Remembering Lichuan

The main girls are both from the countryside and are interpreters, and the main guy is a rich. There's also angst and illness. Remember Lichuan is definitely the superior drama imo.

The concept is similar where one the main leads has cancer.
The male lead (LiChuan) has cancer and he leaves the female lead (XiaoQi) thinking its the best thing for the her.

Em ambos os dramas o ML tem uma doença terminal e se afasta da FL para que não sofra. A relação de amor e cuidado para com ela se mostra comovente

They are similar in these ways:
- The leads relationship spans over years where they are together on and off
- They get together early on and their relationship remains a secret for the most part, with only the leads' best friends knowing
- No matter how many times they break up, they are not able to let each other go fully
- there is a clear physical yearning (dramas from 2012 didn't have these many kisses)
- Nobody tries to interfere in their relationship or pull them apart, the angst is very much present throughout due to their own interpersonal difficulties
- Both love each other but there is a moral perspective behind the ML's actions (was he good or bad) - there is a clear toxicity and ambiguity to their relationship
- Unequal power dynamic with ML being significantly richer than FL + being FL's boss
- FL goes from being a bright, cheerful young college student to a depressed, tired adult by the end of the drama
- ML uses his pet as an excuse to see her

They are different in these ways:
- ML has multiple illnesses that hamper his daily life
- ML is a lot nicer and leads communicate but because of his illness, he constantly pushes her away
- You can feel the love both of them have for each other
- FL doesn't have as much self-respect as in Early Spring; she keeps throwing herself at the ML and making herself available to him
- It is not as well shot, score sucks and acting isn't great as Early Spring
- the reasons for the angst are different
- it's not a happy ending

They're both about how the leads meet and fall in love but all of a sudden the male lead pushes them away. The male lead has a disease of a sort, and because of that they both push the female lead away, but in the end the female lead still finds out and comes back and fights to stay with the male lead.

Both are about unrequited love and reunions. Remembering Lichua is amazing I think even better. The male lead Geofrey Gao is so yummy. Read the novel of Remembering Lichuan first before watching the show. Hope english sub are available by the time you read this.

Both are about illness and love that transcending or defying possible and upcoming death. There are days when this type of love just make the world around you so much sharper.