you?
Cheng Che: Have a safe trip.
Ye Ran: Take care of yourself.

Ye Ran continues to investigate his "Mountains and Oceans" (Shan and Hai) and partners up with Xiao Xiao ~

[Ep13] [Jump to: Top | Comments]

Ye Ran becomes a nameless hero (*swoon*) for Cheng Che who's being targeted. She's also looking for an "Ocean" (Hai).

Oh my. I'm clutching my heart at him opening a door.

Remarks

[First Impression (Ep1-4)] Story, step aside. It's Fan Zhi Xin. I am watching art.

Contrary to my recommendations below, ML is actually NOT toxic. He's sometimes lethal and sometimes tender. *Melts* There's even a bit of humour in this.

Story – I can't ignore all of it. They both have a motive in entering Xiang family. Nobody knows where the real husband/fiancé went except the FL. Nobody knows what the ML wants in agreeing to marry her. He could be marrying a murderer, and she could be marrying danger, but these two are like ok, let's marry.

[Cast&Crew] Not the same director (Zeng Qing Jie), but the same duo (Du Hao, current director, and Zhao Lin, screenwriter) as A Familiar Stranger, The Killer Is Also Romantic, Provoke, and Butterflied Lover. Zhao Lin's resume also includes Destined to Meet You and Hard to Find. I do like that this team does their minis closer to 20 minutes. There's more room for conversations, and lingering emotions.

You may recognize Yang Yu Xi from Fireworks of My Heart, the manipulative girl who likes Wei Dan Xun's character.

[Ending]

[A Highlight]

[Review & Rating]

Rating: /5

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