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Hi, just to add to the prior comment, they uploaded two albums on Apple Music— one for the OSTs alone while another one for the background music. You might be interested to check that out. It’s rare for productions to also release the BG music so I really am grateful for this crew 🥹

The comment section is exactly why older K-drama fans have been camping in C-dramaland. Newer K-drama fans are just so impatient, always demanding to keep the show shorter or declares that certain scenes are just fillers. This kind of behavior pressures the production to only show the spine of the drama that it loses essential flavors as to why some people watch dramas in the first place— the feeling of connecting with the characters beyond their main purpose in the show, the rawness of the scenes, dynamic dialogue, and just a peek of a character’s daily life. These have been labeled as unnecessary and fillers so K-drama screenwriters just tend to write in a linear way now. Meanwhile, C-drama screenwriters are acing the dynamic writing game. Viewers can’t help but get connected more with the characters as we see more of them beyond their character description. How I wish K-dramas return to this style. Every project now seems rushed with no personal touch. Like K-drama productions are just machines with a deadline.

***Xu Ruohan

I love him so much in THE BEST THING.
He had the best on and off- screen chemistry with Cu Ruohan. They acted so naturally. Their lovey dovey scenes didn’t look awkward or cringe.
Just two people deeply in love. Makes you root for their happiness even more.

I kept wondering why THE BEST THING had an amazing cinematography. Every scene felt like a perfectly drawn portrait from an artist’s sketchbook.

I realized Director Randy Che has been working in cinematography for years even before becoming a director. His portfolio is quite too long. And that really showed in this drama. Such aesthetically pleasing and comforting show.

I would like to correct myself when I said that this was slowburn ‘cause it wasn’t at all. This drama showed how they organically fell in love and that made the pacing more sensible.Watching THE BEST THING healed several parts of me that I didn’t know needed healing. I will always recommend this to friends and people who just need comfort and reminder that we all deserve to love ourselves and be loved and cared for.

I just read that from several comments across social media platforms talking about THE BEST THING but I haven’t really found a credible article about this. So please take it with a grain of salt.

I think it wasn’t really about having a son that Xi Fan and her besties were troubled about. It’s more about him not letting her know when it’s supposedly an integral part of his life.

Although being with a divorcee with a child might also complicate things further for Xi Fan in the future if in case she’d push through with the relationship considering how her parents just want the best for her. Giving away your child to someone with a bit of baggage isn’t really ideal especially for a traditional family like theirs.

Thank you for this! I’ve been really curious about this hotel. Might want to check when I hopefully get to visit Hanzhou

i know this comment is late but it might help others. This drama is available in iQIYi

Sadly, I read that that Doctor is the author’s story. This story was adapted from a novel and it was mentioned that she was like her who fell in love
with someone who was happily in love with someone else.

I feel like ZLH can show his acting skills
more in modern dramas.
And perhaps, it also helped that his method for this drama was to fall in love in and out of cam (he kinda explained it in a certain variety show when asked how he was able to film all those kissing scenes with the FL).
Had it been a costume drama, he would have limited himself based on the script.

Also, I feel like the mix of everything good about this drama brought out his happy aura more to the screen, it’s more palpable making him more appealing and handsome.
The BTS showed that the filming was fun, the filming crew and staff were basically shippers and just following along to the adlibs that ZLH would suggest, plus the leads kept on bickering. It seems that ZLH also enjoyed teasing Rouhan.
That kind of filming atmosphere just really brings out someone’s potential more.

As a medical professional, what I love about this show is how it advocates that TCM and Western medicine should go hand in hand, that the patient’s well-being should be the priority.
I also like how the ML’s research centers on the palliative care for patients through TCM.
This just hit the right spot for me.

Just like how they explained it to Professor Yu, it’s their own family’s way of expressing affection. The Dad is an English teacher who had to teach kids about properly addressing people the Western way so they might have made fun of it and applied it to their own family.
It’s not cultural although I noticed that healthy Chinese families have their own family traditions, being so creative considering that they are relatively small in numbers. usually just one or 2 kids. trying to
express affection more.

Reading comments like this makes me in awe of how many ignorant people still like spewing nonsense online. The internet has a lot of materials for you to check to educate yourself and yet you chose to comment first about the ML being a quack instead of researching.

Apparently that was the author’s story. She liked someone like Dr. He Suye who was happily in love with somebody else.

hi, not to antagonize you but I was shocked to
read about you saying that the FL cannot cry with tears.
She perfectly cried in every crying scene and there were a lot of tears, most even dramatically cascading from her eyes. Did you perhaps not watch it in Dolby 4K quality? we have that option in iQIYI and everything was clear and noticeable. Makes you appreciate the cinematography even more.

Deliberately watched this to finally get to know Zhang Ling He but boy, oh, boy, I wasn’t prepared for his visual! His face card is serving every second he’s on cam.

I find the 9 year gap understandable though. Some of us do not with to return home if it’s not to stay there forever.
Visiting is hard and painful for some who truly wish to go home permanently.

This was the case for Ziqiu. And overtime we found out that apart from his ego, the financial aspect was also holding him back considering that he was no longer receiving support from his bio dad.

As for Ling Xiao, while he has the access to money, his guilt for leaving Little Orange with their Mom eats him up all the time that he no longer attempted to
return until she’s mature enough to deal with her.

THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.

I understand there were so many scenes that evoked discomfort but I still would like to give this show a 10 for being able to introduce as many conflict as possible mimicking the realities of found families— why they are the way they are, the effects of unresolved trauma to a child, consequences of poor decisions, etc.

Yes, they all needed therapy; yes, the 9-year gap was uncomfortable, but any average Asian household can relate. Not everyone has access to therapies especially if the persons involved are in denial, and that not everyone can afford to travel leisurely. Some are just getting by though there are some who may be able to afford it but are just waiting for the other party to return whenever they are truly ready.

This show was so relatable and comforting that I can’t help but recommend it to anyone who needs to heal a part of them vicariously through the characters.