Chinese Drama 2024

Always on the Move (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

 

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• Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Railroad Policing
• Release Date: 6 February 2024
• Origin: China
• Cdrama: 39 Episodes

Cast

• Bai Jing Ting as Wang Xin
• Gina Jin as Ma Yan
• Ding Yong Dai as Ma Kui
• Zuo Xiao Qing as Doctor Shen
• Liu Jun as Wang Yong Ge
• Jiang Yan as Yao Yu Ling
• Liu Guan Lin as Niu Da Li
• Hu Ke as Wang Su Fang
• Ni Da Hong as Old Xia Zi
• Li Nai Wen as Jia Jin Long
• Tang Xu as Lu Hong Xing
• Cao Lu as Xiao Hu
• Ren Zheng Bin as Cai Da Nian
• Zhang Rui Han as Wu Chang Gui
• Yang Kun – [Old Cai’s wife]
• Cui Yi – [Old Wu’s wife]
• Song Jia Teng as Cai Xiao Niu
• Gong Xiao Xuan – [Old Lu’s wife]
• Xia Ming Hao as Hou San Jin
• Wang Xiao Li as
• Lu Si Yu as Lin Jian Jun
• Tian Min as
• Li Zhen Zhen as
• Li Ming as
• Bian Tao as
• Shi Yun Peng as Ruo Ruo
• Lin Peng as Liu Ming
• Yuan Man as
• Fan Lei as
• Wang Jin Song as Peng Ming Jie
• Fang Zi Bin as
• Tan Jian Ci as
• Wu Yue as
• Ning Li as
• Yang Hao Yu as
• Pan Bin Long as Dong Gang
• Gan Ting Ting as
• Rain Wang as Peng Yong Li
• Feng Guo Qiang as
• Li Qin Qin as Liu Gui Ying
• Wang Xun as Wang Guo Fu
• Xu Nan Nan as
• Wei Qing as
• Li Si Bo as Chen Xiao Fei
• Zhang Lei as
• Mu Li Yan as
• Melody Tang as Yan Hong
• Zhang Xi Qian as
• Ma Sai as
• Ge Si as
• Yu Shui Ge as
• Jiang Han as Sha Er
• Feng Bing – [Pau Stall Owner]
• Jiang Guan Nan asWen Zhou [Young]
• Zhang Zheng Yang as Song Zhao Hua
• Wang Yuan Ke as Bai Yu Xia
• Bao Bei Er as Tang Xing Guo
• Tu Song Yan as Lu Xue Lin

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Snippets

• 19 April 2023: It is a wrap.

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Episode 1

I love the first episode.  It such a nostalgic feel to it of the days gone by.

The cast is great.

The setting was 1978.

Anyway, Wang Xin is a newly graduate, working as a conductor in a steam train. He is very capable and very diligent at his job.

The train is fully loaded and was rather chaotic with every inch of the train used.  There were animals in cages and babies on makeshift cradle/hammock tethered on the overhead luggage compartments.  Some even slept on the compartment.

Despite, the packed surrounding, everything was running smoothly as Wang Xin and the others were regularly patroling the cabins.

But then a man suddenly woken up and found that his bad had gone missing.

Wang Xin told him to calm down.  He then helped him look for the bag which contained bread buns which he stuffed with cash so he does not get pickpocketted.  The bag was found by a very observant Wang Xin from a rather shifty looking passenger.  All was well.

But then a couple of policemen board the train with a man in a handcuff.

The man in the handcuff managed to escape from the police but Wang Xin gave chase.  The man though got away by jumping off the train window.

Wang Xin sustained sprained wrist.

The next time he went to work, he could not believe that he walked into the convict that got away.  He learned that he was Ma Kui, a former train police who wrongly convicted to spend 13 years in prison.

Ma Kui is now Wang Xin’s mentor.  Wang Xin could not take this seriously as he thinks that Ma Kui is old and have been left by modern times.

Episode 2

Ma Kui tried to integrate with his family.  Suyang, his wife, was happy to see him after 10 years but Ma Yan was aloof and awkward towards him.  He knew it could only be expected.

Anyway, he told her to study and pass the exam to go to university.  Muyan said she does not want to go to uni.

Ma Kui found out that Ma Yan had Wang Xin’s Sherlock Holmes’ novel.

He took it from her and returned it to Wang Xin and warned him not to go near his daughter anymore.

Wang Xin could only say that it was Ma Yan who grabbed the book from him.

Yao Yu Ling collapsed due to malnutrition.  She had been using her vouchers to buy fabrics for new dresses rather than food.

Wang Xin gave her his tin of White Rabbit candy.  Yao Yu Ling thought that he had a crush on her so she started flirting with him.

