Chinese Drama

My Fated Boy (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)

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• Genre: Modern Romance, Noona Love, Cohabitation
• Release Date: 12 July 2021
• Origin: China
• Cdrama: 24 Episodes (?)

Cast

• Li Xirui as Lin Yang
• He Yi Qian as Lu Sheng An
• Zhou Xiaochuan as
• Zhao Yuanyuan Cao Lin
• Lu Xiaolin as Yao Dan
• Tian Xiwei as Li Tian
• Shang Bai as Xie Nan Ke

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Quick Precis

31-year old Lin Yang thought she was ok with life, she has a good job, a home, though rented and quite happy with her singledom.

Then the 24-year-old Lu Sheng An suddenly appeared again in her life.  He used to be a neighbour who she ‘babysat’.

Now he makes her heart beat faster being with him.

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Episode 1

Lin Yang has a good job and a nice apartment but she does feel lonely especially when surrounded by her younger colleagues who talk about dating, drinking, partying, etc.

She was in a drinking party with her colleagues when she had too much to drink.

On her way home, she was puking her guts out when a couple of drunks tried to accost her.  They stopped when they saw her face and apologised for bothering an auntie.

Lin Yang was insulted.  She could not believe that they thought she was old.  She said that she was 31 but could easily be thought of as only 25.

She went home and had a bath but she ended up in the hospital because she slipped on empty beer bottles she had littered her mini balcony.

Meanwhile, Lu Sheng An was back from abroad after four years. He was met at the airport by a talent agent.  Lu Sheng An was an up an rising singer.

The first person he wanted to see was Lin Yang but she was not answering his call.

He found out later that Lin Yang was in the hospital.

Xie Nan Ke, his cousin told him that she was not in the hospital because she discharged herself.

Episode 2

Lin Yang and Lu Sheng An’s parents are the best of friends.  They were neighbours and got on so well.

During a particularly convivial day, the four promised that they would be families one day.  So they vowed that when they had children if both boys would be sworn brothers and if they were boy and girl they will have to get married.

Both families got down on the baby-making immediately.  The first couple had a girl, Yangyang.  They said that it was quite common for the girl to be older than her husband nowadays.

But then Yangyang turned 1, and 2 and then 3, and 4 and then five but still no child from the other couple.  When she turned six, Sheng An was born.

Episode 3

Lu Sheng An was trying to look like a lost boy so Lin Yang would take pity on him because when he tried to be masterful, she threw him away.

Episode 4

Lin Yang was advised by her two friends to give a relationship with Lu Sheng An a chance.  It may not last then it is better than regretting not going for it one day.

Episode 5

Linyang was ready to give Lu Sheng An a chance but she spied him with Li Tian holding hands.

Episode 6

Linyang took Lu Sheng An home as he saw his tiny and cramp pseudo-bedroom at the studio.

Episode 7

Linyang cleared her ambiguous relationship with Xie Nan Ke.  She told him that she had waited for him for a long time and he was keeping her dangling the whole time.

She wanted to know the real nature of their relationship if it is at all going anywhere.  She is 31 and can’t be waiting for something that might not happen.

Xie Nan Ke does like her in his own way but he was way too ambitious.  A full blown relationship with Linyang was still out of the equation.

So when Linyang told him that they should not meet again and that they would only be in touch during holidays and not interfere in each other’s life, Xie Nan Ke sadly agreed.

She was left in the Japanese restaurant feeling really heartbroken and drunk on sake.  Lu Sheng An had to come and get her and carry her home.

Episode 8

Li Tian volunteered to get Lu Sheng An to sign up as the ambassador of Soler.

Lu Sheng An was enthusiastic as first when he found out that the company who wanted to sign him up was through the advertising agency that Linyang was working for.

But when Li Tian turned up instead of Linyang, he was very categorical in turning the offer down.  He told Li Tian he was not interested in the offer or with her and left without further ado.

Li Tian was taking it out on Linyang who can’t take it anymore, she asked Li Tian to have a heart to heart and told her the grim truth that Lu Sheng An had never liked Li Tian by the get-go and was actually beginning to hate her.

Linyang really gave her what she was asking for.

Li Tian threw a heavy magazine on the retreating back of Li Yang so they ended up having a mighty fight as Lu Sheng An turned up to see LinYang.

Episode 9

The little backstory when Lu Sheng An and Linyang were children is a gem.

Anyway, it was then more than ever that Li Tian realised that ShengAn was really serious about Linyang.

He gave her such an evil look and then went to Lin Yang and tidied her tenderly until not a single strand of hair is out of place.  He then pulled Lin Yang away from the crowd of excited and perplexed staff.

The way ShengAn treated Lin Yang was more than of a brother would to his sister!

Meanwhile, Li Tian was comforted by her sister who told her to forget about ShengAn.  She said not to be like like who lives only for her husband.

She was advised to improve herself so ShengAn would notice.

Meanwhile, Boss Hua called Linyang and told her to recruit ShengAn for the Soler ads, she will be in charge and when it comes about he will promote her to a directorship.

She finally agreed and went to discuss it the ShangAn’s manager and had ShengAn properly move in with her.

They went shopping for his necessities which he complained about as she chose girlish items including pink slippers.

She told him that if she has friends coming round it would be easier to explain that she was living with a sister.

Still, he moaned.

