Chinese Drama 2022

Nothing But You (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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• Genre: Modern Romance, Idol Drama
• Release Date: 10 January 2022
• Origin: China
• Cdrama: 24 Episodes

 

Cast

• Rain Wang Herun as Bi Xiaoran / Jiang Lili
• Luo Zheng as Lai Zhengyi
• Ding Jiawen as Qin Yanfei
• Su Xiaoding as Lai Zhengling
• Wang Yitian as Ding Dong
• Yumiko Cheng Hei-yee as Ning Xia
• Zhou Yuting as Ren Qingyan

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Episode 1

This is actually a really watchable first episode.  The chemistry between the leads is so cute, you wanted to watch them more.

Anyway, Bi Xiaoran and Jiang Lili are identical twins but their similarity stops at their looks because they are opposite.

Bi Xiaoran was always top in their class while Jiang Lili was at the bottom.

While Bi Xiaoran is now a formidable and renowned producer at Lemeng Entertainment, Jiang Lili is still a struggling live streamer.

Not many outside of their family knew that they are twins.

After their parents’ divorce, Bi Xiaoran took their father’s surname while Jiang Lili has her mother’s.

But the gorgeous Lai Zhengyi had always known that the two girls are twins because he went to the same school as they did though the girls seemed to have forgotten him.

In fact, Lai Zhengyi had been crushing on Jiang Lili since he made her cry in primary school when she accidentally ripped his book and in retaliation, he took one of her hair ties with a little heart on it.

To these days, that hair tie is his most treasured possession. Awww

Anyway, Bi Xiaoran was on her way to an important contract signing for an international film, Journey of a Youth.  While driving she noticed that there was someone in the boot and sure enough she found her sister, Jiang Lili who was vlogging,

Bi Xiaoran told her sister to get out as she was really busy.

Jiang Lili got out after handing the important contract to her sister.

They do adore each other but they are like chalk and cheese.

Jiang Lili was only a few yards away from her sister when she heard screeching.  As she turned around, she saw Bi Xiaoran flying to the air having been run over by a motorcyclist who did not stop at the scene.

Jiang Lili went to her sister who told her before she passed out that the contract must be signed.

At Lemeng Group, the Global Agency (whatever) was waiting for Bi Xiaoran to turn up for the signing.

Lai Zhengyi said that Bi Xiaoran was running late.

Another company director came in with another producer to stand in for Bi Xiaoran but the Global Agency people said that they were cooperating with Lemeng because of two things, first, they like the scrip of the Journey of the Youth, and second, they only trust Bi Xiaoran for the project.

They Jiang Lili dressed up like Bi Xiaoran turned up rather awkwardly but the contract was signed and everyone was happy.

She was just leaving when Lai Zhengyi called her by her name and not Bi Xiaoran.

She was shocked that Lai Zhengyi knew of her.  She took him to the hospital where her sister was in a stable condition though still in a coma.

Lai Zhengyi told her that she had to stand in for Bi Xiaoran in the company.

Jiang Lili asked him why he knew her.  But then she answered her own question by realising that she Bi Xiaoran would have told Lai Zhengyi because they were dating,

Lai Zhengyi told her that it was only fake dating which was mutually beneficial for them both in their career and personal life.

Anyway Lai Zhengyi released photos of Jiang Lili as Bi Xiaoran being intimate with another man.  He also released photo of him which looked like he has a gay relationship with his assistant.

This trended and concerned the management of Lemeng Group.

So Lai Zhengyi said that they can quash the rumours by having Jiang Lili/Bi Xiaoran lives with him.  Everyone was enthusiastic except Jiang Lili.

But then Lai Zhengyi used emotional blackmail.  He told her that she would be doing it for her sister.

So she moved in.  This got so cute.  Lai Zhengyi was waiting for her outside and looking so loving and told her to smile back at him because there are paparazzi taking photos. He then pointed to his cheek.

Jiang Lili thought that he wanted her to give him a kiss so she did but he said cheerfully that he was just pointing to the stray hair on her cheek.  Jiang Lili was annoyed with herself because she was crushing on him so much.

Episode 2

Jiang Lili tried to live harmoniously with Lai Zhengyi by doing the cooking but she can’t make herself cook the still energetic jumping bullfrog. Noooooo. So she secretly ordered takeaways.

She noticed that his kitchen does not have enough plates so she used an antique plate that was on display in his mantelpiece.

