Le Coup De Foudre 我只喜欢你 stars Janice Wu Qian and Zhang Yujian just announced their divorce on Valentine’s Day. Janice shared a photo with her little girl and the caption, “Single ladies going on a V-Day date.” Her studio also issued a statement saying Wu Qian and Zhang Yujian have ended their marriage peacefully, that they have no intention of occupying public resources and will no longer respond to the matter. Minutes later, Zhang Yujian tagged his ex-wife Janice when he wrote, “Thankful for the once beautiful encounter. There is a long way to go in the future. We are still the child’s parents and the closest friends to each other @吴千mine4ever.” His studio subsequently issued a statement saying the two recently completed their papers to end their marriage peacefully and will no longer respond to the matter.
Janice Wu Qian and Zhang Yujian who are artists under Huace shot their drama Le Coup De Foudre in 2018. There were repeated paparazzi sightings of them since 2019 and even speculation that she’s pregnant. After Janice was photographed with a toddler in March 2021, Zhang Yujian finally confirmed that they indeed fell in love, got married and have a daughter together. He drew flak nonetheless with accusations that he refused to acknowledged his wife and child so he can appear single.
It seems that their divorce has drawn contrasting reactions towards the two parties. Janice Wu Qian has received an outflow of support with some even sending their congratulations. Zhang Yujian has drawn flak for keeping their relationship a secret then publicly announce a divorce on V-day. Some C-netizens are leaving comments that he can finally keep his single persona.
Thoughtful
Oh the power of C-netizens! This couple was actually doing fine before they revealed their relationship to the public. No wonder why many celebrities want to keep their relationship hidden. Now they are choosing sides. Smh. I really loved this couple on and off screen and am sad they broke up and announced it on Valentines Day, no less!
Ting Tang Tong
They weren’t doing fine. The guy was posing in reality show as a single guy, refusing to acknowledge the girl. Only when he no longer had a choice did he admit it but clearly the girl looked haggard and distraught from the marriage.
Think Again
At least he didn’t do a split to signify his single status.
Lisa
Why would he do a split? I’m so confused…
Pam
Please, don’t asked it’s just another excuse to bring Zhao Li Ying into the conversation once again, so boring, let it go haters, let it go.
Lisa
I apologize for asking. I have no idea that’s related to her. I take back my question. I don’t care what a split has to do with anything.
Applefish
@lisa haha, it took me a while to decipher the “split” then I remember ZLY did a split to signify she is not pregnant and hence she’s single. Though her split is worse than my 2yo split 🤣 but that’s what the comment referring to 😜
XZF
@ Applefish
Thank you. I didn’t understand the “split” until I saw your comment. I remember it now. 🙂
LinXianEr
I doubt they were doing well. It seemed like they only married because she was pregnant. Those marriages usually don’t end well but it depends. Why is everyone blaming him? I am sure there is more to it than we see. It is their business anyways. Marriages come and go all the time so not a big shock whether announce it or not.
Lovehj
They should have kept their divorce quiet like their marriage
Yooi
But if one of them dating someone else, people will accuse him or her having an affair. It’s better to announce it and everybody knows it.
Sad
So maybe he cheated too!!?? This is so sad, why do they all gotta divorce!!?? They’re catching up to Hollywood.
Pam
All these newer celeb-couple in Korea and China keep getting divorced because they get married after only dating a few months and mostly because the woman got pregnant so not really a surprise also they had been rumors for a few weeks now. I know it’s different for Asian celebs if you get pregnant, you get married they would not risk becoming single parents or just continuing dating without marriage with a child since we all know what that could do to their reputation and the actors would be called irresponsible for not marrying the girl which is ridiculous because getting marrying it’s not the only way to take responsibility as long you acknowledge the child and are there for them growing up it’s fine, but maybe they also some are also blinded by love and think that because like each other/in love they are going to fine until they start living together with a child and realize they are not a good match after all since they didn’t really knew each well in the first place.
I do find it dumb to blame C-netizens or the press for a break up, if your relantionship it’s not strong enough to survived what haters and fake stories say about your mariage then maybe you should not be married. I didn’t like how ZY handle the news, he was pretty much acting like he was single, it’s fine if you want to keep things private, but keep things really quiet then, don’t say anything at all or admit the relantionhip/pregnancy from the beggining and then just lay low if you want nobody to say anything and not act like there was nothing going on and say you want a girlfriend when you are marry secretly.
Applefish
@pam yes and no, celebrities are human. Why are we holding out on them for getting married because of a child? So what if it was accidental? It’s better off that he tried to make it right by marrying her, trying to create a life for a child, then find out it’s wrong, and split amicably. Than he not bothering being in the child’s life at all. Also it shows they tried to make it work. Why are we not giving them that credits? Isn’t trying is better than not trying???
