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Picking Up the Cue: The Prodigy Returns

Picking Up the Cue: The Prodigy Returns

2025·60 Eps·Free 9 Eps

Synopsis

Jiang Ye was once a billiards prodigy in the harbor city, winning numerous championships. A car accident takes his parents' lives and leaves him with lasting injuries to his hands, so he stops playing billiards. His grandmother, suffering from cancer, seeks a way out for him and forces him to play, but he is misunderstood. Even after his hands recover, Jiang Ye intentionally loses to resist being 'forced.' At the final moment of a match, he learns the truth, feels remorse and awakens, defeats a strong opponent, and restores the name of billiards prodigy.

Redemption All-Too-Late Family Bonds

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CAST

Niu Yifan

Li Zeyang

Mou Yingzhu

Yang Junhao

Mei Xianfeng

Mi Qi

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Where to watchNetShort

GenresRedemption · All-Too-Late · Family Bonds

TypeLive-action

Release dateApril 13, 2025

Episodes60 episodes

Free episodes9 ( NetShort )

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1 platform · 4 languages

NetShortEnglish · 한국어 · 日本語 · 中文

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