Zai Bao Xue Shi Fen

Based on a novel with the same title by Mo Bao Fei Bao, It's a slow burn romantic c-drama in the backdrop of billiards/ snooker game. Where Yin Guo, a billiards prodigy, gets stranded with Lin Yi Yang during a snowstorm at a tournament. They bond, revealing Yi Yang's forgotten billiards fame. Yin Guo's passion reignites Yi Yang's drive for professional billiards.

Chinese tv dramas are slow paced that's why drama takes 4-5 episodes to warm-up. There is an underlying romantic tone to it. Drama doesn't rush to romantic gestures but lingers on stolen glances, staring and hesitation, letting the audience marinate into the emotional core.

Drama filmed across Finland, France and China beautifully. Directors extracted good performance from leads. Drama has Perfect lead casting. Though both lead actors are younger than the character they played on screen, they have given amazing performances. They are adorable and cute together. Couple has many romantic scenes. It's swoon-worthy, charming and simply romantic.

Other characters are lovable too but they all are one dimensional.

This drama had a potential to be best but remained good due to dragged episodes and slow pacing. Upto 18 episodes it's very good but later unnecessarily dragged. Billiards scenes are managed very well. Many things happen as per convenience of course.

Many problems get solved quickly.

It could have been Deeper conversation and friendship, bonding between friends.

All in all, I had a great time watching and rewatching it.

I'll cherish it forever.

Watching this drama was comforting, heartwarming, satisfying experience for me.

The drama has an adorable on-screen couple.

Their offscreen chemistry just reflected on-screen fantastically, I guess.

They compliment each other so well that they scream 'you are single' at you each time in a romantic scene.

The couple has many romantic scenes but are less passionate or spicy, they remain cute, adorable till the end.

Their lovestory spanned through many countries, time zones, years and hardships.

She is the one who made him return to his roots, made him realise his reality, made him passionate about his life again, who was stuck in his life path, just floating around.

Their could be more deeper Convo between leads, specially from FL side.

FL's character has less development arch than ML. Apart from her relationship development with YiYang, she remains the same till the last episode, a little immature, shy, timid (sometimes it's frustrating) sometimes childish but a cutie pie. It's annoying to see her shyness when a Lin Yiyang type of Green forest guy is pursuing you but she has more control on herself.

They both portrayed their character really well, they look so beautiful together.

They'll remain my favourite on-screen couple forever for sure.

I adore, love and cherish them.

Oh!! What should I say about this man. Lin Yiyang, is the star of the show. Female writer put so much depth and arch into this fictional man and Wu Lie aka Leo portrayed it beautifully. Writer's main focus remains on Yiyang only that's why we get such sparkling Green forest with golden leaves floating around, a fictional guy who is hard to find in real life.

Lin Yiyang is arrogant, cold, quiet, diligent, decisive, determined, proud, sometimes impulsive and cocky, an introverted, reserved, less talkative, sigma person.

But he fell in love at first sight. Smitten by her, He becomes a total simp, total pookie. He could easily go to war for her.

It might seem like small sweet gestures but His brain cells are wired in such a way to give her every comfort, care and love. It's a part of his DNA, He doesn't need to think about it.

He is cute, hot and green forest coded.

Full marks to Wu Lie aka Leo for portraying this character amazingly on screen in such young age.

Leo is just 25, drama might be filmed when he is probably 23 yr old. But he portrayed old (5-8 yr) and mature character than his age.

After some research found out Leo is doing acting since childhood, played various characters. This actor has a bright future.

His face card is amazing that I keep missing the subtitles sometimes From bts scenes, you can see, he has worked really hard for billiards scenes. Make himself an expert. Director also did fine job with leads.

Lin Yiyang has a special place in my hall of favourite characters.

It's not a strong story, nothing really happens. It's just a story about a first love. It has a very slow pace, every little step of theirs relationship is shown. I loved how they portrayed their first love. It was lighthearted and cute. I read in a review that in every episode something between them makes your heart take a jump and it's true. They were so unbelievably cute together. Lin Yiyang truly is a gem. Who doesn't want a boyfriend like him?! He takes so good care of her, he showed his love with small and big gestures.

Everything goes perfect in the series, no misfortunes at all, it really is picture perfect. Near the ending of the series that felt forced. Nothing in life goes thát great. 😉 The OST suited the series as well.

The perfect natural chemistry of the leads is the main selling point. Wu Lei and Zhao Jinmai off the chart chemistry resonates well with the audience. Both actors have the most expressive eyes that captures the viewers. You believe in their character and you believe in their romance. A kind of pairing that is effortlessly real - a force to be reckoned with.

The beautiful cinematography and blending of the right music really matches well with the tone of every scene. Amidst a snowstorm of love hits all the right notes. There's something with the way the story is told that is addictive. Undoubtedly, one of the most romantic series. A must watch...

A very qualified and sweet modern drama, I feel it's surpassing even the sweetness portrayed in the novel.

Especially the male lead Wu Lei, embodies my ideal type with his sharp eyebrow starry eyes, and captivating jawline, despite his youthfulness, he exudes a strong sense of masculinity.

Both leads deliver very stable performances that are both sweet and convincing. The plot avoids excessive melodrama and unnecessary separations to ensure audience satisfaction; it is a very decent drama.

Particularly noteworthy is Wu Lei's transformation into a truly sexy and charming character as he matures throughout the drama. His tender affectionate gaze towards the female lead deeply immerses me in their love story! He portrays an enamored boyfriend who longs for possession of his beloved woman.

The story is quite simple and could have been shorter, but it would remove the soft and slow pace of it, so I'm glad they didn't.

Billiard, snooker and pool are really underrated unfortunately, as some other sports, football is the main attention giver and economic monster.

This shows the beauty of Finland as well quite nicely.

I already wanted to visit the country and this just makes me do it even more!

The romance itself is quite nice, for someone who finds slow paced romances better or prefers them that is.

The original song at the beginning and ending is quite sweet as well :)

Overall it's a reasonsable romance, with good shots of Finland and shows that snooker, billiard and pool are still good these days 😊