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William Chan and Zhong Chu Xi’s ‘Love Kills Slowly’ kicks off filming – drops booting ceremony photos

Michelle Topham March 13, 2026

William Chan and Zhong Chu Xi’s new toxic romance drama kicks off filming

Well, this is an interesting one, considering the  Chinese drama has received pretty much NO promotion so far — even though it does star the utterly wonderful William Chan (aka he of Love’s Ambition and The Mystic Nine: Against the Coming Storm) alongside Zhong Chu Xi (Judge Dee’s Mystery and Begin Again).

The C-drama I am talking about is iQIYI’s  Love Kills Slowly, a Chinese romance drama that kicked off its filming schedule today with an official booting ceremony, with filming itself beginning on March 15th, and photos also dropping for it.

Filming is scheduled to run for 90-days in Foshan and Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

What’s the plot of C-drama Love Kills Slowly?

It’s a drama that, even with a search on various Chinese search engines, including Baidu, I was not able to pull much up about — except an article explaining the plot that, apparently, follows extremely skilled doctor Wang Zhi Cheng (played by William Chan) who initially appears gentle and kind, but is quite controlling.

Soon Zhi Cheng meets Zhu Li Zi (played by Zhong Chu Xi ) and pursues her in a textbook-style romance, only to immediately turn into an extremely toxic and controlling person as soon as the relationship begins.

A relationship that is strange too as journalist Zhu Li Zi is very focused on domestic abuse.

But, once in the relationship, and in her struggle to survive, she realizes that domestic violence is far more than just physical abuse; it also includes verbal abuse, psychological manipulation, and economic coercion.

Nope, apparently this one isn’t a lovey-dovey relaxing romance story at all.

Director Liang Cheng

Staff and cast of Love Kills Slowly

Along with the photos of William Chan and Zhong Chu Xi at the C-drama’s booting ceremony, iQIYI also commented about the plot and the director and cast:

“Test each other, quench each other’s thirst, fall into a willing fall.”

Director: Liang Cheng (Will Love in Spring)

Screenwriter: Wu Yao (The Legend of Heroes)

Starring: Zhong Chu Xi and William Chan

Co-starring: Xiang Han Zhi and Niu Jun Feng

Special Appearance: Wang Zi Xuan

Supporting Cast: Sun Shuang and Li Ying |

The Chinese drama is adapted from the novel Love Slowly Kills You written by Yi Shu.

Cast and crew of Love Kills Slowly

That’s all the information we have about Love Kills Slowly so far, but we’ll keep you updated here at Baozi Buns as more information about the iQIYI drama is released.

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Brit-American journalist, and Founder/CEO of Baozi Buns. Began covering anime, donghua, K-drama, C-drama when I lived in Asia. Then never stopped.

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