Overdo Whump List
Whumpees: Murong Qingyi played by Zhang Linghe, Li Boze played by Xu Zhenxuan
Where to Watch: Iqiyi, Viki, Tencent
Genre: republican era, mystery, romance
Synopsis: In Republican-era Shanghai, Murong Qing Yi suffers years of abuse from his birth mother after being mistakenly switched at birth. While working as a doctor far away in a different city, through a series of accidentally found letters, he meets Ren Su Su, an orphan with secrets of her own. As they slowly get to know each other, they gradually fall in love. However, Su Su needs to save someone and in a twist of fate that leaves Qing Yi forever scarred and falsely imprisoned, she fakes her death and disappears, leaving Murong Qing Yi devastated. Three years later, Ren Su Su returns, engaged to his brother under a fake name and identity. The reunited pair is no longer the people they once were. One is consumed by resentment over what he believes to be a betrayal and the hell he was put through, while the other carries a pain she cannot bring herself to reveal. As they test and challenge one another, love and hatred become deeply intertwined. Just as misunderstandings begin to unravel, and their feelings rekindle, the nation is plunged into crisis. Determined to fight in a war even at the cost of their own lives, Murong Qing Yi and Ren Su Su step into the storm together. Where will fate ultimately lead them?
~~~~~~~SPOILERS~~~~~
Murong Qingyi
Ep1- released from prison ; tense confrontation with mother ; tense confrontation with fiance ; flashback on the train, wounds on his face, seeing FL shot, stressed, emotional ; mentions he was switched at birth, outcast of both families ; emotional confrontation with brother ; in shock seeing FL alive
Ep2- emotional, repeat of last ep, in shock seeing FL, stressed, having flashbacks, wounds on his face, FL pointing gun at him, emotional moments with FL ; 3 years prior- emotional saying he has no family, flashback as child being rejected by father, crying, blamed by mother for fathers death, says he was bounced back and forth between families barely scraping by ; emotional seeing pt families, flashback as child with Li mother, remembering harsh words from both families, depressed, emotional call home to brother, sad when he doesn’t get letter from FL for a long time ; back to present- angry, confrontation with brother, says brother sent him to prison, mentions being framed for murder, brother trying to help him escape, angry confrontation with FL
Ep3- 3yrs ago- emotional moment with FL ; worried for FL, stressed trying to find her ; present- emotional confrontation with FL, drunk, aggressive kiss, lip bit, bleeding, slapped ; 3yrs ago- captured, tied up to pillar, wounds in his face, framed for murder, stressed looking for FL, emotional confrontation on train, gun pointed at him, crying, grabs gun, holds it to his chest, emotional when FL is shot, restrained ; present- emotional thinking of past
Ep4- tense confrontation with FL ; mentions of hand injury, scar on wrist shown ; tense confrontation with FL
Ep5- tense confrontation with FL, running to save her, jumps into river ; FL having flashback of seeing scar on his wrist, emotional confrontation, tells her he can’t hold a scalpel but hand is still steady to hold gun, tells her Huos hired someone to sever hand tendons while in prison ; tense confrontation with family and fiance, defended by FL and brother, punished by mother, made to kneel at ancestral hall, blamed for entire situation, almost hit by metal object, saved by FL
Ep6- repeat of last scene, distressed ; blamed for fiance going missing, slapped by mother, wincing, confrontation with LB ; tense confrontation with FL, threatened, stressed, crying ; tense confrontation with FL ; stressed
Ep7- none
Ep8- tense moment with FL, plane crashes, saves FL, lands in tree, branch breaks and falls to the ground with FL, wincing in pain, brother worried for him, helped to stand, limping, holding back in pain ; laying on the couch, brother brings him medicine, in pain sitting up, confronted by sister, brother stands up for him
Ep9- none
Ep10- stressed having to go see Li father, flashbacks of abusive childhood, tense moment with LB and father, treated as outcast, fed raw meat, flashback as child when father forced him to eat raw meat, stressed, saved by FL, blamed for foster mothers death, asked about injury on hand, punched in the stomach, forced to his knees in front of mothers alter, gaslit, flashbacks to being abused by mother, emotional, thrown into shelf, on his knees in pain, helped to stand, saved by LB, emotional taking mothers picture
Ep11- depressed in the rain, trying to burn mothers picture, emotional moment with FL, telling FL about past, tells her mother took all her resentment out on him, but was the only one who would take care of him when he was beaten unconscious by father, flashback having puppy as child, father locked him up and starved him, ate leaves off plant and drank rain water, for 3 days, father killed puppy and made him eat the raw meat, says he’s a monster ; tense confrontation with family, set up by FL for torn wedding dress, angry confrontation with brother, slapped by mother, leaves, Li father confronting family about what happened to him in prison, pictures of abuse in prison and hand injury, brother and FL emotional, mother called out for selling him to family that abused him
