September 23 (2022-09-23)– October 3, 2022 (2022-10-03)
A Familiar Stranger (Chinese:虚颜), is a 2022 Chinese web series directed by Zeng Qingjie. It starred Ke Ying, Ryan Cheng, Song Zhaoyi, and Wang Zexuan in the leading roles. The series aired on Mango TV with 18 episodes on September 23, 2022. The series has a 7.4 rating on Douban from over 78,000 users.
Synopsis
Shi Qi is a painter who often paints courtesans' portraits to find her older sister who was lost in a brothel. One day, she receives a request to paint the picture of the Prime Minister's daughter Shen Qin and her lover, Prince Ning. Shen Qin is betrothed to a general named Xiao Hansheng. In order to avoid her marriage with the general, Shen Qin deceives Shi Qi and uses a sorcerer to swap her face with Shi Qi. When Shi Qi wakes up, she finds that her appearance has changed and she is now married to the general.
Shi Qi: An ordinary painter who often paints courtesans' portraits to find her older sister's whereabouts. She was deceived by Shen Qin, and her face was swapped with Shen Qin's through sorcery. Upon waking, she discovered that she was married to General Xiao Hansheng, who had saved her life several years earlier and whom she had fallen in love with.
Shen Qin: The cunning daughter of Prime Minister Shen who swapped her faces with Shi Qi in order to be with her lover Prince Ning.
