If the battle of wits in the Chinese drama, “Guess Who I Am” made you smile, you’re going to love this collection of equally sassy romantic television series and films.

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Years ago, misunderstanding and misfortune drove young lovers Min Hui (Wang Yu Wen) and Xin Qi (Wang Zi Qi) to part on bad terms. In their time apart, Min Hui has become a tech hotshot, while Xin Qi made a name for himself in the business world. When “fate” reunites them at a business event, they begin to talk, and Xin Qi learns that Min Hui has been hiding a very big secret… Will they resolve past mistakes – and maybe rekindle their romance? This 2023 Chinese drama series was based on a novel by Shi Ding Rou and directed by Ding Ying Zhou.

The Love You Give Me

OMG I suddenly have a SON

Tencent

Career-minded attorney Qin Shi (Yang Mi) lands a job at top law firm Cheng and Hui by fabricating a marriage to Yang Hua (Xu Kai), a man she’s never met. Chaos ensues when Yang Hua unexpectedly appears at a company gathering, and Qin Shi has to act to keep her web of lies from unravelling. Facing family pressure, Yang Hua agrees to become Qin Shi’s “husband” and maintain the charade. But there are consequences, as people around them start to notice something is amiss. Things go from bad to worse when Qin Shi’s ex-boyfriend joins the firm. Is Qin Shi’s plan about to collapse? Or will romance bloom as they try to navigate the mess? This 2022 Chinese romance drama was directed by Lin Yan.

She and Her Perfect Husband

Oh Soo (Jo In Sung) has always lost the people he has loved. His parents died when he was young, and his first love also died, leaving him a cold-hearted man who turns to a life of high-stakes gambling and womanizing to get the things he wants in life. The conartist makes a sport out of targeting rich women, and when he meets Oh Young (Song Hye Kyo), a wealthy heiress, he believes he has stumbled upon his best female prey yet. But Oh Young is a blind, untrusting woman who also has lost everything she has loved. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she became estranged from her mother and older brother. Then her father dies, leaving her the sole heir to a large corporation. Can two people who have both given up on love find it in each other? “That Winter, The Wind Blows” is a 2013 South Korean drama series written by No Hee Kyung and directed by Kim Kyu Tae, who worked together on the 2008 drama “Worlds Within.” The new drama is based on the 2002 Japanese drama “I Don’t Need Love, Summer,” which was adapted into a 2006 South Korean film “Love Me Not.”

That Winter, The Wind Blows

The Winter Lovers Team

JTBC

Jang Sun Gyeol (Yoon Kyun Sang) has wealth and good looks but suffers from severe germophobia. He is obsessed with cleaning and even owns his own cleaning company. However, he meets a carefree and untidy girl named Gil Oh Sol (Kim Yoo Jung) after she enters his company as a new employee. Oh Sol (Kim Yoo Jung) has worked all sorts of part-time jobs while striving for a full-time job and does not have the time to date or keep everything clean. She gave up on being neat after facing the tough realites of the world and is known for always wearing her trademark tracksuit. But she has a bright personality and does not mind getting dirty. With the help of Oh Sol (Kim Yoo Jung), Sun Gyeol (Yoon Kyun Sang) faces his fear of germs and discovers that he's falling in love with her.

Clean with Passion for Now

🐙 💦 The Clean Freaks 💦 🐛

Cheng Yao (Zhang Ruo Nan)’s dreams of becoming a top lawyer are about to come true – or so it seems when she is unexpectedly recruited by a leading legal firm. She moves into a new house to be nearer the office… but is soon horrified to discover that her new roommate Qian Heng (Chen Xing Xu) is also her hard-to-please office superior at the office. Heng turns out to be a very prickly “boss,” but Yao is undaunted. Could her efforts be rewarded with success – or even love? This 2024 Chinese drama series drama was based on a novel named “What Comes Around Goes Around” by Ye Fei Ran and was directed by Chen Ming Zhang and Chen Shi Yi.

My Boss

Persistent in Love Team

KBS02

As a young boy, Moo Hak grew up in the market as a peddler. Although he is ignorant, he is strong-willed and knows how to make money. He is now the managing director of Dondon F and B, a global restaurant chain that his family started as a small gamjatang diner. However, he isn't dignified and only cares about money. He meets Da Li, the only daughter and child of an upper-class family who runs an art gallery. She has a profound deep knowledge of things. She gets faced with bankruptcy due to her father's sudden death and begins a hard life. Moo Hak and Da Li start a relationship as a creditor and debtor over the art gallery. Will these two polar opposites understand each other and fall in love?

Dali and Cocky Prince

Dali and Prince Lovers Team 

Tokyo MX

Shinohara Kanon (Okamoto Rei) is 33 years old. She works hard in her job as a home designer, but she has come to a crossroads in her life. She realizes that she is now entering her mid-thirties and spends her downtime drinking and generally being slovenly at home. She has had romantic experiences in the past, but is nowhere near marriage. Her financial situation leaves also leaves much to be desired... Life, it seems, is passing her by.

