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Remember Me (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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Chinese Drama 2021

Remember Me (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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  • Genre: Modern Romance, Business, Amnesia?
  • Release Date: 21 July 2021
  • Origin`; South Korea
  • Cdrama: 33 Episodes

Cast

  • Thomas Tong as `Huo Bin
  • Crystal Yuan as Tang Ke’er (Tangker)
  • Steven Zhang as Lu Xiang
  • Joanna Zheng as Cui Dan Fei (Livestreamer)
  • Chen Si Yu as Yu Xiao Miao (Live streamer)
  • Su Yan Jie as Li Mei (Livestreamer)
  • Liu Yin as Fan Tian Tian (Livestreamer)
  • Natalia Zhong as Hu Jing (Livestreamer)
  • Nie Wen Nuan as Xu Ya Mo

Quick Precis

This drama sounded like it was angst after another.

She was going to take revenge on her ex-boyfriend but he suffered memory loss, she then fell in love with him all over again.

Then her best friend betrayed her.

hmmm but it is Crystal Yuan…  So will check it for sure when it becomes available with the English sub.

Episode 1

The first episode is still very nebulous.  It started with a very sad Tangker sitting by the seaside looking up the sky and thinking that she would be so happy if she was with Huo Bin.  So is Huo Bin dead?

It then jumped into Tangker coming back from abroad.  Her best friend insisted that Tangker must stay with her.

Meanwhile, an old friend, Lu Xiang told Tangker that a job was waiting for her in his company.

When Tangker went to the company, she thought she was going to work as an assistant to Lu Xiang but instead she saw the chairman who told her that she will be Huo Bin’s assistant.

It looks like that there was a secret history between Tangker and Huo Bin.

Tangker refused the job and Huo Bin said he was not working with her.

In fact, he doesn’t want to work at all as he told his father later on. He complained that why doesn’t he just give the business to Lu Xiang to manage.

His father told him that Lu Xiang is not his real son.

This was overheard by Lu Xiang who was of course very upset.

He was so upset that he went to talk to a rival agency who encouraged him to do a coup and take over the business.

Why don’t they talk in a soundproof room?  Huo Bin overheard what was said and this made him more interested in the business.

Meanwhile, the Chairman really wanted Tangker to work with Huo Bin because she has a very good working background and qualifications.   He thought that Tangker could help Huo Bin grow up and mature.

The chairman was so desperate he contacted Tangker’s best friend and between them, they set up Tangker to break a very valuable vase with cost 150K.

She was expected to pay for the damage, so Tangker was forced to take the job as Huo Bin’s assistant.

Huo Bin was not making it easy for her but Tangker was taking it all in including going for a drink with him to audition streamers (Live streamers)

She drunk too much she collapsed in the loo where Huo Bin found her carried her to the hospital.

While he was holding her in his arms, he had a deja vu of carrying a fat girl called Guoguo.

Tangker reminded him of the girl Guoguo.  He was so shocked and surprised he slipped with Tangker still in his arms.

He was having a headache because he can’t get it out of his mind that Tangker is somehow bringing him back a memory of Guoguo.

Episode 2

There are so many characters in this drama and the acting was not that good.

Anyway, as Tangker had gotten the job, she took it seriously.  She gave her list to Huo Bin to approve but he just cast a desultory eye towards her documents and said no.  It so happened that the Chairman looked in saw Tangker list.

He gave her the authority to hire live streamers.

In her list was three of her flatmates and a relative or friend of Huo Bin, Xiao Miao.

Her flatmates were Hu Jing, owner of the apartment, Fan Tian Tian, a popular live streamer, and Cui Dan Fei, her college best friend.

For some reason her best friend kept her hanging on and refused to sign the contract.  There was always something off about this girl; she had a sneaky look.

Li Xiang likes Tangker and took her to lunch.

Huo Bin and Xiao Miao were at the same restaurant.

Xiao Miao immediately noticed that Huo Bin was jealous so he tried to throw Huo Bin and Tangker together.  Her method was rather drastic because she tried to run Tangker over with the car so Huo Bin would grab Tangker to him.

Episode 3

This drama is still jumpy.  It goes to one scene after another without cohesion but it is interesting enough that you wanted to watch more.

Anyway, Li Xiang has a secret small company which he runs with Lu Ming Jie.

Lu Menjie is known to the family of Huo Bin, especially with his stepmother.

Lu Mengjie thought that Tangker is such an asset to Huo Bin, he wanted to disassociate her from him.  So he sent the general manager of Flower Streams to offer Tangker a job.

