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zhou yiran & bai lu looking cute in these shots for bai lu's MV/EP - invisible lovers 透明爱人!
love their 2nd collaboration!
official mv on youtube from warner music china here - https://youtu.be/fnhO4xI8kDY?si=Ts3H7uiP6dpIRv3O
u/sjnotsj — 11 days ago
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Bai Lu & Zhou Yiran reunite for Bai Lu’s EP MV✨😍
The teaser was released! It’s their second song/MV collaboration after 谁是你朋友! 😍
u/sjnotsj — 22 days ago
Kai Dao Tu Mi 开到荼蘼 from 🐧 Tencent officially announced their cast. Starring Bai Lu, Samantha Ko, Chang Huasen and Peng Guanying. New concept character clips (combined).
The Chinese drama title 开到荼蘼 can be translated as “blooming to the end” or literally "blooming until the túmí flowers.” More information about the drama title is at the bottom of the post.
The production team announced their cast and that filming officially started today, July 24, 2026. They released five concept character clips. I stitched the character clips together in the order they were released.
The booting ceremony photos are in the comments.
Clip description:
Beneath a whirlwind romance lies a web of conspiracy and calculation, as the flames of revenge are finally unleashed.
Cast:
More information regarding the actor credit guidelines in this summary here and the full notice here.
(I put the character stroke count as: 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣)
Leading actors (sorted by the number of character strokes in the surname):
- 5️⃣ Bai Mengyan 白梦妍 (stage name: Bai Lu 白鹿) as Wang Yunna
- 🔟 Samantha Ko Hoi-ling / Gao Haining 高海宁 as Wei Shudong (Zuo Wensi’s sister)
- 1️⃣1️⃣ Chang Huasen 常华森 as Zuo Wensi
Special appearance (sorted by the number of character strokes in the surname):
- 1️⃣2️⃣ Peng Guanying 彭冠英 as Teng Haiqi (Wei Shudong's husband)
- Episodes: 16 (according to Baidu Baike and MDL)
- Streaming platform: Tencent 🐧
- Official cast announcement: July 24, 2026
- Official filming started: July 24, 2026
- Estimated filming time: 80 days
- Filming location: Foshan, Guangdong Province
- Genre: urban, romance (according to Baidu Baike)
- 🎬 Director: Li Mu Ge 李木戈 (Light Beyond the Reed, Snowfall; Fireworks of My Heart; Heroes (2022); Rattan; Goodbye, My Princess)
- ✍️ Original creator: Yi Shu 亦舒 (Lady Liberty, The Tale of Rose, Best Choice Ever, My Best Friend's Story, Last Romance)
- 📝 Chief Script Supervisor: Dong Run Nian 董润年 (Dongji Island, A Fangirl's Romance, Mr. Six, Love in the Forlorn City)
- ✒️ Screenwriter: Lu Tian 陆天 (Beloved, Please Enlighten Me)
- 📖 Novel: Kai Dao Tu Mi 开到荼靡
- 📽️ Production company: Tencent Video
Wang Yun Na [played by Bai Lu] returned to Hong Kong after seven years away and accidentally met Zuo Wen Si [played by Chang Huasen], a designer. Zuo Wen Si invited her to be his model, and the two fell in love.
⚠️ Plot spoilers! ⚠️
>!Wang Yun Na's father fell ill and hoped that the two could get married as soon as possible. Zuo Wen Si agreed. At this time, Wang Yun Na's former lover appeared again. This person was none other than Zuo Wen Si's sister, [Wei] Shu Dong's [played by Samantha Ko] husband, Zuo Wen Si's brother-in-law, Teng Hai Qi [played by Peng Guanying]!!<
(Source: Chinese = Weibo || Translation = MyDramaList)
~~ Adapted from the novel "Kai Dao Tu Mi" (开到荼靡) by Yi Shu (亦舒).
🔎 Baidu Baike | Douban | MDL
Novel 📖
Novel Summary – translated from Baidu Baike:
Overview:
Kai Dao Tu Mi 《开到荼蘼》 (“Blooming to the End”) is a novel by Hong Kong author Yi Shu 亦舒. It was first published in 1987, with a mainland edition released by Haitian Publishing House in April 1998. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Hong Kong, the novel has also been slated for a screen adaptation.
