Creeping Love
After ending a failed marriage, finance director Cheng Ling meets Xie Lian again—the younger lover she abruptly left five years earlier, now her company's new chairman. Their workplace reunion forces both to face old wounds while Cheng rebuilds the self she learned to suppress.
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Story guide
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Five years after Cheng Ling abruptly ended their relationship, she meets Xie Lian again as her new chairman and must decide whether self-protection still requires hiding who she is.
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Setting and world
A contemporary company where hierarchy, office scrutiny, and a shared past turn every professional decision into emotional pressure.
Narrative framework
Present-day workplace tension alternates with the freer relationship they had five years earlier, using the contrast to explain separation, shame, and gradual self-recovery.
Main character relationships
Swipe to exploreXie Lian's former lover and current subordinate
After divorce and years of self-suppression, she must separate genuine maturity from the habits that made her disappear.
Cheng Ling's younger former lover and new boss
His return forces both of them to revisit why their intense relationship ended and whether love can survive without repeating the old imbalance.
Core story elements
The reunion matters because the original separation was never emotionally resolved.
Age and career hierarchy invert and complicate their earlier dynamic.
A private history must coexist with public professional boundaries.
Cheng Ling's central change is becoming visible to herself again.
Creeping Love cast and actors
| Actor | Role / credit | Same-actor trail |
|---|---|---|
 Guo Yu Xin 郭宇欣 / Guo Yu Xin | as Cheng Ling | View actor works |
 Zhang Chi 张翅 / Zhang Chi | as Xie Lian | View actor works |
2 cast credits
Known titles, pinyin, and aliases
- SceneTrace title
- Creeping Love
- Chinese title
- 渐染
- Pinyin / search spelling
- Jian Ran
FAQ
Where can I watch Creeping Love, and how much does the available player cover?
A full-coverage YouTube player is available on the page.
How many episodes does Creeping Love have?
Creeping Love is listed with 71 episodes. The available player is marked as full coverage.
What creates the central relationship conflict in Creeping Love?
Five years after Cheng Ling abruptly ended their relationship, she meets Xie Lian again as her new chairman and must decide whether self-protection still requires hiding who she is. The concrete mechanics include Second-chance romance: The reunion matters because the original separation was never emotionally resolved.
How are Cheng Ling and Xie Lian connected in Creeping Love?
Cheng Ling (Finance director rebuilding her independent self): Xie Lian's former lover and current subordinate. Xie Lian (Young chairman carrying an unresolved first love): Cheng Ling's younger former lover and new boss.
Which alternate titles can help when searching for Creeping Love?
Other useful title forms are 渐染 and Jian Ran.
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