Ep12- missing, FL worried ; emotional confrontation with FL ; confrontation with brother, punched, bruise on his cheek, taken to have hand examined, brother told he will still feel dull pain and spasms, angry, emotional confrontation, flashback held down as wrist is cut, wounds on his face, struggling, crying, laying in cell, wound bleeding, out of it, emotional when brother apologizes, flashback as child, hands and feet restrained, delirious, held by brother, mentions of illness acting up, biting brother on the wrist
Ep13- tense confrontation with Huos ; surrounded, escapes with FL ; worried for FL ; going into dangerous situation
Ep14- worried for FL, stressed ; trapped, fighting alot of enemies, small wound on his face, stays behind to block enemies so FL and victims can escape, reveals he was shot in side protecting FL, wincing in pain, weakening, confronting enemies, fighting alot of men, hit in the back, shot in the stomach, coughs alot of blood, slides down to the flor, barely conscious, gasping, speaking with difficulty, about to be killed, saved by FL, struggles to speak, choked breathing, passes out
Ep15- continued from last ep, about to be killed, saved by brother, brother worried ; FL worried, unconscious in bed, hand bandaged, mentions he has a high fever, will be in a coma for awhile, hooked up to IV ; asleep in hospital bed, wakes up,wincing rolling to his back, tended by FL, helped to sit, wincing, wound aggravated, playing it up, in pain, helped to lay down, sweet moment with FL, falls asleep ; 2 month time skip ; wincing in pain standing up, holding side, limping, playful moment with friend, tries to kick him, winces, wound in pain as he moves around
Ep16- asleep in hospital bed, rag on his forehead, wales up, mentions he has a fever, speaking weakly, tense moment with brother and FL, sits up with difficulty, pulls out IV, brother and FL worried for him ; asleep in bed, tended by FL ; being fed by FL, emotional confrontation ; in pain sitting up, worried for FL ; worried for FL, fighting alot of men, out of breath, running away, saves FL, emotional moment, emotional confrontation with brother, getting weaker, points gun at brother, wounds aggravated, coughing, holding wound, holds gun to his own head, “I can’t bring myself to kill you but I’m okay killing myself” wincing, breathing heavy, wound bleeding, slides to the ground, passes out, brother worried
Ep17- has nightmare, wakes up in a panic, in bed in the hospital, wincing rolling over, speaking weakly, emotional confrontation with brother, winces in pain sitting up, mentions he’s lost alot of blood, struggles to stand up, in pain, holding wound, limping, falls to the ground, in alot of pain, struggling to get up, weak, out of breath, collapses, in bed unconscious, being tended ; locked in hospital, holding shoulder in pain, helped to sneak out ; tells FL to use him as scapegoat, emotional moment (brief flashback of hand injury) ; emotional moment with FL ; fixing to leave to turn himself in, sweet moment witb FL, stabbed with needle, drugged, collapses to couch unconscious
Ep18- asleep in bed, wakes up, neck sore from being drugged, stressed ; shows up with blood on him, flashback cool fight, rescuing girls
Ep19- emotional moment with FL ; stressful confrontation with brother ; confronting enemy who ruined his hand, mentions spasms, tremors, and piercing pain have tortured him non stop
Ep20- emotional moment with FL ; stressed, emotional confrontation, being whipped by mother, in pain, groaning, mother demanding Huo assets from him, refusing to give them, brother shields him from another hit, collapses, weak, braced up by brother, crying, helped to stand, stops mother from whipping FL, confronting brother, cuts fies with family, unsteady on his feef, asking FL to leave with him
Ep21- cont from last ep, arm bleeding, crying, rejected by FL, limping ; tense confrontation with family ; drunk, emotional confrontation with LB
Ep22- emotional, ears ringing, in shock when brother is shot, angry, running to confront enemy, crying, extremely angry ; drunk, mourning brother, staggering through the rain, drops to his knees, collapses to the ground, passes out ; confronting mother, mentions in past he risked his life to warn mother about father in danger, was drugged with opium and lost his mind, breaking ties with family, family rule is to suffer 3 stabs, stabs himself in the chest
Ep23- repeat of last scene, gasping, pulls out knife, crying, stabs himself again, coughing, bleeding down arm, in pain standing up, tells mother to do final stab, stabs himself again, groaning, gasping, cuts ties, labored breathing ; emotional confrontation with FL, crying, “did you ever love me?”, bleeding through shirt, staggers out, burns house ; limping, staggering through rain, holding arm, ambushed, hit repeatedly with clubs, collapses against cart, spits blood, passes out, shielded by FL ; in the hospital, wounds on his hands and neck shown, depressed, crying, asks how he got there, told he was unconscious when assistant found him, seriously wounded, emotional confrontation with Ye ; 2month time skip ; going to war
Ep24- 6yr timeskip (meets son)
Ep25- emotional reunion with FL, realizes it’s his son, tense confrontation with LB, angry ; flashback as child, unconscious on river bank, cpr performed on him, in bed, stressed, collapses, opium withdrawal, in pain, sweating, overhears FL parents say to leave him on the street, staggering as he leaves, FL told he was the kid her family saved, mentions he was very sick when he came back, lost memories after he recovered, visiting brothers grave, tense confrontation with FL and LB
