I don't know why but Xiang Liu reminds me a lot of Gongzi from Bloody Romance in how deliciously toxic and volatile he is, yet he emerges as a tamer version of him as well, since Gongzi did a lot of shitty things that, from my scarce knowledge based on the small amount of eps of Lost You Forever I've seen since I'm saving myself for when it finishes airing, are not truly on par with what Xiang Liu has done. Now yes, Xiang Liu is forceful in his own way, his mistreatment of Xiao Yao is enough to make the poor girl scurry away whenever he tries to touch her, not to mention how he never even asks for permission before practically stabbing his fangs into her neck. But that is NOTHING compared to what Gongzi did to Wan Mei. Like I hated Gongzi with all my heart for torturing Wan Mei purely due to his insecurities and basically toyed with her, making her prove to him constantly that she was deservant of him, despite the fact she didn't even want him to begin with. But I also couldn't help but feel attracted to him ya know? His greed for affection and understanding, a trait I find Xiang Liu to also possess which is why I think they're similar, made him so attractive in my eyes. I absolutely loved it, when he sat into his aesthetically pleasing room surrounded by his expensive furniture, drinking his wine or medicine in a melancholy way, looking gloomy and mysterious. There's always something about a male character in a Chinese drama sitting somewhere alone with a bottle of wine into his hands, pensively lamenting something, reminiscing about the past... THEY LOOK SO GOOD WHEN THEY DO THAT, I swear it, it gets me every time.
