Feel What You Feel

A Nostalgic Friends to Lovers Journey

This is a youthful story that centers around self-discovery, with a plot driven by the ways the lines become blurred between love and friendship, often unnoticed at first. Set in the early 2000s, it's a throwback to an era of adolescence familiar to millennials like myself. As our characters meet and friendships blossom, a soft, slow-burning affection develops. Fed by quiet, lingering encounters, a deep yearning becomes spellbinding, leaving both the characters and viewers aching for the next gentle moment to nudge those feelings into full bloom.

The story is beautifully written and guides us through a passionate romance that feels less like a drama and more like someone reminiscing about their youth. It is one of my favorite BL dramas. A pure love story that I could watch again and again.

This story has been a victim of censorship in China multiple times since it's creation, rewritten across various platforms with alternate endings. Getting my hands on any of the original prints has been impossible thus far but as soon as I find one, I will link it below. There are speculations that the author wrote this story based on their own life experience and gave it an ending they themselves never received in reality. I don't know about you, but that makes me even more invested in the story. It was already compelling enough without knowing that, but after getting 6 episodes deep and learning that detail, the yearning somehow became even deeper for me.

Today I finished episode 8, after a week-long wait with a foreboding trailer forshadowing the worst. I can admit without spoilers that the ending is deeply satisfying and leaves you without unanswered questions.

I hope this encourages you to watch, it certainly delivers.

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A lot of forced drama for no reason

This was good but definitely had moments that felt like forced drama just to keep the show going. Everything with that one guy (I don't even remember his name) was so stupid. Why did he even hate the main two so bad? That felt out of nowhere and then they just kept it going. I did think we'd get a bit more of them together so that was a little disappointing too. It seemed like every time we got a little progress towards them being in a relationship, we then took a few steps back. They were really cute together whether that be as best friends or more. Li Ming and Ouyang were really fun together and I was so happy when they finally got together. The actor's chemistry was pretty good as well. I'm glad I watched this pretty much in one sitting because I think I would've gotten pretty bored if I watched it weekly.

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sorry not sorry I absolutely hated every single thing about this drama, I hated every single character, every forced drama, every "stereotypically" Chinese personality, overreacting, and literally fights for no reason at all, and those disgusting "friends" who are always in Chinese dramas that poke their noses in everything but their own business, and the sister who thinks she's the leader of the world, and the mc who can't make a single right decision, and it was too long for such a little plot and storyline which made it hella boring I was skipping using that line which tells you how much u watched of the episode instead of skipping with 5 and 10 seconds. the last two episodes were so useless that I literally used that line 4 times in it and each time was a quarter then I went to the next ep and did the same to finish quickly. worst drama ever

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Very nice for a Chinese drama so it surprised me short and sweet

It was very cute I just wish we got to see the couples together longer. I know it was a pretty short drama but some parts felt slightly rushed and slightly incomplete. I know it’s a drama and a slow burn but the really good thing about slow burns is being able to see the burn complete and finished but after the slow burn ended the show just ended so it felt like we didn’t really get to reap the reward of the slow burn. Also there was a lot of drama which again I know it’s a drama there is gonna be drama but sometimes the drama felt like it was just there to create problems and fill time instead of moving the story along and developing their relationship. Other than that I thought it was pretty cool. I loved seeing both couples cuteness and rawness of emotions. The characters, at least the main 4, were very dynamic which was cool. They were imperfect and not one dimensional. Very beautiful story 10/10 would recommend!

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Nah, I'm too old for this sh!t

Before anyone assume anything, this is not a bad show, slow beginning but not unwatchable.
The thing is ... I don't think i can keep up with how SLOOOOOOW the relationship between the two leads is being developed.

Let me just say this, it's a minor spoiler but believe ne it's not really that, let me tell you about a "side character" ...
That person, fell in love, confessed, got rejected and broken hearted he, had a one night stand with his enemy -who happens to be his future parter- as one should do, then moved on completly , developed feelings for his new lover. And mirroring that the MLs had to be spoon-fed the fact that they are actually in love, like WTF??? Really?? The 7th ep ended out of 8, and they still didn't get that?

Oh thank god for side characters, i wouldn't continue if it wasn't for them ~

If you are ok with story that develops in a snail-like speed then go for it ~

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Voice overs ruined a lot!

This was a sweet drama, it had a classic story about 2 highschool boys who became friends and the slow path to realizing they were in love. The toxic classmate made the story a bit more interesting.
I loved how the cousin and Ouyang Han were first love rivals, but later on they were the ones to help Yu Lei and Chen Ke realize they were in love. So the good kind of love rivals, who backed off when they realize it's useless and turn to help instead.

The visuals were good and the music beautiful. The production didn't do so good. There were some cut of scenes and the voice over ruined a lot for me.
The actors were mostly unexperienced, but they did good. Unfortunatly that diddn't really come through because of the voice overs.
Both couples had good chemistry and kissses. The second couple even had 2 good NC scenes!

One really bad thing was the snow in episode 3 that looked a lot more like foam.

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Awkward yet Lighthearted and worth watching.

It's light hearted series to watch. Too many flaws indeed but with a very sweet ending.

Two boys like each other. They are awkward, one is attractive and lively, the other is silent.

Early 2000 in Hongkong, they probably more open in mainland China but still quite conservative.

The production want to showcase the reality of two boys with their hormones liking each other. Wanna confess but afraid of rejection and losing everything.

It's indeed quite draggy with unnecessary third wheeling, thankfully it's still bearable.

As for the cast, they are all new actors, probably not having enough experience on screen, especially in BL series like this, so awkwardness and stiffness are expected.

But I'm grateful that they give a satisfactory ending.

Nowadays many series [BL or BG series] tend to give a bittersweet ending/open ending or separation or whatsoever.

This series gave enough time for them to be lovey dovey at the ending.

It's still worth to watch.
Rewatching it? I'll leave it to everyone's taste but I surely will rewatch the last episode if I need something sweet after watching a heartbreaking series.

Sweet Yu Lei and Chen Ke deserves some appreciation.

😊💐👏🏼

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Charming enough to enjoy, inconsistent enough to notice

A gentle, undemanding first-love romance that works best when it stops trying to be more than that. The campus atmosphere is pleasant, the central relationship develops with a sweetness that doesn't need to manufacture conflict to hold your attention, and Yu Lei and Chen Ke have a dynamic that I found easy to spend time with — the jealousy, the small gestures, the gradual shift from uncertainty to something more settled. For what it is, it mostly delivers.
The cracks show in the details. A snow scene that aimed for romantic and landed somewhere closer to unintentionally comic — genuinely too many snowballs in too many hair. And the recurring use of "friends can hug" and "friends can kiss" as cover for feelings that are obviously already well past friendship wore thin fairly quickly. I understand the intent, but when the subtext is that legible, the text starts to feel constructed rather than natural.
The secondary characters are where the series loses the most ground. Underdeveloped subplots, a second lead whose shift arrives without sufficient buildup, and a character whose emotional breakdown lands disconnected from everything that preceded it because the series never properly laid the groundwork. These are structural issues that affect the overall flow even when the central romance is working.
The core of the series — Yu Lei and Chen Ke finding their way to each other — is warm enough to make the rest forgivable. Just don't come in expecting consistency.

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