Tian Ai

Tencent

While Gu Yi (Shen Yue) works as an average corporate employee by day, she hosts a comedy show at night to nourish her true love of making others laugh. However, she finds herself baffled by audience member Dai Wen (Lin Yi), who never seems to react to her jokes. As she tries to get to know Dai Wen more, she realizes that the problem runs deeper than just differing senses of humor: he suffers from alexithymia, making it difficult for him to process or express any emotions at all, despite his best efforts. Could Gu Yi be the key to unlocking Dai Wen's ability to feel – and might one of those feelings be love? This Chinese drama was adapted from the novel of the same name by Zu Le.

Smile Code

🤨 Smile up your Life 😁

Guan Xing Xin

Hua Zhi (Zhang Jing Yi) has scores of talents. But as the eldest female daughter of the high-standing Hua family, she is expected to keep them under wraps – and play the part of a “good partner” to her intended husband Shen Qi (Caesar Wu). That all changes when the family’s reputation takes a nosedive. All of a sudden, Hua Zhi has to step up to the plate and use all her hidden talents. This new, no-nonsense approach helps her family, but also scares off many potential suitors. One suitor appears undaunted by her abilities, however – the mysterious Gu Yan Xi (Hu Yi Tian). Could the duo find romantic bliss in this most unconventional of scenarios? This 2024 Chinese drama series was directed by Zhu Rui Bin, Lan Zhi Wei, and Gu Zhi Wei.

Blossoms In Adversity

 Love Blossoms In Adversity

Hao Yue

When a bridge over a canal collapses, the city of Yong An descends into chaos. The Emperor scapegoats his construction minister and has him thrown in prison. The minister’s family is left destitute, with his now-penniless daughter Shen Ran (Xia Nan) and her sister Shen Zhen (Ouyang Nana) forced to somehow make ends meet as they care for their ailing brother. Imperial prosecutor Lu Shi Yan (Jeremy Tsui), meanwhile, has been dispatched to investigate the bridge. But he is troubled by a recurring dream where he sees a mysterious woman’s face. When he meets Shen Zhen, he realizes that she is the woman he keeps dreaming of. Eventually, they decide to work together, but their quest leads them to develop unexpected romantic feelings. Can they discover the truth about the bridge? And will they find love on the way? This 2024 Chinese drama series was based on the novel “Chang’an’s First Beauty” by Well-Developed Lachrymal Glands and was directed by Huang Bin, Deng Wei En, and Chen Qiang.

Yong An Dream

💫Dreaming Love💫

Xu Yi Qing

Youku

Shao Xue (Chen Yu Qi), Zheng Su Nian (Lin Yi), and Zhang Qi (Yan Zi Dong) are childhood friends who have grown up together. Their parents all work (or worked) in the antique and museum trade, dedicating their lives to conserving priceless cultural artifacts. But as they get older, the friends’ lives start to take different turns, and their feeling toward one another start to change.

Zheng Su Nian’s mother, who has a great influence on both her son and Shao Xue, becomes dangerously ill. While for Zheng Su Nian, the loss of his mother will mean that he must take up her mantle, for Shao Xue, it inspires her to broaden her horizons, even if that means moving away from the neighborhood and friends she is so familiar with. She has secret feelings for Zheng Su Nian, who has also secretly been in love with her for some time. But Zhang Qi – whose true talent lies not with antiques but mathematics – also has feelings for Shao Xue. When he gets the chance to pursue his studies abroad, the trio comes to a crossroads in their young lives. Can love really be shunted to the sidelines so easily? Or will Cupid have something to say about the matter?

“Memory of Encaustic Tile” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Tian Yu.

Memory Of Encaustic Tile

💘Antique and Math Love Team

Lin Shi Yin

Qu Tan’er (Liang Jie) is a young woman whose body has been taken over by a woman from modern times. This woman is stuck in a time-traveling paradigm that sees her move between time and even hop into parallel universes. She is currently in an ancient realm named Dongyue, where Qu Tan’er is the wife of the powerful Mo Lian Cheng (Xing Zhao Lin) – but must concern herself with childcare due to the patriarchal nature of the times. One day, though, a fateful event occurs and she suddenly finds herself transported to a parallel Dongyue – a place where everything is very different!

Here, all of the people she once knew have different identities, and she is the niece of the ruling Empress. In this universe, women reign supreme, and men are subservient: Only women can learn to be warriors, serve as guards, train to be scholars – or rule the realm! Men, meanwhile, are totally subservient, cannot hold high office, and are expected to devote their lives to raising children. Qu Tan’er learns that she and her sister are the sole heirs to the Imperial throne. But she is still in love with Mo Lian Cheng. She wants to capture his heart – but this proves difficult in a world where women rule the roost, and where she is expected to take a path that better befits her role as Imperial heiress!

“The Eternal Love 3” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Li Yang.

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