Cui Yi is a Chinese actress. She was born in Hefei, Anhui, China, on July 17, 1978 and made her acting debut in 1999. Since then, she has appeared in a number of television dramas, including “Mr. Right” (2018), “The Story of Ming Lan” (2018), “Oh! My Sweet Liar” (2020), and “My Little Happiness” (2021).

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Indifferent to the things most people crave, namely fame, fortune, and a thriving social life, botany professor Zhuang Yu (Vin Zhang) is interested in only one thing: his research. Having dedicated his entire life to the research and cultivation of sweet wormwood, Zhuang Yu cares for nothing else. So singularly focused on his work, it comes as no surprise that he would be devoid of social graces, which is how he came to break the heart of Yu Mei Ren (Esther Yu).

Having grown up in the countryside, Mei Ren and Zhuang Yu’s paths often crossed. After harboring a crush on Zhuang Yu for quite some time, Mei Ren finally worked up the courage to confess her feelings, only to have them completely rejected. Heartbroken, Mei Ren moved on with her life, eventually graduating from university with a doctorate in ornithology; but even as the years passed, she never forgot the pain Zhuang Yu had inflicted on her young heart.&nbsp;

Weary of the pressures that come with a life dedicated to scientific research, Mei Ren eventually decides to pursue a different route. Now a fashion blogger, Mei Ren is surprised when her path once again crosses with Zhang Yu. Having never forgotten him, Mei Ren is determined to use this chance to exact her revenge but the harder she tries, the more she finds herself falling for him. Has fate given her a second chance to win this botanist’s indifferent heart?

An adorably sweet love story, “A Romance of the Little Forest” is a 2022 Chinese romantic comedy directed by Cai Cong.

A Romance of the Little Forest

🌿The Botanists🌿

Tencent

Zhuo Rong (Fei Xing) has long dreamed of becoming a lawyer, but her mother is absolutely determined to see her daughter study finance abroad. Hoping that her daughter will successfully settle down somewhere overseas, Zhuo Rong’s mother won’t take “no” for an answer. Unable to convince her mother to let her pursue her dreams, Zhuo Rong has no choice but to do as her mother wishes. Or does she?

After successfully convincing her mother that she has set off for distant lands, Zhuo Rong secretly returns home to begin work as a legal intern. Taking on her first case, Zhuo Rong comes face-to-face with her childhood friend, Wen Shao Qing (Tang Xiao Tian). Now a surgeon, Shao Qing isn’t just Zhuo Rong’s client, he’s also her landlord and next-door neighbor. Tied together by the ever-tightening strings of fate, Zhuo Rong and Shao Qing find themselves drawing closer, despite their best efforts.

Engaged in a never-ending battle of wits, the childhood friends may fight against the ties that bind them, but how long will they be able to resist the inevitable?

Based on the novel of the same name by Dong Benxi Gu, “My Little Happiness” is a 2021 romantic comedy directed by Yang Long.

My Little Happiness

👩‍❤️‍👨 Happily Ever After 🩺

Xiong Xi Ruo (Xi Zi) is a young female painter who infiltrates the family home of the powerful Li family to paint a copy of a precious item.

However, her escape from the Li home goes horribly wrong and she finds her fate at the mercy of Li family heir Li Hong Bin (Xia Ning Jin).

On the verge of arrest, Li Hong Bin and Xiong Xi Ruo hatch a lie – they pretend that she is pregnant with his child. This arrangement suits Li Hong Bin fine, as a marriage with Xiong Xi Ruo will help him escape an arranged marriage with the daughter of the Song family – a union he is particularly keen to avoid.

The Li family grants its consent for Li Hong Bin and Xiong Xi Ruo to get married, but it is not long before some relatives – and the plotting Song family – begin to suspect that the pregnancy is a fake.

Meanwhile, as Li Hong Bin and Xiong Xi Ruo spend more time in each other's company, they begin to develop a growing fondness for one another.

Could love bloom between the pair? And can they survive – or even thwart – the schemes at court?

This drama was based on a long-running web-based cartoon series named “Unreliable Princess.”

“Oh! My Sweet Liar!” is a 2020 Chinese period drama series that was directed by Cheng Ming Ko.

Oh! My Sweet Liar!

Hunan TV

Sheng Ming Lan (Zhao Li Ying) has been mistreated by her legal mother and half siblings her whole life after her mother's death. Although she is the daughter of an official, she is the sixth child, and is often looked down on despite her beauty and intelligence. 

Throughout her years of suffering, she decides to devise a plan to avenge her mother's death. In order to do so, she must be patient and hide her true intentions from everyone else in the dynasty. 

One day, Ming Lan, meets Gu Ting Ye (Feng Shao Feng), the hedonistic son of the Marquis of Ningyuan. They fall in love and over the years their relationship leads to marriage. 

As a power couple working towards the same goals, can they avenge Ming Lan's mother's death?

"The Story of Ming Lan" is a 2018-2019 Chinese Drama adapted from the novel "Don't You Know".

The Story of Ming Lan

MEI DAXIA  (大俠)

Dragon Television, JSTV

He’s much less experienced at his side job. Cheng Hao (Jin Dong) is a dentist who credits himself as a love guru despite the fact that he has never been in a relationship. He loves to dole out relationship advice to his colleague Zhang Ming Yang (Li Nai Wen) and his best friend, Zou Bei Ye (Tian Yu), in their quests to find someone special.

But when Cheng Hao meets Luo Yue (Maggie Jiang), a feisty woman who has had too many bad past relationships, he may have met his match.

“Mr. Right” is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Yao Xiao Feng. It is the second installment of the “Gentleman” series, following the popular drama “To Be a Better Man” (2016).

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