EP26- sweet moment with son ; telling FL about past, flashback as kid, delirious from opium, staggering, out of it, says he’d be dead if brother hadn’t found him, reveals he was poisoned as a kid by enemies and thrown in the river but can’t remember who saved him ; worried for son, emotional confrontation with FL ; emotional confrontation with mother
Ep27- tense confrontation with mother ; emotional confrontation with FL, tells son he’s his father ; investigating with FL, shot at, escapes, concerned for FL ; tense moment with LB
Ep28- worried for FL, flashbacks to injuries from ep23, emotional moment with FL, stressed finding out about her saving him as kid, worried for son ; emotional confrontation with mother, crying
Ep29- emotional confrontation with LB ; emotional moment with FL, dangerous mission to stop drug transport ; tense confrontation with LB at train, shot at, angry confrontation, gun to his head, in explosion, protecting LB, on the ground, covered in soot, shielding LB from more explosions ; FL worried for him, emotional moment
Ep30- emotional moment with LB ; small wounds from explosion tended by FL, hand bandaged, worried for LB, emotional moment with FL, mourning father, cute moment asleep with son, dreaming of fond moments with Li family, crying in his sleep ; investigating infected soldiers, stressed ; treating infected patients ; stressed, emotional at first pt death, comforted by FL, coughing, reveals he was infected, rash on arm ; missing, concern for him, coughing, ears ringing, dizzy, coughing, tracking symptoms, holding chest, coughs blood, trying to hide sickness from FL, FL worried, coughing, has a fever, sweating, unconscious on couch, tended by FL, coughing, sweating, in pain, (multiple scenes of sickness) mentions he started losing conscious, unconscious leaning against window, mentions coma lasted 30 minutes, falls to the ground, coughing, in pain, cradled by FL, on couch, coughing, in pain, speaking weakly, pushing FL away, rash up to his neck, groaning in pain, gags himself, ears ringing, trying to stay awake, stabs himself in the leg with pen to stay awake, ears ringing, flashback as child overhears assassination attempt, drugged, barely conscious on steps, trying to warn family, says it hurts, stabs himself again, in pain, barely conscious, FL worried, out of it, comforted, passes out
Ep31- sitting outside with FL, rash shown on neck, emotional moment ; tense confrontation with LB, gun to his chest, shot in the back, staggers, falls to his knees, collapses unconscious, FL worried ; faked death (revealed it was part of his and LB plan) ; flashback of meeting LB to plan, emotional moment realizing LB will sacrifice himself ; cleaning LB body, emotional, crying
Ep33- at brothers graves with FL, emotional moment, gives ring to FL ; emotional moment planning attack ; going into dangerous situation, big fight, driving through gunfire to confront enemy, shot in the side ; fighting alot of men, emotional seeing friend sacrifice himself to save him, crying, confronting enemy, tough fight, slammed into boxes, punched repeatedly, wincing, stabbed in the chest with rebar, in pain, coughing blood, speaking with difficulty, enemy finally admits to everything, pulls rebar out, yells in pain, gasping, tackles enemy off platform, in explosion ; on the ground, weak, barely conscious, coughing blood, wincing, struggling to get up, spitting blood, angry confrontation with enemy, force feeding enemy the toxin, knocked back by explosion, barely conscious, sees fireworks set off by FL, emotional, crying, thinking of lost loved ones, barely conscious ; visions of loved ones, emotional, crying, FL running to him, flashback of writing last words to her, having thoughts of what life would’ve been like if none of this happened, implied death (death not actually shown, open ending?)
Li Boze
Ep6- stressful moment with father
Ep10- worried for ML, telling FL about past
Ep14- tense confrontation with love interest
Ep18- emotional moment with LI
Ep21- emotional confrontation with ML ; emotional rejected by LI
Ep22- emotional at brothers death ; emotional, mourning brother
Ep23- emotional confrontation with FL, crying ; in shock finding out FL is pregnant with ML child
Ep24- emotional confrontation with LI
Ep25- tense confrontation with ML, punched, emotional ; visiting brothers grave, emotional
Ep28- emotional remembering brother, crying, “I’m so tired”, stressed finding out brother was investigating father ; stressed realizing brother was in on plan to kill father, crying at brothers grave, cuts ties with murong family
Ep29- emotional confrontation with ML ; emotional confrontation with father, slapped, stressed, crying ; tense confrontation with ML, in explosions, protected and held back by ML ; emotional mourning father, collapses to couch, crying
Ep30- emotional moment with LI, crying, emotional moment with ML, confrontation with LI ; stressed, exhausted dealing with infected soldiers, mentions he hasn’t eaten in days
Ep31- confrontation with ML, crying, shoots ML ; going undercover, worried for LI
Ep32- emotional moment with ML ; going into dangerous situation, tense confrontation, kills enemy, surrounded, emotional thinking of family, shot multiple times, spits blood, collapses, dies, emotional moment LI reads his final letter to her
This drama. The roller coaster it was 🤯