Lai Zhengyi noticed the plate immediately and told her that he had just bought it a week ago and it cost him 3Million.  And matter of factly told her that since she is an honest and sincere girl who believes in fairness, she would of course compensate him.

Jiang Lili thought of ways to make it up to him.  But Ding Dong, her assistant or rather Bai Xiaoran’s assistant said to make herself indispensable or helpful to Lai Zhengyi who seems a reasonable guy.

Jiang Lili started waiting in on him and doing all the chores cheerfully. But he was just too gorgeous that Jiang Lili will go on a romantic trance.  It was so obvious that Lai Zhengyi asked her what was going through her brain.

He saw her having problems with her hair as she was washing the dishes.  He went behind her and bound her hair with the hair tie he got from her when they were very young.

He asked her later if she knew the hair tie.

Jiang Lili said that probably it was from one of his girlfriends who left it in the house.

Lai Zhengyi thought she was stupid.

The production for the Journey of the Youth has started.  Jiang Lili with Lai Zhengyi, the Director, and staff went location hunting.

The mystery about Bai Xiaoran’s accident had been revealed.  It was the father of one of the starlets who wanted his daughter not only to Lai Zheng Yi’s real girlfriend but also to star in Journey of the Youth.  He thought that Bai Xiaoran was a hindrance to his plans.

Episode 3

Jiang Lili is getting annoying.  She was supposed to be impersonating her sister who does not take shit from anyone and yet she is a willing doormat for Ren Qingyan who was playing her.

Why does she not ask Lai Zheng for help after she was actually helping him rather he helping her.

She finally told Lai Zhengyi what Ren Qingyan was doing to her and she said she can take it because she does not want to embarrass her sister.  I think the scriptwriter had amnesia. Her kowtowing with anyway was embarrassing her poor sister.

Episode 4

It turned out that Lai Zhengyi was adopted and the real son of the family turned up creating mayhem at Lemeng Pictures.

The guy was Lai Zhengling who turned up with a baseball bat and used it to create a mess at Lai Zhengyi office.  He said that it was going to be his office anyway as he is a natural son and will inherit it.

Jiang Lili told the guy off.  She said that Lai Zhengyi started the company so it does not necessarily mean that Lai Zhengling will inherit it.

Jiang Lili tried to cheer Zhengli later on at home by telling him to watch a film with her.  It was a horror film which spooked them both.

They were so scared, they decided to sleep on Zhengli’s bed.  Rather cute.

Episode 5

Qing Fei who is a childhood friend of both Jiang Lili and Bai Xiaoran had returned from diving in the Maldives.

He was annoyed that Bai Xiaoran is now living with Lai Zhengyi.  But he immediately realised that she was Lili rather than Xiaoran.

When he asked where Xiaoran was and why was Lili pretend to be Bairan?

Lili made up the stupidest excuse.

Lili showed him a photo of Xiaoran on a hush-hush mission to Mars.  Yes, Lili said that Xiaoran was on her way to Mars.

Qing Fei got more annoyed for being treated like an idiot. The photo was photoshopped and why would Bairan even going to Mars?!!!

Their argument was overheard by Lai Zhengyi who said that Bai Xiaoran is on a confidential fact-finding mission in Australia.

Finally, Qing Fei was more relaxed with the new explanation.

Anyway, Lili begged him to lodge with them.  Lili had to convince Zhengyi to agree.

Qing Fei helped Lili overcome her growing problem with Ren Qingyan who was holding up filming with her absenteeism because she was unhappy that the male lead had more scenes than her.

Episode 6

The Journey of Youth seemed to be inundated with so many problems. Now they need to look for investors as others had pulled out.

Zhengling convinced Zhengyi to give him the job of looking for investment.

Zhengyi gave him three days.

Unfortunately, Zhengling’s pseudo friends were all promises and no action.

Episode 7

Zhengling and Lili finally found a sponsor for the title of Journey of the Youth but they he had a requirement.  To make Ren Qingyan’s role bigger.

Lili turned down the deal immediately but Zhengling was annoyed so he seemed to have plotted to leak the script and blame Lili/Xiaoran for it.

So the next morning, while Lili was being congratulated because Zhengyi told her that they have an investor already, Zhengling purposely poured water into her laptop.

But Zhengling was upset with Ren Qingyan because she went too far.

Xioran staff support her even though they had noticed that she had changed drastically. In not so many words, they agreed that she is cute but so stupid.

