"Shadows of Flowers" can be said to be the male protagonist's solo show, but other characters are equally fulfilling.
The male protagonist Gu Mingyuan is a progressive young man who has returned from studying abroad.
He had secretly joined the underground party, but on the surface he was a "Xia" traitor, working for the Sakura people.
He also serves in the warlord faction and occasionally serves as the "sword" in the hands of the warlord.
Later, in order to avoid assassination attempts by other underground party members who did not know his identity, he joined the most powerful gang at the time.
The most egregious thing is that in addition to these four identities, he is also the military party, the rival party of the underground party, and the killer of this party.
Just saying it's not irritating?
It can be said that Gu Mingyuan's character has ample room for his acting skills.
It’s no wonder that You Heng, the first brother in the TV series, was attracted to join the show.
The heroine Shu Nian is the daughter of teacher Gu Mingyuan, and the two were schoolmates.
At the beginning of the story, in order to win the trust of the Sakura people, Gu Mingyuan watched his teacher being killed without saving him.
This made Shu Nian hate Gu Mingyuan from then on.
In order to avenge his father, Shu Nian joined the underground party and later assassinated Gu Mingyuan many times.
But how can such a "little thing" as an assassination reduce Gu Mingyuan's guilt towards Shu Nian?
During the repeated confrontations between the two (actually it was Gu Mingyuan wiping Shu Nian's butt again and again), Gu Mingyuan was attracted to Shu Nian.
"The little girl who only followed him and called him brother Mingyuan in the past actually had such a strong heart. This shocked Gu Mingyuan."
After reading this sentence, Lin Yu himself laughed.
"Have you forgotten... Qi Jinruo by the Daming Lake?"
That's right, the second female lead Lin Yu wants to "take over" is named Qi Jinruo.
Qi Jinruo was Gu Mingyuan's former lover.
Of course, it's puppy love.
After Gu Mingyuan went abroad, the two had no contact with each other.
Is it equivalent to breaking up automatically?
Later, Qi Jinruo's family was killed by a warlord, but she escaped with her amazing beauty.
After being let go by the sergeant, she turned around and joined the military party who promised her revenge.
She wants to take revenge on her own strength.
And her most powerful weapon is her appearance.
She volunteered to go to Fengyue's place and become an intelligence pawn of the military party.
In return, the military party secretly protected her innocence.
However, there is no airtight wall in the world.
For example, after Gu Mingyuan returned to China and gained the trust of the Sakura people, he was told by his contact——
"Miss Ruoruo", the top singer at the "Shanghai Flower" dance hall, is an intelligence informant of the military party.
In the past few years, she has provided a lot of important information to the military party, causing heavy losses to the underground party members.
Gu Mingyuan's mission is to assassinate "Miss Ruoruo".
Gu Mingyuan was ready to kill without saying a word.
The gun was set up, but he saw the target's face clearly in the scope.
What is "Miss Ruoruo"?
It was clearly his lover from a few years ago - Qi Jinruo.
At that time, Gu Mingyuan was not as experienced as he would be later.
After discovering this, he was completely helpless.
He just wants to know what happened to that person as bright as a rose to end up in such a situation?
He told his contact that he and "Miss Ruoruo" were once lovers and he might be able to get useful information from her.
The contactor was afraid that Gu Mingyuan would be exploited by "Miss Ruoruo" and ordered him to kill her within three months.
Gu Mingyuan agreed.
Then, he decided to pretend to have amnesia.
On the way to a certain "assassination" that he directed and acted in, he was injured and fell into Qi Jinruo's room.
Qi Jinruo recognized him at a glance and was surprised and happy.
After Gu Mingyuan confirmed that Qi Jinruo still had feelings for him, he decisively "fainted".
When he woke up and faced Qi Jinruo's tearful eyes, he pretended not to recognize her and said that he had been ill abroad and had forgotten many things.
Qi Jinruo was very sad, but her experience in the romantic world in the past few years made her instinctively not to trust anyone again.
Even if this person is the only Gu Mingyuan she has ever loved.
Later, Qi Jinruo found out that Gu Mingyuan was "Xia"'s traitor.
She didn't believe it.
Even someone like her would never betray the motherland. How could that passionate young man from back then do it?
After several trials, she found out that Gu Mingyuan was a member of the military party just like her.
