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Cross Fire (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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Chinese Drama 2020

Cross Fire (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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  • Genre: E-Sport, Bromance, Romance, Thriller, Fantasy, Alternate Reality/Parallel Universe
  • Release Date: 20 July 2020
  • Origin: China, Based on an online Game, CrossFire
  • Cdrama: 36 Episodes

Cast

Quick Precis

In 2008, Xiao Feng sent an SOS to a gamer in the future (2019) and that is how he met the genius wheelchair-bound Lu Xiao Bei.

Episode 1

Wow!  Love the first episode especially when they were gaming.

Anyway, Lu Xiao Bei is a very accomplished gamer, an excellent tactician.  But unfortunately for him, he was wheelchair-bound and therefore did not have the right image for the company.

The company brought in a more ‘suitable’ gamer who could represent the company.  They then told Lu Xiao Bei that his Team B must lose out to King’s Team A.

But Xiao Bai has a mind of his own and made sure that Team B wins.  And they did.

Unfortunately, this brought his demise in the gaming world.  The company held an inquiry where Xiao Bei was accused then evidenced and witnessed that he cheated.

He was very upset when his trusted teammates one by one said that Xiao Bei did cheat.  The management said he was out and because of his cheating he will be blacklisted.  No company or team will ever hire him now.

Poor Xiao Bei was leaving but one of his teammates tried to apologise to him telling him the he was forced to testify against him.

Xiao Bei told him that he does not want to hear his excuses.  He knew that he was apologising so he could sleep at night but Xiao Bei said that he will not forgive him, he will remember and will have his revenge.

His father came to get him.  When they got home, his father who is a policeman confiscated all his computer gaming paraphernalia and banned him to play games anymore.  Instead, he was told to concentrate on his third year in high school.

It was like the end of the world for Xiao Bei but he remembered that he had an old laptop which was given to him by his brother when they were both younger.

He connected the laptop into the internet and so miraculously it still worked amidst the sudden strange short-circuiting around him.

Suddenly he was playing the game against Xiao Feng.

Who is Xiao Feng?

Xiao Feng is a very straightforward man.  He wouldn’t run away from a challenge. Like when he was riding his bike, a bridal car tried to undercut him.  They laughed at him trying to chase them with his little bike.

So Xiao Feng took shortcuts and stopped in front of the bridal car.  What he did not realise at first was that the bride was his former girlfriend who misinterpreted his stunt thinking that he was chasing after her because he can’t let her go.

She was willing to run off with him but he told her that she was much too good for him and he was giving her his blessings.

Of course, he did!  Because Xiao Feng was really interested with his team, One Penny and winning the game.

Anyway, his team was really good but there was no money in playing the game.  Still, he won’t give up.

He was particularly frustrated because his landlord told him to move as he had not paid his rent.

Xiao Feng was about to start a game when there was short-circuiting.

He was playing against a very able player.  He was Xiao Bei, who started on advantage but Xiao Feng quickly equalized until there were only the two of them to battle it out.  They were on par.

Xiao Feng asked Xiao Bei his name.  And Xiao Bei did the same.

When Xiao Feng told him his name. Xiao Bei accused him immediately of lying.

Xiao Bei said that Xiao Feng was a legend.  He came first in so many things, he popularised the game.

Xiao Feng was glad to hear what Xiao Bei said but he said he had no idea what Xiao Bei was talking about.  He had not participated in those event that Xiao Bei mentioned.

Xiao Bei mentioned some memorable events in 2008,  he said that Lu Xiang had to withdraw from hurdle race because of injury and that Xiang Feng team won the championship.

They finally realised that they were from different timelines.  On that day it was 17 August 2008 at Xiao Feng’s time and 17 August 2019 at Xiao Bei’s time.  But they both remained sceptical.

Really intriguing.  Luhan and Leo Wu are gorgeous in combat fatigue.  Good acting as well.

Episode 2

The first lead girl is introduced and I am not liking her character.  She is Chu Ge who is a bit of an outcast because of her behaviour.

She was locked out of the classroom but did not daunt her.  Instead, she climbed in the window and then proceeded to walk on top of the desk after another until she reached the desk of Xiao Bai where she stayed standing on top of his books until he had to apologise to her to move.

What was that about?  Why would she victimised the only disabled person in the classroom?  And she was a cheat as well. He forced Xiao Bai to share his answer to a quiz with her.

Both Xiao Bei and Xiao Feng are having problems with their dreams.

Xiao Bei needed to enter the gaming contest at whatever cost.

Xiao Feng was deemed too old for gaming.

He told his best friend, Xu Wei, that they should completely disband the team.  Xu Wei was very upset and said that he had just separated from his live-in-girlfriend so he could concentrate on their gaming.

Xiao Feng was shocked.  He actually told Xu Wei that there is more to life than gaming.

Anyway, Xiao Feng and Xu Wei did not only end their team, but they also ended their friendship.

Xiao Feng was eating noodles at an eatery when he saw the hurdle race and just like was Xiao Bei said Lu Xiang withdrew from the race because of injury.

He was totally gobsmacked.

Episode 3

The lead girls are settling down but so slowly and so annoying.

Xiao Bei was slowly building up his own team.  He had now recruited Cheng Hao and Jia Ya and working on another one.

Xiao Feng however started a new job as an office boy and also got a new flatmate, An Han.

Xiao Feng and Xiao Bei connected again but only briefly.

Episode 4

This drama gets tedious with the side dramas with the females.  The girls were made aggressive, neurotic and even suicidal.

I hope it improves the female roles.

Xiao Bei is trying to get Wang Kai to join his team by having Jia Yi fight him in the game.  Jia Ya won every time which irritated Wang Kai.  When he went to confront Xiao Bei about his dirty tricks, he found a cute JIa Yi in her Sailor Moon cosplay outfit.  He likes her.

Xiao Bei and Xiao Feng met again briefly.  They used their guns to destroy the barrier between them.

Xiao Feng asked Xiao Bei if he received the postcard he sent him.

Xiao Bei said no, but asked Xiao Feng to join his team.

Xiao Feng more or less said that he was done with being in a team as he has a good job that he likes.  Before they could talk some more they were pulled back in their own time.

Xiao Bei was getting a drink from his fridge when he noticed the Beijing 2008 postcard on the fridge door.

Episode 5

Wang Kai finally agreed to join Xiao Bei’s team when he learned that they will be living in the same apartment with Song JIa Ya.

Xiao Bei and Xiao Feng met again.

Xiao Bei told Xiao Feng more about his win.  He told him who was in his team. They were the usual member except a newbie called something 24.

Xiao Bei asked Xiao Feng for a favour in his timeline.  And that was to prevent his brother from going to the national.

Episode 6

At the moment, the role of An Lan and Chu Ge are rather superfluous.  If they were not in this drama, you are not really going to miss them.

Anyway, Xiao Bei had recruited the fifth member of their team.  It was a boy from the hairdresser called Ne Zha.

The other members of the team were quite unsure at first but Ne Zha showed them what he can do by almost singlehandedly winning their first game as a team.

And their team was called Continue after the bracelet given to Xiao Bei by his brother.

Unfortunately, Xioa Bei’s father was paranoid and would not let Xiao Bei touch the computer and advice every gaming centre in town to let him know if Xiao Bei had gone to their establishment.

Xiao Bei’s last remaining haven was  Cheng Hao’s house.

His father came to collect him which really upset Xiao Bei.  His father had been specially protected of him because he can’t forget how Ah Ming died eleven years ago.

Meanwhile, Xiao Feng felt that his boss was taking advantage of him so he quit just after he was made permanent at the planning department.

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