Not sure which Zeng Hui and Han Yu Tong drama this is but unfortunately it's not Prince of Beijing Circle (despite what the caption on the YT video says).
No, I don't think the love triangle was the major storyline (the ML & SML for the most part did not intersect at all in the first novel) and the FL had completely given up on the college crush when she left college but the novel hinted that the college crush had not given up on the FL.
However, since Gu Man had made it clear at the end of the first novel (well over 10 years ago) that a second novel was forthcoming, there was always the potential that the college crush might be end game (those first loves are always tricky). I had read that the reason Gu Man took so long to write the second novel was that she struggled with how to end the story and was ok with who the the FL was with at the end of the first novel.
I love Gu Man's novels! Hopefully this drama will be a good. We had to wait about 10 years for the second novel to get written in order to get the conclusion of the love triangle.
hmmm - wonder if the other versions are as bad (and incomplete) as this one? 3 hours and 22 minutes and the storylines/romance were just left hanging. Really surprised at it's high rating... And what was up with all of the fake kisses...
Link w/subs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aua8BJtwVAchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcuLFF2YkV4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0q2AYGMzohttps://rumble.com/v6x17li-wang-hao-zhen-yu-jia-linbeauty-stand-in.html*Feel…
You're the Best! Thanks for all of your efforts in helping with our vertical drama addiction!
Link w/subs:https://rumble.com/v6w0f9e-beneath-the-ministers-mask.html?e9s=src_v1_cbl%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a https://www.dailymotion.com/search/beneath%20the%20minister's%20mask/top-results*Feel…
Does anyone knows if the novel this drama is based on is available in English? Be well :)
The attached is the novel in Chinese - you can use Google Translate to convert each page to English as you read - pronouns are usually messed up but I have found that google translated novels to be for the most part very readable. https://www.52shuku.net/yanqing/10_b/bkaHM.html
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1960218147897213
However, since Gu Man had made it clear at the end of the first novel (well over 10 years ago) that a second novel was forthcoming, there was always the potential that the college crush might be end game (those first loves are always tricky). I had read that the reason Gu Man took so long to write the second novel was that she struggled with how to end the story and was ok with who the the FL was with at the end of the first novel.
And what was up with all of the fake kisses...
https://kisskh.at/799666-ta-hao-ye
2. The Law of Favoritism - Lu Huan Yu & Yao Yu Chen
https://kisskh.at/799818-pian-chong-fa-ze
3. The Love Game of White-Cut Black Brother - Liu Yi Long x Gao Man'er
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpQEDFxB8ws
4. Her Eyes Are Like the Sea - Wen Liang x Liu Jia Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvHqIN6sdm8
5. Sister, I'm Super Easy to Coax - Feng Zi Zhou x Zhou Jia Yi
https://www.reddit.com/r/DramaRush/comments/1oe19py/true_love_sister_im_super_easy_to_coax_sister_im/
I haven't found subbed versions of the below
6. Our Unspoken Understanding - Zhang Yu Lin x Yin Yue
7. Late Bloom - Yan Gan x Ai Jiang Shan
8. Thorns Under the Cheongsam - Qiu Zhe Fu x An XiaoJie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBjcCuhRZtY (no subs)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9u3h5o
https://www.52shuku.net/yanqing/10_b/bkaHM.html
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9tpv0s
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9tpxio