Chen Du Ling

Ling Miao Miao (Esther Yu) unexpectedly finds herself transported into the world of a fantasy novel called "Chasing Demons" as a villainous supporting character. To escape and return to the real world, she must complete a series of tasks – including winning the heart of Mu Sheng (Ding Yu Xi), the female lead's adoptive brother with a possessive love for her. Teaming up with expert demon catchers, they battle creatures, level up, and gradually work to dissolve an age-old animosity between humans and demons. As Miao Miao and Mu Sheng grow closer, can they rewrite their stories in favor of redemption... and possibly even romance? This 2024 Chinese drama was directed by Zhao Yi Long, adapted from the web novel "The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus" by Bai Yu Zhai Diao Gong.

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy

💖My Beloved Demon Team 💖

Jing Yao

The Demon Lord (Luo Yun Xi) is an unstoppable being set to unleash unspeakable chaos and destruction on the world. But things were not always so: Centuries ago, he was a mortal prince.
A brave young woman named Li Su Su (Bai Lu) agrees to travel back in time to become the prince’s wife – and destroy him before he can amass all of his evil powers. But when they meet, romance blooms and complicates matters for both parties. Could the power of love overcome violence – and help save the world from evil? This 2023 Chinese drama series was directed by Kuk Kok Leung and Wang Hai Qi.

Till the End of the Moon

🐉 Dragon in a Clam 🐚

Yuan Ge (Chen Du Ling) and Gu Qiao (Xu Lu) are lifelong best friends. Although they are very different in terms of character, the bond between them is firm. Although they grew up in a smaller town, they studied in Shanghai. But their paths began to diverge when they graduated from university. Gu Qiao turned her back on her dreams of a successful career to go back to her hometown and marry. She hoped that her life would be plain sailing with her loving husband. But this turned out to be a futile hope. Despite all the concessions she made for him, he decided to end the marriage.

Meanwhile, Yuan Ge has turned her back on love – and focused on the world of business in Shanghai. Her hard work has paid dividends, and now she is a successful businesswoman in her own right – although the struggle to reach the top has taken its toll on her health. Now, almost a decade later, Gu Qiao decides to return to Shanghai in a bid to restart her career. With Yuan Ge’s support, she hopes to make her old dreams come true. And with her best friend back at her side, Yuan Ge is also determined to make her thirties the best decade of her life!

“Women Walk the Line” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Shen Yang.

Women Walk the Line

 Protagonist Of My Path Team  

In a world where the internet reigns supreme over the lives of most people, few people give more than an afterthought to the idea of security. But cyber-villains lurk in dark corners of the web, ready to pounce on unsuspecting victims. Into this online world has come a gang of criminals who now plot to devastate China with their own brand of terror and fraud. But while these malicious, self-serving scammers, hackers, and fraudsters might have powerful IT tools at their fingertips, three heroes are about to emerge…

Qin Huai (Tan Jian Ci), Zhou You (Rong Zi Shan), and Chen Mo (He Lei) are three very different young men with wildly different personalities – ranging from streetwise extroverts to quiet gamers. What they all have in common, however, is a shared passion for technology and the power of the internet. They also share a deep-felt sense of justice. And although they do not trust each other to begin with, they soon realize that if they pool their skills, they might just be able to thwart the forces of evil! Will this Web 3.0-era version of the Three Musketeers save the day?

“Are You Safe?” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Cao Dun.

Are You Safe

💻 Gege, I got hacked! 😨

JiangsuTV, Youku

In the early part of the 20th Century, the Republic of China is struggling to establish itself, with the Imperial Japanese posing a growing threat to Chinese sovereignty. Against this backdrop, Xiao Bei Chen (Shawn Dou), a hotheaded teenager is growing up fast. He likes to bully a girl who has taken refuge with his family named Lin Hang Jing (Chen Du Ling), but she shows resilience and determination even when he intimidates her – a fact that ultimately leads him to fall for her.

The attraction grows, but Xiao Bei Chen discovers that his father wants to send him away to a military academy for several years. Before he leaves, he manages to get a promise from the family that he can marry Lin Hang Jing when he returns. But when, five years later, he comes back, he discovers that she is now promised to another man – Mu Zi Zheng (Yuan Hao). No longer an impetuous bully, Xiao Bei Chen has become a steely, focused young man. But he won’t give up on his plan of winning Lin Hang Jing’s heart. This plan could be thrown into turmoil when the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out in 1937, however. Suddenly all three are forced to choose a side – and their decisions could shape the destiny of not only their own futures, but also those of thousands of others...

“Love in Flames of War” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Chung Shu Kai.

Love in Flames of War

Love in 7️⃣ Flames of War

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Four very different couples with very different problems, needs, and concerns face up to their worries and obstacles at the start of a brand new year.

Ji Ho (Kim Kang Woo) is a divorcee police detective from a violent crime unit who meets Hyo Young (Yoo In Na), a rehab trainer who needs protection as she seeks to conclude her divorce. The two have their own issues, but find that the longer they spend together, the more they realize they have in common.

