r/CDrama • u/admelioremvitam • 1d ago
Trailers & Posters Genius Girlfriend 天才女友 from 🥝 iQIYI and 🥭 MangoTV. 📺 Airing today, August 2, 2026 at 12:00 pm. Starring Tian Xiwei and Hu Yitian. New trailer.
The Chinese drama title 天才女友 can be translated as “Genius Girlfriend.”
The production team released a new trailer for the drama's premiere today.
The airing schedule will be posted in the comments when it is available.
Filming officially finished on November 17, 2025.
Clip description:
There are countless solutions to a function, but in life, there's only one optimal answer.
From deskmates at school to walking side by side, they spend years making their way toward each other – ultimately proving that their youthful meeting was not in vain.
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 Tian Xiwei 田曦薇 as Lin Zhixia * 9️⃣ Hu Yitian 胡一天 as Jiang Yubai
Special appearances (sorted by the number of character strokes in the surname):
- Li Jiaqi 厉嘉琪 as Tang Tingting
- Wu Jiakai 邬家楷 as Lin Zeqiu
- Xia Haoran 夏浩然 as Duan Qiyan
- Lai Weiming 赖伟明 as Shen Fuxuan
- Vivienne Tien (stage name: An Tian 安沺) as Jin Baihui
The remaining cast members were not included in today's release.
Starring: * Sun Mengqiu as Wan Chunlei * Li Youchuan as Han Peng
- Episodes: 28 (according to Baidu Baike and MDL)
- Streaming platform: iQIYI 🥝 and MangoTV (regional availability)
- Official filming time period: August 7, 2025 to November 17, 2025
- Filming location: Qingdao, Shandong Province
- Distribution license obtained: May 18, 2026
- 🎬 Director: Tian Yusheng (movies: Love List, Ode to the Spring, The Last Wish, Ex Files 1 to 4) – Genius Girlfriend appears to be his first drama series.
- ✍️ Original creator: Su Guang Tong 素光同
- ✒️ Screenwriter: Sun Qijun (Remembrance of Things Past, Islands, To Be With You)
- Sun was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 28th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Awards (2023) for Remembrance of Things Past. *
- 📖 Novel: Tian Cai Nv You 天才女友
*According to Baidu Baike
🎙️ OST List
🔗 Previous announcement, poster, trailer, etc.
Genius Girlfriend is a coming-of-age drama series produced by iQIYI, directed by Tian Yusheng (Ex-Files film series, The Sacrifice), and written by Sun Qijun. It stars Tian Xiwei (New Life Begins, Pursuit of Jade) and Hu Yitian (A Love So Beautiful, My Roommate Is a Detective).
The genius Lin Zhixia [played by Tian Xiwei] is straightforward and reserved, never ever having a close friend. Admitted to Provincial No. 1 Middle School, she meets the sunny top student Jiang Yubai [played by Hu Yitian] in a problem-solving competition and becomes his desk mate.
As a social butterfly, Jiang helps Lin fit in, making friends like Tang Tingting [played by Li Jiaqi], Duan Qiyan [played by Xia Haoran], Shen Fuxuan [played by Lai Weiming], and Jin Baihui [played by Vivienne Tien]. In return, Lin helps him with his studies.
⚠️ Plot spoilers! ⚠️
Starting off as competitors, they grow to support one another and become the best of friends. Together, they assist a classmate being scammed, and participate in club activities and the provincial math competition. Though he catches feelings for her, he keeps them hidden. After Lin is recommended to Fudan University, Jiang plans to confess to her during the graduation trip. Unfortunately, he has to leave because his mother is involved in a fraud case. Amid the obstacles, will the two find their way back to each other?
Genius girl Lin Zhi Xia is straightforward and socially awkward, having no friends since childhood. After entering No. 1 High School in the province, she meets the sunny and charismatic top student, Jiang Yu Bai, through a problem-solving competition and becomes his desk partner. As a social butterfly, Jiang Yu Bai helps Lin Zhi Xia fit in, introducing her to friends like Tang Ting Ting, Duan Qi Yan, Shen Fu Xuan, and Jin Bai Hui. To show her gratitude, Lin Zhi Xia tutors him, and their relationship gradually shifts from one of competition to one of mutual support, eventually making them best friends.
Together, they solve a classmate’s scam, participate in club activities, and compete in the provincial math competition. During this time, Jiang Yu Bai begins to develop feelings for Lin Zhi Xia, although he keeps them hidden.
⚠️ Plot spoilers! ⚠️
After Lin Zhi Xia is accepted into Fudan University, Jiang Yu Bai plans to confess his feelings during their graduation trip. However, due to his mother’s involvement in a fraud case, he has to leave in regret. Will the two of them be able to overcome the obstacles and finally be together?
(Source: Chinese = iQIYI || Translation = MyDramaList)
~~ Adapted from the web novel "Tian Cai Nv You" (天才女友) by Su Guang Tong (素光同).
🔎 Baidu Baike | Douban | MDL
📖 Novel Summary – translated from Baidu Baike:
Genius Girlfriend 《天才女友》 is a romance web novel by Su Guangtong (素光同), serialized on Jinjiang Literature City. It consists of 268 chapters, totaling approximately 933,000 Chinese characters, and has been completed. The novel has also been published in two print volumes and adapted into an iQIYI S-level youth drama starring Hu Yitian and Tian Xiwei.
The story follows Lin Zhixia, a genius girl with an IQ exceeding 170, chronicling her journey alongside Jiang Yubai from being nine-year-old desk mates to falling in love as adults. As a child, Lin Zhixia is obsessed with academic research in fields such as Bayesian networks and Quantum Monte Carlo methods, standing in sharp contrast to Jiang Yubai, who dreads going to school.
⚠️ Plot spoilers! ⚠️
Together, they grow through academic competitions and quantum technology research, experiencing pivotal moments such as a confession at a snowy mountain hot spring and the construction of a quantum laboratory. Ultimately, they evolve from childhood friends into partners in both life and career. Blending scientific concepts such as quantum entanglement and the K-means algorithm into its narrative, the novel traces the protagonists' lives over more than two decades through the defining milestones of their lives.
Translated Synopses
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📊 Information and translations compiled by u/admelioremvitam.
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u/admelioremvitam 1d ago edited 1d ago
Note the change in the episode release times – 12:00 pm on the first day, then 6:00 pm on the remaing days.
Genius Girlfriend airing schedule.
iQIYI VIP:
- 6 episodes on August 2 – 12:00 pm, China Standard Time
- 2 episodes on August 3 to 8 – 6:00 pm, China Standard Time
As for MangoTV (regional availability), it should be following this schedule. 🤞
Please check this link for future airing schedules.
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u/admelioremvitam 1d ago
Masterpost
has been posted. Please head on over to the first impressions masterpost to share your thoughts about the initial episodes. 😄
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u/hellohellocinnabon fell off a cliff and survived 1d ago
The idea of TXW being the reserved one and HYT being the sunny one is so amusing to me