Episode 3

Wang Yong Ge came to visit Ma Kui.  Ma Kui dismissed him because he believed that Wang YongGe could have testified for him 10 years ago but he did not.

Wang Yong Ge is Wang Xin’s father.

Meanwhile, Niu Da Li who had a massive crush on Yao Yu Ling stole Egg  Queen, the precious hen of Wu Chang Gui’s wife.

Old Wu’s wife made such a fuss that the whole village were looking for the chicken.

They could not find the hen because Da Li had already roasted it and feeding it to Yao who invited Wang Xin to eat with them.

When the three found out the trouble they were in, they decided to get a replacement chicken.  Unfortunately the hen they smuggled into the hen house was sick which made the other chicken die.

Old  Wu’s wife was heartbroken and so were the villagers.  A meeting was cold and Wang Xin being a policeman was tasked to investigate. Feeling partly responsible, he secretly bought ten young chickens as replacement.

Ma Kui got into trouble because Wang Xin jumped out of the train window to chase thieves.  Ma Kui was told that he can’t control his disciple.

Episode 4

There is always a drama on the train.  This time an almost married couple lost an expensive watch.

Episode 5

Ma Yan failed Gaokao so her father told her just to repeat the year and retake the exam.

Yao and the uniform.  Dali exchanged his grain coupon for a cloth voucher for Yao.

Episode 6

The episode started with a child abduction on the steam train.  Unfortunately it was not solved as there was no trace, evidence or witness except a hysterical mother.

Lu Xue Lin and Bai Yu Xia are lovers who are in a long distance relationship.

It was painful everytime they part on the steam train to go on their separate ways until next time.  Xue Lin begged Yu Xia to give her job up.

Yu Xia was unhappy that Xuelin mentioned it so she said they should break up.  Xuelin was crashed by Yu Xia won’t change her mind.

Ma Kui just able to tolerate that Wang Xin was always at his house to tutor Ma Yan.  But he told Ma Yan to keep away from Wang Xin.

Ma Yan refused so Ma Kui was so annoyed he brought up how it had been hellish for him in prison for the last 10 years.

Ma Yan made her mother and father cry when she told them that she lived through hell as well.  She was a pariah at school.  No matter how hard she studied, she was ignored and not trusted.  The classmates and even the parents talked behind her back.  It got so bad she contemplated several time to jump into the river but she could not leave her mother who was ailing.

Ma Kui later had a chance to confront Wang Yongge about not standing up for him.

Wang Yongge just behaved as if he does not know wat Ma Kui was talking about.

Meanwhile, Dali was really into Yao but she was into Ma Kui.

Episode 7

Ma Kui and Wang Xin found a baby under the seat on the train.  Ma Kui was reluctant to send the baby straight to the orphanage as it would more complicated for the parents to claim the baby back.  So Ma Kui was given a few days off to look after the baby hoping the parents will come back.

Sufang was very happy with the baby but Ma Yan was not as the crying baby interfered with her studeis.

After two weeks, it was certained the baby was abandoned so Ma Kui decided to bring the baby to the orphanage.  Poor Sufang was so reluctant to part with the baby but she was told that they could not really look after the infant as she was not in the best of health and Ma Yan was studying and Ma Kui was now working full time.

Sufang cried and told Ma Yan that when here father was taken away by the police, she was 6 months pregnant.  The stress resulted a miscarriage.

Ma Kui brought the baby to the orphanage.  But he was leaving the baby cried.

I love this drama.  The vingnette of stories were so human.

Episode 8

Ma Kui can’t bear to leave the baby but then Ma Yan turned up and took the baby home. Aww

Unfortunately for this family, more heartbreak is coming.  Sufang went for a medical test and found out that she has a serious lung disease and was advised to be hospitalised immediately.

Sufang declined and begged Dr Shen not to tell Ma Kui as she does not want him to spend all their money and then she would die.

Dr Shen was in quandary but she has to abide with the patient’s wishes.

Episode 9

Wang Yong Ge warned Wang Xin that Yao is not a good girl and not one to marry.

Ma Kui confessed to his boss that he wanted to find another house for his wife as their house has leaky roof.

The boss promised to contact the party.  With not much time, Ma Kui and his family were moved to the courtyard in a roomy house.  They were welcome by the neighbourhood.

Bai Yu Xia had another boyfriend.  Wang Xin commented that she seemed to have moved on so fast.

Episode 10

Wang Xin was shocked when they saw Bai Yu Xia not only had a new boyfriend but she had also kept Lu Xue Lin.

Ma Kui pragmatically said that it can be lonely being alone.

Meanwhile, Yao and Ma Yan were fighting over Wang xin.

