Muneerah

I randomly started watching The First Frost after watching Hidden Love, without even realizing they were connected, so finding out that it was actually about Sang Yan, Duan Jiaxu’s brother, was such a nice surprise. I honestly had no idea going in, which made the connection even more special.

What I really loved about it was getting to see Sang Yan’s story from a completely different perspective. In Hidden Love, we mostly knew him through Sang Zhi’s eyes, and even though he had a pretty big presence in her story, there was still so much we didn’t know about him. The First Frost finally gives him his own story and lets us understand what was actually going on behind that confident, annoying, and slightly chaotic personality.

I’ll admit, Sang Yan annoyed me a little at the beginning. 😭 He could be immature, stubborn, and way too confident for his own good, and sometimes I genuinely wanted to tell him to calm down. But I really liked how his character developed throughout the drama. As the story went on, you could see the more vulnerable and responsible side of him. He slowly became more mature and emotionally aware, and I especially liked seeing how much he cared about the people around him even when he wasn't very good at expressing it.

I also loved that the drama didn't just rely on the connection to *Hidden Love*. It actually managed to stand on its own and tell Sang Yan's story while still giving us those little connections that made me appreciate the original drama even more.