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Years ago, the workaholic botany professor Zhuang Yu (Vin Zhang), oblivious and lacking social graces, unintentionally broke the heart of an aspiring scientist Yu Mei Ren (Esther Yu) by flat-out rejecting her confession. Years later, Mei Ren has become a successful fashion blogger and is unexpectedly reunited with her former crush. Determined to get revenge, she plans to make the botanist suffer for the hurt he caused her. However, her old feelings for him begin to resurface, complicating her scheme. Will Mei Ren make Yu pay for the hurt he once caused her, or will she get a second chance at love? This 2022 Chinese drama series was directed by Cai Cong.

A Romance of the Little Forest

🌿The Botanists🌿

Tencent

Jiang Yi Cheng (Xing Zhao Lin), a brilliant programmer previously betrayed by a woman, refuses to hire women at his company. Lu Li (Zhu Xu Dan), an admirer of Yi Cheng’s work, disguises herself as a man to get hired. Maintaining her disguise proves challenging, and when Yi Cheng discovers her identity, Lu Li brokers a deal that opens the door for romance. Directed by Wu Qiang, this is a 2021 Chinese romantic comedy series.

Cute Programmer

⌨️ Ctrl + Love 😍

Dugu Ruo Nan (Joe Chen) is a super-ambitious, haughty, highly strung, but peerless talent manager for a top Chinese entertainment agency. She manages a whole host of stars, including the temperamental, bratty, and cruel Song Zi Hao (Wang Zi Rui), who keeps threatening to walk off the set of a drama he is currently filming. One day, during filming, an incident halts the shoot on the rooftop of a nearby building. A model has been taken hostage by her knife-wielding boyfriend, who is threatening to kill her. Dugu Ruo Nan tries to talk the man down and the head of the fashion firm where the model works, Ji Mo (Jin Han) also comes to the scene.

Using a range of trickery, Dugu Ruo Nan and Ji Mo manage to save the model, but part on bad terms. Song Zi Hao goes on to betray Dugu Ruo Nan, leaving her in deep trouble at work. To make matters worse, she must lease out a house – only to find that Ji Mo is the new tenant. Ji Mo, who is also gifted with the ability to read people’s facial expressions, is perhaps the only person who can match Dugu Ruo Nan when it comes to being highly strung. Each then attempts to trick and double-cross the other, but they both find it difficult to outwit the other party. However, as they continue trying the better of each other, an unexpected spark of romance ignites. Could their fierce adversity one day turn into love?

“Hello, My Shining Love” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Chen Ming Zhang.

Hello, My Shining Love

✨Brightest Love Team✨

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

After splitting up with her boyfriend, down-on-her-luck painter Zheng Xue Jing (Liu Xin Qi) goes out drinking and accidentally joins a contest involving a precious silk screen.

A magician intervenes, granting the painter a moment of clarity amid her drunken stupor to take a paintbrush and draw three male foxes on the screen. But the foxes come to life, bursting out of the screen and taking human form.

The next day, Zheng Xue Jing emerges from sleep, believing it all to have been a dream. But instead, she finds that it was not a dream at all. All three foxes are still in human form – and believe Zheng Xue Jing to be their master, feeling indebted to her for freeing them from the screen.

She becomes sucked into their magic-filled world and soon discovers they all have very different personalities. The red fox (Luo Yun Xi) is dashing and clever, but also arrogant and somewhat distant. The kind-hearted white fox (Huang Jun Jie) is a dab hand in the kitchen and loves to clean the house. And then there’s the fun-loving trickster: the black fox (Wang Chao Yang).

The foxes vow to help Zheng Xue Jing on her quest to become the first female painter to be appointed to the imperial court.

But what adventures will this feline trio – and their female “master” – become embroiled in along the way?

“The Screen Foxes” is a 2016 Chinese fantasy drama series that was directed by Zhou Hai Jun.

The Screen Foxes

The Screen Foxes🦊

Brought together by fate, Li Ze Liang (Luo Yun Xi) and Su Xie Yi (Cheng Xiao) are quickly swept into an unforgettable romance; but the feelings they have for each other are soon overshadowed by the tragedy that strikes them both. Cruelly forced apart by the same fate that brought them together, the once lovers soon become distant strangers.

Witnessing her father’s death, Xie Yi is so shocked, she suffers temporary amnesia. Unable to remember much, Xie Yi sits helplessly on the sidelines as her entire world crumbles around her. With the death of her father, the family business fails and her home life is destroyed. Just as Xie Yi’s life falls apart, so too does Ze Liang’s, after the untimely death of his father. As heir to the Ocean Hotel Group, Ze Liang should have inherited his father’s place but secret dealings and power plays within the company have left him ousted. Both determined to regain what was wrongfully taken from them, Ze Liang and Xie Yi find themselves crossing paths once more.

