Deep Affection Eyes

Where Passion meets Scars

A quietly intense romance that lingers on in your mind. Deep Affectionate Eyes explores emotional wounds and the complicated beauty of healing. The story centers on an older, emotionally wounded female lead who, despite her own past, boldly initiates a connection with a younger man equally weighed down by his own traumas. Their chemistry is magnetic, with a slow-burning sensuality that unfolds as both characters seek therapy and confront the ghosts of their pasts. It’s not just a love story—it’s a delicate, grown-up exploration of vulnerability, desire, and emotional rebirth.
As for rewatch value: the kisses alone can bring one back to it forever but the dialogues are well written and one can enjoy a small new detail with every rewatch.
Final verdict: one of the best shows of 2025

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Started Strong, but Lost Its Charm

I started watching “Deep Affection Eyes” because the trailer really caught my attention, but the actual storyline turned out to be a bit dull. I usually enjoy dramas where the main protagonist is cold and distant. It gives the story some edge. At first, it seemed like that was the case, but his personality softened too quickly, and from then on, it became rather boring.

To be honest, I found the relationship development between the side characters much more interesting than the main couple. Overall, it had potential, but it didn’t live up to what the trailer promised.

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Deep Affection Eyes ?? — Sweet romance with a molasses-slow start ?

A very touching story… and a slow burn — emphasis on slow 🐢🔥. There were moments I had to fight the urge to either walk away 🚶‍♀️ or hit the fast-forward button ⏩… yet somehow I could not look away because I did not want to miss a single scene.

The ML? Loved him ❤️. His little bursts of jealousy were adorable 🥒💚 (yes, green-eyed vibes). The FL… not my favourite at first 😅, but she bloomed beautifully 🌸 as the story went on. She was never angry at his antics , just that calm, disappointed “you could have told me your pain” look 😔. But she got over it quicker than my Wi-Fi reconnects 📶.

At one point they said “let’s separate” or “divorce” 💔… but nope, it never happened. The ML never misunderstood her, so there was no real break up , just a few sad glances and we moved on.

The pacing started like molasses 🍯 but eventually picked up enough to hook me. My only gripe? The villains got off way too easy 😤… even the mother. Where were the karmic lightning bolts? ⚡ Justice was served lukewarm at best.

The ending was satisfying… but felt a little detached 🪁. Then again, life is not always fireworks 🎆 sometimes it is just quiet reality.

On the brighter side 🌞 — the grandmas were pure gold 🏆, and little Jia Yua? Absolute scene-stealer 👶🦉. An old soul in a tiny body, dishing out wisdom like a mini monk.

Would I watch again? Maybe… but only with snacks ready 🍿 and a finger hovering over the skip button.

I would give Deep Affection Eyes a 7/10 ⭐.

✨ Points gained for touching romance, adorable ML jealousy, blooming FL, wise-beyond-his-years kid, and lovable grandmas.
💔 Points lost for snail-paced start, villains walking away too easily, and an ending that felt a bit emotionally distant.

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When Two Mature Hearts Choose Each Other — Passion meets Scars

Deep Affectionate Eyes is one of those rare modern dramas that feels ordinary yet deeply comforting and that’s exactly why it works. It doesn’t rely on dramatic twists, villain plots, or exaggerated angst. Instead, it gives us two mature leads, realistic emotions, soft misunderstandings, funny reconciliations, and a love story that grows because the characters choose each other again and again.

🔥 Chemistry That Carries the Entire Show

The chemistry between the leads is undeniably electrifying. Nothing feels forced. They flirt naturally, fight stupidly, reconcile adorably, and genuinely act like two real adults trying to make a relationship work.

Their emotional maturity is refreshing they don’t break up over small arguments. Instead, they look for solutions, cool down, and come back with understanding.


🍃 First Half — Cute, Cringey, Chaotic

Push and pull.
Misunderstandings.
Stupid fights.
Stupidly adorable reconciliations.

You won’t be impressed by the plot here, but you’ll smile a LOT watching them fumble through love like real people do.

❤️ Second Half — The Heart of the Story

The real emotional depth comes later:
Layers of past trauma
Mature communication
Quiet support
Realistic partnership
This is where their relationship shines strongest.

The supportive families especially the aunts, grandma, and the child actor add warmth and heart to the series.

💔 The Second Couple

Loved them.
Waited for them.
Still waiting...

