Everyone Loves Me

this has become one of my favourite/top cdramas of all time

if you're looking for a cdrama which genuinely just puts you in a good mood and fun to watch, this drama is something you indeed should try. I'm a big fan of both Lin Yi and Zhou Ye as they are both my top actor and actress. I've been waiting for this drama's release since the day that they were both announced as leads, and the drama honestly to me, is really good.

- This drama is a very light one with almost no big drama
- Both the leads are very beautiful and their chemistry is probably one of the best out of most cdramas
- The FL's outfits were literally so PRETTY
- I loved the love story
- The slow burn was executed well as it made me feel butterflies all the way through :)
- No love triangles
- Sweet and romantic scenes
- Fun comedy moments from the leads
- Loved the personalities of these two characters
- I adored the FL and her characteristics. She didn't let things get to her easily and made people 'work hard' to earn her respect
- Lin Yi and Zhou Ye had natural on-screen chemistry and you can see that they have both grown very close with one another. Their chemistry on and off screen was really cute, and these two have developed a very close relationship in real life too. I love how comfortable they both are with one another, and they both mentioned that they still chat through WeChat from time to time too

However...
- the first few episodes (1-5 ish) didn't feel TOO special, but I accepted it because of my love for Lin Yi and Zhou Ye
- just like how others would say, the emotions were kind of dragged a bit too long. As much as I love this drama to bits, I do have to say that they spent too long holding grudges and not confessing sooner
- I wish the dating era was longer. I love these two, but it just felt too short. Their chemistry really saved it but I wish we got to see more like dates, etc. The build up was good, but they ran out of episodes to include the extra bits

According to some netizens, there are lots of scenes which were unable to see the light of day due to the censorship in China. Honestly rather sad about this, but I guess that's what they need to do. I just wish Youku could release all the unreleased scenes to the international fans. The censorship in China is so annoying when it comes to these things.

I also think that it would have been a bit better if there were more episodes because the ending was a tinsy-bit rushed. I wish we could've seen more of their office romance🥹. But overall, I love this drama. I don't think I've ever been so immersed with a drama like this before. It really made my life a lot more fun. I also REALLY LOVE the OST. The only other cdrama where I've completely adored the ost is Go Ahead. But the OST of Everyone Loves Me is so good. All the songs are good!!

By any chance, does anyone know what the song is in this scene? I really love it but not sure if it's a real song or not🥲
https://youtu.be/QXkehjKzS44?si=1-ab8DOFSZFPjHwE&t=264

I hope and wish that Lin Yi and Zhou Ye work in more projects together because I'm not ready to move on😭😭. I honestly don't know what to do now that it's finished. Lin Yi and Zhou Ye are so perfect. I'm manifesting for more projects of linzhouye so much!!!!!! Please hear out prayers and cast them in more dramas!!!!

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Logged In for the Cast, Logged Out for Sanity

Fresh out of college, Gu Xun and Qian Ling unexpectedly cross paths again when they land jobs at the same gaming company. Qian Ling is bright, sweet, and has been quietly crushing on Gu Xun for years, so when she finally gathers the courage to confess, his blunt rejection hits hard. What she does not know is that Gu Xun is already smitten with someone else, a sharp-tongued, fearless female gamer known online as Nuo Mi Xiao Ma Hua. The twist? That legendary gamer is actually Qian Ling herself, living her boldest, sassiest life behind a screen. As the lines between the virtual world and real life start to blur, Gu Xun is about to discover that the girl he admires most has been right in front of him all along.

Everyone Loves Me is one of those dramas that hooks you with a cute premise and gaming romance, then slowly tests your patience with character choices that make you want to pause the episode and talk to the screen.

Let’s start with Qian Ling. I genuinely liked her feisty side, especially when she is in her gamer persona, confident, sharp, and unapologetic. Unfortunately, that energy barely exists in her real life at the beginning. Watching her relentlessly pursue Gu Xun after he has repeatedly made his disinterest clear was painful. The secondhand embarrassment was real. The public rejection alone should have been enough for her to draw a hard line and walk away, yet she folds almost instantly. The moment she softens because he is building a dog house in the rain had me going, girl, be serious. Her inability to hold a grudge and how quickly she caves to Gu Xun made her character frustrating despite her otherwise likable traits.

Gu Xun did not help matters. He treats everything far too lightly, especially emotions that deserve more care. He pushes Qian Ling away without explanation, humiliates her with a public rejection, and then seeks forgiveness in a way that feels more whiny than sincere. Instead of owning his mistakes, he skirts around them, hides behind half truths, and continues concealing his identity so he can remain her emotional safe space. When the truth finally comes out, he still pressures her to forgive him instead of putting in real effort. It often felt like he expected grace without earning it.

That said, one thing I appreciated about Gu Xun was his professionalism at work. No matter how messy his personal feelings were, he stayed focused and competent on the job. This grounding quality gave his character some much needed charm and honestly made the drama more watchable. If he had been careless professionally too, the experience would have been unbearable.

