First Look at Hou Ming Hao and Lu Yu Xiao in Youku Xianxia C-drama Love in the Clouds
An upcoming xianxia C-drama finished filming recently so let’s take a look at Love in the Clouds, starring Hou Ming Hao and Lu Yu Xiao. It’s yet early in the post-production but I do expect this drama sometime in late 2025 to be released. Hou Ming Hao continues to do one drama after another, all looking promising but none being the one hit he needs to level up. I find him a good actor but NGL his face has been bothering me in recent dramas, like pulled taut in the top half and if it’s due to botox he needs to lay off because OG version was way more handsome. This is Lu Yu Xiao’s big female lead casting after her second female lead breakout in My Journey to You and she brings both charisma and acting but not a strong fan base to bring in viewers on buzz alone. But if the drama is well made and has a compelling story like Love Game in Eastern Fantasy anything can happen to become a hit.



For me, Hou Ming Hao looks better with less makeup and more natural skin tone.
Agreed. He has sharp features. Less is better.
yes.. his looks in Fangs of Fortune is just awkward to watch..I watch 2eps and could not watch further.
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I am following this drama on Weibo and to me it’s the most anticipated drama for 2025, HMH look pretty good here ,I am liking the bad boy vibe .
I always feel like Hou Ming Hao face is gonna melt anytime.
I look forward to this drama. Reuters of filming revealed some interesting scenes including a proper kiss scene, plus Ming Hao looked stuningly handsome.
Hoping this drama is a success for the super talented Lu Yu Xiao!
HMH always looks so plastic to me like he would melt if he got too close to a heat source.
I agree. HMH was good looking in that boyish sort of way but since last year his appearance seems altered and way less natural. He also didn’t seem to have a particularly outstanding work yet although he isnt a bad actor. LYX was so cute in Blossoms in Adversity. She has been good as lead in the school drama (Time and Him is just right) and has been adventurous in bigger productions as 2nd FL. See alot of potential in her and hope good things will come her way
Agreed LYX’s acting was unique and impressive in BiA. She creeped me out in MJtY though LOL.
How do ppl tell if one has got botox or not? Could someone ever having botox injection share your own experience LOL? Some PS works are such blatant ads for PS clinics that can’t be unseen. But I can’t tell if HMH has done any even though ppl kept hinting that. To me, his visuals have been almost the same since I watched him the first time in A Girl like Me. He is a better looking C actor IMO. Another example of suspicious PS that’s confusing is the FL of the recent hit drama, Blossom. Many said Meng Ziyi had done PS and her mouth specifically looked like an evidence to me until I saw her mom on variety show and there was also the wedding scene in Blossom where she appeared as an extra. Unless the daughter and the mom had done joint PS together, they just look like a copy of each other LOL.
Neo Hao’s acting has definitely caught my eye and interest especially in the drama Back From the Brink. His acting skills are so good. I am looking forward to watch his coming dramas. BTW he is also a very talented singer. He has such powerful voice. No doubt he will be one of the top artists soon.
He’s actually one of the pretty good younger c-actors out there. Have liked him since When We Were Young. But yeah recently they’ve been putting too much makeup on him. He already has sharp features so natural makeup would look the best for him as evidenced in some of his (non-xianxia) works. But unfortunately for the xianxia genre, thick makeup on the male actors seems to be the norm these days lol