157691

[Review] First Love (2022)

“Loving You for the First Time” is a youth love light comedy directed by Shen Qinyuan and starring Tian Xiwei , Wang Xingyue , Tian Yuning , Cui Shaoyang , Chi Ningning and Wang Jiayin [2] . The play will be broadcast exclusively on iQiyi on December 12, 2022. The play is adapted from the novel ” It’s Not Too Late to Love You for the First Time “, which tells the youthful love story between the energetic girl Lu Wanwan and the high-cold Xueba Renchu.

Title: First Love / 初次爱你, First Time Love You, Its Not Too Late , Chu Ci Ai Ni, Wei Shi Bu Wan , Cho Chi Ngoi Nei , 初次愛你 , 初次爱你，为时不晚 , Love You For The First Time
Director: Shen Qin Yuan
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Youth, Drama
Country: China
Episodes: 24
Aired: Dec 12, 2022 – Dec 21, 2022
Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Original Network: iQiyi

Synopsis:

Lu Wanwan (played by Tian Xiwei) is a sophomore in the Clinical Department of Tsingyao University School of Medicine. However, her poor psychological quality makes Lu Wanwan perform abnormally in the exams, which is out of tune with the demanding medical school. Due to years of unsuccessful secret love, Lu Wanwan threatened to pursue Ren Chu (played by Wang Xingyue), a super academic from the same school, after drinking , and the scandal between the two spread. The raging scandal seriously affected Lu Wanwan’s already strenuous study life. In order to clarify the relationship between the two, Lu Wanwan managed to sign the “Gossip Elimination Plan” with Ren Chu.

In the process of clarifying the scandal, the two saw the shining points in each other’s characters, and gradually developed a good impression of each other. With the help and guidance of Ren Chu, Lu Wanwan gradually overcame her inner timidity, found a balance between her interests and studies, and worked hard to become a qualified medical student. Ba’s aloofness has become more and more friendly. The two were unconsciously changed by each other, became better selves, and finally reaped a healthy campus romance.

Diversity Plot:

First Love (2022) Episode 1 Recap

On the operating table, a doctor was performing a crappy operation. She hesitated and had a difficult choice between the four medicines of ABCD. During the exam, she imagined that she was really doing experiments on patients. On the other hand, in the swimming pool of Tsingyao University, Ren Chuchu is leading the members to do training. After the training, he will rush to the school auditorium to give a speech to the freshmen of the Department of Mathematics. The Great God is a well-deserved “student bully” in the school, but this school bully is not the other school bully. Ren Chu’s existence redefines the school bully – a bully who can learn.

The reason is that Ren Chu’s academic ability is too bad, and whenever a classmate asks a question, he will always be “scorned by the king” from Ren Chu. Over time, everyone will naturally shy away from Ren Chu. But Ren Chu didn’t know it, instead he felt that he had always been friendly. The bell rang for the end of the exam, and Lu Wanwan finally handed in the paper after procrastinating. She remembered that there was still a cake waiting for her in the baking club, so she hurried to the baking club. The cake was for An Jiaxian’s birthday celebration, and An Jiaxian was Lu Wanwan’s crush for five years.

First Love (2022) Episode 2 Recap

Lu Wanwan originally thought that she and Ren Chu had nothing to do with each other. After a long time, everyone would naturally forget about the scandal. When she didn’t want to take the orthopedics course, Ren Chu suddenly parachuted into the classroom of the clinical department and wanted to come to listen. Misunderstood that Lu Wanwan failed the exam because of love distraction, and Lu Wanwan felt even more difficult. It turned out that Ren Chu, a senior, was choosing a school for postgraduate studies. Apart from this school, other schools also offered olive branches. The reason why he came to the clinical department was to study related topics for graduate students. An Jia first came to Lu Wanwan to apologize, she shouldn’t have valued sex over friends, and left her alone in the restaurant that day.

Lu Wanwan didn’t want to face An Jiaxian, so she hurried home. She is from this city, her home is not far from the school, her parents opened a small fruit shop, their parents are kind and gentle, Lu Wanwan draws strength at home. Turning her head, she bumped into Ren Chu who came to buy fruit, and the next second, An Jiaxian also appeared at the door, invited her to dinner, and apologized for leaving without saying goodbye in the restaurant that day. Lu Wanwan wanted to escape, but Ren Chu said that he wanted to go. Lu Wanwan was afraid that he would talk nonsense, so he had to follow him. It turned out that Ren Chu found that he had failed social practice. Although it would not affect the postgraduate insurance, he couldn’t bear to have a homework score of 59 and asked to retake it. The content of social practice is to visit the orphanage.

First Love (2022) Episode 3 Recap

In order to prepare for the in-class test of the anatomy class, Lu Wanwan invited her brother Meng Xibai to make up a make-up class. Meng Xibai is a first-year clinical student with excellent grades. Wang Xinyu is in his laboratory. It turns out that Meng Xibai is Schrödinger’s boyfriend, and Wang Xinyu has been actively pursuing Meng Xibai. With Meng Xibai’s eyes, Wang Xinyu can make up the emotional drama that you love me, which makes Meng Xibai a headache. Wang Xinyu was so frightened by the general teacher (the corpse) that she turned pale and left, and Meng Xibai took a breath. Ren Chu also happened to come to Meng Xibai to preview the course, and he took the class with Lu Wanwan. He also saw that Lu Wanwan was actually very diligent in studying and had solid basic knowledge.