The media is partly at fault, and definitely the c-netizens. No offend but if c-netizens just chill about it instead of hounding the party on why they are not doing this and that, it will create even further insecurities. Yes, it’s a sign that their relationship ain’t that strong, however, a tree don’t grow strong in a day. Try to put that tree in any kind of stress in it’s infantry and it will still die. So they are not completely not at fault either, nor it’s lame to blame them. You are not these celebrities, it is easier for us to judge them, and blame them instead of blaming the media (/netizens) pressure. We don’t know enough to say the guy is wrong, and the girl is right. Sometimes it’s no one’s fault, it’s just life.
Pam
I didn’t say it’s wrong to get married because of pregnancy plently of C-celebs had done it and still happily married like Sun Li and Den Chao or Ruby Lin and Wallace but they knew/dated each other for a long time before marriage, the problem I notice with so many of these couples lately it’s that they just been together for like a few months and then get married just to be responsible in the eyes of society when in my opinion it’s not necessary, didn’t you read what the part were I say someone can be a responsible parent without marriage as long they acknowledge the child and stay in their child’s lives as a loving parent and a couple can continue be in a relantionship during that period too and later get married or simply break up in clean way without any quick or messy divorces. It’s it better to just continue dating during pregnancy and after birth and if they are still going strong then get married if they chose to, but that’s just my opinion. I’m not judging them and I understand that in more conservative culture this what you have to do specially in the public eye, but it would more easy for couples like them and would stop putting these pressure that you have to get married even though you don’t really know each other that well yet just because of what people might say. I think a lot of these celebs shotgun marriages had the best intentions going in because obviously they like each other or in love but bringing a child into the relantionship can also put at lot pressure in a marriage too, I guess I’m criticizing society more than them it’s what I’m saying.
I still think maybe they could have handle the relantionship in the public eye better though, the reason that so many judge them in the first place it’s because of the way they tried to keep it quiet. If they wanted to keep things private that’s fine, just don’t say nothing but don’t lie and act like there nothing going on and it goes for both it wasn’t him actually, just admit your dating and that’s it, just continue dating quietly since afterall it’s not nobody business anyway. I’m sure if they had done that nobody would say anything except some dumb haters like usual but overall people would have just left them alone and supported them since they so many shippers too. Anway it’s sad there is another marriage over after so little time, but they both still young so best to do it sooner than later and staying in unhappy marriage.
Sunny
@Pam: Totally. A lot of these couples rush into marriage despite barely knowing each other. Most likely they would have broken up sooner rather than later if not for the accidental pregnancy. They would be better off amicably co-parenting and seeing if they are truly compatible and, then, if their relationship is still going strong marrying eventually rather than rush into these ill-advised shotgun marriages just to end up divorcees 5 minutes later.
Anon
Hold on, hold on Pam… Did you just call people haters because they said ZLY did a split?
I don’t know what makes you think only your idol can go around acting like she’s single when she’s pregnant, it’s obvious she thought of abortion because she wouldn’t allow a baby to pop up after making such a huge lie.
What a hypocrite you are because that hater is nobody else but just your own self.
Sounds like some very irresponsible women aborting babies every year after making the decisions to create them in the first place, if you are so great why don’t you sew up your apples and bananas?
Pam
First of all, ZLY it’s not my idol and just point out it’s so obvious when someone it’s trying to bring her into a conversation in an article that has nothing to do with her like usual, just to say the same things over and over again, so boring but okay moving on.
Second of all, as for the rest, uhmm WHAT!?.
Only my excuse is legit
Double standard.
Why don’t you share your experience being that child having co-parents that will never marry, how healthy was it talking to your mother’s constant new boyfriends and father’s girlfriends? I bet those girlfriends and boyfriends really enjoying you being that middle person bridging your parents when they don’t even want to be together. Don’t freaken want to take responsibilties then just sew up those peaches. Stop murdering children or raising them to be hated by your new partners, if you gonna end up with new partners you hate either way then why not just married whoever is your child’s real parent? Hell with those stupid excuses.
Anon
Definitely double standard. Why do you think he copied the same sentence “Grateful for the wonderful past. The road ahead is long.”
He’s smart, hinting he wants the same respect. He’s not any less peaceful or INSPIRATIONAL.
Funny how people these days think fuking around is ok as long as the word married isn’t written on their forehead. Who rally cares about consequences such as getting pregnant and abortion?
malatang
I thought it was distasteful when he paraded around pretending to be a lonely single person looking for love, when he was already in a relationship with Janice in private.
