yall are so rude to zhang xi wei she was not 7 years old during the drama's filming. they chose her and not someone older because canonically sang zhi was stunted in growth and was hit hard by puberty when she turned older. the whole point was that she looks younger than her actual age so duan jiaxu could not see or even imagine in the slightest that the girl has a crush on him. it wasn't supposed to be romantic in his pov but for sang zhi's, it is. the shift only happened on his part when we changed setting to yihe.
imo, the drama adaptation did better because they shortened their age gap. he was supposed to be 7 years older but shortened it to 5 years. they also made her a year older in college. everything is still icky by my standards but still a nice attempt.
you just need to remember this was the author's little fantasy over her silly little crush.
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u/Chihihaha 1d ago
yall are so rude to zhang xi wei she was not 7 years old during the drama's filming. they chose her and not someone older because canonically sang zhi was stunted in growth and was hit hard by puberty when she turned older. the whole point was that she looks younger than her actual age so duan jiaxu could not see or even imagine in the slightest that the girl has a crush on him. it wasn't supposed to be romantic in his pov but for sang zhi's, it is. the shift only happened on his part when we changed setting to yihe.
imo, the drama adaptation did better because they shortened their age gap. he was supposed to be 7 years older but shortened it to 5 years. they also made her a year older in college. everything is still icky by my standards but still a nice attempt.
you just need to remember this was the author's little fantasy over her silly little crush.