But one day, at an event organized by a friend, she bumps into a younger, handsome, well-dressed man. She learns that his name is Shirosaki Makoto (Nagatsuma Reo), that he is 28, and that he is the CEO of a company president. Later, he springs a surprise on her, asking her to marry him – on certain conditions. Unsure if this is a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to turn her life around or a situation she should leave well alone, she hesitates. But Shirosaki Makoto is insistent – and as her 34th birthday approaches, could marriage really be in the cards for her?

“Marriage with Me? Seriously?” is a 2023 Japanese drama series that was directed by Hirokazu Fujisawa.

Marriage with Me? Seriously?

Mango TV

Su Jin Bei (Zhang Yu Xi) is a beautiful actress who enjoys enormous popularity. Men find her irresistibly attractive, but one of the pitfalls of fame is the fact that gossip and rumors dog her, with many thinking the worst of her. Worse still, she knows how to catch a man’s eye, but doesn’t ever seem to make a meaningful connection, a fact that has left her without a boyfriend for her entire life.

But when she is hospitalized after an accident, she is treated by Zhou Shi Yun (Ding Yu Xi), a remarkably skilful, intelligent, wealthy, and attractive doctor. He is used to getting plenty of attention from women – but not from popular actresses! Su Jin Bei falls for him immediately and resolves to make him her boyfriend. Although he is outwardly very cold, Zhou Shi Yun actually has a heart of gold. And while he initially tries to ignore her advances, Cupid appears to be on Su Jin Bei’s side!

“Intense Love” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Liu Yu Fan.

Intense Love

My ❤️‍🩹 Skipped For You, 🧑‍⚕

When her lifelong friend, Lee Do Han (Kim Do Wan) asks her for help, struggling actress Na A Jeong (Jeon Jong Seo) finds she can’t say no. Agreeing to a contract marriage to keep Do Han’s secret from his overbearing family, A Jeong soon finds herself in over her head as Do Han’s younger brother, Lee Ji Han (Moon Sang Min) refuses to accept the engagement. With Ji Han determined to sabotage their “marriage” at every turn, how long will it take before the truth is revealed? Adapted from the webtoon of the same name, this 2024 hijinks-filled South Korean romantic comedy series was directed by Kwon Young Il.

Wedding Impossible

🧨 Mission: Wedding 💍 

Ayaka Haneda (Kanna Hashimoto)’s family is battling financial difficulties. When she takes a job at a wedding planning firm, the firm’s CEO Togo Nitta (Ryosuke Yamada) makes her a bold proposal: he will help solve her family’s problems if she agrees to marry him and help revive the firm. Faced with a choice between integrity and a loveless marriage of convenience, which will she choose? And if she says “I do,” might love unexpectedly blossom? This 2023 Japanese romantic comedy drama was based on a manga by Shiho Watanabe and was directed by Toshio Tsuboi and Masahide Izumi.

Kissing the Ring Finger

Marriage here, Love there

GMM 25

Top model Donovan McDaniel (Luke Ishikawa Plowden) is always in demand, but hides a deep secret: there is a woman from his past that he just can’t let go of. In a bid to track her down, he moves from the United States to Thailand. Meanwhile, Pam (Namtan Tipnaree Weerawatnodom) has taken a job at Donovan’s talent agency to help pay for her sick grandfather’s medical bills. When Pam is charged with taking care of Donovan and translating for him, she learns of his secret. Could this discovery lead them to despair – or an unexpected romance? This 2022 Thai drama series was directed by Golf Sakon Wongsinwiset.

My Dear Donovan

💕For Love... This and More

Xu Qing You (Zhang Yu Xi) is a hard-working, focused woman with a senior position at an up-and-coming firm. She is devoted to her job and is also in a relationship with Fan Yun Xi (Li Zi Feng), whom she has been dating for 10 years. They are planning to wed in the near future, but when she discovers he had a fling with another woman, she is incensed and decides to break off the engagement. She later heads to a bar to drink away her sorrows.

At the bar, a man named Mo Ling Ze (Liu Xue Yi) performs a musical number on stage. She recognizes him as a man she’d run into earlier in the day in the street and had a minor and slightly unpleasant exchange of words with. She is very drunk and gets talking to him. The next day, she wakes up in a hotel room with only vague recollections of the end of the night, assuming that she has had a one-night stand with him. To her horror, she turns up to a meeting the next day...only to discover that Mo Ling Ze has taken over the operations at her company. The duo is forced to spend time together, but eventually realizes that they have a lot in common and appreciate one another’s charms. Meanwhile, her former fiancé is desperate to win back Xu Qing You’s heart. Will she return to her former love, or could a new romance be in the cards for her?

“Love at Night” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Lin Yi.

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