Novel vs Drama

The han ting in the novel vs onscreen is so different(in terms of ji xing).

Han ting has been watching out for ji xing since episode 1 . They have the same office building , han ting is having small talk with ji xing in the lift, he's dropping her home in rain.

Doesn't look like he's ever moved on from her. Also from no angle it looks like him & Zeng di ever were a thing.

The one night stand in the novel was not a 10 year crush coming to fruition. It was heat of moment kind of thing. Their love story had a gradual build up.

But now,
Its gonna be a hell lot different.

This is so not the han ting we know.
He's cold and stern and definately not so approachable.

But in terms of events, they're sailing close to the book. So far(E3) its going great. 

 Kim_YeJin:

The han ting in the novel vs onscreen is so different(in terms of ji xing).

Han ting has been watching out for ji xing since episode 1 . They have the same office building , han ting is having small talk with ji xing in the lift, he's dropping her home in rain.

Doesn't look like he's ever moved on from her. Also from no angle it looks like him & Zeng di ever were a thing.

The one night stand in the novel was not a 10 year crush coming to fruition. It was heat of moment kind of thing. Their love story had a gradual build up.

But now,
Its gonna be a hell lot different.

This is so not the han ting we know.
He's cold and stern and definately not so approachable.

But in terms of events, they're sailing close to the book. So far(E3) its going great. 

One night stand with ji xing?

What Han Ting said about the difficulty in startup process and prediction of Ji Xing's failure is brutally true. Thus, it was quite unconvincing in the novel that HT still invested in her company just to avoid competition for his well-established startup. The drama added additional reason for drama Han Ting to invest in her company. That is he had experience with her, understood her compentence and will thus with his business experience and resources the company can survise and her business is somehow suppliment his business.

In the novel, competition with his cousin Han Yuan is one of the reason for his investment on JX's company. However Han Yuan did very conventional medical equipment. She did not have much experience in innovative tech. And she wanted to involve in running the startup.  She had been in charge of Dong Yang Medical for some time but there was no progress in the Doctor Cloud program. And at that point she was not in charge of the Medical & healthcare business. The company that Han Ting invested had 3-5 years ahead, the product passed test, got patent and prize in some events. So he and his company has much higher advantages over Han Yuan + Ji Xing. And because the novel emphasized on the competition aspect when decided to invest in her company, her company made similar product of his hidden company.
The drama made these two as compliment to each other which makes more sense to drive his investment. More reasons probably will be revealed in latter eps. I made this comparison based on the content of the first 5 eps

 lavaarr:

So actually in the novel, han ting and Zeng is a 'thing' before ? I saw a someone commented that they are 'friends with benefits'. Is it 'friends with benefits' in romantic terms ?

They’re not a “thing” in that they’re not a couple. It’s a purely physical relationship that they have, not an emotional one. Can you call them friends? Maybe. Not sure I would. They are business partners and occasional bed partners. There are clear boundaries - that we learn mostly from Zeng Di, actually. Such as she knows she cannot ask him for more commitment, demand more of him, or try to turn their relationship into anything more because he’ll cut her off. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t still yearn or hope for more, she does. If she could, she would’ve trapped him with a child, but Han Ting was always too careful to let such a thing happen. And so Zeng Di pined… and thus became jealous when Ji Xing entered the picture.

 themarchioness:

They’re not a “thing” in that they’re not a couple. It’s a purely physical relationship that they have, not an emotional one. Can you call them friends? Maybe. Not sure I would. They are business partners and occasional bed partners. There are clear boundaries - that we learn mostly from Zeng Di, actually. Such as she knows she cannot ask him for more commitment, demand more of him, or try to turn their relationship into anything more because he’ll cut her off. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t still yearn or hope for more, she does. If she could, she would’ve trapped him with a child, but Han Ting was always too careful to let such a thing happen. And so Zeng Di pined… and thus became jealous when Ji Xing entered the picture. 

In the drama, han ting always let Zeng di to enter his private room, either his house or his hotel room. I feel a little weird because he does. Because he told Zengdi that he only considered her a friend and a business partner, so I thought it was pretty weird that he let someone else who was also single into his private room and alone with him. But when I found out that in the novel, Zengdi was actually his bed partner, I wondered if his actions in the drama actually implied the same thing, but they weren't explicit.

First let me clear up that I love Han Ting but he was a morally grey book character, there’s no way to hide it: 

Now that we are more advance in the drama sincerely pisses me off how much they change Han Ting, because it turns out lead girl into unreasonable. Han Ting in the book was cruel. She repeatedly told him don’t be mean with business things and he would say they aren’t my friends, no matter if I hurt or step people in the process. 
When she finds out in the book about his “betrayal” he was cruel on his answers in the drama they almost victimized him. Like I did it for you, but I didn’t merge the company, I will give you the company. They say she is more at fault for going to the competition when he betrayed her twice before she did that. 
Again they change his persona and changed the direction of the relationship to completely strangers to past love, so viewers who didn’t read the novel think he was doing it to help her not because of cruel intentions. I’m glad that in this tread we can see I wasn’t way off by saying most people love the character without seeing such errors because they love the actor, didn’t read the novel to completely understand his character, or find him hot. 
Again Han Ting love you bud but let’s say it, you were a douchebag on the book until you redeem yourself. 

 T-baby:

I finally read the English translation of the book, and wow, how HT was a jerk compared to the series.  They painted him to be this angel, like you said, because of who the actor was playing HT, but I do,like the more sensitive HT in the series.

Where did u read the translated version of book ? Books are available in translations? Or it's just pdf or like online format?