In terms of acting, Lin Yi’s performance felt a little flat at times. His expressions rarely shifted, which made emotional moments fall short. Zhou Ye, on the other hand, is very expressive, but her delivery occasionally tipped into cringe territory, especially when she spoke in an overly demure tone or softly called out names. It clashed with the stronger sides of her character and pulled me out of scenes more than once.

The drama also struggles with tone. Episode 18’s “Marry Me” moment was peak cringe, whether intentional or not. It did not land the way it should have and instead felt awkward and overdone. The final conflict was another weak point. Dropping it so late in the story made it feel unnecessary, and the way it was resolved only added to the awkwardness. Even knowing Gu Xun was scheming, the reveal and Qian Ling’s reaction still made me cringe rather than feel satisfied.

Despite all this, the drama is not without its charms. The gaming elements, workplace setting, and flashes of strong chemistry keep it afloat. While the ending could have been handled better, at least every character received closure, which softens the blow.

Overall, Everyone Loves Me is a mixed bag. It has a fun concept and moments of genuine charm, but it is weighed down by frustrating character dynamics, excessive cringe, and conflicts that did not need to exist. If you can tolerate secondhand embarrassment and a female lead who forgives far too easily, you might still find it an entertaining watch.

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Writer and directors clearly don't know anything about game development

I don't often write reviews but I feel like this drama annoyed me enough to do so. As someone who works in the gaming industry, I love media that portrays video games and/or the industry. However, here is where my biggest issue comes into play.
None of the plot makes any sense if you know even the littlest bit about the industry.

First of all, them wanting to make an "AAA game": AAA refers to the size of the company working on it and the (usually big) budget that goes into them. That's all there is to it. If they had been working for that enemy company, they could have been working on an AAA title considering it sounds like an international level company throughout the story - it would depend on the budget they'd get. But throughout the whole story, they did not work on an AAA title but act like they do. Why do people write about things they have no idea about, or don't at least do a quick google search....

My next issue is that I think that I'm over this type of male lead. The guy had pretty much no redeeming qualities to him. He was disinterested and often nasty to most people. Even after finding out that he messed up and turned down the girl he likes, his behaviour doesn't make up for the hours of mean behaviour. The female lead feels like a doormat and just let the dude walk all over her feelings and his behaviour was never addressed at all. Maybe I'm getting too old but I'm so tired of shows glorifying toxic characters.

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rework of Lin Yin's Live Scenary but in a little bit better way.

let me just say it's a good drama and the main reason why i watched is main actress who is my the most favourite actress in this year after Yang Zi and Bai Lu, she has a potential to do even more great dramas as a Lusy
i think noone would know which project will be successful,
I know that Lin Yin is just so innocent i don't feel insane gaze like ( lin ying ( amidst of snowstorm)) not even sexy like Cheng Zhuyan or Xu Kai
just waste of time and good way to kill boredom
for people like me it'll be just toy after seeing great works😅😂😂
( i knew I'm not good writer even though I've 7 from writing IELTS)
watching drama is joy of my life and now I'm learning both Chinese and Korean 😜😜💙💜

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Turns annoying very quickly

It started ok, but quickly turned into a stream of annoying events. The male lead is very manipulative and pushy for a big part of the show. First he tries to make his "online friend" fail in getting a guy and then when he finds out he knows her IRL he starts being very pushy and stalkery. The female lead starts relatively ok, i like her bossy attitude at times but then when it comes to male lead she just forgets how terrible he was and melts on sight. The game company setting could be interesting but its very simplified and feels mostly like somebody stitched together some ideas on what game company looks like, it was very distracting seeing all the nonsense that became part of it. Had to skip through most of the last 6 episodes. Honestly instead of 24 episodes 16-18 would have sufficed.

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SLOW COOKER ROMANCE!!!

I can say that I was a little fed up after watching this drama. This drama is cute and frustrating at the same time.... Like the male lead likes the online version of the female lead , while not liking the female lead in real life lol Then the female lead is googahgah over the male lead in real life. It's literally a game of mouse and cat chase, they literally missed each other by little bit each time and they always has misunderstanding/ miscommunication.

Male lead is a lead in a gaming company trying to produce a type of game called 3A ( not really sure what it stands for) Female lead works in the company on the opposite team as a designer/artist. She has a crush on the male lead, but the male lead doesnt have too good feelings for her. They both play this online shooting game. The male leads has a crush on the online female lead. For the longest time he didnt figure it out, up to when the female lead finally musters the courage to confess that she likes him. She gets rejected by the male lead.

The story then revolves around how the male lead is trying to make it uo to the female lead and trying to apologize .

