Ren Jia Lun

Under the alias of treacherous minister Wei Zhao, the young lord of Moonfall City Xiao Wu Xia (Ren Jia Lun) has dealt with constant humiliation and strife in his years-long quest to infiltrate the Liang Kingdom and uncover the truth behind his family's tragic past. Unfortunately, his meticulous plan to abduct the sole survivor of the incident is thwarted by the sudden appearance of a young woman named Jiang Ci (Landy Li), who's been seriously injured. Taking advantage of the situation, the scheming nobleman Pei Yan (Jeremy Tsui) brings Jiang Ci into his residence, hoping to find the mastermind behind the incident. However, Jiang Ci finds herself moved by Wei Zhao's tragic past and loyalty to his people, and the more they interact with each other, the more they begin to fall for each other. Can Wei Zhao, Jiang Ci, and Pei Yan manage to set aside their personal grudges and stand strong against the Liang Kingdom? This 2024 Chinese fantasy period drama was based on a novel by Xiao Lou and directed by Zhou Jing Tao.

Love of Nirvana

The Fallen City Revivers

Xiao Wu Xia/ Wei Zhao

Liu Xia (Angelababy) is a young, talented psychologist, who is about to give a keynote speech at a conference for counselors. But on her way to the event, she notices something amiss about a man who takes the same elevator as her. She eventually deduces that he is intending to jump to his death from the roof of the building. So, rather than deliver the speech, she rushes off to the building to talk him out of suicide, while a crowd of people watches on below. The event has a profound effect on her – making her think that she should create a space where she can help people with their psychological problems.

Meanwhile, Qi Lian Shan (Ren Jia Lun) is a screenwriter who is working on making an all-action, high-octane script for a drama. He is working on the script in a cafe nearby, and is awed to see that a psychologist can save the day too! A twist of fate brings them into contact with one another, and they soon decide to collaborate: Qi Lian Shan asks Liu Xia to help him develop his script. And Liu Xia wants Qi Lian Shan’s help to assist in creating an AI-powered mental health platform. But will working together like this fan the flames of romance?

This drama was based on a novel by Yu Jing Peng Xiang

“Twilight” is a 2023 Chinese drama series that was directed by Leon Li.

Twilight

💙Twilight Love💙

Li Xi Cheng (Ren Jia Lun) is a laid-back and somewhat lazy young man who works bringing deliveries of seafood to restaurants on his bicycle – in between hanging out with his friends at the local skatepark. When one day he is delivering goods to a busy eatery, a kitchen fire breaks out, endangering the lives of the owner and the entire kitchen team. Li Xi Cheng shows remarkable quick thinking and athletic prowess to lead the cooks and owner out to a ledge where he lowers them to safety using an improvised pulley system.

A reporter captures this escapade on camera and publishes details of his “heroism.” When the local firefighting unit orders Li Xi Cheng’s mother’s restaurant to close due to fire concerns, he heads to the local station to plead with the unit to reopen the eatery. But while he is there, the fire chief recognizes Li Xi Cheng from the news report and asks him to join the force. Eventually, he agrees, mainly to please his mother. But he soon realizes that he has an aptitude for fighting fires – despite initial reservations from Ye Qi Heng, the unit’s deputy captain, who dislikes his brash attitude. He also gets to know Wen Yi Bing (Chen Xiao Yun). But does Li Xi Cheng really have what it takes to become an ace firefighter?

“Blue Flame Assault” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Lin Ke.

Blue Flame Assault

🚒 🔥Blue Flame Team👷🏻‍♀️👷 

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Ji Yun He (Dilraba Dilmurat) has the incredible ability to tame demons. Unfortunately, instead of putting her talents to good use by traveling to places where demons run amok, strict imperial laws forbid her from leaving the borders of Demon Valley. But adventure comes to her in the form of Chang Yi (Ren Jia Lun), a merman forced to come to the valley by a cruel princess. The princess demands Yun He to use her powers to give Chang Yi the ability to speak human words and grow human legs, and subsequently pledge his undying loyalty to her. Yun He soon begins to pity the merman, and even starts to fall for him. She yearns to grant him freedom, but could attempting to do so spell disaster for Yun He? This 2022 Chinese drama series was based on a novel by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang and was directed by Chu Yui Bun.