Tangker was not interested but she got fired from MJ Live because Lu Mengjie showed a photo of Tangker having lunch with the GM of Flower Streams.

The stepmother humiliated Tangker in front of the HR staff.  She then fired Tangker.

The issue got to Li Xiang who told Meng Jie that they should not hurt either Tangker or Huo Bin.  It was the Chairman who victimised his dead father and took his company.

Anyway, Li Xiang went to speak to the Chairman secretly and told him that Tangker was set up.  He had known her for ages and she is trustworthy.

The Chairman believed him and went to see Tangker who he found was being harassed by the HR Manager.

The Chairman told off the manager and said who fired Tangker.  The manager said that it was the madam.

The Chairman said that the madam was his wife and had nothing to do with the company.  The manager apologised.

Tangker got to stay.

Meanwhile, Hu Jing went to see Huo Bin.  She forcefully told Huo Bin to take her out to lunch.  As Huo Bin knew that Hu Jing was Tangker’s flatmate he concurred.

As coincidence would have it (so many coincidences in this drama), Li Xiang was meeting Tangker  where Hu Jing and Huo Bin were having lunch.

As soon as Li Xiang saw Hu Jing, he dragged her away which surprised Huo Bin and the newly arrived Tangker.

Li Xiang took Hu Jing in the balcony and asked her what was she doing with Huo Bin.

Hu Jing said that she just wanted to see how it feels to have dinner with Huo Bin again. Is Hu Jing Guoguo?  Confuse much!!!!🤣

Anyway Li Xiang went back to the dining area where he found Huo Bin and Tangker eating together.  They asked him what happened to Hu Jing.

Li Xiang explained that Hu Jing is a daughter of a good friend who had asked him to look out for her because she is an innocent girl.  Innocent, my foot😜. She looks like she could swallow a man whole!🤪😝😉

Anyway Tangker and Huo Bin were satisfied with his explanation.

Apparently Tangker used to be a livestreamer as well.

Xiao Miao asked why Tangker stopped.  Because once upon a time, Tangker was always in the computer, playing games, etc.

It looks like this was true because a friend of Huo Bin was wondering what happened to Tangker’s internet wife.  It has been years since she logged in.

Hurrah!  Another coincidence.  The friend happened to glance at his computer and saw that Tangker’s wife had logged in after all these years.

The wife was Tangker who logged out when Huo Bin’s friend asked too many questions.

Huo Bin was thinking that perhaps it was Tangker who was his internet wife because he saw a live stream of Tangker singing a song that was oddly familiar.

Huo Bin suffers from psychogenic amnesia, it is a syndrome where sufferers block out information associated with traumatic and stressful experiences and events.

Episode 4

Huo Bin was really bothered that he knew Tangker before.  He called to asked her but she denied knowing him reminding him that she went to study in the UK so how  could she know him?

But she was lying.  She was actually Guoguo, his once fat girlfriend.

Lu Xiang confessed to Huo Bin that he’s got the hots for Tangker and would like Huo Bin’s help to woo Tangker.

Tangker brought chaos at MJ Live by bringing in her friend Li Mei.

Huo Bin got drunk one night in a bar and called Tangker.

Tangker’s phone was answered by Li Mei who saw an opportunity to her advantage.  She went to get Huo Bin from the bar and took him to a hotel.  She then took selfies of the drunk Huo Bin with her in the bed.

She used the photos to blackmail MJ to sign her up as one of their live streamers.

Without much choice Tangker signed her up in return of Li Mei deleting the photos.

Li Mei realised that she might not become a top live streamer as she hasn’t got much of a follower.  So she posted a page of her contract and a photo her in bed with Huo Bin.  She trended immediately.

The Chairman went mad because the shareholders were very unhappy with the scandal that the President of MJ Live has involved it.

The fans were annoyed that Tangker would bed anyone including an ugly woman.🤣🤣🤣

Tangker was feeling guilty because she brought in Li Mei to the company.

Episode 5

During the board meeting, Lu Mengji proposed that Huo Bin was dismissed and replaced by Lu Xiang, the Chairman was livid but can’t do anything about it.

Huo Bin held a press conference where he told the press that he was leaving MJ Live. Tangker also decided to leave but then out of nowhere, their popular live streamer, Xiao Miao turned up and said that she disagree.  She signed up with Tangker and Huo Bin so she wanted them to stay.