Often blaming Ze Liang for her father’s death, Xie Yi isn’t keen on the idea of working with him, but as she begins to uncover the truth, she realizes she really doesn’t have a choice. Working together against a common enemy, it doesn’t take long for small sparks of romance to rekindle old flames. But will love be enough to take down the villains who tore them apart so many years ago?

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Mu Fu Sheng, “Lie to Love” is a 2021 Chinese mystery romance drama directed by Chen Chang.

Lie to Love

lying lovers ☆

MGTV

As the owner of a fresh food platform, Yu Hao (Gao Han Yu) is heavily involved in the food industry. To promote his brand, he often sponsors and participates in food shows, but anytime he has to demonstrate his prowess in the kitchen, he uses a stand-in. With no natural talent in the kitchen and no desire to learn how to cook, Yu Hao often infuriates those around him as his lack of skill in the kitchen often negatively impacts the teams he works with.

After Yu Hao’s abrasive behavior infuriates the production team of a food show, the disgruntled group decides to pay him back by revealing the truth about his cooking. Realizing the head of such a highly publicized food company can’t actually cook, the public is outraged. Driving his PR director away in the midst of what has quickly become a crisis, Yu Hao has no choice but to ask Su Ke Lan (Zheng Qiu Hong) to clean up the mess. A capable PR manager with a genuine passion for food, Ke Lan decides the best way to ease tension all-around is to help Yu Hao learn to cook. Inviting Yu Hao into the kitchen, Ke Lan begins teaching him the basics of cooking.

Through Ke Lan’s guidance, Yu Hao slowly begins to master the art of cooking while at the same time, learning how to be a better person. Working side-by-side, Ke Lan and Yu Hao slowly draw closer together but can she find a way to slip past the walls he’s built around his heart?

A delicious little love story, “Dine With Love” is a 2022 Chinese romance drama directed by Gang Chen.

Dine with Love

🍲 Dinner for love ❤️

Mango TV

Born a genius, Nan Xi (Fiction Guo) has never once struggled with the academic side of school. However, that doesn’t mean his time at school has been all-together easy. Living with social anxiety, Nan Xi has struggled all his life to find his place in a world that always felt too big. Often overwhelmed by the bustle of life moving around him, Nan Xi frequently retreats into himself, not because he doesn’t want friends, but because it’s just too hard for him to reach out and connect with others.

Xia Rui (Wan Peng), on the other hand, couldn't be more different. An exuberant, talkative girl, Xia Rui is the living definition of a social butterfly. Surrounded by friends, and often the center of attention, her school experience couldn’t be more different than Nan Xi’s. Though attending the same school, it was almost as if the two lived in completely different worlds. Existing side-by-side, yet total strangers, the paths of the two would never have crossed, had fate not decided to intervene.&nbsp;

Once living as strangers, the two are now the best of friends. Though an unlikely pair, Nan Xi and Xia Rui have only drawn closer over the years, their friendship slowly blossoming into love. But will such polar opposites truly be able to enjoy a lifetime of happiness together?

A light-hearted tale of unlikely love, “Meeting You” is a 2020 romantic comedy drama directed by Zhan Cheng Lin.

Meeting You

Nice to Meet You Team

As a modern girl, living in a modern world, Ru Xiao Lan (Hu Yi Xuan) wasn’t one to give much thought to fairy tales and fantasies. But her thoughts on the subject take a very dramatic turn, after an accidental brush with a magical five-colored stone sends her hurtling into an ancient era, taking on a completely unexpected form in the process. Now forced to roam the Da Li Temple as a lonely feline, Xiao Lan is desperate to find a way out of her unfortunate predicament.

On one of her daily strolls around the temple grounds, Xiao Lan happens upon Qing Mo Yan (Xu Kai Cheng), a young constable at the temple who happens to be suffering from a mysterious poison. By chance the two happen to kiss, an incident which brings about a very interesting and unexpected result. With the solution to both of their problems now abundantly clear, the two afflicted souls realize that the only hope for a cure lies with each other. With no other options before them, the two agree it’s best if they stick together.&nbsp;

Determined to find the five-colored stone that can break Xiao Lan’s curse and the ghost grass that can neutralize Mo Yan’s poison, the two set off on an incredible journey that will change both of their lives forever.&nbsp;

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Mo Shang Ren Ru Yu, “I’m a Pet At Dali Temple” is a 2018 fantasy romance drama directed by David Liu.

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