However, when it came to the in-class test the next day, because Lu Wanwan was in the same frame as Ren Chu and An Jiaxian, there were many scandals, which caused Lu Wanwan’s mentality to become unbalanced, and she performed abnormally again. Unable to answer, he hurried out of the classroom. An Jiaxian wanted to catch up to comfort Lu Wanwan, but was stopped by Liang Xia who came to him. Liang Xia said that they were in a relationship, and the relationship between the three of them was not the same as before. To avoid embarrassment, it is better to keep a distance. This is what Lu Wanwan wanted, and asked An Jia to give her space first.

First Love (2022) Episode 4 Recap

Ren Chu left angrily. But it is hard to chase after a word, according to the plan to eliminate the scandal, Ren Chu is obliged to help Lu Wanwan pursue Wang Yuyang. Ren Chu proposed the 30-second love at first sight method and asked Lu Wanwan to implement it, but Lu Wanwan completely messed it up. Fan Yi questioned why Ren Chu went to such lengths to help Lu Wanwan, was it just for the so-called spirit of contract? Fan Yi pointed out: Ren Chu just likes Lu Wanwan. Ren Chu denied it, but Fan Yi said that Ren Chu had never liked anyone before, so he didn’t know the feeling of liking. It’s useless to just read books about this kind of thing, it has to be about the heart, let Ren Chu taste it for himself. In a blink of an eye, Ren Chu invited Meng Xibai, who had experienced love at first sight, to share a case.

It was only then that Lu Wanwan found out that it was Meng Xibai who saw Wang Xinyu who was practicing dancing, fell in love with her at first sight, mistook her for a “quiet and hard-working” girl, and took the initiative to greet her, that’s why she “provoked” On Wang Xinyu. Wang Xinyu believed that the two fell in love at first sight, and stalked Meng Xibai, but Meng Xibai realized that Wang Xinyu was not her type at all, and avoided it. After finishing the “Love at First Sight” training class, Ren Chu stared at Lu Wanwan, who made Lu Wanwan feel hairy. It turned out that Ren Chu remembered Fan Yi’s words and wanted to test whether he secreted PEA—a kind of love of neurostimulants. He looked at Lu Wanwan and felt nothing unusual, and decided that Fan Yi was talking nonsense.

First Love (2022) Episode 5 Recap

Ren Chu felt that falling in love was a stupid thing, but he inevitably fell in love with Lu Wanwan, and even dreamed of kissing Lu Wanwan in his dream, which made him feel at a loss. As a theoretician, based on the idea from the book – falling in love makes people stupid, Ren Chu couldn’t stand being stupid, so he wanted to stop liking Lu Wanwan. At Meng Xibai’s suggestion, he wanted to physically separate and reduce meetings.

However, Lu Wanwan and Ren Chu happened to be in the same group in the live-action CS chicken eating competition held by the association. Specially grind hot soy milk for Lu Wanwan and take it with you. Unexpectedly, on the day of the competition, the person who teamed up with him was the school girl Guan Ai. It turned out that Guan Ai helped Lu Wanwan change teammates, and Lu Wanwan became Wang Yuyang. Ren Chu had no choice but to set off in anger, Guan Ai took the opportunity to chat about the relationship between the two of them.

It turned out that Guan Ai had always mistakenly thought that Ren Chu was paying attention to her, but the two of them did not confess because of face, and the scandal between Ren Chu and Lu Wanwan made Guan Ai feel uncomfortable. I can hold back any longer. But Ren Chu questioned his soul, who are you? After listening to Gu Qiao’s persuasion, Lu Wanwan wanted to show affection and pretend to be weak many times in an attempt to arouse Wang Yuyang’s desire to protect, but she didn’t expect the opposite to happen, and the two of them were making a farce. Lu Wanwan also realized that Wang Yuyang and An Jiaxian were not alike at all.

First Love (2022) Episode 6 Recap

It was the same kiss, Meng Xibai and Wang Xinyu stayed together, while Ren Chu and Lu Wanwan fell into completely different emotions. In Ren Chu’s view, since the two had already kissed, they should naturally become boyfriend and girlfriend, so they made a series of boyfriend and girlfriend interactions with Lu Wanwan. But in Lu Wanwan’s view, that kiss was completely harassing, destroying her yearning for the first kiss, and even leading her to avoid Ren Chu. Wang Yuyang won the ranking in the live-action CS chicken eating competition, and asked Lu Wanwan to treat him to celebrate. The two of them drank beer and licked skewers.

It was a brotherly interaction. Lu Wanwan also confessed that she had chased Wang Yuyang before, but Wang Yuyang didn’t feel it at all, and then put her arms around Lu Wanwan’s shoulders, saying that they were still iron brothers. Finally, Lu Wanwan’s secret love spell succeeded again, and everyone she “liked” became best friends, and Wang Yuyang became her best best friend of the opposite sex. But this time, Lu Wanwan found that such a relationship was much more comfortable than before. She shouldn’t easily pursue someone who looks like him just because she has no more love for An Jia.

Lu Wanwan chatted with Wang Yuyang about Ren Chu, but Wang Yuyang was full of admiration for Ren Chu, thinking that Ren Chu’s kissing Lu Wanwan meant that he liked Lu Wanwan, and the school grass student liked her, why is she not happy? Lu Wanwan thinks that Ren Chu and Guan Ai are more suitable, and she and Ren Chu, a top student and a scumbag, are not from the same world at all.