Chinese actors Aiden Wu and Zhong Yang Sun play Lu Shi Ran and Qi Yi, respectively, in the romantic drama 'Uncle Unknown', the adaptation of the web novel "After Flirting, My Uncle Kept Pursuing Me" (乱撩后小叔对我穷追不舍) by Wan Xi Zi (皖西子).
The Chinese series, which tells a love story that is socially unacceptable for two reasons, revolves around two ex-boyfriends, Lu Shiran, a rich young man who was adopted by the Lu family in his childhood, and Qi Yi. While they were lovers, Qi Yi was in a coma and involuntarily stopped contacting Lu Shiran. Noticing the detachment, he breaks up with him, thinking that he no longer loved him.
In this way, once his health recovered, Qi Yi was unable to contact Lu Shiran after, not knowing how to locate him, he was blocked as a contact on the phone and social networks.
After the reunion, they begin dating again and both relive their romance, but they will soon discover that they were related, but without blood ties. The series also tells the story of a second couple, made up of the two best friends of the protagonists.
For a short drama, with an average duration of just 8 minutes each episode, low budget, a poorly developed script and mediocre performances, I loved the story, the attractiveness of the four main characters, the solidarity and ingenuity of the group of friends .
I like how the four young homosexual lovers feel free and happy to shout their love through Chinese nightclubs, streets and beaches, where between games and laughter they will kiss and love.
Despite having many characters for such a short time of plot development, the story explains well the reasons why they are all connected to each other.
Now, let's get to the heart of the matter: 'Uncle Unknown' seeks, and manages, to break two taboos, specifically the taboo when there is a relationship of kinship (although in truth there is no relationship of consanguinity in the story but of affinity), and the so-called "rainbow pride."
After learning of the relationship between the two young people, Lu Shiran's adoptive mother, based on a superficial moral compass, will oppose the romance for both one and the other type of relationship that society disapproves of or considers inappropriate.
However, both young people choose to defend their love, to let the world know that they do not work by its rules, and they manage to break the chains of ordinary to choose those they love.