Wang Xin was a bit depressed because his good deed turned into a mini-tragedy.  He unknowingly returned a boy to a child trafficker.

Episode11

Wang Xin went on a movie date with Yao.  She then confessed that she likes him.  He has a crush on her so he told her that he likes it too.

Wang Xin wanted to keep their dating status low key but Yao made sure everyone knows especially Ma YUan who got really upset.

Later, she asked Wang Xin why he led her on when he was into someone else.

Wang Xin did not understand what she meant so she had to spell it out that he was always at her house so she assumed…

Wang Xin said that as her father was his mentor, then he had to go to her house.

Dali was absolutely gutted but Cao told him that he was a poor choice compared to Wang Xin.

Sufang collapsed and ended up taken to the hospital.  Despite her worsening condition, she begged the doctors to keep her illness a secret from her family.

Episode 12

Wang Xin got into trouble at work so he was suspended.

Thinking that he will be fired, Yao dumped him.

Wang Xin was cleared eventually but he was transferred to a small station.

Episode 13

He was transferred to Hongyang.

It was not an auspicious start.  Wang Xin was immediately conned by an old woman.  He later found out that the old woman might be involved in child trafficking.

Episode 14

Wang Xin was so bored with his plaza patrol duty, he begged his chielf to allow him to compete in a shooting competition representing Hongyang Police Station.

His chief allowed him to go.  He went back home to compete and won.

He thank his master, Ma Kui, especially which secretly elated Ma Kui.

Episode 15

Suyang was testing the water whether her husband would like Dr Shen to be a future partner when she is gone.

Dr Shen proved to be a good doctor and a kind woman but she was not after romance.

Episode 16

The one who who has romance in the brain is Ma Yan.  Despite her parents forbidding her to go to Hongyang to see Wang Xin, she completely ignored them.

The last time she visited, she and Wang Xin got trapped in a bunker in the middle of the mountain when then got caught in the rain.

Ma Yan was not able to go home which worried her parents as they can’t contact Wang Xin over the phone.

Ma Kui came to Hongyang first thing in the morning.  After ascertaining that nothing bad had happen to Mayan and Wang Xin, he started to scold Wang Xin but realised really that his daughter is the horny one who kept going to Wang Xin at every opportunity.

Well, Ma Yan did finally get a snog in the bunker from Wang Xin after telling him that he was so slow.  She was offering herself on a plate🤣🤣🤣

Episode 17

It is a very sad episode.  Sufang collapsed and then died.

Ma Kui and Ma Yan were absolutely heartbroken but life has to go on.

Episode 18

Ma Kui was assigned to investigate the traveling drug traffickers.  Ma Kui took the job but asked for Wang Xin to be his assistant.

They were in pursuit of their suspect who tresspassed on a house in a village.  There was a six months old baby in the premises which the suspect took as a hostage.

Wang Xin managed to get into the house while Ma Kui tried to distract the criminal.  Wang Xin ended up shooting the suspect.

After the event, the first person Wang Xin called was Ma Yan but somehow he could not tell her what happened but just wanted to hear her voice.

Episode 19

Dr Shen had become a surrogate mother to young Ma Jian and to the Ma family.  Ma Kui was rather purturbed about it but Ma Yan said that Dr Shen likes Ma Jian.

Anyway, Wang Xin was praised by the police force and was made a role model.

For a prize, he was given a television, which he gave to Ma Yan.

Ma Kui told her to return the television back but she told her father that she was keeping it and if he tries to break it, she will never forgive him.

Ma Kui warned Ma Yan not to get serious with Wang Xin as he will not allow a marriage between them.

Meanwhile, Wang Yongge also spoke to Wang Xin telling him that Ma Kui would not permit Wang Xin marrying Ma Yan.  He said that it was better to look somewhere else.

The television was the only one in the courtyard so the neighbours gathered together and watch something on telly in the middle of the courtyard.

Cai Xiao Niu brought his new girlfriend with him which surprised everyone as no one had an inkling that he was dating.

The people liked Yan Hong, the girlfriend.

Dali noticed that Yao was not in the milieu so as a doting suitor, he bought her a tv from an underground source so when they tried to turn it on, it did not work.

Peng Ming Jie’s came to visit Ma Kui.  He brought his daughter, Peng Yong Li or Lili with him. Ma Kui owed his life to Ming Jie during his time at the labour camp.

Mingjie carried a sick Ma kui on his back for 10 miles to take him to the hospital or else he would have died.

Anyway, Ma kui said that Lili should stay with them while she goes to the nearby universtiy.

I can feel that Lili will become a source of heartache for Ma Yan,🥹

 

 

 

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