Moreover, he is also a member of Section 43, the organization that kills the most people in the military party.
This discovery did not scare her, but made her very happy.
"It turns out that we are always the same."
But she didn't know that these were just revealed to her by Gu Mingyuan on purpose.
At a cocktail party, Qi Jinruo deliberately drank wine containing aphrodisiacs.
Gu Mingyuan went to save her as expected.
The two hugged and kissed, and Qi Jinruo cried and said, "I knew you had not forgotten me."
With his back to the bright light, Gu Mingyuan hid his guilt and said——
"With my current status, I don't know how many people want to kill me. I can only pretend that I don't know you. I'm sorry, Qiqi."
"Qiqi..."
This title, for a moment, made Qi Jinruo think that she was still the carefree young lady of the past.
Qi Jinruo, who thought he understood his lover's difficulties, sacrificed his heart to Gu Mingyuan again after many years.
She enjoyed his flattery and warmth, and also told him a lot of news intentionally or unintentionally.
When Qi Jinruo joined the military party, the military party members promised her——
She has served the military party for five years. Within five years, the military party will definitely eradicate the warlord who harmed her family.
Two months after Gu Mingyuan returned to China, the military party did it.
Among them, Gu Mingyuan's contribution to the flames was indispensable.
Qi Jinruo, who "accidentally" learned all this, decided that the only love in his life was Gu Mingyuan.
Until that day, when she saw Gu Mingyuan and Shu Nian entangled, she panicked.
She asked Gu Mingyuan, "Who is she?"
Gu Mingyuan was afraid that Qi Jinruo would hurt Shu Nian, and in order to continue to obtain information, he said: "She is my teacher's daughter. She always pesters me and makes me very annoying."
These words reassured Qi Jinruo.
But it made Shu Nian feel chilled again.
The trust and admiration that Shu Nian finally built up for Gu Mingyuan disappeared again.
However, Shu Nian did not expect that Gu Mingyuan would kill Qi Jinruo himself.
Obviously, the way he looked at Qi Jinruo was filled with love.
That day, Qi Jinruo didn't know that he would die.
She wore a very bright cheongsam, and she looked absolutely gorgeous.
Qi Jinruo thought that after today was over, she and Gu Mingyuan would be able to sleep together.
From now on, she will wash and cook for him, be a good wife and mother, and take care of her husband and raise her children.
She also wants to... have children with Gu Mingyuan.
There are ones like him and ones like hers.
"Only a beauty like her deserves to be liked by Brother Mingyuan."
As soon as Shu Nian said these words, Qi Jinruo was shot and fell to the ground, like a red rose being broken.
There is no beauty anymore, only sadness.
In the glamorous "Shanghai Flower" dance hall, "Miss Ruoruo" sang her last song.
Then, he was shot to death by the gunman on the opposite side.
When the gunman retreated hurriedly, his clothes were flying in the air——
Shu Nian saw that there was an unskilled patch on the inside of the hem of his suit.
That was what she sewed for Gu Mingyuan.
Gu Mingyuan killed Qi Jinruo.
But why?
When she asked this question, Gu Mingyuan was silent for a long time, and then said——
"Nian Nian, I don't want to lie to you. I approached her just to get information."
"But aren't you a member of the military party?"
"I am, but not entirely."
At this moment, the highlight of the whole play comes.
In a dim room with only two people, Gu Mingyuan clenched his right hand into a fist, placed it solemnly on his heart, and solemnly swore -
"I, Gu Mingyuan, have only worked for the light throughout my life, willing to hide in the darkness, fight for my ideals all my life, and never betray the party."
Shu Nian, who was standing aside, was dumbfounded. This was clearly... the oath of joining the underground party!
In Shu Nian's disbelieving eyes, Gu Mingyuan nodded.
"She and we are not the same person."
"Do you know? How many comrades in our party have died over the years because of her intelligence?"
"Nian Nian, you have to understand that she deserves to die!"
What follows is a story of two people working together and going through hardships in order to realize their ideals.
As for Qi Jinruo?
Who else will remember her?
"Of course it's the audience!"
When Lin Yu saw Qi Jinruo's death, he was very angry.
She threw the script directly onto the bed and took another deep breath.
"Gu Mingyuan, you big scumbag! Ahhh! You have no heart!"
"I must make this role so touching that it will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people! I want you to be reviled by everyone! You are a scumbag!"
