Ten years ago, Ma Sichun was only 27 when she and Zhou Dongyu won Best Actress at the Golden Horse Awards for 'Soul Mate'. Many thought her acting career would skyrocket, but she later struggled with severe weight gain and depression. She also dated Zhang Zhexuan (Zhang Manle), lead singer of the rock band Penicillin. Due to the many controversies surrounding him, fans had always urged her to 'wake up.' In recent years, she has seemed much sunnier, her figure has returned to what it was, and, as for her fans' biggest worry—that she had 'love brain'—it seems that problem is gone too. On a recent show, she revealed that she and Zhang Zhexuan had broken up in June 2024 due to spending too little time together and differences in values; she’s been single for over a year now. Many fans have expressed relief, commenting, 'she's finally awake' and even 'congratulated' her, as if only fireworks were missing.
Zhang Zhexuan has songwriting talent, but he was previously exposed for hooking up, being a freeloader, and has even gotten into fights that landed him at the police station. Still, Ma Sichun was full of admiration for him. In 2023, she said that during her depression, he was her most important emotional support and described him as a sun that lit up her life, helping her learn to love herself. She stressed that their relationship was very free: 'I have to say he treated me very well,' 'he was very patient with me and showed me a bigger world, which made me more curious about many things.' Despite her glowing words, fans were pessimistic about this older-woman-younger-man relationship, worried he'd lead her astray and predicting their romance wouldn't last. Since rumors about their relationship first came out in 2021, it has now ended in a breakup.
Ma Sichun previously said that at her current stage in life, she views relationships with marriage as the premise; if her partner isn’t interested in marriage, she will decisively cut her losses. Many believe this could also be a main reason for their breakup. Talking about the process, she said she’s a very decisive person: she falls in love passionately but ends things cleanly and rationally. She doesn’t feel she can’t live without a boyfriend—her career gives her plenty of fulfillment. She doesn’t need someone just to have someone to talk to, and she isn’t bothered by the prospect of being single for a longer time.
Source: Apple News Network