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I came on the page to post this exact comment! I think it's pretty much confirmed as Bai Lu and Cheng Lei at this point (since no one has been rumored as the ML since Cheng Lei), just waiting for the official announcement.

Side note: 100 chapters in and I'm pleasantly surprised we already have two kiss scenes. I was thinking I wouldn't get one for a long time. I'm really hoping they adapt the novel well but with a 1000 chapters, I'm thinking about how that will fit into a 40 episode drama (unless they do a part 1 and 2 like some other dramas which may help).

I started reading the novel a while back and the first few chapters were already sooo good!! It might take me a while to finish with how long it is but I love long novels. The leads suit Bai Lu and Cheng Lei perfectly! Can't wait until the official announcement of the cast.

I didn't follow the reuters for Only For Love back then but if I go off the dates, the episode for OFL came out just before the drama ended. It's a bit sad we won't get a hi6 episode, I was actually hoping Keep Running would be airing around this time to promote there since I loved the previous episode they were in but the timing didn't work out.

The promotion was terrible! I also feel like only the cast has been doing all the promoting, praying we get ARP's promise and a MM variety show to make up for it.

Me too, I'm not sure if there's a possibility of them shooting for Hi6 after MM ends?

Same! I'm hoping we hit 10k before it finishes, we came really really close to 9.5k at one point. Would love to see Ao Ruipeng fulfil his promise and I'm not sure if we are getting a variety show like they did for SOKP (I really want one).

Me too!! I'm not sure if the variety show will still be going ahead as I haven't heard anything about it recently but I saw somewhere that if it passes 2 million reservations, they were planning to do it for MM (not too sure though). Since it will be coming out Q1 2025, they might do it next year?

I also really what one for LJX but don't know if they are thinking about a potential variety show.

SOKP actually cured my dislike for historical dramas!

I've been watching dramas for about 10 years now and I've never ever liked historical dramas, with the exception being republican dramas and Story of Yanxi Palace. When I watched SOKP as it was airing, I really loved it.

When the drama finished airing, I now actively go on a search for new historical dramas to watch (which has never happened before). That's how much I ended up loving this drama!! The cast did such an amazing job and I'll definitely be rewatching this many times.

I'm so glad to see that everyone is still watching and commenting about this, just goes to show what a timeless and memorable series this is!

Even though it was a sad ending, I'm thinking it might be open to season 2?

YESS!! Everytime I see him on screen with those eye expressions, I'm still amazed he can do it so flawlessly to the point you know exactly what each little expression conveys 👏👏👏

I'm actually soo sad this is only going to be 8 episodes, especially because of HOW GOOD IT IS!!
I'm a sucker for these types of stories and while I know this setup helps with not dragging out the story, I still want more of this couple 😭😭

The livestream subbed: https://youtu.be/83PhQXS3vDI?si=hOtO23krTQdi_OSh

I definitely agree, I remember reading the novel for Only for Love and loving it but they changed a lot of things in the drama and it wasn't great at all.

Also very excited for Northwards too! The recent trailer was amazing and I also love stories set in the 2000s so I have very high hopes for this. I really want to see Bai Lu in more realistic roles in the next coming years instead of her usual idol dramas. Praying she also does a republican drama again soon since her last one was AMA.

The most recent one was roughly translated here: https://youtu.be/m6AfvqAsA7k?si=7ifb5FWZrF3yVK10

First seeing their chemistry on keep running and now on the iqiyi livestream, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DRAMA AND VARIETY SHOW!!

The new trailer looks sooooo good!! Now I can't wait for August to come 😭😭

THE CHEMISTRY AT THE LIVESTREAM!! 🔥🔥

https://youtu.be/SMTHS2135Ao?si=O626XsalODgzjdHV

I'm not sure how it is portrayed in the novel but to me it seemed like Zhou Yu never harboured any romantic feelings towards Yan Ci, her feelings for him seemed to be purely that of childhood friends.

While I am surprised she ended up with Cheng Yu Zhou as I thought he was the SML, I think it makes perfect sense (and realistic) due to their interactions from the start.

Is the novel also worth reading for those who have read it?

Park Sung Hoon mentioned how he would like to play good guy roles or comedy roles.
Thinking about it, I would love to see him in a Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha style role or a feel good romantic comedy as the lead. Thinking about it makes me excited!

Park Sung Hoon mentioned how he would like to play good guy roles or comedy roles.
Thinking about it, I would love to see him in a Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha style role or a feel good romantic comedy as the lead. Thinking about it makes me excited!

I actually thought he was playing a good guy here since I didn't watch any trailers but realised later he wasn't.