Cheers to the Lantern Festival! Today, February 24, Xiao Yao 怍恥 celebrated the occasion with a booting ceremony and celebratory posters featuring its leads, Seven Tan Songyun and Neo Hou Minghao. It’s another fantasy novel set in a world where humans and demons coexist, with both tribes driven by their drives to pursue the elusive Yuli with unwavering zeal.
This is the first time the two celebrities have worked together. Although the 33-year-old actress has previously worked on historical dramas, this is her first xuanhuan series. She will play the witty and resourceful titular character, Xiaoyao. Once again, the Back from the Brink actor dons a black outfit and portrays a formidable entity. This time, he’s Hongye, the human race’s fearsome demon king.
Since Xiao Yao is another production from iQIYI and Liu Bai Entertainment, with director Xu Jizhou at the helm, it boasts the experience of The Knockout production team. Even though it’s in a completely different category, given how successful the crime series was, it seems really potential.