Backstory: His parents found him wearing a Sailor Moon costume complete with makeup and they were distressed.  They thought he was gay and his mother was blaming herself for wanting a daughter.

ShangAn now said that it was all because of Linyang who used to dress him up in girl’s outfits.

Episode 10

ShangAn was the perfect flatmate.  He was a jack of all trade.  He cooks, he cleans, and do every housework and even offered Linyang to become her personal trainer.

Linyang turned it down because it was giving her some saucy ideas. 😉🤗🤗

Lin Miao Miao met up with LInyang.  She sort of begged Linyang to give LI Tian another chance because she was worried her sister was going into depression.

Li Tian can’t eat, can’t sleep, but only cry in bed.

Actually LI Tian was back to stalking ShangAn again.  She follows him everywhere to apologise.  He told her to leave him alone and still she followed him when he met up with Xie Nan Ke who told him that he had been asked to be his legal representative.

ShangAn told him that he doesn’t have any problem about it except he should not meet up wit Linyang.  ShangAn also told him to speak to the waiting Li Tian.

Xie Nan Ke went to Li Tian and told her that ShangAn will sue her if she continues on tailing him.

Mr Ma, ShangAn’s manager fell in love at first sight when he saw Cao Lin passed by as he was leaving the Ruijie Advertising agency.

Linyang started worrying that the first ad that ShangAn was endorsing was for lipstick.  She was sure he would not be comfortable with it but might be forced to accept if she asked him to and she doesn’t want that.

She was so stressed about but she told him he was all for it.

They then had an erotic lipstick tutorial.

Episode 11

The two ended up kissing and were both shocked about it.

It was the day of the shooting the ads.  It was going so great but Linyang got carried away watching how ShangAn was sexilly biting his lip that caused LInyang to have dry throat and started coughing which annoyed the director as it ruined the perfect so far.

ShangAn told off the director for being too mean to Linyang.

Anyway, it was a successful shoot and ended in a dinner party which made ShangAn sad because he wanted to be alone with Linyang instead he had to pretend that they are mere acquaintace.

He tried to hug her by the loo but she went ballistic thinking that someone might see them.

He said that he did not care but she said she does.

So they were both sad.

Episode 12

Shang An was upset that Linyang wanted to go on blind dates when he was there ready to marry her.

She told him that she could never marry him because there are so many hindrances before them.  His parents though they like her she was just too old to be with him.

No matter what he said, she would rebuff.

But she confessed to Cao Ling that she thinks she had fallen in love with Shang An.

Yao Dan advised Shang An the ultimate strategy for making LInyang change her mind.

He had to play hard to get.  He had to move out and not contact her or accept any contact from her.

Episode 13

Xie Nan Ke confessed to Linyang but she turned him down because she does not love him anymore.

He said that he had loved her for three years and only her.  He found that he had become absent-minded because he was only thinking of her.

She thank him politely and left.

Shang An tried one more time to make Linyang agree to date him but she just treated him like a little boy.

So next time he and Mr Ma went to Ruiyue’s he treated Linyang as if she was not there.

Episode 14

Cao Ling dragged Linyang to go on a blind date with her.

Unfortunately one of the men was a misogynist and Linyang ended up in a brawl with him.

Cao Ling and Linyang went drinking.  Cao Ling told Linyang that she was wrong in discouraging Linyang from having a relationship with ShangAn.

Anyway, the two girls were waiting for the designated driver.  they were talking about how Linyang really feel about ShangAn.

ShangAn could hear their conversation because the drunk Cao Ling entered ShangAn contact in her phone under Designated Driver.

So finally Linyang and ShangAn are together.

Episode 15

Shang An could not believe that he finally got his wish, to be with Linyang and because of it he was rather clingy.

Linyang told him that he needed to chill a bit because when she made a decision she stands on it and never change his mind.

They are so cute actually, the actors have so much cute chemistry.

Episode 16

The two are giddily in love but their relationships have teething problems.

Linyang got jealous of his fans.  So Shang An treated coldly which was not the right thing to do.

To make Linyang secure, he surprised her with couple rings with dissimilar designs so only them would know about their existence.

But love makes fools of us all.

So Shang An posted a photo of his hand with the ring on in Moments.

Linyang the posted her hand with a ring as well.

So those who knew them well realised what was going on.

Linyang told Shang An to delete the photo but it was too late.

Auntie Chen, Shang An’s mother called Linyang to ask if her son has a girlfriend.

Linyang denied it and said that it was a penalty from a game she and Shang An lost.  They had to post a photo of ringed fingers for at least 12 hours.  That is why they had been deleted.

Auntie Chen seemed to have believed her story but Linyang put the feelers on.  She asked Auntie Chen if Linyang had been the girlfriend what would she say

Auntie Chen that it would be impossible.  She would have had a heart attack.

Oh dear!

Episode 17

Xie Nan Ke found out about the relationship between Linyang and Shang An.

Linyang told Xie Nan Ke to keep it secret for now and not to tell Auntie Chen and the family.

Nan Ke agreed but he warned Linyang that it would get complicated before it gets better.

Linyang had turned into a different woman. She was giving her all to Shang An and became rather clingy which was rather a hindrance during a promotional appearance for Shang Ke.

There was a client who spoke to Mr. Ma.   She said that she could make Shang An popular but under her terms.

Mr Ma noticed that the client was rather proprietorial towards Shang An so he asked the client if she likes Shang An.

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