Lu Mingje was about to disagree but Lu Xiang told him to pipe it down because they don’t want to upset the millions of Xiao Miao’s followers.

Then Dai Fei, Hu Jing, and Tian Tian also turned up and said they were ready to sign the contract with Huo Bin and Tangker.

This put paid to Huo Bin resigning thus, he was was still the president of MJ Live.

The Chairman knew that Lu Xiang and Lu Mengji had been in cahoot to bring down not only MJ lIve but Aigie Group as well.

Episode 6

The Chairman was happy with Tangker and Huo Bin and told the already disgruntled Lu Xiang to hand over the Smart Online to MJ Live.

Huo Bin was feeling guilty about it but the Chairman knew what Lu Xiang was up to.

I must say Steven Zhang who plays Lu Xiang is gorgeous.

Anyway, Lu Xiang was already feeling sidelined and under Lu Mingji inciting him, he is now feeling competitive.

He was encouraging Huo Bao to go abroad and study.  He also told him that he had found someone to look into Huo Bao’s amnesia.

He was ready to go abroad when his friend told him that Tangker was definitely his old girlfriend Fatty.

So raced to Tangker who was on a three-day island hopper with the life streamers.

Episode 7

Hou Bin and Tangker are finally together.

Poor Lu Xiang was very unhappy.  Hou Bin told him that he can have anything except Tangker.

Fei Fei was very jealous.  She did everything to attract Hou Bin but he was not interested.  She had known that Tangker had always been into Hou Bin since college.

Fei Fei promised Tangker that she would support her relationship with Hou Bin but when alone, she looks like she was plotting something.

Lu Mingji continues to plot and create mayhem so Lu Xiang gets everything.

I do feel sorry for the gorgeous Lu Xiang.

Episode 8

Hou Bin was rather worried that he might forget again and hurt Tangker.  So he texted her and apologised for forgetting her before.

However, he was really stressing about it and he was having nightmares about it.

So he even drew a tattoo of Hou Bin loves Tangker on his arm.

Tangker teased him that it was ugly.

Tangker met up with Lu Xiang to return to him the tiffany necklace he gave her.  He then surprised her with a hug and told her that if Hou Bin happens to maltreat her, she had to tell him.

What is going on with this drama?  Has everyone got amnesia?

Hu Jing saw Hou Bin’s mother at the flower shop.  The Houbin’s mother had a little accident and Hu Jing called her ‘mom’.  What the heck

I think Lu Xiang and Hu Jing are siblings.

BTW, Steven Zhang and Crystal Yuan have a very strong chemistry.  I hope they do a drama together where they lead.

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Broker (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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Chinsed Drama 2021

Broker (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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  • Genre: Modern Romance
  • Release Date: 22 July 2021
  • Origin: China
  • Cdrama: 40 Episodes

 

Cast

  • Victoria Song Qian as Qiu Jianing
  •  Leo Luo Yunxi as Zhou Xiaoshan
  • Xu Kaicheng as Qin Bin
  • Cotton Ding Yiyi as Qiu Jiaxin
  • Sun Jiayu as Mo Li
  • Jiang Xueming as Ruan Wenzhao
  • Morni Chang as Qiu Yaoming
  •  Sui Junbo as Su Qian
  • Ning Xiaozhi as Cha Zhicai
  • Daddi Tang as Jiang Xiao Ye
  • Wang Yuan Hui as Zhu Zhu
  • Tara Clance as Gai Li Er
  • Di Ma as Matthew
  • Long Zheng Xuan as Lan Xiang

Episode 1

It started in the Czech Republic where Qiu Jianing works for Professor Harry who stole her thesis and published it as his own.

When she went to confront him he was unapologetic and said that the money and resources used in her experiment were from his company so the thesis was rightfully published in his name.

Jianing would have accepted this but when he added that who would take seriously a black-haired girl with yellow skin as a theoretical scientist?

Jianing could not take the blatant racism and sexism from this thieving professor.

He then further added that she should apologise to him because she has to consider the fact that her visa is about to run out.

Jianing had had enough of the professor and told him so.  She said she could not stay any longer with such a racist git like him.

Meanwhile, in another part of town, Zhou Xiaoshan was completing a mission of stealing an SD card reader from three men who Xiaoshan believes works for a bogus company pretending to be a charitable institution.

The mission was precision in style, completed without any fuss.

Coincidentally Zhou Xiaoshan and Jianning flew back to China almost at the same time and joined the same scientific laboratory within days of each other.