Her stupidity got to the high ups who thought that she should be fired but Ding Dong, her assistant sacrifice herself for her and resigned saying that it was her fault that the script was leaked.

Lili is having nightmares because her sister is trending online for her stupidity.

Ding Dong was leaving and Lili was making so much screeching about it.  Ding Dong reminded her that she Bai Xiaron worked so hard to attain her position right now.

At least for once, Lili understood what Ding Dong was saying.

Zhengling could not take the guilt of Ding Dong leaving for something she did not do so he confessed everything that it was Ren Qingyan who was the culprit.

Zhengyi asked to see Ren Qingyan and told her that it was easy to make a celebrity disappear from the business and if she tries to hurt his younger brother or girlfriend again, she is toast.

Episode 8

Zhengling really felt guilty so he tried to resign but Zhengyi won’t allow him.  Instead, he was demoted to being the office cleaner for a month.

But he was so overzealous with the cleaning, the staff intercedes on his behalf that he was not suitable for cleaning.

Lili and Yanfei worked all night revising the script for the Journey of the Youth.

Zhengyi found them in the morning sleeping on the couch with Yanfei’s head on Lili’s legs.  He woked Yanfei immediately and carried Lili to her bed

Ren Qingyan noticed Lili happily eating scallops which she remembered that Bai Xiaoran was allergic to.  Qingyan was now starting to put two together that there is something not quite right about Bai Xiaoran.

Meanwhile, Lili wanted to progress a relationship between her and Zhengyi so she thought the best way was to make him jealous.  So she pretended that she was going on a blind date.

Instead of being jealous, Zhengyi was very encouraging and even drove her to her date.

Poor Lili had to pretend to have a stomach ache and wanted to go back home.

Zhengyi took her stargazing instead but she said she can’t see any stars but then he held out a sparkling diamond star necklace to  her face;

Aww they were so sweet but Ren Qingyan had managed to confirm that Lili is Bai Xiaoran’s twin sister.

Episode 9

Qin Yanfei found Lili writing in her diary about saving a razor blade used by Zhengyi on his chilled jaw for her memorabilia.  Qin Yanfei teased her so much but promised her that he will not tell Zhengyi that she is a big pervert.🤣

Aww, it is really getting cuter.

Zhengyi gifted Lili with a pair of sparkly high heels which he wanted her to wear for a gala that night.

She was so excited and paraded in front of Yanfei in her lovely frock and heels.  She twirled and twirled in front of the tv and then showed him her shoes,

He grabbed the shoes from her and wore it until it broke.

She cried and cried for Yanfei to fix it but she forgot the time.

The gala was almost over when she left the house.

Zhengyi’s assistant sent her a photo of Zhengyi going to a hotel room with another woman.

So she went to the hotel to confront Zhengyi but the woman was not there because he just wanted to find him in the hotel;

They ended up kissing in the bed but were interrupted by a call from Yanfei who told her that he had fixed her shoes.

She was really in love with Zhengyi and she did not mind who sees it.

The background music of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy was so appropriately romantic.

It was the Lemeng Night and Ren Qingyan was planning to out Bai Xiaoran.

And she did try but what she did not know was Bai Xiaoran was prepared.  She actually woke up from her coma and proceeded to Lemeng Night where she refuted what Ren Qingyan was saying as utterly ridiculous that she is a fake.  She showed her scar and that she could stand and wal.

She also said that it was true that she has a twin sister, Lili who was the one who got into an accident.

She then asked Ren Qingyan how she knew so much about the accident

At the gala, Ren Qingyan was taken by the police.

Episode 10

Qin Yanfei is now too busy looking after Bai Xiaoran so he had move out which only made Lili happy.

She planned a seductive night for Zhengyi which she called Hot Midnight. It was hit and missed and Zhengyi ended up hurting his back

She offered to give him a massage but when she asked him to turn over he told her to leave because he got carried away and anyone could see how hot

Lili understood and left.

As Ren Qingyan is now out of the picture, Lemeng had to find another actress to play her role.

Liu Yue was on the run for the role but Lili rejected her. Unfortunately. Yue was a protege of the director who recommended her.

Bai Xiaoran had been discharged from the hospital and as such asked Lili to move back home.

Zhengyi made it very very hard for Lili to leave him. He pretended he was so pathetically inadequate to be able to live alone.

It turned out Qin Yanfei was originally Lili’s boyfriend. Yanfei convinced her to become his girlfriend so they could save on milk tea.

