Puff Guo is a popular Taiwanese model, actress and singer who ranked No. 1 on the list of FHM Taiwan’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World for two years in a row in 2013 and 2014. Born on June 30, 1988, Puff Guo had a challenging childhood after her mother died of breast cancer when Puff Guo was 9 years old and relatives raised her and her sister while their father worked in Mainland China. She dropped out of school at the age of 20 to start modeling to support her sister’s education. In 2011, Puff Guo made her music debut as part of the Taiwanese girl group Dream Girls as well as her acting debut in the drama “Inborn Pair.” She has since achieved leading-lady status with her roles in “Just You” (2013) and “Love Myself or You” (2014). Puff Guo is fluent in Mandarin and Taiwanese and speaks a little Korean and English.

Puff Guo

Zhou Xin Xing (Puff Guo) is a young woman who has been through a lot. Her first marriage, to a dermatologist, ended in failure. She had once dreamed of opening a French-style patisserie and living a long, happy life with her husband. But those dreams are now in tatters. She has had to shelve her dreams of opening her own shop, after a death in the family, followed by financial difficulties. She takes a job at a dessert store named Les Années Lentes.

And it is here that she encounters Xia Tian Yu (Fandy Fan), the third-generation heir of the Yucheng business group. His family wants him to become the group’s CEO, but Xia Tian Yu has no intention of doing so. Although he seems cold and uncaring, he actually has a warm heart, and is suffering due to a traumatic childhood incident. He also ends up working at Les Années Lentes. Eventually, he begins to develop feelings for Zhou Xin Xing. And the duo resolves to enter a prestigious dessert-making contest. But love rivals are not far away, with long-term admirers of both Zhou Xin Xing and Xia Tian Yu ready to make their moves! Will this unlikely duo find love – or will societal pressures take their toll?

“The Way You Shine” is a 2023 Taiwanese drama series that was directed by Hong Bo Hao.

The Way You Shine

🌟Shiny Star Team🌟

Chen Zi Tong (Puff Guo) is down on her luck. She was once a promising taekwondo athlete with hopes of competing at the Olympic Games.

But a debilitating knee injury inflicted by a scheming friend and a disloyal boyfriend forced her to turn her back on her sporting ambitions. She still dreams of returning to competition, but has been forced to take on a job as a worker at a startup delivery company.

After a strange mishap, she meets the young, successful CEO Fang Zhi Sheng (Jiro Wang) of the promising company.

She manages to land a job at his company’s head office, but Fang Zhi Sheng soon discovers that his many charms – so effective with almost every other woman he meets – appear not to work on Chen Zi Tong. She retains her aloof and tough persona, no matter what.

However, Fang Zhi Sheng has one key weakness – he suffers from hemophobia and is scared stiff at the sight of blood!

Slowly, the unconventional duo begins to form a bond. Fang Zhi Sheng helps encourage Chen Zi Tong to start rehabilitating her injury and return to training. And she, in turn, helps him confront his fears. Could love also bloom here?

“Falling into You” is a 2020 Taiwanese drama series.

Falling into You

💞🥋 Kicking into love 🥋💞 

Zhou Weiwei (Puff Guo) is about to marry her successful, devoted fiancé. And Chu Kehuan (Jasper Liu) is also planning to tie the knot with the beautiful woman he thinks he wants to spend the rest of his life with. There’s just one hitch – as their respective wedding days approach, Weiwei and Kehuan are starting to develop feelings for one another.

Despite their intentions to keep things platonic, Cupid seems to have other plans for them. Will they get cold feet? Will they give in to passion? Or can they keep their feelings for one another in check?

"Before We Get Married" is a tense romantic drama above love, friendship, and betrayal directed by Feng Kai in 2019. It was adapted from a novel by hit author Ayamei.

Before We Get Married

Zhou Wei Wei

Youku

What doesn’t break you can make you stronger.

Qi Xue (Li Yi Tong) is a beautiful 16-year-old whose life takes a horrific turn when her father sells her to a brothel. There, she undergoes unspeakable abuse that nearly breaks her spirit.

But when Qi Xue enters a mysterious new city, she is given a new identify of Wan Mei and undergoes training to become an assassin. Now able to use her beauty as a weapon, Wan Mei is no longer a victim of all the cruel people around her during the waning days of the Tang Dynasty.

As Wan Mei takes on dangerous missions that puts her life on the line, the mysterious Chang An (Qu Chu Xiao) watches over her like a shadow. But when she becomes embroiled in a deadly conspiracy, can Wan Mei survive?

“Bloody Romance” is a 2018 Chinese web drama series directed by Yi Jun. It is adapted from a novel by Ban Ming Ban Mei.

Bloody Romance

The Bloody Romantics

SETTV

Can anything be more important than comics and good food? 

Du Kai Qi (Puff Guo) is an independent, single woman who loves comic books and her job as a sous chef in the fine-dining French restaurant, Figaro Cuisine. When an unassuming man, Fu Zi Jie (Jasper Liu), moves in next door, they immediately begin to bicker over trivial matters. 

But when Zi Jie shows up as a new employee at her restaurant, Kai Qi, as well as other staff members, mistake him for a lowly intern, not knowing that Zi Jie is a classically trained chef who just returned from France and that Figaro Cuisine is actually his father’s restaurant. 

Can Zi Jie help save Kai Qi from the wrath of the mysterious “Chef Louis”? 

“Love Myself or You” is a 2014 Taiwanese drama series.

Love Myself or You

Figaro Cuisine Squad

Du Kai Qi

Qi Yi (Aaron Yan) is a fastidious young man who is afraid of germs and needs to have everything in his life in his own orderly fashion. After he gives up a successful opportunity in New York, he returns to Taiwan and decides to buy a small marketing design company called GAZE and a historic home that catches his eye. The problem is that the home has a peppy tenant, Cheng Liang Liang (Puff Guo), who refuses to move out. When he arrives at his new company, the new CEO discovers that Liang Liang also works for his company. The happy-go-lucky Liang Liang just wants everything to be stable in her life, but she realizes that may be harder to maintain when her new boss starts making big changes in her workplace, including a notice stating that office romances will be prohibited. “Just You” is a 2013 Taiwanese drama series that airs on SETTV.

Just You

Just Your Team

Chen Liang Liang

Two strangers, who never had much luck in the love arena, found themselves betrothed by their families. Figuring they will never find true love, they agreed to the arranged marriage. They bickered throughout their marriage. But bickering slowly gave way to genuine fondness for one another. In the end, the couple discovered that true love is not to be found but has to be cultivated.

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