It’s frustrating how drama norms treat divorced women differently. Men can move on freely, but divorced women have to “think carefully.” The arc was sweet and emotionally grounded.

✨ Why It’s Worth Watching

Electrifying lead chemistry
Mature romance with real-life problems
Natural fights & funny reconciliations
Heartwarming family dynamics
Well-layered storytelling
A male lead who protects without controlling
A female lead who loves patiently and understands deeply
This drama never tries too hard — and that’s the magic.

📌 Final Verdict

“Deep Affectionate Eyes” is not a drama filled with grand gestures it’s filled with real ones.
If you want a warm, mature, soft romance with addictive chemistry and heartfelt moments, this is absolutely worth watching.

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Deep Affectionate Eyes: Love After Grief

🔹 Can love help heal wounds that time alone cannot?
🔹 Would I rewatch? Yes
✨ What happens when two people scarred by the past find comfort in each other’s quiet moments?

📕 Overview
🔹 26 episodes, Chinese romance
🔹 Adapted from the novel Shen Qing Yan by Er Dong Tu Zi
🔹 Zhang Yuxi as Ye Meng: a woman who comes home after her career falls apart
🔹 Bi Wenjun as Li Jinyu: a man carrying pain from the past
🔹 The story begins when they meet in a small town and slowly bring comfort to each other
🔹 At the time of this review, all episodes have aired

🌸 How It Felt Watching
🔹 The pace is gentle and focuses more on feelings than on big twists
🔹 Simple moments like talking, sharing, and inner thoughts built their bond naturally
🔹 For me, it felt tender and warm, even when secrets began to surface

✨ Cast & Performances
🔹 Zhang Yuxi as Ye Meng: strong yet vulnerable, easy to connect with right away
🔹 Bi Wenjun as Li Jinyu: quiet depth, his pain visible in the smallest looks
🔹 Their chemistry grows slowly and naturally, which fits the story
🔹 The supporting cast added meaningful touches while keeping the focus on the leads

🎵 OST 🎵
🔹 “Love That Cannot Be Hidden” by Lu Zhuo
🔹 “Red Goldfish” by Zhang Yuxi
🔹 “Black Goldfish” by Bi Wenjun
🔹 “Go Around in Circles” by Liu Lian
🔹 “Crazy Love” by Chen Jingfei
🔹 “Lake” by Yang Xizi
🔹 “Queen” by Cacien & Zhang Xiao An
🔹 “You” by Xia Heng

🎞️ Production Style
🔹 The town setting felt real, like a place you could visit
🔹 Costumes suited each character naturally
🔹 The camera showed both closeness and distance, reflecting their emotions

☕ Tea Notes
🔹 I gave this drama 10/10 because it touched me deeply
🔹 It showed how love and patience can heal, even when life leaves scars
🔹 Would I rewatch? Yes
☕ SpillTheDramaTea’s Rating: 10/10 — a perfect cup, I would pour it again anytime

✏️ As SpillTheDramaTea, this one felt like tea brewed just right, calm, rich, and comforting. It stayed with me long after the final scene

💭 Which moment made you feel the bond between Ye Meng and Li Jinyu most strongly?

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A Tender Dance Between Desire and Restraint

A Delicate Study of Gaze, Memory, and the Weight of Unspoken Love: Deep Affection Eyes (深情眼)

Overall Rating: 10/10
Genres: Romance, Melodrama, Psychological, Slice of Life
Themes: Longing, Restraint, Healing, Mutual-but-restrained affection, Emotional realism

📝 Story — 10/10
This isn’t a drama about grand confessions or sweeping gestures. Deep Affection Eyes is about the quiet persistence of feeling — how love can exist not in words, but in the space between them.
It’s a slow unraveling, a study of what happens when connection is sustained through memory, small encounters, and subtle gestures. Every scene breathes; the pauses are intentional, the silences weighted. The story refuses to rush. It lingers, like an unsent letter you keep rereading in your mind.

Beneath the stillness is a push-and-pull rhythm: she reaches for him, he steps back — not from indifference, but from a fear that closeness might hurt her. His restraint is both care and self-imposed limitation, a way of loving while protecting her from the parts of himself that could bring pain.

It’s about how we look at the people we cannot fully have, and how those looks become entire conversations.