Thinking that it made sense she agreed to be his girlfriend but it only lasted 18 hours because as soon as Qin Yanfei saw Bai Xiaoran, he dumped Lili for Xiaoran.

Episode 11

Lemeng started auditioning the replacement for Ren Qingyan.

Liu Yue was the best among the lot so she got the part that made Lili jealous.

She moved out and she got even more irked when Zhengyi did look like he really care.

When she got to her sister’s place, she was made to feel like a third wheel because Qin Yanfei was there.

Lili was so jealous of Liu Yue that she started taking it out on Zhengyi but the more jealous she becomes, the cuter he thought she was.

Zhengling is getting closer to Ding Dong.  Their romance is so adorable.  They were on the bus together and Ding Dong ended up accidentally falling into him and kissing him.  This made him feel strange.  He tried to be friendlier to Ding Dong but Ding Dong treated it as if nothing had happened.

Zhengyi used his dramatic skills again to make Lili think that he needed taking care of.

Episode 12

`Lili spent the night with Zhengyi.

Bai Xiaoran kept calling but Zhengyi sent her a selfie of being in bed with a sleeping Lili.

Xiaoran went mental and forbade Lili from seeing Zhengyi outside of work.

She even hired a housekeeper for Zhengyi so Lili doesn’t have to be concerned about him.

Zhengyi, however, has his own agenda.  He set up the new housekeeper so poor naive Lili would think that the very able housekeeper is taking advantage and perverted.

Because of the accidental kiss, the romance between Zhengling and Ding Dong is heating up.

Bai Xiaoran ordered Lili to split up Zhengyi because it was time.  Xiaoran reminded her that her relationship with Zhengyi is fake and using her name.

While on a Ferris wheel, Lili broke up with him.

Zhengyi agreed sadly and was leaving the wheel as it stopped but Lili prevented him to and told him that she broke up with him as Xiaoran but if he will have her as Jiang Lili who really likes him then…

She then kissed him.

He did not reply so Lili told him that she will give him time to think about it.

Lili was preparing to leave the wheel when Zhengyi stopped her and proceeded to kiss her.

Lili  stopped for air but Zhengyi kissed her again as he said they were near the top of the wheel where couples are said to stay together when they kiss on top of the wheel.

Poor Yanfei who was spying for Xiaoran was shocked at first of the morality of today’s youth.  He had another think and planned to do the same thing with Xiaoran.

Episode 13

Ning Xia had returned from abroad to work on the Journey of the Youth.  She noticed that Zhengyi had fallen in love.  She asked Zhengyi if he had found the girl he had looking for.

He said he did but Ning Xia was confused why Zhengyi then had fallen for Lili.

Ning Xia could not help herself.  She told Lili that Zhengyi had been looking for a girl he liked for ages.  Ning Xia added that she does not know the girl.

An old boyfriend of Xiaoran had turned up.

Episode 14

Lili was a bit upset that she can’t have much time with Zhengyi lately as he had become joined at the hip with Ning Xia.  Lili also noticed that Ning Xia was wearing the same hair tie she found at Zhengyi’s house which he treasures very much.

The old boyfriend invited Xiaoran to his art exhibition.

Xiaoran was shocked to find out that the ex was engaged to be married when his fiancee turned up.

With Ning Xia around, Lili became more irritating.

Zhengyi indulged her however so everything is ok in their world of two but then he found her having a cross-arms drink with Qin Yanfei.

He was shocked and she felt guilty.

Episode 15

Lili was looking for the copyright of the Maid of the Evil Cult.  She went to Qin Yanfei for help.

He told her that he would only help her if she gets her sister to come to him and apologise.

The romance between Ding Dong and Zhengling is the cutest in this drama.

Lili is overly cute bordering on looking stupid.

To get the copyright from Yanfei, Lili pretended to be Xiaoran as Xiaoran refused to apologise to Yanfei.

Yanfei knew pretty fast that it was Lili before him but then Lili received a call that her sister was back in the hospital.  Yanfei rushed to the hospital completely forgetting that he wanted an apology from Xiaoran.

Xiaoran confessed to Yanfei that Yuanhang was the real victim.  She asked him not to go abroad for further study for her.

Ning Xia is trying to come between Lili and Zhengyi but Lili is quite feisty.

Yanfei did get an apology from Yanfei so he gladly signed the I Am A Maid of the Evil Cult.

During the press conference of the I Am A Maid of the Evil Cult, a woman interrupted Yanfei that the novel was plagiarised.

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