Hidden Love is a Chinese romance drama that has taken inspiration from a Chinese web novel called ‘Secretly, Secretly, But Unable To Hide It’. The show, with its heart-fluttering story and swoon-worthy chemistry between the leads, has managed to have a strong hold on its fans. With the direction of Lee Ching Jung and screenplay writer Shen Fei Xian, the romance series seems to be fairing well among fans.
The show has cast actress Zhao Lu Si for the role of Sang Zhi and actor Chen Zhe Yuan for the role of Duan Xia Ju. Other cast members in the show include Victor Ma, Zeng Li, Qui Xin Li, Guan Zi Jing, Wang Yang, and many others who contribute greatly to the show. The series is a classic romance story with a small yet fierce female lead who is the typical ‘goody-two shoes’ and a male lead who is considerate, warm protective of our female lead.
The story explores the theme of an age gap between couples and is overall more about self-discovery and acceptance and, thus, feels wholesome and leaves you feeling warm and cozy.
Hidden Love: The Plot
We start the story with a young Sang Zhi, completely smitten by one of his older brother’s best friends, Duan Xia Ju, who comes over to their house to play. Young Sang Zhi is obsessed with him, and she is all about trying to woo him and get time to marry her so that the two can have a happy future together.
Even as a kid, Duan Xia Ju did not really reciprocate Sang Zhi’s feelings, and he realized that he was seven years older than the latter and saw her only as his best buddy’s younger sister, who seemed weirdly stalker-ish. The story gets kicked off further after a long time-lapse, where we see that Sang Zhi has grown into a beautiful, mature, and intelligent woman ready to enter university.
Duan Xia Ju is also a university student and happens to be studying at the same university as her. Obviously, Sang Zhi has moved on in life and is over the silly feelings she had for the former, or is she really? Being in the same university, the two end up bumping and recognizing each other, finally getting in touch after so many years.
The two are excited and happy to meet each other, but there is also a strange tension between them. Keeping in mind their age difference, the two tread carefully while exploring their own selves, the relationship they share, and what they want for the future. The show does not just revolve around their relationship, from being friends to becoming a couple, but it is also about how the two grow and enter the adult world together.
Hidden Love: Episode Timings
The show released its first episode on June 20th, 2023, and plans on airing episodes till July 11th, 2023. Overall, the series has a total of twenty-five episodes, each with a running time of no more than forty-five minutes.
New episodes air all throughout the week i.e., Monday to Saturday at 3:30 pm in China. Fans who wish to keep track of the episodes can find below the different timezones for when the episodes will air:
- Pacific Standard Time (Canada): 6:30 am (the next day)
- Eastern Standard Time (Mexico): 3:30 am
- Central Standard Time (United States): 2:30 am
- Greenwich Mean Time (United Kingdom): 7:30 am
- Indian Standard Time (India): 1:00 pm
- China Standard Time (China): 3:30 pm
- Japan Standard Time (Japan): 4:30 pm
- Korea Standard Time (South Korea): 4:30 pm
- Australia Central Standard Time (Australia): 5:00 pm
Hidden Love: Episode Release Schedule
Fans of the show can find below the episode release date schedule to catch all of its new episodes:
- Episode 1: June 20th, 2023
- Episode 2: June 20th, 2023
- Episode 3: June 20th, 2023
- Episode 4: June 20th, 2023
- Episode 5: June 21st, 2023
- Episode 6: June 21st, 2023
- Episode 7: June 22nd, 2023
- Episode 8: June 22nd, 2023
- Episode 9: June 23rd, 2023
- Episode 10: June 24th, 2023
- Episode 11: June 25th, 2023
- Episode 12: June 26th, 2023
- Episode 13: June 26th, 2023
- Episode 14: June 27th, 2023
- Episode 15: June 28th, 2023
- Episode 16: June 29th, 2023
- Episode 17: July 3rd, 2023
- Episode 18: July 3rd, 2023
- Episode 19: July 4th, 2023
- Episode 20: July 5th, 2023
- Episode 21: July 5th, 2023
- Episode 22: July 6th, 2023
- Episode 23: July 10th, 2023
- Episode 24: July 10th, 2023
- Episode 25: July 11th, 2023
Hidden Love: Where to Watch It?
The show plans on airing its episodes on the Chinese television network Youku channel, where fans can watch the episodes as they get released. International fans need not feel disappointed as the episodes also get uploaded on Youku’s YouTube channel, where they can watch all of the episodes with the subtitles of their choice.
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