🎭 Acting/Cast — 10/10
The leads deliver performances that are almost too intimate to watch. The male lead’s restrained presence carries a quiet gravity — he doesn’t show love, he contains it. Every glance feels like a confession he’ll never voice, yet also a boundary he cannot cross. The female lead meets him with a gaze that’s equal parts tenderness and determination, pushing gently against his restraint while respecting the care within it.

Their chemistry is not explosive — it’s steady, aching, inevitable. The kind that leaves you staring at the screen long after the scene has cut away, wondering what it must be like to live with so much unspoken truth.

Even the supporting cast plays in the same emotional register, each carrying their own hidden ache. No one feels like set dressing — they are part of the quiet chorus that underscores the leads’ delicate dance of advance and retreat.

🎵 Music — 9/10
Minimalistic yet perfectly timed, the OST is woven into the narrative with surgical precision. The score doesn’t just accompany the emotions — it amplifies them. Soft, lingering themes bloom in moments of stolen glances and barely contained tension, while more dramatic motifs rise seamlessly during the rare kisses or emotionally charged confrontations, making them land with twice the impact. In scenes charged with unspoken desire, the music hums like a pulse under the surface, heightening intimacy without ever feeling intrusive.

🔁 Rewatch Value — 10/10
The first viewing is for the story. The second is for the details — the subtle shifts in expression, the hesitation before a touch, the way one character’s breath changes in the presence of another. The drama only grows more potent once you know where it’s heading.

💬 Overall — 10/10
This is not a drama for those who want instant gratification. It’s for those who understand that love, in its quietest form, can be both a refuge and a prison. Deep Affection Eyes doesn’t shout to be heard — it waits for you to listen. And once you do, it stays with you.

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Atypical Romance with Intrigue

I had my doubts going into this drama because I am not a fan of the FL. However, this is the first drama that I have seen with her that I enjoyed. This was a good role for her and she did a very good job portraying this FL.

I had only seen the ML in one other drama, but it was his performance that kept me coming back. His eyes truly are deep and affectionate. That was evident in every scene, even when he tried to portray himself as a person of questionable character.

Every role in this drama was cast perfectly and all characters, regardless of their roles personality added depth, humor, empathy and the full range of emotions. I will say that I don’t know if I’ll be able to watch a drama with the ML’s mother in it for a long time, as just seeing her face had me angry with her in every appearance she made in the story.

The childhood friends, the grandmothers and the biggest surprise of all was the ML’s little sister. Let’s just say that her singing debut was definitely not what I expected 😂

The storyline was good. A little weird in places - like the FL’s former boss who kept pursuing her even when he knew she was married, but didn’t believe it because he had convinced himself that he was perfect. Narcicist doesn’t even begin to describe how much this guy admired his self.

I have to admit, the 2nd ML was annoyingly endearing because he was just a tender hearted oaf who clung too much to his image of being a gangster. I loved the interaction between him and the 2FL’s son.

Tge story has a lot of twists and turns and the screenwriter did a great job of leading your mind down one path only to find out our assumptions were wrong. I showed the corruption and coverups of serious crime, revealed the dangers of holding others, especially children, for things beyond their control - and even more so was that revenge and anger have terrible side affects on you and those you love.

The ending was a bit of a letdown, and this is my only complaint about the drama. The wedding was just the 1ML and 1FL, with no guests, flowers or any of the pomp and circumstance of most cdrama marriages and felt more like it was filmed in a giant walk-in closet with less than ideal lighting. I really wish that screenwriters and directors realize how a mediocre or poorly planned ending can be a big detractor of a dramas ratings.

Sorry for the side trip!

All in all I think this was a good watch and tugged on all your emotions and pulled you in to the story at the beginning.

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Good chemistry of main roles

What i experienced from watching this drama is, the first 8 episode, the plot is fast, you won't wait for 20 episode for watching CP in relationship. But after that feels a little bit boring which means, it just showed their "okay" love relationship and nothing like thrilling or meaning scenes. But in 12-ish (forgot) the problem start rising and it became fun again to watch. The plus point that i notice in this show is the camera work when it shows some scene, and how FL and ML chemistry in the show after in relationship
Oh! But i really couldn't understand when the CP hurrily want to get married, like it such an impulsive act and you cannot do this irl:)

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I Rarely Finish Modern C-Dramas… But This One Hooked Me Till the End

I just finished watching Deep Affection Eyes. Honestly, I started this drama without any expectations—it popped up on my TikTok FYP, showing the scene where Li Jinyu entered the office on his first day to take over his shares in Hanhai Group. Since I’ve been watching a lot of Wuxia and Xianxia dramas, I wanted something modern for a change. I rarely get fully invested in modern C-dramas because I usually stop halfway, or after the main couple finally gets together. But this drama turned out to be one of the best I’ve seen—it’s full of emotions: funny, sweet, romantic, heartbreaking… everything.

