ugh a skip for me as well, not a fan of tubtim at all.
Rissaya is about this old lady who is very hateful and hold grudges. She is also a very proud woman because of her status. She believes that a person with social status should act like they are above everyone and hold that status up on a pedestal. Her father was a Jao Khun and so was her husband. When she found out that her sister was in love with a gardener, she forced her father to cane her sister. Her sister(nang'ek's mom) then ran away and she vowed never to associate with her again. She forced everyone in the palace to divorce her sister. Even her mom on her death bed was not allowed to see her sister. Years later after she got married she found out that her husband cheated on her with a maid and the maid got pregnant.The maid gave birth to a baby girl while she gave birth to pra'ek. I believe the maid fled the palace. She humiliate and put down her husband so much for so long that one day he decided to escape by committing suicide. She was even more furious that she cut herself and everyone living in the palace from the world. The pra'ek was sent overseas as a child and his sister, the maid's daughter was forced to quit school and stay at home. There was another lady that lives with them too. I believe she is a distant cousin, an old maid actually. Before the pra'ek went overseas, he and this old maid slept together. The nang'ek grew up differently from the pra'ek. She was a sweet girl who has friends and social group. When the pra'ek came back, he went to teach english in the university that the nang'ek attend. It was love at first sight for her. When the pra'ek mom notice that she seems to like the pra'ek she hatched a plan to seek revenge. Revenge for her sister whom embarrassed the family by running away with a gardener. Wanting to reconciled so bad, nang'ek's mom thought her sister was really sincere and wanted to patch things up, she agreed for the two kids to get married. The nang'ek went along with it cus she has feelings for him but the pra'ek went along with it because he was forced. When he got back, he went back to having an affair with that distant cousin. His mom of course knew but she kept quite because she believe that will help with the revenge.
Don't want to ruin the rest for those who will want to watch it. I actually really like ch3 version with Chai, Aff, and Job even though I didn't think the nang'ek was nang'ek material. I think that was her first and last lakorn too. Aff was paired up with Job. Aff played as Chai's sister and Job played as the nang'ek's brother who is a playboy. Aff crushed on Job at first sight too. He describes her as a vampire because she doesn't talk nor smile. Aff's character has a lot of issues because she was the one who found her father hanging himself and she was mentally and physically abused by the stepmom and distant cousin (nang'rai).