Like so many miunderstanding and lack of communication... like the male lead suggested for the female lead to act very cutesy and lady like, but when it fact in real life he hates that type of girl. The male lead is literally stone cold and no response until he figures out the online person is the female lead, then her does everything to try to make it up to her... This is why they get together so late. They have good chemistry but way too little screen time romance. Their relationship literally slow cooks so it seems really real and convincing.

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Starts off good but gets Anticlimactic

I really enjoyed the first half of this drama. The love square of Qian Ling liking Gu Xun while he likes her online persona was excellent. I loved that he was inadvertently sabotaging their potential relationship by giving the online Qian Ling bad advice for pursuing her real-life crush, and thereby creating his own monster when her antics annoyed him. He was a bit harsh to her but I loved that he was making his own bed and when the karma hit him, it was glorious. But things started to drag as he attempted to win her forgiveness - too much PPL and not enough sincerity. The confession and kiss scenes were anticlimactic and the final few episodes felt rushed.

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started off really well but became flat way too fast

I don’t want to write a long review so I will just state the main points (just finished it, thought I found a gem but ended up wasting my time)

✅ lots of expectations at the beginning because it started off really well and the editing was great
✅ the female lead personality at the beginning was promising (real one, not the cutesy whatever that was)
✅ the video game immersion was interesting (I loved it in Love Scenery) at the beginning only
✅ second lead couple is cute
✅ I love Lin Yi’s acting usually (I have to put that here cause I ain’t got any other good point to state for the positive side)

❌ no chemistry between the leads
❌ no romance, completely missed the romcom part
❌ the editing after the first 6-7 episodes makes no sense, they make you expect something but completely ruin it and goes straight to the next day for some reason ?
❌ the female lead was okay at first but gradually becomes unbearable and very toxic, I was very disappointed about that because I related to her at the beginning
❌ the plot becomes super flat, anything and nothing happen it’s very blurry
❌ no time to actually care about anything
❌ editing, directing AND scriptwriting could have been much better, it got so bad towards the end that it was painful to watch
❌ just what the actual hell was the part with the parents meeting ???????? like, what ??? felt like a fever dream
❌ the ending was complete garbage to be honest, it was rushed and not satisfying at all

yeah so my final advice would be, if you are genuinely extremely bored, why not ? 🤓

but if you are looking for a really good drama with a great plot, good chemistry, satisfying editing and characters, and most of all, ACTUAL romantic scenes and relationship development

don’t waste your time 🤗

here are some recommendations to watch instead :
- Love Scenery (with Lin Yi but much MUCH better)
- Hidden Love (if you’ve been into drama for a while you probably already watch it)
- The Romance Of Tiger And Rose (my guilty pleasure, Zhao Lusi will entertain you all the way and the plot is innovative as well)
- Till The End Of The Moon (Luo Yunxi and Bailu’s chemistry is excellent and the overall plot got me on a chokehold all the way through)

thank you for reading this and have a great time watching dramas :)

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Beautiful story of slow romance

This drama catches my attention so much. When I started to watched, I thought it will be boring, long and with full of painful tears. But NOOO. This drama of 24 episodes was so fluid, so easy, so nice, with amazing emotional growth. Chinese drama really surprised me in positive way.
I recommend this drama to everyone, because 24 episodes will flow immediately and with nice Characters This story is getting really interesting plot. The funny thing is in this drama there is no real drama like in many drama we use to watch. There is no unnecessary tears there’s no fighting there’s no emotional breakdowns. It’s really smooth and it’s really adorable.

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Good rom-com with charming leads having strong chemistry

Overall, it's a nice, sweet rom-com, especially enjoyable when binge-watched. Zhou Ye and Lin Yi's strong chemistry was a pleasant surprise for me; I didn't expect it when I started the drama. Episodes 1-6 might not be everyone's cup of tea. Despite my dislike for the FL chasing ML storyline, having read the web novel, I enjoyed the initial parts, and Zhou Ye did a really good job. The series becomes really enjoyable from Episode 7 onwards. I appreciated that they didn't rush into the dating part; I dislike when dramas skip the buffer period and have the leads jump into each other's arms once any misunderstanding is resolved. That being said, I also enjoyed the pre-dating era because Lin Yi and Zhou Ye exude tension between GX and YQL perfectly. Their dating phase was sweet, intertwined with their work-related problems.

I didn't like that they omitted GX's parents' divorce and how it affected his life. It was a major part of the novel and kind of shaped his character.

They could've inserted more romantic scenes from Episodes 20-24. I liked the dynamics between YQL's parents and GX; it was so cute. However, Xin Yi and Junnan deserved more screen time; their scenes felt rushed and frustrating to watch. They could have removed the Feng RuRu subplot and dedicated that time to explore JJN's feelings about XY. Sorry, but the writing made me feel like my girl Xin Yi deserved better.

So even if it's not your perfect drama, it's a really easy watch, and you'll actually enjoy the characters because their only purpose in life is not just to fall in love! Such leads, especially FLs, are rarely found in the romantic Cdrama world.

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