Chinese Drama 2021
Really Meet Love That Day (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)
Really Meet Love That Day poster
- Genre: Modern Romance, Business
- Release Date: 18 January 2021
- Origin: China
- Cdrama: 40 Episodes
Cast
- Shawn Wei Qianxiang as Meng Yan
- Wu Shile as Li Tianzhen
- Zhu Jiaqi as Lu Yiming
- Zhong Da Ni as Joe Ke
- Zhao Da as Ding Yanming
- Li Jinyang as Hu Xiao
- Rong Zixi as Guo Yuanyuan
- Ma Jun as Li Jun
- Ma Li as Cao Yu (Tianzhen’s father)
- Chu Zhen as Wen Li
- Zhang Gong as Gou Hansen
- Zhou Zhi as Bei Ying (Ding Yan Ming’s wife)
- Dong Kefei as Jin Jiayao
- Ke Ying as Chen Fangfang
Episode 1
I watched the first episode in youtube which is apparently googled translated so the story does not make sense most of the time.
According to google translate there is a character called Cocoa. Who the hell is she?!!! LOL
Anyway, I think Li Tianzhen was accepted as an intern in an architectural company where the lead designer/architect was a tsundere called Meng Yan.
He might be strict and cold but Tianzhen did not let this bother her because she answering back at him every time she thought he was going overboard.
Anyway, after doing overtime which lasted almost the following morning, she was woken up by Meng Yan to task her to deliver a blueprint at Ding Ya Ming house. He told her to hand it to him.
Meng Yan gave her the electronic code for the house gate.
When she got there, she saw a woman who said she was Ding Ya Ming’s wife so Tianzhen gave the brown envelop to her saying that it was a blueprint for Ding Ya Ming.
The wife opened the envelope and was visibly shocked.
Before Tianzhen can get away, the wife told her to get some peaches in the garden to give to her husband who was in the office.
Tianzhen obliged but she fell from the stepladder and scratched her face.
She took half a day to sort herself out but Meng Yan told her that she took advantage of her time so she won’t be paid overtime despite seeing her scratched face.
She was annoyed with the injustice but she just could not be bothered to argue so she said fine.
She then went to give the peaches to Ding Ya Ming, who gave it to Guo Yuan Yuan, his mistress.
When Ding Ya Ming got home, his wife was not very happy with him and asked him where he had been staying when he had not been coming home.
He said that he stayed in a hotel, a walk away from work.
She then showed him what was in the brown envelop. it was a divorce paper.
Ding Ya Ming said he did not send it.
Meanwhile, Tianzhen left work and went dining with her workmates, including Joe Ke who is her childhood best friend.
She ignored the calls from Meng Yan as it was now her time and he would not pay her overtime.
When she got home, her mother said that their big house is lonely without Joe Ke and Lu Yi Ming living with them.
She told her mother to get a boyfriend as she had been divorced from her father for quite some time.
Her mother told her that she does not force Tianzhen to go on blind dates so Tianzhen should also leave her alone.
Episode 2
Episode 3
Ding Ya Ming and Yuan Yuan was photographed in a rather compromising position by Joe Ke in the car park.
Episode 4
Potential problems between best friend Tianzhen and Joe Ke. Despite Joe Ke already living with LuYi Ming, she was still pining for Meng Yan who seemed to only noticed Tianzhen.
Episode 5
I love this drama.
A compromising photo of Ding Ya Ming and Yuan Yuan was mysteriously superimposed into the photos for Yunxia Village which was being presented to the investor.
The scandalous photo did not go well with the investors.
As the photos were from the office of Meng Yang, Tianzhen was fired by Meng Yang as collateral damage.
Joe Ke went to plead to Yuan Yuan about the situation but she wanted Meng Yan not to be penalized but ignore Tianzhen’s situation.
Anyway, Tianzhen was packing her things when Meng Yan arrived. He ordered her to do a box for him as well.
Joe Ke heard this and was shocked.
Tianzhen, however, ignored her and left without saying anything to him.
Joe Ke waited for Meng Yan by the lift and asked him if he was really leaving.
He said that the company is full of garbage, Tianzhen and him are better off leaving.
Joe Ke was upset and intoning “What about me?”
It looked like she developed a crush on Meng Yan when he chivalrously lent her his coat one rainy day.
Poor Tianzhen can’t find a job. Rumours have circulated that she sabotaged her bosses with the investors.
Meng Yan had been trying to contact her but she was so reluctant to see him.
I thing Meng Yan may have a crush on her but he has a deeper motive. Probably wanted revenge on her father, Cao Yu. Meng Yan said “If I get her, I’ll get him”. Who is him?
