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Never judge a book by its cover :) First impressions may be unreliable. My first impression about you is that you are a hater. But obviously, I may wrong

What we know for sure from the first trailer is that the cinematography, CGI, costumes, sets, osts are good, you can say this is truly a S+ drama and they spent money wisely. We had this year several examples of S+ dramas with a bad production. It isnt the case here, and this is good.

About the screenwriter: Mysterious Lotus Casebook, Love and Redemption - I guess these 2 should say a lot. TLI will be well written. If a script is good, the chances for drama to be a success are high
Directing: The Untamed. I really love it
About acting: ZLS is the FL. She chose the script, which means she was confident she could carry it. Zls delivered only hits in the past 2 years. I have no worries, TLI will be a hit, too

In the end, if you dont wanna watch it, then dont.

Actually it got tons of 1, HL had a score of 9.2 and they lower it. This happened after they rose the score for WIFTY, Reset and another 2 kdramas. Small ppl, when they cant rise their favs own dramas, use the other ones dramas. It's pathetic

she is popular and loved, indeed, but she has dramas rated under 9. Some of them under 8. So isnt that the reason for what HL's score is over 9.

1. Maoyan Professional Edition data

HiddenLove's popularity is 9748.46, becoming the most popular modern drama in the summer of 2023!
🏆Most popular urban drama in the summer
🏆Network drama popularity daily x7
🏆Drama series popularity weekly x2

I watched them both, finished them, but fell only for HL. In fact, it's just a matter of taste.

I respect your opinion, obviously. A polite change of impressions should not create such high pressure, I guess....in the end we all love dramas, that's why we are here.
The dramas above arent romcoms, are different genres. It's unfair to say a genre should be rated between 1-10 and another genre between 1-8 (for eg). I simply pointed the fact HL is very well done and it is one of the best for its drama genre

HL is very well done: very well written, directed, acting is very good, cinematography and osts are chef' kiss. This is why the rating is so high. In fact, it was even higher

Actually, it gets better and better till the end :)
For me is one of the best cdrama of this type. It is a pure love store, very faithful to romance genre, which doesnt dilute the story with unnecessary subplots
Maybe it is not your cup of tea.

He had no ill interest when he sent those gifts. At that time he considered her a junior, the younger sister of his best friend, the daughter of the family who helped him a lot when his mother died etc.
She discovered her feelings for him when she was 17 and wrote down about it. Because she thought he lied to her, she cut all ties for 2 years, when they accidentally met again
He has no love interest till she is 19. If he would know about her feelings, we wouldnt have those eps when he is jealous, fought to find out who's the guy she fell for is etc.
yes, he is protective and kind, but always a green flag.
You may like to read this review, the author clarifies everything for you if the drama itself couldnt
https://thefangirlverdict.com/2023/08/27/review-hidden-love-china/

but at least they moved on:)

production company: laoyou pictures
broadcast platform: youku
start of filming: end of october
filming duration: 130 days
some of the cast have been confirmed

https://twitter.com/wonwoncity/status/1695333544489570463

actually she didnt fell for him when she first met him. Only wished she had a kind big brother like him. She discovered she is in love at 17 , wrote down her thoughts and kept it secret.
This is a love story (5 years), faithful to pure romance genre. They didnt want to dilute the romance with unnecessary subplots. Sec char (her brother has his own novel and another drama First Frost).

you can believe whatever you want to. I really like and follow only ZLS for years and I havent to prove anything to anybody.
I have all her magazines and I am proud of that. She is my happy pill and whatever your intentions are, you cant shade this.
You are very aggressive and I dont like it, So that's why I will stop here.
Happy fangirling, whoever your fav is.

I cant care less about what paid accounts say.
I will always support ZLS and her dramas without saying anything bad about other actresses/actors. LYN had a very mature live where he told his fans he is the only one able to defend himself and protect his rights. They cant def him and going against the prod teams, streaming platforms or other actors is wrong and they make him a disservice.
I strongly believe ZLS is perfectly able to def herself if there will be the case, too. The only job fans have is to promote/hype her dramas, activities, buy the prod she endorses, magazines (if they like/want to)etc.
About you: you came here and brought a piece of the weibo's fanwars. International fans havent weibo accounts, and what is happening there should stay there. More, your sources are blogs, not official sources. Bloggers can say whatever they want/whatever they are paid to say, so 0 credibility.