Jae Heon (Yoo Yeon Seok) and Jin Ah (Lee Yeon Hee) are two young twentysomethings who are having a hard time in their respective lives and travel to Argentina, where they meet for the first time. Over time, they realize that they could inspire one another to take positive steps to rebuild their dreams.

Meanwhile, Yong Chan (Lee Dong Hwi) is the chief executive of a travel agency. He is set to wed his fiancée Yao Lin (Chen Du Ling). But when he is cheated out of all of his money, he decides to keep the setback from her – and her family.

An avid gardener (Choi Sooyoung) is beset on all sides by naysayers and prejudice as she tries to make a success of her romance with her boyfriend Rae Hwan (Yoo Tae Oh), a snowboarder who represents his country at the Paralympic Games.

“New Year Blues” is a 2020 South Korean movie that was directed by Hong Ji Young.

New Year Blues

🎉 Happy New Year Team  🎉

Hunan TV

Just how far would you go to stop your mother and work colleagues from interfering in your private life? Ye Xiao Bai (Chen Du Ling) decides to find out!

While working on a tense and work-intensive business project with her boss Guan Yi He (Hawick Lau), she ends up falling in love. He too has developed feelings for her.

But this love affair will be anything but straightforward. Not only does Ye Xiao Bai have a meddling mother to throw off the scent, but there is also another hurdle: Company policy strictly forbids workplace romances.

The duo decides to wed in secret to avoid the heat, and even ties the knot. For a while, things look to be going swimmingly, and they even manage to start a little family. But this is where things get complicated – as keeping a lid on their love now proves to be trickier than ever.

Ye Xiao Bai is determined to have the lot, however: A successful career, a happy family, and a blissful marriage – but have she and her secret husband bitten off more than they can chew?

“Invisible Life” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Tao Ling Ling.

Invisible Life

❝💥 The Almighty ✨ Team ❞

iQiyi

Branded as an outsider and shunned as such, Shang Xirui (Yin Zheng) has faced a lifetime of trials but that has never once stopped him from reaching for his dream. An exceptional talent in the world of Peking opera, Xirui has but one dream, to share his love and knowledge of this beautiful, traditional art form with the world.&nbsp;

When wealthy businessman, Cheng Fengtai (Huang Xiao Ming) attends one of Xirui’s performances, he’s captivated by both the art and the artist. Sharing a passion for Peking opera, Fengtai and Xirui soon become the best of friends. An avid supporter of Xirui’s work, Fengtai helps his Xirui rebuild a local theater and train a new troupe of aspiring actors, to carry on the art and its traditions.

As the two work closely together, their friendship blossoms, both finding something in each other that neither has had before: a true friend. But in the summer of 1937, everything they love and have worked so hard for is threatened, when the Japanese army invades Beijing. Knowing they must fight to protect that which they love most, the two take up arms in defiance of those who threaten to destroy everything they hold dear.

Based on the novel of the same name by Shui Ru Tian Er, “Winter Begonia” is a 2020 period drama directed by Hui Kai Dong.

Winter Begonia

The Winter Begonia Team

Best friends An Sheng (Shen Yue) and Qi Yue (Chen Du Ling) enjoy a friendship that they think will last forever.

But when the dashing Su Jiaming (Dylan Xiong) appears on the scene, their lives are thrown into turmoil, with both women falling for him. When An Sheng realizes that Su Jiaming prefers her best friend, she decides to break off all contact with Su Jiaming and Qi Yue.

Instead, she decides to strike up an ill-fated relationship with a rock musician, following him out of town, and – so she thinks – out of both Su Jiaming’s and Qi Yue’s lives forever.

An Sheng and the musician soon part ways, and it soon turns out that her efforts to play Cupid did not go as smoothly as she had hoped. Qi Yue and Su Jiaming have agreed to marry, but he keeps delaying...

Could he be seeing An Sheng behind her back? And what other dark secrets are the trio hiding from each other?

This drama is based on a web-based series by hit author Anni Baobei named “Soul Mate.”

In 2016, a movie version of the same name was released. “Another Me” is a 2019 Chinese drama directed by James Tsui.

Another Me

The Soul Mate Team

Emperor Motion Pictures

Best friends since childhood, Ah Jie (Dong Zi Jian), Xiao Bo (Karry Wang), and Tong Tong (Dilraba Dilmurat) have grown up on the streets together. No strangers to trouble, the trio of orphans know the best way to avoid problems with the police is to not get caught, so when they find themselves on the run, they know exactly which places are the best to hide. Or so they thought.

Running into an abandoned general store after an evening of vandalism, the three friends decide to lay low for a while, eventually agreeing to spend the night in the store. All goes well until a mysterious letter appears in what seems to be a magical mailbox. With the letters addressed to the store’s former owner, Namiya (Jackie Chan), the delinquent trio decides to fill in for the absent owner. Answering the letter in his stead, the trio sets off a series of mysterious correspondence with pen pals living 30 years in the past.

Through the letters, the friends begin to piece together the stories of another group of orphans who lived in the 1990s. Even more amazing than connecting with the past is learning how the events in the lives of these strangers came to shape the present of these three friends.

Based on the novel “Miracles of the Namiya General Store” by Keigo Higashino, “Namiya” is a 2017 Chinese fantasy film directed by Han Jie.

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