Ding Yan Ming went home to find that he had been locked out. His wife then came out and told him that she had signed the divorce paper he sent her previously.
He was shocked. He said nothing happened with him and Yuan Yuan. It was purely business.
Bei Ying said that sleeping with another woman is not the only form of cruelty towards one’s spouse. Neglect as well and he had been neglecting her for a number of years until she just doesn’t care whether he comes home or not; not she would rather that he does not come home.
Episode 6
Meng Yan was doing everything to get Tianzhen to work for him but she just wasn’t interested.
Tianzhen found out that the reason she can’t find a job in the field of her expertise had something to do with her own father.
She finally found a job but as a ballet instructor. She had a lunch date with her father who told her that he could find her ideal job.
But she refused.
He said that he was doing it for love and would like to make it up with her.
Tianzhen said that love can be instantly made up. During their dinner, she pointed out that he ordered a lot of colourful things but none of them was her favourite because he doesn’t know her.
Finally, her father understood and told his assistant to lay off stalking Tianzhen.
But Meng Yan continuous to stalk Tianzhen. He even sabotages her chance in her new job but telling her boss that she may be pregnant and before too look will go on maternity pay.
Ding Yan Ming got divorced and immediately shacked up with Yuan Yuan, who confessed that she did send the divorce paper but she would not self-sabotage by putting her photos with a married man for all investors to see.
Ding Yan Ming believed her.
Episode 7
Meng Yan and Tienzhen ended up in the police station and Lu Yuming had to bail them out.
Lu YuMing commented to Tienzhen that there is more to her relationship with Meng Yan than just work.
Tienzhen said she doesn’t want to have anything to do with Meng Yan but he was pestering her.
What she told her father got to him so he went to see his ex-wife to try to get closer wth Tienzhen.
Tienzhen was surprised to see her parents rather amicable but it did not last.
Joe Ke just won’t give up on Meng Yan.
She gathered up her old drawings and went to see Meng Yan.
Meng Yan told her that her painting might be better than Tienzhen but Tienzhen designs original works while Meng Yan’s drawings were already seen from somewhere.
She remembered Tienzhen calling her a plagiariser when they were still children.
Episode 8
Meng Yan does have issues with Tienzhen’s father.
Meng Yan took Tienzhen to Yunxian Village to experience the shaking building. She did not like it at first because it was so poor but Meng Yan insisted that they stay a few days to get the feel of the area which will give them good idea for their design.
Meanwhile, Joe Ke tried to tender her resignation with Yuan Yuan because she said she wanted to do something else other than HR.
She told Yuan Yuan that she wanted to do design despite not really being good at it but at least she tried.
Yuan Yuan would not accept her resignation. Instead, she told Joe Ke to learn from her as she might take over from her one day.
Episode 9
Joe Ke saw Tienzhen being treated like a princess by Meng Yan. `He carried Tienzhen on his back so she does not get her shoes wet from the flood. Joe Ke was so envious that when she saw Lu Yiming, she asked him to carry her.
Poor Li YiMing wanted Joe Ke so bad but she ignores what was obviously his intention towards her.
Episode 10
Tienzhen went to see her father to ask him to cooperate with her small company.
Her father declined but said she could go work for him.
She also said that the stats he gave her for the Yunxian Village was incorrect.
When her father got back at his office, he was told by his assistant said that his reputation has gone up as a doting father.
Cao Yu said that it was all fake. As fact as the measurement, he provided his daughter.
He is her father but he is a businessman first. He sees her as a competition and trying to defeat her even at the earliest stage.
No wonder her mother told her to be wary of her father.
Episode 11
A cleaner begged Meng Yan to renovate her house with a 50,000rmb budget but Meng Yan turned her down.
Tianzhen disagreed with Meng Yan and took over the project.
Episode 12
There was a typhoon and Meng Yan got worried for Tianzhen. He went to see if she was ok and they had to stay at Mrs Zhou’s house they were renovating.
Episode 13
This is all about the elusive and mysterious Wangqing.
Architect Ding attended the award ceremony hoping to win the award of best designer. He lost out though to the mysterious Wangqing who did not even attend the ceremony.
Meanwhile, Tianzhen watched the whole thing on the television and was incandescent with happiness when they announced that Wanqing won. She declared that she liked him.
Mengyan asked her if she liked him as an architect or as a person.
Tianzhen rashly said that there is no line between the two. She likes him so much that she hopes he is ugly so that she doesn’t become too obsessed with him.
But it looks like Mengyan was in the know who Wangqing was.
Mengyan was also realising that he’s got feelings for Tianzhen, though he was fighting it.
He was behaving like her boyfriend, getting her dish set and even slippers and toothbrush for when she stays at the office, cum his flat.
