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Love Between Lines

轧戏

English title
Love Between Lines (aka Ga Xi, Ya Xi)
Chinese title
轧戏 · Gá Xì
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Episodes
28 episodes · 45 min each
Status
Completed
Starring
Chen Xingxu and Lu Yuxiao
Original network
iQIYI, Dragon TV
Premiered
Jan 9, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026
Genre
Romance, Mystery
Based on
轧戏 by Zu Le

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What is Love Between Lines about?

With her wedding plans in ruins and her career at a standstill, Hu Xiu lets a friend drag her into an immersive murder-mystery game set in Republic-era China. Inside the game she is captivated by the star performer playing the warlord Qin Xiaoyi. Outside it, he turns out to be Xiao Zhiyu, the architect whose firm she has always dreamed of joining, and he is also renting a room from her. As scripted scenes and real life keep bleeding into each other, the two have to work out which feelings belong to the game and which are their own.

Based on the novel: 《轧戏》 by Zu Le (祖乐).

Love Between Lines cast

Full cast
  • ActorChen Xingxu

    Chen Xingxu as Xiao Zhiyu

    陈星旭 饰 肖稚宇Lead

    Founder of the architecture firm Dynamism, who also plays the warlord Qin Xiaoyi in an immersive murder-mystery game.

    CharacterChen Xingxu as Xiao Zhiyu
  • ActorLu Yuxiao

    Lu Yuxiao as Hu Xiu

    卢昱晓 饰 胡羞Lead

    A young woman starting over after a broken engagement, whose in-game role is Sun Jiaying.

    CharacterLu Yuxiao as Hu Xiu
  • ActorDai Xu

    Dai Xu as Pei Zhen

    代旭 饰 裴轸

    Xiao Zhiyu's stepbrother.

    Character
  • ActorLi Tingting

    Li Tingting as Zhao Xiaorou

    李婷婷 饰 赵孝柔

    Hu Xiu's best friend.

    Character
  • ActorMa Sichao

    Ma Sichao as Gong Huaicong

    马思超 饰 龚怀聪

    Xiao Zhiyu's friend and partner in the murder-mystery club.

    Character

Love Between Lines episodes

Release schedule

Love Between Lines has 28 episodes, each about 45 min. It aired on iQIYI and Dragon TV from Jan 9, 2026 to Jan 20, 2026, and all episodes are out.

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