Singapore actor Ayden Sng to star in Chinese boys’ love drama Double Helix
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In the upcoming Chinese boys' love drama Double Helix, Singaporean actor Ayden Sng plays Lu Feng, a wealthy second-generation heir.
PHOTO: DOUBLEHELIX2026/YOUTUBE
SINGAPORE – After being named one of the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes at the Star Awards on April 19, Singaporean actor Ayden Sng, 32, is now set to star in his first boys’ love drama.
Titled Double Helix, the Chinese web series is adapted from the novel A Round Trip To Love by Chinese writer Lan Lin and is expected to premiere in May.
The story revolves around wealthy second-generation heir Lu Feng (played by Sng), who falls in love with a gentle and academically gifted student, Cheng Yichen (played by Chinese actor Lv Sitong).
The two are forced apart due to the pressures of family and school, and lose contact with each other. However, years later, they reunite through a series of entanglements and finally reconcile.
The drama also stars Chinese actors He Jiashu and Fa Xuange as supporting characters.
On April 20, Chinese agency Mejoy Entertainment welcomed Sng, Lv, He and Fa to its line-up of artistes on Chinese social media platform Weibo. It posted similar content on Instagram on April 21.
Sng has shared Mejoy Entertainment’s Weibo post. He added the caption: “A new chapter, a new journey, has officially begun.”
On April 30, a 75-second video trailer for Double Helix dropped on YouTube. In one scene, Yichen accuses Lu Feng of luring him in to seek revenge, but the latter retorts: “All these years, while you lived freely with someone else, I have lived like a walking corpse.”
In the upcoming Chinese drama Double Helix, Sng plays Lu Feng, a wealthy heir.
PHOTO: DOUBLEHELIX2026/YOUTUBE
In addition, behind-the-scenes clips have been uploaded on YouTube, with one showing the lead characters embracing each other.
This is not the first time Sng has starred in a Chinese series. He played supporting roles in the period drama Perfect Match (2025) and wuxia drama Feud (2025).
Actor Ayden Sng at the Star Awards red carpet at Mediacorp on April 19.
ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Closer to home, the 1.83m-tall Mediacorp artiste portrayed an inspector in the microdrama Who Did My Ah Ma Kill (2025) and opposite Love 972 DJ Chen Biyu in another microdrama, Please Fall In Love Ms Pan (2026).
The novel A Round Trip To Love was previously adapted into a 2016 Chinese two-part web movie of the same name. It starred Chinese actors Gao Taiyu and Huang Jingxiang as Lu Feng and Yichen respectively.
