@Tuchen
As ex Jinger I liked YSQ at the beginning and I think DW portrayal then was good and fit the gentleness and kindness of the character well. My problem with him started when he went back being TSJ, who for all appearance and character description should be a smart and savy businessman. The drama TSJ fell short here and the character becoming contradictory in my eyes, because IMHO a succesful businessman should be at least a bit cunning/ruthless too, otherwise how can he stay on top of the game. But TSJ comes off as too trusting (bordering stupid)🤦♀️I better stop here, before I rant uncontrollably about TSJ and his ‚healthy‘ relationship with XY 🙈.
I agree that he’s acting is not on par with the others, maybe that‘s why his character charms deteriorating for me as soon as the character becoming contradictory as the series goes on because he failed to show the more complicated side of TSJ or it‘s the fault of the script, which failed to flesh him out better🤷♀️. I read the novel only the XL parts 😉. It’s enough to be tortured watching Xy-TSJ sweet moments in the drama, I don’t need to torture myself by reading about it too. To be fair he‘s a new actor right and only active for like 2 years. So I‘m cutting him some slack too.
And lastly if I learnt anything from my AoL time, chemistry is a weird thing. Some get it some not at all. It’s not only the chemistry between the actor and actress but also with us, the audience. I don‘t begrudge Deng Wei‘s luck in gaining new fans, His fans may be feeling what we feeling for XL, so each to his own. But I still happy knowing that TJC gained more fans 😈🤪.