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Crush (原来我很爱你)

Crush (原来我很爱你, Yuan Lai Wo Hen Ai Ni) is a 2021 Chinese urban romance web drama produced by iQiyi, directed by Yu Cuihua, and starring Lin Yanjun (Evan Lin) and Wan Peng. Adapted from the novel Yuan Lai Wo Hen Ai Ni by Mu Fu Sheng (木浮生), it tells the love story of aspiring broadcaster Sang Wuyan and the visually impaired songwriter Su Nianqin¹.

Key fact	Detail
Original title	原来我很爱你 (Yuan Lai Wo Hen Ai Ni); English title Crush¹
Source novel	Yuan Lai Wo Hen Ai Ni by Mu Fu Sheng, earlier published as Qin He Yi Kan (衾何以堪)¹^•²
Broadcast	iQiyi, August 3 to August 19, 2021; 24 episodes¹^•³
Leads	Lin Yanjun as Su Nianqin / "Yi Jin"; Wan Peng as Sang Wuyan⁴
Key crew	Director Yu Cuihua; screenwriters Mo Li, Yang Yixuan, and Mu Fu Sheng¹
Genre	Modern romance, youth; tags include female chases male first, blind male lead, and healing⁵
Reception	IMDb 7.6/10 from 533 votes; entered iQiyi's weekly web drama chart at seventh place⁶^•¹

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Premise

Sang Wuyan, a university student about to graduate, dreams of becoming a broadcaster and works as a production assistant at a radio station while secretly admiring a mysterious songwriter who publishes under the pseudonym "Yi Jin"³. By chance she meets Su Nianqin and falls for him at first sight, then learns that he is visually impaired³. Su Nianqin's cold, distant personality stems from a broken family background, and as Sang Wuyan gradually reaches him, she discovers that he is in fact Yi Jin, the songwriter she idolizes³^•⁴.

The couple's romance is interrupted by real-world pressures and misunderstandings, and they separate³. Three years later, Sang Wuyan has become a radio host, Su Nianqin's eyesight has been cured, and he has taken over his family's business; they meet again on different paths and eventually overcome the remaining obstacles to reunite³^•⁵.

A secondary storyline follows Sang Wuyan's childhood friend Wei Hao (played by Li Jiahao) and Xu Qian, whose relationship is tested by choices between dreams and livelihood, and between staying home or leaving for another city⁷.

Cast and production

Main and supporting cast. Lin Yanjun, a former member of the boy group NINE PERCENT, played his first television leading role as Su Nianqin, a blind composer and lyricist⁸. Wan Peng, known for My Girlfriend Is an Alien, played Sang Wuyan⁸. Supporting roles include Li Jiahao as Wei Hao, Chen Meiyi as Cheng Yin, Niu Yukun as Xu Qian, and Zeng Yixuan as Nie Xi⁴^•⁹.

Crew. The drama was directed by Yu Cuihua and written by Mo Li, Yang Yixuan, and the original novelist Mu Fu Sheng, with iQiyi's Beijing-based company as producer¹. DramaWiki notes that the series was produced by the team behind My Sunshine and Love O2O⁴.

Music and visual style

Music is a central element of the story, since the male lead is a well-known songwriter and the female lead works in radio¹⁰. The opening theme is "Yu Dao Ni" (遇到你) and the closing theme is "Lun Xian" (沦陷)¹. In December 2021 the drama's theme song was selected for NetEase Cloud Music's 2021 annual music list as the year's hottest film and television original soundtrack¹.

Because the plot centers on visual impairment, the production made deliberate use of light and shadow and soft-focus cinematography to convey the characters' inner states without dialogue¹⁰.

Release and reception

The drama premiered on iQiyi on August 3, 2021 and was released in India and the Philippines the same day¹. New episodes aired on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with the 24th and final episode on August 19, 2021³. After broadcast it entered the web drama weekly chart at seventh place¹.

Ratings. The series holds an IMDb rating of 7.6/10 from 533 votes⁶, a DramaWiki user rating of 4.59 out of 5 from 17 votes⁴, and an 8.4/10 score from 38 ratings on CPOP Home⁵. Viewer discussion has been divided over the second half: some reviewers praised the directing, attention to detail, and music, while others criticized two major plot twists in the later episodes¹¹. A Chinese entertainment report at the time of the finale highlighted the young cast's portrayals of workplace newcomers facing reality, calling the growth of the characters a distinguishing feature compared with typical "sweet pet" romances⁷.

The source novel

The drama adapts Mu Fu Sheng's novel, which was first published years earlier under the title Qin He Yi Kan (衾何以堪), also known as Xiazi, Yuan Lai Wo Hen Ai Ni, before being formally renamed Yuan Lai Wo Hen Ai Ni². In the novel, the male lead remains visually impaired throughout, whereas the drama gives him a cured eyesight and a family-business storyline after the three-year separation². Original-novel readers have generally rated the adaptation's fidelity highly, noting that famous scenes were carried over largely intact and that newly added episodes were integrated smoothly¹².

References

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Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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