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Wait what? condom? I've seen the preview; the thing she pulled out was a box of condoms? I literally thought it was a small box of chocolate 😅.

Same, but for different reasons 🙃. I need her to ignore him a little longer so we can see LDW's cuteness overload: chasing after her, drunken confession, and clueless jealousy.

I disagree; GY is the one chasing after him, and DW is the one pushing her away after getting her hopes up by giving 'false" signals if you will.

I love watching fmvs of drama couples, and usually by now we should see some cute fmvs on Youtube, but NOTHING. If Tencent has no intention to promote this drama to its potential, why copyright videos that can promote it better than them 😡? I understand copyrights, but why can't they let the fans do their job? I just don't understand why Tencent is doing not much for this drama. Sure, they uploaded some, but that was after the heat index thing, but nothing after or before.

I feel like not many people are talking about Gu Yi and Yu Du Le. They're not siblings, right? I looooove their relationship—not siblings but literally like siblings. They are always on the same frequency, and he is always so supportive and protective of her.

Exactly my thought. I've been her fan ever since a love so beautiful, and I've watched every drama of hers except another me. I didn't like the movie, so I just skipped the drama. In every single drama she was in, she had the same boyish or baggy outfits. But then, if you've seen her variety show with her friends, she naturally dresses like the way her characters dress in her dramas, which made me wonder if her agency provides her with a stylist. Because I hope I'm wrong, but she wore the same outfit in the scene where she and LDW went to the theme park and variety show Youth Periplous ep 3. I thought dramas and movies had their own costume designers, but I'm pretty sure it was the same outfit. She does look beautiful in elegant and a little more womanly outfits, but it seems for some reason only in photoshoots and award shows she wears that type of outfit.

I wish I knew better. I am an international fan as well, and I only got told that views and engagement on Tencent and WeTV (specifically Tencent) are more important. Now that both Tencent and WeTV started uploading some videos on Youtube, fans may need to show them they really are suppressing this drama by not doing much to promote it.

Guys, Tencent and WeTV specially have finally started uploading Smile Code videos on YouTube. If you get a chance, show some support for both Shen Yue and Lin Yi, even though I'm sure their intention is not what we want to see, but still, we need to show them. They really stalled their time to promote this drama but now they finally see it's getting attention internationally. I'm still pretty annoyed at Tencent for not doing anything to promote Smile Code especially on Youtube.

Exactly, these people are very childish and immature. I have very few favorite actors and actresses, but I don't go around bashing other people's hard work, so I feel accomplished in supporting my favs. That would be crazy.

I just found out about heat index after I started watching this drama. I googled it and found out that, i quote, "1. heat index measures engagement and popularity 2. Heat index can only be compared within networks, not across networks," which means it is only measuring popularity in China (for this drama heat index is getting measured among currently airing Tencent dramas). Platforms like Viki or Netflix views and likes don't get included. This is just my finding on the internet. Anyone who knows about heat index can probably correct me if I'm wrong.

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I feel like half, if not most, of them are real accounts of people/fans who are so insecure about their biases' current projects airing right now. I saw a tiktok saying that Smile Code is doing really well in China. Which made it make sense that the moment it was announced that the heat index reached 20K, the rating dropped. Then, every time someone mentions HI reaching 20K+ rating, it drops even further.

I got the feeling rather than feeling crushed; he wanted to protect and comfort her 'cause it was literally recorded and spread online without her consent.

I can probably guess whose fans they are.

If you are talking about the very first scene of a video where her part-time job boss is watching on his phone, it's, I believe, a leaked video of his crush Guan Xing Xin with a man she taught was single but wasn't. I don't think there was any other kissing in Ep 6.

It kind of hints at a love triangle, but the second lead hasn't really tried to get her attention except being super nice and attentive towards her.

It's funny how haters are working extra hard to lower the rating; as soon as it was announced, the drama heat index reached 20K (p.s. I didn't know what heat index was in cdrama until this drama). Sure, they were and are still able to keep it under 8.0, but apparently heat index reached 21K, and both leads trended after their press, especially Shen Yue. She also topped some rankings. Why are these haters so insecure about their biases and their dramas? Like seriously, they need to just go support them, not show their insecurity by down-rating a drama they think is a threat to their favorite drama.

Apparently, due to Chinese regulations, Chinese netizens, and haters, the production team didn't want to risk getting banned over jokes that are not the main focus of the drama. That is why her stand-up lines are staying in the safe zone. Also, even if her lines are funny, they may not be funny for international viewers because of cultural differences.

It all comes down to personal preferences and likes. I personally enjoy watching this drama. I am also very selective, and I wait until every episode is aired, then binge-watch. The only drama I watched religiously every week was Meteor Garden, and now this one. So far, I am enjoying every bit of it, and it makes me sad to wait for the new episodes. As for the rating, I just found out the main rating changes based on each episode rating. I thought the last 2 episodes were a bit slow, with some cute moments here and there but I didn't mind it. Maybe some people didn't like it and rated low, which may have changed the rating from 8.2 to 7.8, just my guess.

Right. I noticed that too. They use her name for views, but they don't give her the credit by giving her just a bit of promotion of her work. It's soooo sad.