Joe Ke though had it bad for Mengyan. She is obsessed and determined to separate Tianzhen from Mengyan.
Episode 14
Joe Ke confessed to Mengyan who turned her down abruptly.
Mengyan had an accident and wanted only Tianzheng to look after him.
Yiming was fired from his job when he complained that the company was providing illegal service by corrupting the design of the building they were supposed to make.
Episode 15
Tianzheng ended up staying the night at Mengyan to look after him.
In the morning, he told her that when gets better he will look after her.
She was secretly excited but turned her back on him but said yes.
He repeated again that he will look after her very well he gets better.
Again she said yes compliantly.
He could not believe it so he asked her if she understood.
She turned back at him and said she did.
So they are boyfriend and girlfriend.
Meanwhile, Tianzhen’s dad had confided to her that his business is not doing so well.
Episode 16
Finally Mengyan is out of his cast.
Mengyan was enthusiastic to meet Tanzhen’s family. He got to meet Tianzhen’s mother and he helped cook.
Mengyan found out from her brother that he lost his job because of Mengyan.
Mengyan offered him a job as a business manager, to do the costing to their design.
Tianzhen’s dad sort of found out roughly who Wenqing was but does not know that it was Mengyan, the guy Tianzhen told her father she was dating.
Episode 17
Her father called a directors & Shareholders meeting to discuss the not so healthy financial situation the company was under.
Tianzhen attended without telling Meng Yan who went to look for her at Mrs Zhou to bring her lunch. He started calling her every minute while she was at the meeting at her father’s company so she had to turn her phone off.
He then found out that she was with her father.
Architect Ding was having a breakdown or mid-life crisis. Aside from not winning the Elan award, he was smarting from finding out that his wife who he thought was devoted to him though he wronged her was already shacked up with someone else.
Episode 18
Yuan Yuan started courting Meng Yan to collaborate with her company given that Architect Ding was throwing a strop.
Secretary Wen from Kaideng (?), Tianzhen’s father company also was given an appointment by Meng Yan at the same time as Yuan Yuan.
He then chose Yuan Yuan to work with.
What he did not know was that Tianzhen had recommended him strongly to her father who wanted Architect Ding to work with.
Yuan Yuan’s company gave Mengyan a ticket to the unveiling of the Yuxian Village project. Tianzhen told Meng Yuan that she was not going to attend.
At the reception, Cao Yu/Li Jun snubbed Mengyan.
Then Tianzhen arrived and pretended that she did not know her father and went to Mengyan.
She later told him that she had a second thought because she does not want Mengyan to be alone as she will always support him forever.
Episode 19
Tianzhen told Mengyan that she had to rethink their relationship.
She realised that he was sneaky, he used her on purpose. She finally confessed that she was Li Jun’s daughter and she told Mengyan that he and her father are the same.
This annoyed Mengyan.
Episode 20
Architect Ding moves out of Yuan Yuan’s apartment. He got a job as one of those who will evaluate the plans and designs for the Yunxia Village.
Li Jun tried to get Mengyan to work for him but he turned him down point-blank. Now Li Jun is looking for the elusive Wenqing instead.
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Episode 24
Mengyan proposed to Tianzhen with a beautiful diamond ring but her mother was not happy because he opted not to attend the engagement announcement with the immediate family.
Tianzhen said that he was busy supervising a consignment.
But Mengyan was really thinking that Tianzhen makes him happy no one else so bugger them all.
Tianzhen’s uncle finally found Mengyan to apologise for his misdeed which caused the death of employees including Mengyan’s father and Joe Ke’s brother.
Mengyan beat the uncle who has advanced lung cancer.
Episode 25
Tianzhen had dinner with her father and told him that she was engaged.
Li Jun asked his daughter how much he knew of Mengyan. Li Jun is beginning to suspect that Mengyan might have purposely gotten to know Tianzhen.
Episode 26
Tianzhen and Men Yang broke up right after Menyan decided to reveal all during the family engagement party.
Meng Yan accused Li Jun of being a criminal and told Joe Ke that her brother was one of the three victims nine years ago.
Joe Ke ran after the departing figure of Mengyan but it looks like she wanted him rather than finding more about her brother.
Tianzhen saw how far will Mengyan take his revenge against her father and knew that they woun’t be able to surmount it.
Joe Ke with Yiming went to see Men Yang. They saw Tianzhen just leaving.
Joe Ke acted as if Tianzhen was not there but Yiming ran after her after seeing how miserably upset she was. He told her that she ill always be his sister and never going to leave her. He gave a very tight hug which comforted her and confessed that she thought she had lost hm too.
Yiming told her that he was going to get revenge for her from Meng Yang and he dud. He gave Mengyang a good kick on the chest.