The Blue Whisper

☙Careless Whisper❧

Voice actress Shi Yi (Bai Lu)’s life changes forever when she meets chemistry professor Zhou Sheng Chen (Ren Jia Lun) at an airport. Despite their brief encounter, neither of them can forget each other. Unfortunately, Sheng Chen’s family clay teapot-making business begins to run into trouble, and he agrees to turn his back on his academic career and help out. However, he draws the line at his family’s attempts to force him into an arranged marriage, and instead reaches out to Shi Yi with a proposal. When she agrees, they join forces to save the business from ruin. Do they have what it takes to get the company back on track – and make their relationship a success? This 2021 Chinese drama series was based on a novel by Mo Bao Fei Bao and was directed by Shen Yang and Ben Fang.

Forever and Ever

Forever My One and Only Team

Zhou Sheng Chen

Though raised by his brother, the Emperor, Zhou Sheng Chen (Ren Jia Lun) knew from a young age that he wanted to be more than just the Emperor’s brother. Determined to become a loyal and accomplished general, Sheng Chen left his brother’s house at the age of thirteen to begin that noble quest. While the young Sheng Chen was off defending the border, Cui Shi Yi (Bai Lu), the well-read daughter of an esteemed noble family, spent her days being groomed for a life as the Crown Prince’s wife.

Despite her betrothal to the Crown Prince, Shi Yi’s life was far from easy. Surrounded by enemies, her family soon became the target of several political schemes which proved devastating. An unfortunate victim of the political unrest, Shi Yi was rendered mute but her misfortune didn’t end there. With the terms of her betrothal changed by the Empress Dowager Regent, Shi Yi finds herself facing an uncertain future. Returning to the capital amid the turmoil, Zhou Sheng Chen is unable to escape his duties to the crown.

To quell any lingering animosity between the royal family and the Chi family, Zhou Sheng Chen accepts Shi Yi as his disciple. Despite their differences, master and disciple draw ever closer but their respective sense of duty and honor keep them from exploring the depths of their relationship. Constantly entangled in the turmoil of the palace, will Zhou Sheng Chen and Shi Yi ever be free to live the life they truly desire?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Adapted from the novel “One Life, One Incarnation - Beautiful Bones” by Mo Bao Fei Bao, “One and Only” is a 2021 Chinese romance drama directed by Guo Hu.

One and Only

"Forever My One and Only" Team

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Gu Chuan (Allen Ren) is a passion-filled, vibrant young man with his whole life ahead of him – until his life is turned upside down by a sudden traffic accident.

He suffers life-threatening injuries to his heart and surgeons are able to save him by giving him an emergency heart transplant.

But when he recovers, he discovers that he is no longer allowed to perform most forms of exercise. Worse still, the doctors warn him that experiencing strong emotions could also end his life prematurely. He tries to return to normal life, but the changes he must make to his lifestyle take all the fizz out of his existence.

He carefully avoids anything that could raise his heart rate – even if doing so turns him into a shadow of his former self.

Things take another turn, however, when a woman named Jiang Xiao Yu (Fei Xing) comes to work at the company he and his friend set up. Jiang Xiao Yu’s own back story is also tinged with sadness: She was orphaned at an early age. Regardless, she is a veritable font of positivity.

Little by little, that positivity starts to rub off on Gu Chuan – but could this bond ever turn romantic, in spite of his condition?

“Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Qiang Wu.

Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard

Passionate Mechanical Hearts

iQiyi

Rong Hua (Zhang Hui Wen) is the virtuous daughter of a powerful clan chief. At her father’s behest, she decides to seek out a powerful pearl that she is told has the power to heal and bring peace to the realm.

The way is perilous and full of dangers, however, and she is saved from seemingly certain doom by Nalan Yue (Allen Ren), a young apprentice warrior from a rival clan.