They are part of Plan O.

Jianning’s initiation with the company was not a smooth one.  It was a dog-eat-dog world with Miss Su, the manager on a power trip.

Miss Su especially warned her not to cavort with members of the other team.  She said she was telling her this as she had already experienced such a thing before.

Qin Bin is a medical doctor.  Very handsome and very tall.  He was mentoring a rather noisy girl, Qiu Jiaxin, who happens to be Jianning’s little sister.

First Love Again (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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Chinese Drama 2021

First Love Again (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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  • Genre: Romance, Time Travel. Youth, School
  • Release Date: 29 July 2021
  • Origin: China; Adapted from the novel, Time Travel
  • Cdrama: 24 Episodes

Cast:

  • Patrick Shih as Ye You Ning
  • Amy Chen as Xia Wen Xi
  • Gao Mao Tong as Lin Jia Qi
  • Gao Qiu Zi as Gao Xiao Ai
  • Yang Gen as Yang Wen
  • Xu Wan Ting as Chen Ting Ting

 

Quick Precis

Cold top students relived his life in high school in 2006 where he met a sweet girl and first love ensued. LOL

Episode 1

“The future can change the past,” said Ye You Ning in a seminar he was giving in London  where he was based in 2019.

He was talking about quantum physics when a face from the past suddenly materialised.

It was Wen Xi, who became the focus of his audience’s attention and his for that matter.

The rather embarrassed Wen Xi apologised for interrupting the talk.  She said she came to the wrong room.

Anyway, because of her, Wen Xi thought of his grandpa so he went back to China; this was in 2019.

His grandpa brought him up.  Grandpa used to be an electronic engineer and owned a shop.  He still had the shop with all the electronic goods; unfortunately, his grandpa had now succumbed to dementia and doesn’t recognise him.

His grandpa’s illness saddened him.  He was looking around grandpa’s roomy shop when suddenly the heavens opened with the full force of nature.

The thunder and lighting seemed to have targeted his grandpa’s shop and the electrics were having a merry dance.  He then saw an old Nokia which started ringing even if it was off.

He pressed to answer the phone but all of a sudden he was catapulting into another dimension where he was a high school student landing on Wen Xi’s sidecar which was actually an 18th birthday present from You Ning’s grandpa who lives next door to her house.

It looked like the time travel is a culmination of Wenxi’s birthday wish though she did not know it.

Episode 2

My Deskmate (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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Chinese Drama 2021

My Deskmate (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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  • Genre: Youth, School. Romance
  • Release Date: 14 July 2021
  • Origin: China
  • Cdrama: 30 Episodes

 

Cast

  • Bo Zicheng as He Xiangxia
  • Zhou Chuanjun as Jin Han
  • Jerron Wu Difei as Yu Shengjie
  • Yang Qianyao as Luo Lila
  • Dong Haoran as Jiang Cheng (Actor rival of Jin Han)
  • Dou Zi as Pan Duoduo
  • Wang Yimiao as Sun Xin
  • Liang Jiawei as Zhang Bin
  • Huang Boxuan as Zhao Ming
  • Zhang Ruijia as Ye Yiyi

Quick Precis

An idol became a deskmate to his number one fan.

Episode 1

I have to admit I really enjoyed the first episode despite the cast being newbies.  The leads are adorable, especially the female lead.  She is so kawaii.

Anyway, Xiangxia was in her local convenience store, shaking all the crisps to find a card that would complete her collection to win the life-size cardboard cut-out of her idol, Jin Han.

At last, she found it and was so excited about it but her excitement turned to horror as a masked raider came brandishing a knife to get the money from the till.

Xiangxia dialed the police but was heard by the raider.  He ordered her to surrender her phone to him but she would not.  Instead, he grabbed the packet of crisps from her but she would not let go until it split open and she could just about see Jin Han’s card flying into the air and landing on the ground where the raider repeatedly stepped on it.  The last straw was his bumping into the cut-out decapitating Jin Han’s head.

Xiangxia went absolutely mental and beat up the rather hefty raider.

She then presented her now complete set to the store assistant and was given the cut-out. She was quite happy with her prize.

The assistant was admiring of the little virago, he offered to superglue Jin Han’s head into the body.

She was over the moon, despite the cut-out not being perfect.  She was so focused on it that she walked into a young man who cut off Jin Han’s head again.

The boy would have walked off but Xiangxia was so annoyed she stopped him and started berating him until he pull down his face mask.