"Sang Zhi & Duan Jiaxu share picture for Qixi Festival 🥺 also new reuters from fans 🫶"
https://twitter.com/risti_ic/status/1693853820055679166

- "Sang zhi’s weibo finally coming back alive on qixi festival 😭😭😭😭😭

“found an old photo 📸
I wish everyone a happy qixi festival~ going out now (it’s so sunny today!”
https://twitter.com/wonwoncity/status/1693849680575336749

- "Duan jiaxu’s weibo update 😭😭😭😭

“💜 the festivals that are being celebrated by other people, our zhi zhi need to celebrate them too”
https://twitter.com/wonwoncity/status/1693851682940370952

Actually this is the true story of the novel author, but with a happy end which her/his real relationship never had. About SZ, her char is more complex than you see her:
-14 years old: Sz was ill in her childhood , that's why she looks always fragile, thin, short for her age (her brother teased her about her look in the first eps, even said when she will be in her 30s she will look like she is 18). However, she is smart (enough to get bored at school), a lil demon with her brother (whom she believes is a bad dog) and with her male collegue, kind with her parents. She first meets his brother's friend, she admires him for his looking, but coz he helped her when her brother didnt, she wishes a big brother like him
-17 years old: Sz is cute and spoiled at home, the same lil daemon with her brother, nice with her best friend (from school) distant and cold with the collegue who likes her. Sz is very shy with DJX , she acts like a girl who is between childhood and youth, when her body and feeling are blooming and she has her first crush. She discovers herself and her feelings for the ML. Of course she is cute, all those little gestures, the red envelope for the New year she put in his pocket, the money she left for her dessert, the way she wanted to help him pay his debts, her dreams, everything shows she cares. This girl has the strength to give up her first love and cut all the ties with the man she fell for coz she believed he lied to her. She shaw the same strength when her best friend betrays her.
-19 years old- she goes to that uni coz it has the best degree program for her specialisation with no intention to meet the ML. She hasnt talked with DJX for 2 years. This is the age when she falls in love with her first crush. She is caring, protective (restaurant scene) with the man she loves, mature when she has that convo with her parents about her relation, cute and friendly with her friends, serious and hardworking at her job. He gets strength from her when he is down, she is his family, she makes from his house his home
-22 years old: she finished uni, his business its on its role, he proposed and she accepts.
This is the story of a girl and her first love: "my story begins when he was 22 and it ends when I was 22) It's not about other persons, and this is one of the many things I love at this drama. All the other chars gravitate around their story, they are presented to us due to the relationships they have with the heroine, not coz of their own story. Its a nice love story, about a full five years. "I healed the wounds of his youth, he fulfilled my young first love. Our story. From his twenty-two years old by the end of my twenty-two years"

Actually this is the true story of the novel author, but with a happy end which her/his real relationship never had. About SZ, her char is more complex than you see her:
-14 years old: Sz was ill in her childhood , that's why she looks always fragile, thin, short for her age (her brother teased her about her look in the first eps, even said when she will be in her 30s she will look like she is 18). However, she is smart (enough to get bored at school), a lil demon with her brother (whom she believes is a bad dog) and with her male collegue, kind with her parents. She first meets his brother's friend, she admires him for his looking, but coz he helped her when her brother didnt, she wishes a big brother like him
-17 years old: Sz is cute and spoiled at home, the same lil deamon with his brother, nice with her best friend (from school) distant and cold with the collegue who likes her. Sz is very shy with DJX , she acts like a girl who is between childhood and youth, when her body and feeling are blooming and she has her first crush. She discovers herself and her feelings for the ML. Of course she is cute, all those little gestures, the red envelope for the New year she put in his pocket, the money she let for her dessert, the way she wants to help him pay his debts, her dreams, everything shows she cares. This girl has the strength to give up her first love and cut all the ties with the man she fell for coz she believed he lied to her. She shaw the same strength when her best friend betrays her.
-19 years old- she goes to that uni coz it has the best degree program for her specialisation with no intention to meet the ML. She hasnt talked with DJX for 2 years. This is the age when she falls in love with her first crush. She is caring, protective (restaurant scene) with the man she loves, mature when she has that convo with her parents about her relation, cute and friendly with her friends, serious and hardworking at her job. He gets strength from her when he is down, she is his family, she makes from his house his home
-22 years old: she finished uni, his business its on its role, he proposed and she accepts.
This is the story of a girl and her first love: "my story begins when he was 22 and it ends when I was 22) It's not about other persons, and this is one of the many things I love at this drama. All the other chars gravitate around their story, they are presented to us due to the relationships they have with the heroine, not coz of their own story. Its a nice love story, about a full five years. "I healed the wounds of his youth, he fulfilled my young first love. Our story. From his twenty-two years old by the end of my twenty-two years"

She really isnt sad :)

please delete this post. If you really were ZLS fan, you wouldnt ever post something like this

This is a female centric drama, ZLS is the first billing. As far I know, they need 3 ML, not only 1, they should be second billing. If they have already 1, or 2, doesnt mean they have them all. We dont know even if all those rumored MLs received the script. There is no reason to not want to be co-player in a drama with Lusi. All her dramas paid back more than the investments. LLTG is best seller for Tencent, WRTW is first on Netflix China in the last 2 years and single chinese drama with more than 3000 points on netflix (overseas), HL comes from behind with nice achievements. Hutong was aired this year at a national chanel again and Gen Z wasn't bad at all. Haters can say anything, but the rest of ppl needs to think more before comment. Just dont buy everything melon accounts post.