The ongoing costume C-drama The Double, starring Wu Jinyan and Wang Xingyue in the lead roles, released episode 20 on June 10, 2024. This episode focuses on Fang Fei (Wu Jinyan) and Xiao Heng (Wang Xingyue) rescuing Fang Fei’s father. In episode 19, viewers saw Fang Fei and Xiao Heng’s visit to the gold mine in Dong Mountain.
In episode 20, Fang Fei’s heart aches to see her father’s loyal subordinates get tortured in the mine. Although they try to protest, they are oppressed by their superiors. Fang Fei meets Gu Da and Gu Er, two of her father’s ex-subordinates, secretly and reveals her plan to get them out of their miserable condition. Meanwhile, they are overwhelmed to see Fang Fei alive.
Fang Fei urges them to keep her true identity a secret. With Xiao Heng’s help, Fang Fei teams up with the miners, fights the guards, and ultimately breaks out of the mine successfully.
The Double episode 20: Wang Xingyue rescues Wu Jinyan’s father
When the news of the miners’ breakout reaches Magistrate Feng, he starts to panic. But soon he calms down after receiving a secret note from the capital. Feng’s subordinates are able to locate the old woman, who has been secretly spying on Feng in Yamen. Feng tortures her to make her reveal Jiang Li’s whereabouts. When she refuses to cooperate, he stabs her to death.
Then the episode shows Fang Fei and Xiao Heng’s carriage being stopped by Feng’s army, which attacks them. But Xiao Heng and his army are able to take them down. Meanwhile, Xiao Heng hurts himself while trying to save Fang Fei.
Soon after, Xiao Heng decides to visit the district court to take Feng into custody. But he is surprised to see him celebrating along with his men. As Xiao Heng’s army tries to arrest him, he uses Xue Huaiyuan as a shield to get away. But he fails to run away and is taken down by a secret assassin. Meanwhile, Xue Huaiyan does not seem to recognize his daughter. In a shocking discovery, Fang Fei finds out that her father has gone mad.
The Double is available to stream throughout the week on Youku.