Xiangxia was stupefied.  She just stared at him until she got her brain functioning again, she asked him to autograph her headless cutout,

Jin Han was about to but a hoard of fans suddenly appeared.

Xiangxia tried to hide him by covering him with the cutout which got stuck on his shirt because of the superglue.

So Xiangxia and Jin Han with the fluffing cardboard ran all over town until Xiangxia hid in a goose farm.

Jin Han’s driver finally found them.

It was the start of the new term.

Xiang Xia is now in the second year of middle school.

She was skipping and being happy to start school again when Yu Shengjie called her.

Yu Shengjie was a popular boy, the star of the basketball team.

But he likes teasing Xiang Xia.  He gives her a weird gift at the start of the school year.

This time an iron ball.

Xiangxia would not take it and left him to it.

The school belle asked her minion why Shengjie was bothering with Xiangxia.  Someone said that they grew up together.

In the classroom, a new boy is being introduced.

It was Jin Han and he was Xiang Xia’s deskmate.

Episode 2

Poor Jin Han is suffering from the avid adoration of Xiangxia, who becomes clumsy and talkative when she’s near her idol.

Hoping to make life easier for Jin Han, she tries her best to be helpful but she almost blew up the chemistry lab because of it.

Shengjie had become rather solicitous to Xiangxia.  He said to her to let him know if someone tries to bully her.

She told him that he was the only one who bullies her.

There was a hilarious scene between Shengjie and Jin Han in the school canteen where Shengjie ended up eating the hottest spiciest noodles because he doesn’t want to lose face in front of Xiangxia and Jin Han.

Episode 3

Xiangxia found out that Jin Han lives in the same apartment building as she does.

Episode 4

Jin Han started to think of the cute pushy girl, Xiangxia as a friend because she was rather useful with her extraordinary strength.

The school belle was hired as an extra in Jin-Han historical drama.  Jin Han said that he does not want the extra around him as it was distracting.

This annoyed the school belle because she was dismissed as an extra.

Episode 5

Luo Lilo, the school belle took revenge on Jin Han.  But it did not work because Jin Han knew the law about slander and defamation of character.

Episode 6

Poor Pan Duoduo who was used to being at the top had a nosebleed when she found out that she dropped to second because Jin Han took first place in the exam.

Their teacher said that the class’ overall grade has been polarised so she decided to rearrange the sitting arrangement.

Poor Xiangxia was shocked.  She was not a deskmate with her idol anymore?!!!

Episode 7

This episode is my favorite so far.

Xiangxia and Shengjie had so much fun together.  Their studying method is hilarious.  It’s a dumb and dumber moment.

Xiangxia decided to improve her grades and encouraged Shengjie to do as well so they can remain where there were sitting in class.

Jin Han was actually missing Xiangxia’s complete adoration.

Jin Han was made to be the school discipline monitor and it was taking so much effort as Shengjie was playing up.

Episode 8

Jin Han suggested to the Principal to make Shenjie the new discipline monitor.  Shengjie actually likes the power.

It was their math exam that would determine their sitting plan.

Xiangxia chose the magic C as the answer to all the questions on the multiple-choice test paper.

When the result was announced, Xiangxia could not believe that Jin Han came second.

Jin Han purposely came second so he could remain as Xiangxia’s seatmate.

Meanwhile, Shengjie’s test result was even worse than ever.  Their teacher tried to speak with his mother and father but found out that they were so busy.

The teacher felt rather sorry for Shengjie who had not seen his parents for a month though they live in the same house.

Poor Jin Han is sleep deprived because of a stalker who had been trying to get into his apartment.

He ended up fainting during PE.

Episode 9

Jin Han was very grateful to  Xiangxia for having caught the sasaeng fan who was trying to trespass into his apartment.

Xiangxia brushed off his gratitude.  She said he was her idol and would do anything to protect him.

Jin Han said she should not try to endanger herself for anyone even for an idol.

Xiangxia replied that Jin Han was different, he was more than her idol, he is also her deskmate.

The next day, she went to school all concerned and bothered because she does not have a dream like the others in her class.

Shengjie helped her find her dream.  He had a good idea of going to a seminar about finding and realising your dream. What he missed out about who the activity was for was that it was for senior citizens who only went for the free milk and biscuits.

However, Xiangxia was really into the topic despite being fronted by Jiang Cheng, the actor who is a rival of Jin Han.

Jiang Cheng said that it is not too late to have a dream, and dreams during childhood are forgotten as one grows older.