I really enjoyed the early episodes when Ye Meng was trying to win over Li Jinyu. Even though they fought after getting married, their marriage scene itself was quite unique—they just casually went to the bureau to register, and that was it! I also appreciate that their arguments didn’t drag on for too long. At first, I was frustrated about why Li Jinyu didn’t tell Ye Meng the truth earlier. But then again, I don’t think Ye Meng would have accepted his explanation right away anyway, so it made sense for him to wait until the right time.

One of my favorite moments was when they reconciled at the race track. I also loved both of their families—so supportive and heartwarming. Li Jinyu’s grandmother was hilarious, and the three musketeers were also really funny. I liked how Li Jinyu and Ye Meng were already married before going to Jiangbai, but had to hide their relationship for safety reasons.

Another hilarious part was when Tai Mingxiao discovered something was going on between Ye Meng and Li Jinyu through a hidden camera Gou Kai set up for his proposal—not realizing Ye Meng was already married! That scene cracked me up so much I laughed for almost two episodes straight. And when Gou Kai mistakenly thought Cheng Kairan was Ye Meng’s husband? Absolutely priceless.

Honestly, I loved all the characters in this drama. Even the villain didn’t leave much of an impression compared to how much I adored the main and supporting cast. Ye Meng’s best friend Fang Ya’en was stunning, and her son was not only adorable but also incredibly smart and understanding of his mom.

The wedding of Ye Meng and Li Jinyu was also memorable. They decided to hold it before Li Jinyu’s grandmother’s surgery, and I loved how they did both traditional and modern versions. It felt meaningful and beautiful.

If I had one complaint, it’s that the ending felt a little rushed. I wish they had shown more of Li Jinyu and Ye Meng’s life after having a baby, or the improvement in Li Jinyu’s relationship with his younger brother. Still, I honestly didn’t mind the villains because everything else—the main couple, their families, the grandmother, the cousin, Cheng Kairan, Fang Ya’en—was more than enough to complete the story for me.

I loved the cinematography, the chemistry between the leads, and the emotional balance throughout. I started this drama without expectations, and ended it with so much satisfaction. Loved it. ❤️

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It lacked the essence of storytelling without Realising it in the midst of excellent cinimatography.

Chinese dramas can be so blah and lacking sometimes. Not always but sometimes and this is one such instance! like 10 episodes in and still I don't know and I don't care, and I do not care enough to know and i still do not get where they are heading, cos it is taking forever to head anywhere! There was no central conflict that was strong enough from the start to keep you going. Like it is just so blaze and empty feeling you may as well not be watching anything and feel the same. The kisses are good but not enough to save the blahness of it all. There was literally one funny part (for me) and that was it lol. I thought cdramas had begun to overcome this issue of lacking something crucial but alas. The characters (FLs especially) also always have a type of non-dynamic way of being and as a result they are sort of one way, one look, one face, one emotion, one vibe way of acting. Not up for a rewatch though it is all modern and chique. I managed love ambition but that was saved by the fact that Zhao Lusi ate. She played a more dynamic character than usual. It also had a central and clear moral conflict that we had to watch the FL work through episode by episode. It reminded me of the best albeit old family kdrama Seoyoung my daughter where she lies to get married and then has to go through the process of losing it all and finding redemption. From the start we can see the trouble in the horizon and are just waiting to see it all crash. This one just had a pile of characters nobody cares about and even the FL and ML are not intriguing enough for the audience to be truly invested or really interested in their plight. It lacks in essence which kdramas tend to get right from episode 1. Dramas are never about about cinematography, wardrobe, beautiful faces but first and foremost is about the drama and essence captured through already excellent story telling. The other things then complement it. I have a whole rant for jdramas too but let's leave it here lol

I wonder if I am the only one that has noticed this issue. I just had to rant at this point.

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