Krish728

Tong Yao was only 19 in the novel. Not legal to marry below 20, so no proposal.

Most of ep 28 was not from the novel, it was created for the drama. Lu Si Cheng never had any falling out with his teammates. The anti-fan in the police station incident, and Lu Si Cheng's wrist pain issue aside, basically everything else in that episode can be said to be created for the drama.

Yeah she was only 19 years in the novel, and he meant "child" in the novel, while they changed it into "shorty" in the drama.

I don't know about the others.. I had read the novel before the series aired.. so I had very high expectations of the series, and now I am thoroughly satisfied with what I am watching until now (maybe with the exception of Cheng Xiao's stiff acting in some scenes.. but that gets covered up with the AMAZING CHEMISTRY she has with Xu Kai).

The leads get together in episode 21, and the first kiss happens in episode 23.. not just the first kiss.. the second kiss, the third kiss, the fourth, the fifth, and even the sixth kiss happens in that episode.

If you are looking at modern romance:

https://www.novelupdates.com/series/slowly-falling-for-changkong/

https://www.novelupdates.com/series/a-lifetime-of-peace-and-care/

https://www.novelupdates.com/series/rebirth-on-the-doors-to-the-civil-affairs-bureau/

And another one, but it's not modern.. it's in the 70s:
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/bai-fumei-in-the-70s/

No, Ming god and other players from ZDGX A-team do not have a crush on Tong Yao. They all follow bro code.. And Lu Yue? He already started calling her Sister-in-law in the show at this point.. so, no chance there as well. There's a kid in B-team though (in the novel Tong Yao is only 19 years old, so, the kid in the B-team is only 16-17 years old) who may have intentions towards her.. but he never confessed to her and we don't actually hear his thoughts.. so, can't confirm if he really does have romantic feelings towards her (but Lu Si Cheng does get jealous of the care Tong Yao shows to this kid as a senior).. but I don't think the show will have the B-team and this small plot will be sacrificed. There is no cast mention of it in MDL.. of course, 31 episodes is very little to fit them in. At the current pace, it looks like the leads will get together much later than 20 episodes, and there's a lot that happens after that in the novel. The B-team plot is basically unnecessary, so it makes sense.

Yes, a lot of kisses.. and even 18+ adult stuff (which I'm sure will not be happening in the show.. maybe they will hint at it?).
don't know if Jian Yang falls in love with another girl, he just realizes that Tong Yao has gotten over him completely and he has no chance..
I don't think the angst will be around ep 15-16, that is way too early and they are not even together. I mean, there is something that happens around that time.. ZDGX players were at an event and they are asked to perform some activity (like lifting up some selected fans and running around carrying them or something). Tong Yao gets angry about it and snaps. This becomes a big issue.. and Lu Si Cheng is angry at Tong Yao for doing that (I mean he is not angry that she feels offended, but for lashing out in front of everyone and creating a negative impact on herself). But it's nothing angsty.

Before they are together, and she gets sorted out before the leads are together.

It's Su Luo. Mydramalist lists her as a supporting role, but it should be a guest role if they are following the novel closely (which they did up until now).

I read the novel, and there are no break ups whatsoever. Don't think it will happen in the show as well, as with the current pace, they might get together at around 18-20th Episode (maybe even later). There will be a lot of flirting before that..

There is only one minor angsty moment after they get together, where FL's receives a gift from an anti-fan (FL doesn't know it was from an anti-fan) and when she opens the gift, a concealed blade in the wrapping cuts her finger. FL cannot play for a few matches and Lu Yue replaces her.. at the same time FL gets a lot of hate online.. ML feels that he didn't protect FL well, so he, in process of taking care of all the issues, does not attend to FL for a couple of days, and FL misunderstands it as ML wanting to break up with her.. so she falls into depression. This gets cleared up pretty quick.. and all this should only be 1 episode.. at most not more than an episode and a half.. Apart from that, it's all smooth sailing.

What I like about this novel is that, there is no third party trying to break them apart after they get together. Jian Yang and that Lu Si Cheng's blind date girl gets sorted before the leads get together, so no issues from them.