Xiangxia looked into her old diaries to find out what was her ambition then.

She was so happy to find out that she wanted to be an astronaut.

Episode 10

Xiangxia realised that being an astronaut was not for her.

However, her new goal was to go to the same university as Jin Han.

He was quite happy about it but he told her that she had to study.

He started to tutor her but it was a real struggle.

Episode 11

Xiangxia started to study hard.

She was studying with Jin Han which was making Shengjie jealous.

Xiangxia and Shengjie are so cute together which was making Luo LIla jealous.

Episode 12

Shengjie had a birthday party to which originally he would only invite Xiangxia but she invited their other friends.

Jin Han was not there because he had an engagement but went to get Xiangxia as soon as he was free.

One of their classmates ended up in hospital and needed an urgent operation.  The class gave donations.

Shengjie gave quite a sizeable amount while Jin Han gave 200.

They were shocked at Jin Han for the pittance he gave.

They tried to ostracise him but Xiangxia remained true to him.  She felt bad the way her classmates were giving Jin Han a censorious look.

She was crying loudly at the library where Shengjie found her.

She told him that she felt bad for Jin Han the way she would have felt bad if it had happened to Shengjie.

Shengjie was so touched he went to broadcasting room to tell how lovely Jin Han was and was misunderstood.

Jin Han had actually sorted his issue because it had just been announced that he arranged for the doctor who operated on their classmate as well paid for the hospitalisation.

Love this drama.  They are all so cute.

Episode 13

Shengjie found out that Jin Han was living in the same apartment building as Xiangxia so he promptly rented another apartment from the same complex.

Poor Xiangxia was torn between the two.

Shengjie invited his two sidekicks who were surprised that he had downgraded to a simple apartment.  They wanted to know if his family had gone bankrupt.

Anyway, they had a barbecue hoping to get Xiangxia to come down but she decided to stay with Jin Han with his medium-rare steak.

It started raining and they had to bring the barbecue inside so it caused a fire.

Shengjie was begging Xiangxia if he could stay at her place.

Jin Han was having none of it and offered his spare room to Shengjie.

Episode 14

This drama is just the most hilarious.

Shengjie was a very high-maintenance guest as found out by Jin Han.

He was very childish, spoilt, and hyper.  He dragged Jin Han for a barbecue meal and then because Shenjie was scared of ghosts, he ended up sharing JIn Han’s bedroom but not the same bed as this is not a BL drama. LOL

Finally, Shengjie’s father turned up at the school and was annoyed that his son was always bottom of the class.

His homeroom teacher said that Shenjie was not hopeless because he excels in sports and was actually kind to his classmates.

His father was also annoyed that Shenjie moved out and warned him that he will be made to see how it was to be truly independent of his parents.

Episode 15

Rich boy Shenjie had become a poor boy.  His parents stopped his allowance and cut off his cards.  They told him that unless he does as he was told like returning home, he was on his own and to fend for himself.

Xiangxia and Jin Han were supporting him.  While his other friends and schoolmates could not really fathom why he doesn’t want to return to his mansion.

He was desperate to go to a basketball training camp but as it would take two weeks, he needed parental consent as he was still under 18.

His father very categorically said that he was not going to a basketball camp.  He was told that after high school, he was being sent abroad to study business in preparation for taking over from his father.

Meanwhile, Jin Han and Xiangxia are getting closed together, although she really treats him as her idol.

Episode 16

Jin Han and Xiangxia were worried about Shenjie as he was so sad.  They surprised him with a birthday barbecue and they had a good time until he started feeling sad again missing his parents.

His father turned up in the end and said he was willing to sign the consent form for the basketball camp on one condition.

The condition was that he has to climb 30 percent up in overall all-school standing.

Desperate to go, Shenjie agreed, and then when his father left, he was upset with himself for failing to negotiate.

He has only two weeks to cram.  He asked Jin Han’s honest opinion if he can do it.

Jin Han said that Shengyi has a 1 percent chance.  He then said it was actually zero percent but he does not really want to attack Shenjie’s confidence too much.

Jin Han, Xiangxia, and Shengji started studying together but Shengji was just not into it.

Jin Han said that there was research done previously that if you like your teacher, you tend to do better in her class.

Shengji thought that his worst subject is maths so he will try to like Miss Chen.

Trying to like Miss Chen makes more hilarious situations.

Episode 17

The class found out that Miss Chen was far from being strict and unfeeling.  They found Miss Chen’s notebook where she put her innermost thoughts about her students.

