Chinese title: 我才不会心动呢
Su Wan is convinced she can keep her heart out of this marriage, but Chen Qilan may have been planning this from the very beginning. What starts as a marriage arrangement quickly turns into a battle of denial, flirting, and feelings neither of them can fully control.
* first marriage then love / stubborn leads / sweet romance
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Chinese title: 亲爱的维多利亚港
Wen Jinghui, a mainland student trying to build a life in Hong Kong, falls for Liang Shuhuai, a wealthy heir from a world far above her own. Their love crosses class lines, family pressure, and years of pain, leaving behind the kind of regret even the wind over Victoria Harbour cannot erase.
A deeply angsty romance about youth, sacrifice, and a love that once felt like heaven - until reality tore it apart.
The drama is based on the novel Dear Victoria Harbour.
* Hong Kong setting / class divide / eight-year love / angst / wealthy male lead
Chinese title: 复燃
Cheng Jiasui, a sharp PR specialist, rushes to Hong Kong to handle a messy crisis for a client - only to run straight into Zhou Ziche, her ex-boyfriend and a powerful name in the industry.
Once lovers, now professional rivals, they clash across boardrooms, strategy games, and unfinished feelings. He is calm, calculating, and still very much attached; she is clever enough not to fall easily, but their old spark was never fully gone.
* second chance / workplace rivals / Hong Kong setting / power couple / emotional pull
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Chinese title: 沉乔未晚
Zhou Chen has loved media professional Shen Yiqiao for years, and marriage should have been his long-awaited happy ending. As a devoted, quietly possessive husband, he takes care of every detail around her - patient, steady, and dangerously hard to resist.
But when her ex suddenly comes back, their marriage is pulled into an emotional tug-of-war between old feelings and the man who has been silently waiting by her side all along.
* zaddy / secret crush / devoted husband / ex returns / mature romance
Chinese title: 志明与春娇
Yu Chunjiao’s life changes after a chance encounter with Zhang Zhiming, a seemingly down-on-his-luck young man whose connection to her is anything but ordinary. Behind his quiet presence is a love that has crossed three lifetimes, three chances, and too many secrets.
This time, Zhiming chooses to stay in the background, protecting her silently while hiding the depth of his feelings. But as the buried truth begins to surface, their story turns into a tender, bittersweet romance about fate, devotion, and whether a love that has waited this long can finally find its ending.
* fated love / three lifetimes / quiet devotion / protective male lead
Chinese title: 中意你
After her love life and career both fall apart, Su Mo returns to her hometown and tries to rebuild her life through lacquer art. During a blind date, she meets Qin Chen, a mysterious tattoo artist with a reckless charm and secrets of his own.
To deal with her ex, the two end up pretending to be a couple, but the fake romance slowly turns into something real. Behind the teasing, tension, and small-town warmth, Qin Chen has been carrying a much deeper devotion - one tied to Su Mo’s past, her mentor’s old case, and a love he has kept hidden for years.
* fake dating / small-town romance / secret devotion / healing love
Chinese title: 野欲！爱是利多卡因
A glamorous supermodel with a dangerous streak gets pulled into a relationship where desire feels less like comfort and more like anesthesia - numbing the pain, but never quite healing the wound. Stylish, tense, and built around attraction that looks sweet on the surface but may be hiding much sharper motives.
* urban romance / dangerous desire / emotional wounds / seductive tension
Chinese title: 那年夏夜晚风吹
When Su Wanji hits rock bottom, she crosses paths with Li Ransen, a man who has quietly loved her for years. He stays by her side with a kind of tenderness hidden in ordinary moments - protective, patient, and painfully restrained.
But his love is wrapped in insecurity, and hers will have to be brave enough to close the distance between them. As old misunderstandings fall away, what begins as silent devotion slowly turns into a two-way love neither of them can keep running from.
* secret crush / healing romance / gentle protector / mutual love
Chinese title: 别惹姐姐，她老公是老婆奴
The title says the whole mood: underestimate the older sister at your own risk, because her husband is not the distant, indifferent type - he is fully on her side. Expect face-slapping, protective-husband energy, and a heroine who probably does not need saving but gets a very devoted backup anyway.
* protective ML / strong FL / sweet revenge
Chinese title: 秋日逢喜时之三餐和良辰
After entering a marriage that begins with distance rather than romance, Lin Xuqiu and Zhou Wangjin slowly find comfort in the quiet rhythms of everyday life - shared meals, small gestures, and the kind of care that says more than words ever could.
What starts as a practical arrangement gradually turns into something warmer, softer, and harder to walk away from. But as old wounds, misunderstandings, and unspoken feelings begin to surface, their marriage becomes a test of patience, trust, and whether love can truly grow in the spaces between duty and desire.
* contract marriage / domestic sweetness / slow-burn / remake version
Chinese title: 京婚演绎
A marriage between southern wealth and Beijing power was supposed to be a clean arrangement - useful, polished, and emotionally safe. Ji Tanyuan, a tech heiress, steps into the capital’s elite circle as a high-society young wife, fully aware that this marriage was never meant to be simple romance.