The duo forms a close friendship – as well as a romantic bond – and decides to work together, despite the fact that their families’ feud continues to fester.

Unfortunately, the road to peace is anything but smooth. Rong Hua’s vengeful father will stop at nothing to exact revenge on Nalan Yue’s family.

Things get even more complicated for the young lovers when the corrupt Ming sect invests Nalan Yue with demonic dark magic skills.

Can Rong Hua and Nalan Yue overcome the forces of evil – and restore peace to the world?

“Love A Lifetime” is a 2020 Chinese drama series directed by Ren Hai Yao.

Love A Lifetime

The Twilight Team 

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The year is 1941 and East Asia is being torn apart by war – on land, at sea, and in the air. Imperial Japanese forces have occupied Hong Kong and work with native collaborators in a bid to impose strict Japanese martial law.

Into this lethal fray steps a young man named Ye Chong (Allen Ren) a fierce patriot and a devoted communist. Recruited by Chinese communist forces, he agrees to go undercover as a double agent.

His role will be to infiltrate the collaborators who are helping Japan tighten its grip on Hong Kong. The role involves becoming the “Autumn Cicada,” a spy who will relay information back to his communist comrades who are still plotting to throw off the Japanese yoke.

The role is perilous, and beset with danger at every turn. When Japanese intelligence officers learn that a mole has infiltrated the military ranks, a deadly hunt begins – in an effort to expose, capture, and torture the Autumn Cicada.

Fortunately, a handful of sympathetic freedom fighters is ready to help Ye Chong complete his mission – including the beautiful He Ying (Li Man).

“Autumn Cicada” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Fu Ning and Li Ang.

Autumn Cicada

The Spy Who Loved Me Team

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As the reign of the Ming Dynasty’s Jiajing Emperor approaches its end, trouble finds its way into the palace. Funds which had been set aside for the repairs of the river in Yangzhou, have disappeared. Commissioned by the emperor to investigate the incident, Lu Yi (Allen Ren), of the Jing Yi Wei, is determined to find those responsible and bring them to justice. But he’s not working this case alone.

A talented constable in the secret police, Yuan Jin Xia (Tan Song Yun), is an obvious choice when it comes to assisting Lu Yi on the case. There’s just one problem, the hot-tempered constable has encountered Lu Yi in the past and the disagreement that followed is not one either has forgotten. Despite their less-than-pleasant past, the two must work together to find those responsible for the missing government funds.

Putting their differences aside Lu Yi and Jin Xia learn to get along, making them a formidable team. As they dig deeper into the case, their feelings for each other begin to take root, eventually blossoming into a beautiful relationship. But all that comes crashing down when Jin Xia uncovers a dark and disturbing truth about her past.

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Lan Se Shi, “Under the Power” is a 2019 historical mystery romance drama directed by Yin Tao.

Under the Power

The Powerful Team

Master of the medicinal valley and disciple of the Jade Emperor, Zi Xuan (Allen Ren) was well on his way to becoming a deity when he met Bai Yao Yao (Yang Zi). A little white snake spirit roaming the mortal realm as a human, Yao Yao had no intention of falling in love with a mortal but sometimes, the best things in life happen when we least expect them.

Entwined by fate, Zi Xuan and Yao Yao should have had a beautiful life together but when demon catcher, Fa Hai (Mao Zi Jun), finds the two together, he becomes obsessed with tearing them apart. Desperate to save the life of the mortal she loves, Yao Yao breaks a heavenly seal, inadvertently releasing chaos and destruction upon the human world. In order to save the world, Zi Xuan sacrifices himself, leaving a devastated Yao Yao to face a dismal eternity alone.

A thousand years pass before Yao Yao allows herself to walk among men once more. As she travels, she finds Zi Xuan, now reborn as Xu Xian (Allen Ren). Though Xu Xian remembers nothing from his past life, Yao Yao remembers everything and vows that this time, things will be different.

Inspired by an ancient Chinese folk talk, “The Destiny of White Snake” is a 2018 fantasy romance drama directed by Yi Tao and Liu Guohui.

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