Fans of the drama should give the novel a try. I love the novel because it is so in depth and have so many more of Long Feiye and Yunxi. I am on chapter 205 and one Chinese fan said it is 1,300 chapters
Though after watching the drama and reading the novel, I have to say Long Feiye is completely 2 different people. Long Feiye in the novel is a bigger than life character. Everyone in the novel is afraid of him. The fear he instilled in people just by walking in a room. And he is ruthless. He pretty much treat people like they aren't worth his time...even his relationship with his mom is pretty nonexistent. People were honored if he talks to them even if it's in an unflattering way lol. In the novel he is a tall person as in taller than pretty much everybody that is why his presence is so commanding. He has this attitude that half the time he just walks away from people without even a care.
One scene in the book that stayed with me, is when Yunxi was almost dropped in the oil pot and burned to death. Her dress was dipped in it a bit when he burst into the jail and pulled the rope with one hand and her waist with the other. He examined her, ripped the bottom of her dress off because it was wet from the oil. She thought of him as her hero, with adorning eyes...then when he thought she was OK, he shoved her away like it was nothing hahaha. And then when she almost died, he was trying to find her some medicines. He didn't know what he was looking for when he poured all her stuff out from her pouch. Then he found 6 pills that is a size of a bottle cap lol and shoved it all in her mouth at once. She had to spit it out. He gave her 3 more, then have the nerve to tell her to take it one at a time because no one is going to steal it from her
And Yunxi in the book is such an amazing character. She gets herself into all sort of things. I seriously love her in the book.
ZZH did amazing in the drama. He to me made Long Feiye his own. Oh, the main actress accepted 3 dramas but none with ZZH lol. The fans will wait forever to have them reunited. I heard this drama did well. But it is not a lakorn so no reunion for a long while :