It will get better, just continue watching. Their superb acting made this drama popular. He's charming in Mr.Bad…
Ignore her. It’s a sweet, warm, and wholesome love story. ML behaved properly at all times. He treated her with brotherly affection as a kid. His affection turned to romantic love when she grew up and he discerned that she cared for him. It was only when she became an adult that he saw her as a woman.
just something to note, sang yan character in hidden love are not similar to his character in first frost and…
People have different sides to their personality. Actually, he is still the funny guy in “First Frost” as he was in “Hidden Love”. We just also see his serious, sensitive, unfunny, aloof side as well. In reality, in “Hidden Love” he was moody and sarcastic too with the dry humor, but he was still a funny, lovable guy.
I think it's important that the leads who'll portray SY and WYF has to have about the same age, appearance-wise.…
It’s going to take strong actors to do this well—actors who are good at showing deep emotions in their facial expressions. The story has a lot of quiet pain that needs to be portrayed with skill by both leads.
I honestly disagree with the people that say Victor Ma couldn't be the Sang Yan of the novel. I read it and I…
Same. People have different sides. Victor Ma could totally pull off sexy, caring, moody, sensitive, warm, kind. He could totally be Wen Yi Fan’s rock. Really looking forward to this drama. Hope they do the story justice. It’s going to take strong actors to do it well. Actually, a Jing Bo Ran type would also be good as the ML, but he’s a bit too old maybe. He’d be great in the role though.
They changed the leading lady. Noooo, not her! I don’t think she’s the right fit. They’ve also changed the leading man to Song Wei Long. He looks the part. He certainly is handsome enough and can play the moody but caring and sensitive ML character very well. But, I think Victor Ma would add depth and maturity to the role because he’s older and we’ve seen how great he was in “Hidden Love.” I would love to see the sensitive, sexy side of Victor Ma.
Ok in the end he said he liked her freshman year, was he speaking of her college freshman year or her high school…
My personal opinion is that he was a bit smitten with her even when she was 17. He in no way crossed the line back then, but I do think the seeds were planted for him to fall in love with her when she grew up. He found her sweet and kind and endearing and cute and funny right from the start. Again, nothing improper implied at all here! But, yes, he definitely had affection for her early on. He was amused by her bickering with her big brother Sang Yan and her mischievous academic shenanigans. He was attentive to her as a kid because her family had been so kind to him, who had lived such a hard life. It’s easy to see how he would come to love that whole family especially the sweet and sincere Sang Zhi.
But, he started to see her as a woman and started falling in love with her when they met again her freshman year of college outside the karaoke. The novel spoke about his noticing her pretty legs and figure that night. He saw her with new eyes in that moment. Just my personal opinion.
Very impressed with the way the Director captured all the steamy parts of the novel in such a tasteful yet swoon-worthy manner. The love scenes were so modest and sweetly done, yet still gave me butterflies. Really pretty to watch. Very warm and loving.
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But, he started to see her as a woman and started falling in love with her when they met again her freshman year of college outside the karaoke. The novel spoke about his noticing her pretty legs and figure that night. He saw her with new eyes in that moment. Just my personal opinion.