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Smoky Bonds of Marriage

Synopsis

Xu Yan and Qin Lie are married because the two families want the alliance. She is a reporter, he is the son of a wealthy house. After the wedding they argue constantly. Xu Yan takes him for a man who does not love her. Qin Lie takes her for a woman whose heart is set on someone else. He does love her, and the misunderstanding makes him cold one day and warm the next. Worn out, Xu Yan asks for a divorce. The divorce does not end it. Qin Lie keeps turning up where she works, at interviews and at family gatherings, and the meetings run between open quarrels and things neither of them says. Mu Qing gets between them, undermining Xu Yan at work and trying to break the two of them apart. Then there is the matter of Xu Yan's birth. She is not Xu Jing's daughter. Qin Lie learns this and begins quietly gathering evidence of the Xu family's crimes, and Xu Jing is brought before the law. Xu Yan handles her own troubles at work on her professional record, with Qin Lie backing her at the points that matter. When an engagement between Xu Yan and Xing Zhen is arranged, Qin Lie sets out to stop it, and at the ceremony Mu Qing comes at Xu Yan with a knife.

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“Smoky Bonds of Marriage” (65 EPS) is available on iQIYI. Checked 2026-09-09.

CAST

Zhao ZhendongZhao ZhendongQin YanxiQin YanxiWang GegeWang GegeLi DongmaoLi DongmaoZhao ChangkeZhao ChangkeSu XiaoyanSu XiaoyanLiu JianiLiu JianiLi XiaLi XiaCao JinliCao JinliChen YangxinChen YangxinChen DexiangChen DexiangJin ShikangJin Shikang
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Episode 1 might make you go "what IS this lunatic" and bail. He's my favorite short-drama actor and even I hesitated. Please stay with it!! The acting is unreal, the way his eyes go, the way he smiles, each one gets me >_<

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mina.07

My favorite of his modern-set work and honestly my favorite short drama full stop. You get the complete unhinged-psycho performance, and I'd say his acting leveled up here. If you're working through his filmography, this is the one.

She’s the Flower in His Desert
She’s the Flower in His Desert
qwertea

The plot is hard to follow and never really comes together. With all the flashbacks and dream sequences, the pacing has no tension at all…

Details

Where to watchiQIYI
Release dateJune 13, 2025
Episodes65 episodes
Total runtime2 hr 23 min
Episode runtime (avg.)2 min 12 sec
Subtitles
1 platform · 4 languagesiQIYIEnglish · 한국어 · 日本語 · 中文

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