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Hidden Love

★ 8.6 10K votes 2023–2023 1 season · 25 episodes Ended Youku
Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 10/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 9/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 7/10Feel-goodReliably uplifting television that leaves you lighter than it found you.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Lusi ZhaoZheyuan ChenVictor MaXinzhi QiuJiongmin ZhangLi Zeng
Starring
Lusi ZhaoZheyuan ChenVictor MaXinzhi QiuJiongmin ZhangLi Zeng
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A years-long crush told in tender, patient detail"

Hidden Love follows Sang Zhi, a girl who has quietly loved her older brother's best friend since she was a teenager, and traces how that crush slowly becomes something mutual as the two timelines, her awkward high school years and her more assured young adulthood, weave together. It's a soft, unhurried romance built on small gestures, blushing glances, and gentle comedy rather than big conflict. The pacing is leisurely and sentimental, carried almost entirely by the leads' chemistry and the nostalgic ache of unspoken teenage feelings finally being returned.

Watch it for

the believable, slow-building chemistry between the two leads across both timelines.

Maybe skip if

you want plot momentum rather than a gentle, feelings-first coming-of-age romance.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Hidden Love2023
9.06K25
Since high school, Sang Zhi has had a crush on Duan Jiaxu. When fate brings them together again, they find a chance to embark on a sweet relationship.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1I Have Been Waiting. A Secret Kept8.3
327—
▶2Get Closer. What Made Me Meet Someone Like You8.5
279—
▶3Considerate. Get a Little Closer8.7
280—
▶4Keeping a Secret8.8
265—
▶5In Secret. The Name Engraved in My Heart8.7
249—
▶6Distance. When There's You in Another City8.8
246—
▶7Promise. The Important Little Things9.0
263—
▶8Re-encounter. Say See You Again Before Meeting Again8.8
244—
▶9Undercurrent: I Can't Help Falling In Love.9.1
240—
▶10Joke. Give Me a Reason to Forget9.1
282—
▶11Moved. If This Is Love.9.3
221—
▶12Courage. If I Could.9.3
227—
▶13Feeling You Out. I Guess You're Falling Too.9.2
216—
▶14Connection. The Most Beautiful Wait.9.2
209—
▶15Confession. Attraction.9.3
235—
▶16Feelings. Waiting For Your Date.9.0
212—
▶17Fallen. I Want Us to Be Together9.3
230—
▶18Captivated. The Taste of First Love.9.3
258—
▶19Lean in Close. The Rhythm of Happiness.9.1
167—
▶20Safeguard. One Path, Two People.9.5
189—
▶21Relying on You. I Am Because You Are.9.3
175—
▶22Romance. To See the Stars With You.9.2
170—
▶23Stranded, but Love Is Persistent.9.4
177—
▶24Set Off. So Near and Yet So Far.9.3
176—
▶25Chasing the Hidden Love9.4
199—

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Lusi Zhao Sang Zhi
Zheyuan Chen Duan Jia Xu
Victor Ma Sang Yan
Xinzhi Qiu Sang Rong
Jiongmin Zhang Fu Zheng Chu
Li Zeng Li Ping
Zijing Guan
Shiyue Xu
Shixin Xu
Yilan Wang

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