She tried to see the good in every one of her students and they appreciated what she wrote without letting her know that they saw her notebook.

It was the monthly exam.

They were all on tenterhooks when they went to see the result.

Shengji improved and got his desired result.  He has increased by 31 which means he can go to the basketball camp.

Jin Han was back to being first.

While Xiangxia improved by 40 levels.  Her parents who told her that she should not be so stressed if her grades are crap were so delighted.

They encouraged her to invite Jin Han for a meal to celebrate.

Xiangxia also invited Shengji.

She dressed up for it.

I originally gave this drama a 7 but I think it is time to increase it to 8½.  It is that entertaining. The actors are newbies but they deliver for their respective roles.

Episode 18

Xiangxia was as cute as a button but she ruined a girlish persona by carrying the newly delivered 20 liters water jug.

Shengji told Jin Han that while he was away, he must not move on to his girl, little King Kong.

Jin Han said since when did Xiangxia been his girl.

Shengji said that he knew Xiangxia first.  Anyway, the two are developing a competitive bromance.  They compared notes about their parents or lack of them.

It was Shengji’s time to go to the camp but he never got there because he ended up in the hospital instead after a car accident.  He broke his arm.

His gang including Jing Han and Shengji visited him at the hospital and he was milking their goodness, especially Xiangxia.

Xiangxia and Jing Han were caught by a paparazzi and they began trending.

Episode 19

This drama is really super cute.

Anyway, in order for the paparazzi and fans to leave Shangxia alone, Jinhan released a comment online that he and Xiangxia were childhood friends who knew each other since they were little.

Xiangxia accepted this as a truth but she could not remember him from when they were young.  She showed Jin Han a school graduation photo of her kindergarten and Jin Han pointed to a boy, but Xiangxia said that that was Shengji.

She asked Shengji if he remembered Jin Han but of course, he can’t.

It then gets comical trying to remember Jin Han from childhood.

Xiangxia gave many instances of being with Jin Han when they were young but Shengji would counter that it was him with Xiangxia who did it.

But Xiangxia told him to keep quiet.

Shengji was left to conclude that he suffers from selective amnesia.

Episode 20

Luo Lila had a stalker which Shengji and JIn Han found out.

Jin Han and Shengji then stalked Luo Lila to find her stalker.

The stalker was from their school.

Meanwhile, Jin Han told Xiangxia that he did not expect he could be friends with his fan.

Xiangxia was absolutely excited.

Episode 21

This is the most hilarious episode yet.

Jin Han was having an interview so Shengji was able to take Xiangxia to the cinema.  They watched Annabelle which Shengji thought was a romance.

Of course, it was a horror film and Shengji spent the time screaming.

Episode 22

Jin Han got hurt while playing basketball with Shengyi.

Jin Han’s mother came to see him to say that it was time for him to move because his fans knew where he was. living now.

Jin Han refused.

He later vents his frustration with Xiangxia.

She then overheard what he really thought of her as a mere fan rather than his friend.

Episode 23

This episode is the revelation that Luo Lila used to be fat and dark.  It became a rumour at school that she had plastic surgery.

But her now friends gathered around her and help end the gossip by revealing the truth that yes she was fat and dark but she worked at making her look better by exercising, etc.

Episode 24

I swear this drama is now one of my guilty pleasures which I am going to rewatch when there is a lull in tv dramas.  My deskmate is really entertaining with well-rounded characters.  I love Xiangxia, Pan Dou Dou, Shengji, and JIn Han especially.

Anyway, this episode is about a contest between Class 3 and Class 7 who had a dramatic conflict about who is the better class.

Though class 7 is at the bottom of the school ranking, they are proud so they accepted the challenge of a sports contest.

Jin Han devises a program using physics to put suitable students in a particular sport.  They practice really hard.

During the first leg of the sports competition, Class 7 won in the first 3.  Then there were the 400 meters, unfortunately, the girl who was to run for class 7 twisted her leg.

Xiangxia was put forward as a substitute but she was really tired after having just competed and won the 100 meters.

Class 7 was worried that Xiangxia was lagging behind.  So Jin Han stood by the finish line to give Xiangxia impetus to carry on.

So cute.

Episode 25

Class 7 won against Class 3 in all the sports activities.

They went to celebrate with Miss Chen and their PE teacher.

Miss Chen got drunk and told everyone her life as their teacher was especially hard because they were always at the bottom of the school ranking and Shengjie creates trouble every day.