Sunny
Not surprised. Yet another hasty shotgun marriage that didn’t last because the couples weren’t compatible and only got married because of an unplanned pregnancy.
There is something about Zhang Yu jian I have never liked and the way he treated the relationship and Janice. Along with the distasteful way he acted when he was already with Janice and going out of his way to pretend to be single
Jon
There are flaks for the guy because he was imposing himself as a single guy all along while already married and had a child with janice. Good for her, she’s still young
Ash
People keep on and on about the single incident of “pretend to be single”. How do we even know that this was not the strategy agreed between the 2 of them to avoid all those intrusive fans? She also never gave a hint of it before they announced it. That, both managed to keep all the whole dating, marriage, pregnancy, birth process under wraps for so long is quite a feat. Only when both are matured, clear headed and focused on their objectives, could this be achieved.
ZYJ is a very reserved guy and blunt in his speech. He is not the sleek talker type, nor does he pander to popularity. I haven’t heard of any other “scandal” relating to him, other than this particular incident. And to which he never responded too, even to defend himself.
Even for this divorce, it is very clear that it is a coordinated and timed action between the two. And it is also clear that there won’t be any further clarifications, responses, statements, tit-for-tat in social media from either one of them. They obviously still love each other a lot, maybe just differently now; ZYJ said they are each other’s closest friends and still tagged her as “@吴千mine4ever”. (Just with this tag, I wonder whether the divorce is what he wanted.) For sure, the little girl will continue to have a loving father and mother in her life.
I am sad they can’t “live happily forever and ever” cos I like the 2 of them, but I am also happy they handled it so maturely. Just a couple of clean, straightforward statements. Hope everyone will just let them be to sort out their own issues. There is no need for us to know the real reasons.
I wish this little family happiness and all the best .
Coralie
I agree as well. I don’t like the guy (just his face isn’t likeable), so I didn’t root for this relationship from the outset. But even still, I can’t say he’s scum just because they divorced or he did her wrong by declaring himself single when he was dating her. Some guys did it before like Andy Lau or other top celebrities in order to protect their partner; it’s possible his mentality was along the same lines. And now that they’re divorcing, they didn’t badmouth each other and both parties are amicable…so maybe it’s simply incompatibility. Until we get more evidence, it’s too soon to judge
laila
I agree. While I don’t exactly agree with what he had said in the program when he uttered those words, we don’t know what was agreed between him and Janice behind the scene. Considering they hid their relationship, pregnancy, marriage, and child for two years, they were probably in agreement to not share anything about their personal life to the public. His words were merely just a ploy to not expose his personal life to the world. I am sad that they had divorced, because I really like them as a couple. I’d rather their divorce be an amicable one than a messy one. As long as they are still in the child’s life and can still maintain a cordial/friendly relationship despite being divorce, we should still be happy for them.
Thoughtful
I’m glad to see more objective comments than people who just want to play the blame game based on their misconception of events. The fact of the matter is that not every relationship or marriage make it til death do us part. Sometimes, relationship don’t work out for myriad reasons. And only the two people involved really know why they made the decision to split up. As the public, all we can do is respect their decision and move on. And not use this as an excuse to hate either party or choose sides. I applaud the couple for settling this amicably in the public eye. Hopefully it remains that way. It’s what is best for their daughter and their careers. If netizens aren’t so quick to judge and insult celebrities using the anonymity of the internet, a lot of these celebs may lead more peaceful lives imho. At the end of the day, they’re people just like us, who just have very public careers. There’s no reason why their private lives have to be on display as well.
You're just another anon too
Sounds funny bc if they knew they plan everything together then they would be expecting everyone to misunderstand, and it wouldn’t matter what our misunderstandings are, nothing we do or say should even affect them a little. First they cause misundrestandings so just because people are saying what ever they think, that means the people caused of their divorce? Sounds stupid af for anyone to believe. They had their own problems together we don’t know that, but it’s not the public that made them divorce, that’s for sure. It’s not like Janice Wu made the media publishes thousands of articles per week saying how he denied marrying her and cheated, or he publishes anything saying she’s desperate to marry him. If anything like that happened, it can be suspected but it will still not be the people’s fault but their own. What’s ridiculous is bc since nothing stupid like that happened, it did for a short while after he tried to sound like he’s single. All people mostly did was complaining about him directly, did not see any Janice fans trying to convince her to divorce, and those criticisms at him wasn’t even on going or lasting that long.
Barbara
So sorry for this couple. I just love him as an actor. I’m sure they have sorted this out. So many great stars hide their relationships whether marriage or dating. So many fans get upset when their idol gets married. Cuts down on their fan base.