⚠️ Major plot spoilers! ⚠️
The story centers on the emotional entanglement between Wang Yunna, Zuo Wensi, and Teng Haiqi, incorporating themes of >!extramarital affairs, same-sex relationships, and murder!< while exploring how love evolves from its idealized beginnings to the realities of life.
>!Wang Yunna was once involved in an affair with Teng Haiqi. After the truth comes to light, Zuo Wensi kills Teng Haiqi and is imprisoned.!< In the end, >!Wang Yunna and Zuo Wensi are unable to remain together. The title, Kai Dao Tu Mi 《开到荼蘼》 ("When the túmí flowers bloom"), symbolizes the end of a relationship, drawing on the Chinese idiom 开到荼蘼花事了, which signifies that something beautiful has reached its conclusion.!<
More details about the idiom 开到荼蘼花事了 are in the next section.
Plot details:
⚠️ Trigger: >!self-harm!<
Kai Dao Tu Mi 《开到荼蘼》 (“Blooming to the End”) follows Wang Yunna, who leaves for the United States after suffering a devastating emotional blow. Years earlier, >!she had been the mistress of Teng Haiqi. Their affair ended violently after love turned to hatred, with Wang Yunna injuring Teng with a knife before attempting to harm herself.!<
⚠️ Lots of major plot spoilers! ⚠️
Seven years later, she returns to Hong Kong and meets Zuo Wensi, a rising star in the fashion industry. The two become engaged to be married, only for Wang Yunna to discover that >!Zuo Wensi's brother-in-law is none other than her former lover, Teng Haiqi, triggering a new nightmare. It is also revealed that Zuo Wensi is gay and is being manipulated and controlled by Teng*.!<
>!Using his financial influence, Teng forces Wang Yunna to leave Zuo Wensi by offering to repay her family's enormous debts. At the same time, he uses a video of Wang Yunna [likely compromising] to blackmail Zuo Wensi into remaining by his side.!<
>!Heartbroken, Wang Yunna decides to leave for North America once again. Just then, news breaks that Teng Haiqi has been murdered. It is later revealed that Zuo Wensi killed Teng after seeing the video of Wang Yunna. He is subsequently sentenced to six years in prison.!<
In the end, >!Wang Yunna and Zuo Wensi are never reunited. Like the blooming of the túmí flower, their love reaches its final bloom before coming to an irrevocable end.!<
*>!🍉 Note: Fan summaries of the novel state that Zuo Wensi and Teng Haiqi were romantically involved. Teng had invested in Zuo’s business and used this, along with Wang Yunna’s video, to manipulate and control him.!<
Drama Name:
The Chinese drama title 开到荼蘼 (Kāi Dào Tú Mí) is a literary phrase that literally means “when the túmí flower blooms” or “blooming until the túmí flowers.”
📚 Excerpt translated from Baidu Baike:
>“开到荼蘼花事了” is a Chinese phrase originating from the Song dynasty poet Wang Qi’s (王淇) poem Spring’s End: Strolling Through a Small Garden 《春暮游小园》.
>The original line reads: “开到荼蘼花事了，丝丝天棘出莓墙。” “When the túmí blooms, the season of flowers comes to an end; fine strands of heavenly brambles emerge beyond the moss-covered wall.”
>The túmí is a deciduous shrub in the rose family that produces white flowers in summer. Because it blooms later than other flowers, ancient people regarded it as the marker of the end of the spring flowering season. The phrase uses the blooming of the túmí to symbolize the nearing end of prosperity, serving as a metaphor for the passing of youth, >!the conclusion of love, or the disappearance of beautiful things.!<
>Dream of the Red Chamber 《红楼梦》 echoes this meaning through the phrase “when youth and splendor reach their peak” (韶华胜极), using flower lots and prophetic verses to foreshadow >!Sheyue’s fate and the decline of the Jia family.!<
>Wang Qi’s poem established the literary foundation for this imagery. Su Shi’s line “The túmí does not compete with the spring flowers; it blooms in solitude at the very end” 荼蘼不争春，寂寞开最晚 and Ren Zhuozhai’s line “The year’s spring blossoms reach their conclusion with the túmí” 一年春事到荼蘼 both continued this symbolic meaning. Because the túmí does not compete with other flowers in spring, it became a typical image in classical poetry representing the late spring season.
Translated Synopses
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📊 Information and translations compiled by u/admelioremvitam.
u/admelioremvitam — 27 days ago