She was so embarrassed the next day but she had mellowed but this got her into trouble with the principal who told her that she was not a suitable homeroom teacher for Class 7.

She was so sad because she likes her class.

Epiosde 26

Jiang Cheng became Xiangxia’s student in Jujitsu which made Jin Han rather jealous.

Episode 27

Jin Han and Shengji also enrolled to learn jujitsu.

Shengji made sure to take all of Jiang Cheng’s time while Xiangxia idolise Ji Han.

They did have a lot of fun together when Pan Dou Dou also turned up as a fan of Jiang Cheng.

Their fun did not last long because Jin Han collapsed.

It turned out that he has a heart problem.

Episode 28

Jin Han escaped from the hospital to meet Xiangxia.

Episode 29

It took Xiangxia to get Jin Han and his mother to reconcile.

Episode 30

It has been a drama that brought a lot of laughter and fun from basically an unknown cast.  They produced solid acting.

Wishing them more dramas to come.

I am glad this did not turn into a full-on romance drama.

I actually secretly want Shenjie to end up with Xiangxia in the end.

Anyway, their adviser teacher ended up with their PE teacher.  Their adviser was actually the daughter of their principal who doesn’t approve of the relationship.

As to the classmates, they got into the school of their choice.  They promised to be in touch forever.

 

The End

 

 

Love Is True (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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Chinese Drama 2021

Love Is True (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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  • Genre: Modern Romance, Female-Centric Drama
  • Release Date: 19 July 2021
  • Origin: China
  • Cdrama: 40 Episodes

 

Cast

  • Liu Tao as Xiao Yan
  • Du Chun as Mo Ming
  • Li Nian as You Ya
  • Wang Yuanke as Chen Jiao Rui
  • Yuan Wenkang as Qi Bin
  • Dai Xu as Cheng Hao Nan
  • Wang Tianchen as Yan Zhi
  • Wang Xuan as Lily
  • Cheng Yong as Father Hao
  • Mu Li Yan as Mother Xiao
  • Benjamin Zhang as CEO Ji
  • Peng Jing as Amy

Quick Precis

Learning to love others rather than just oneself.

Episode 1

Xiao Yan is allergic to babies.  She can barely stand them and a pregnant woman is an enemy in the workplace.

She was flying to an appointment when a young child sitting behind her started kicking her seat.  Despite asking the child to stop, it only doubled its effort to kick Xiao Yan’s seat.

She called the flight attendant to sort it out but still the child would not stop, its mother was too tired to do anything as she was cradling a baby.

When they landed, Xiao Yan helped the mother to reach for her little suitcase overhead.  It so happened that the baby threw up on her suit lapels.

She went to her appointment and being a professional she was ready for any unforeseen event.  She brought extra of clothes with her and quickly changed in the Ladies’

She was giving the presentation about new make-up and lipstick when the boss said the lipstick shade looks like mud.

Xioa Yan told him that it was a trendy shade which women favours.

The misogynistic boss said that lipstick shade should be approved by men.

Before they could argue about it further, an unkempt woman came to the boardroom and started screaming at the boss asking him whose lipstick is it as she threw a lipstick on the table.

The woman was so mad she threw a glass of water at the boss, who happened to be her husband.

They all left the boardroom leaving Xiao Yan flabbergasted.

She later found the irate woman at the ladies.  Xiao Yan gave the shoeless woman the slippers she picked up from the boardroom.

The woman said that she had just spoken to her lawyers as she was going to divorce her husband. She will get half of the company.

Xiao Yan gave the woman a makeover, who felt better.\

They then ended up in a coffee shop where she helped the woman about starting a business of her own.

They were getting along fine until the nanny came to find the woman with the children.

The woman left Xiao Yan immediately without even a by your leave.  She realised that a woman’s priority is always going to be her children.

She later learned that she got the contract from the woman’s husband firm who was thankful for making his wife return to him.

This only made Xiao Yan more firm in her decision of not having kids.

Unfortunately for her, the company she works for seemed developed a fecundity in their water taps because the women seemed to be getting pregnant one by one including her assistant who was so scared to tell her about it

The assistant was right because Xiao Yan immediately commanded another manager to contact HR to send her another assistant.

Then her number one rival in the company had also became pregnant but not telling anyone because she knew her career would be more or less over if it was found out.

She asked her husband if he had heard of ‘secret pregnancy’ in the office.

Her husband was aghast at her question.  He thought she would only be to happy to find herself pregnant.