Actress Zhao Lusi’s Emotional, Barefaced Breakdown Becomes A Hot Topic

Whether it’s onscreen or behind the scenes, actress Zhao Lusi always looks stunning. Recently though, her barefaced beauty has been attracting special attention.

Zhao plays the female lead in Love’s Ambition, a Chinese romance about a couple with conflicting social backgrounds that cause their relationship to crumble. After a falling out, Zhao’s character, a successful TV host, decides to divorce her businessman husband. The question is: can he win her back?

Love’s Ambition has been charting high on Taiwan’s Netflix charts, partly thanks to Zhao’s fantastic performance. In one heartbreaking scene, after the lead couple’s marriage falls apart, Zhao quietly removes her contact lenses and wipes away all traces of makeup.

With each erased layer, her character becomes more vulnerable…

…and Zhao’s natural beauty shines through.

Her unfiltered appearance and realistic performance have touched viewers, earning Zhao much-deserved praise.

This scene has also become one of Love Ambition‘s most viral moments, with the Weibo hashtag “Xu Yan’s makeup removal looks so real” racking up over 300 million views.

#ZhaoLusi’s makeup removal scene in #LovesAmbition received many compliments.#CDrama pic.twitter.com/8XXm6A69Nt

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