Wednesday 20 October 2021

Discovery of Romance

Web Drama: Discovery of Romance
Chinese Title: 恋爱的夏天 / Lian Ai De Xia Tian
Broadcast Website: Tencent

Broadcast Date: August 28, 2022

Air Time: Sun-Tue 20:00 (2 eps) with 4 eps on premiere for VIP, Sun-Wed (1 ep) for non-VIP (See Viewing Calendar)
Genre: Modern, Romance
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 26
Director: Yu Zhongzhong, Jiang Jizheng
Chief Producer: Fang Fang
Producer: Zhang Meng, Xia Rui, Yi Wenyang, Guo Jinwei, Xin Wenhai
Origin: China
Source: A Chinese remake of the 2014 Korean drama Discovery of Love
Watch Episodes On: Youtube (eng subs)

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

To choose the one who loves you or the one that you love? This tells the story of a woman's growth and evolution in love as she is faced with her ex and her current boyfriend who both have very different personalities.

By chance, Xia Tian (Janice Wu), a cutting-edge furniture designer in her 30s encounters design company owner Xu Zehao (Qin Junjie) who happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Given his relentless efforts for them to get back together, Xia Tian's feelings for her cosmetic surgeon boyfriend Guan Xin (Yang Bingzhuo) starts wavering.

Meanwhile, Guan Xin is reunited with Lu Xi (Li Jiajie), his "little sister" from the orphanage whom he's been separated from for many years. They start to have an ambiguous relationship. Whether it's the ex or the current boyfriend, friends or lovers, reunion or rejection, breakup or marriage, it depicts the emotional journey of an urban woman at the age of 30.

Fun Facts

The boot ceremony was held on October 12, 2021.
Filming wrapped after two months on December 22, 2021.

Cast

	Janice Wu as Xia Tian
	Qin Junjie as Xu Zehao

Supporting Cast

Yang Bingzhuo as Guan Xin
Li Jiajie as Lu Xi
Amy Sun Yining as Xiao Song
Xia Zhiyuan as Li Donghao
Liu Dan as Wu Yun
Jiang Shan as Jiu Guan Lao Ban Niang
Liu Yiwei as Guan Fu
Liu Yajin as Zhang Hanchang
An Weiling as Lin Da
Liu Yuning as Liu Yiyu
Pan Yifei as Yu Hui
Chen Yisha as Guan Mu
Guo Jianan as Tan Xu
Ying Zi as Chen Chen
Zhao Yuanyuan as An Ye
Liang Tian as Liang Jisheng
Liang Chao as Hu Zong

Soundtracks

San Ge Ren Gu Dan (三个人孤单) by Wu Qian / Qin Jun Jie / Yang Bing Zhuo (吴倩/秦俊杰/阳兵卓)
Never fade away (Never fade away) by Sa Ji (萨吉)
Zhe Ge Xia Tian (这个夏天) by An Wei Ling (安唯绫)
San Ge Ren Gu Dan (三个人孤单) by Jiang Dun Hao / Chen Hong Li / Gao Ying (蒋敦豪/陈红鲤/高莹)
Qu Wen Nuan De Di Fang (去温暖的地方) by Liu Yu Ning (刘宇宁)
Dui De Ren (对的人) by Yang Zong Wei (杨宗纬)