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Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Jing Ke: Wang Fa

Yu Shu Xin: Lin Wan Xing

Director

Li Qing Rong

Chinese Title

燦如繁星

Bright as a Sky Full of Stars

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, School, Sports, Contemporary Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 32

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Cast

Chen Jing Ke: Wang Fa	Yu Shu Xin: Lin Wan Xing
Ma Bo Qian: Xu Bo	Xie Ke Yin: Ju Li
Feng Lai: Wang Gen Fa	Gong Bei Bei: Kang Qiao
Tian Yi Tong: Wang Tian	Dong Li Wu You: Chen Jiang He
Liu Jun: Fu Xin Shu	Yan Yu Chen: Wen Cheng Ye
Zhu Bo Yan: Qin Ao	Yan Yun Hao: Feng Suo
Lu Zhan Xiang: Yu Ming	Zhang Ming Yu: Zhi Hui
Zhao Peng Hao: Lin Lu	Ye Kai Wen: Zheng Ren
Yang Xing Hui: Zhang Fei Yang	Zhang Yun Hao: Qi Liang

Romcom/Romance Checklist

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How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

The ML:

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Tsundere / Falls in Love First / "Reborn" / Noble Idiot / CEO / General

The FL:

Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better than ML / "Reborn" / Noble Idiot / Business-woman

Describe the Relationship (the tropes):

Annoying Love (F/M) Rivals +++ / Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / Healing Love / Harem / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Opposites Attract / Pining Love / Second Chance / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / School to Adulthood / Star-Crossed Lovers 

Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad / Rushed+++

Remarks

[Drama Info]

Directed by Li Qing Rong. If you watch romcoms, chances are you've seen at least one of her dramas: Go Go Squid!, Hidden Love, Mr. Bad, Everyone Loves Me, etc. This is also her second drama with Yu Shu Xin after Ski Into Love.

Yu Shu Xin and Xie Ke Yin go way back. The two were trainees on Youth With You 2 (2020) and debuted together as members of THE9.

Adapted from Chang Er's novel of the same Chinese title. One interesting thing about the author is that their bibliography includes works like The Heart of Genius alongside crime and mystery-suspense novels – not exactly the resume you'd expect for a romcom. We'll see how that translates here!

Filming wrapped on August 18, 2025.

[Ending]

Recommendations

Preliminary recs are random / a peek at the list. These may be updated if drama is completed

Genre List:

Contemporary Romance Central

Romance	Soccer	Romance

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