But the colder and more calculated the arrangement looks from the outside, the more suspicious his quiet devotion becomes. What begins as a strategic union slowly turns into something far more dangerous: a marriage where both sides may have chosen each other long before they were ready to admit it.
* arranged marriage / hidden affection / sharp-tongued FL
Chinese title: 南城羡迟光
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been admiring Jin Jiayu through clips and photos - now it’s finally time for his drama.
Seven years ago, she saved a boy who had nothing. Now he returns to her side as her personal bodyguard - colder, stronger, and carrying a past neither of them has fully left behind.
What starts as distance and suspicion turns into an alliance, as the two are pulled into a web of workplace power games, old debts, and hidden feelings. But the more they fight their way through the trap around them, the harder it becomes to pretend this is only protection.
* redemption / / mutual healing / slow-burn
Here’s a selection of the most anticipated upcoming premieres currently listed on Haixingduanju, ordered by the release date.
This time, we’re getting two dramas with Chen Tianxiang and Guo Yuxin - and one of them pairs them together.
Release dates in China may still change.
Chinese title: 别脑补了！本小姐真的是大反派啊！
After transmigrating into the daughter of a notorious corrupt official, Xu Qinghuan gets stuck with a system that promises her a way back to the modern world - as long as she wastes money, causes trouble, and proves she is truly wicked.
So she throws herself into villainess mode: sabotaging charity porridge, stirring up chaos, and spending a fortune on ridiculous projects. The problem? Everyone around her keeps wildly misreading her “evil plans” as brilliant acts of public service. Instead of getting punished or exiled, she accidentally makes the town richer, her father more powerful, and her own return home more impossible.
* transmigration / comedy / system
This drama already looks seriously steamy, and the chemistry between Zhao Xixi and Hei Ze is undeniable.
“The Fish Swim Toward Land” (鱼群跟着游向陆地) is a new premium short drama premiering on May 20. It’s produced by Hongguo Short Drama, Tencent Video, NetEase Lingyang, and Xiong He Tu, and directed by Zhou Jiuqin.
Adapted from a highly rated Douban novel, the drama was filmed entirely on location in Shunde, Guangdong, using real streets, local neighborhoods, and everyday community settings - which already gives it a more grounded, cinematic feel.
The story follows Sun Lu, a kindergarten teacher, and Chen Xudong, a fish vendor at a flower-and-bird market. They come from very different worlds, but through social prejudice, mutual protection, and emotional healing, they slowly find their way toward each other.
I’m already curious and really hope we get to see more. 😉
Once again, my feed decided to show me something very educational. Turns out, having a good view from your apartment really matters. 😉
Chinese title: 跟在女主身后捡漏，我走上人生巅峰
ML: Sun Yue 孙樾, FL: Dong Yueyu 董玥妤
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Chinese title: 爱在久别重逢时
After her marriage falls apart, Shen Yanxin is forced to rebuild a life she once put completely on hold. Just when everything seems to be collapsing, she reunites with Sheng Ming, an old friend from ten years ago who has become a polished Wall Street elite - and whose feelings may have been waiting quietly all this time.
Chen Si and Meng Na reunite for their third drama together, this time in a mature second-chance romance about divorce, self-worth, hidden devotion, and the kind of love that returns when someone finally learns to choose herself.
* second-chance romance / secret crush / mature love / healing romance
Chinese title: 宴先生缠得要命
After a fatal accident, powerful businesswoman Shi Lan wakes up in the body of a young actress everyone has already written off. This time, she refuses to play the fool - no more clinging, no more pretending, no more letting others use her.
But just as she starts living on her own terms, Yan Shixiu appears again. He recognizes the woman behind her new face, and he is not planning to let this second chance slip away.
* rebirth / strong FL / obsessive romance / second chance / ex-husband chase
Chinese title: 白夜危情
When top assassin Xu Xingzhi is badly wounded, police officer Lin Jie mistakes him for her long-lost nephew, Xue Wang. He takes advantage of the misunderstanding and hides in the most dangerous place possible - inside the police dorms, right beside the woman hunting the killer known as “Painter Mask.”
What begins as a dangerous disguise turns into a tense cat-and-mouse game built on lies, suspicion, and forbidden closeness. But the more Lin Jie notices the cracks in his perfect act, the harder it becomes to tell whether he is her greatest threat, or the one person quietly protecting her.
* mistaken identity / cat-and-mouse tension / forbidden romance
My take: First of all, I highly recommend watching this with the volume up—the BGM is essential and really sets the tone for the whole show. Honestly, I knew from the first few minutes I’d be hooked on this crime-romance.
The dynamic between the mysterious killer and the jiejie cop is so compelling; you can really feel the tension from the very first moment they meet. It’s got that perfect mix of a forbidden affair, high-stakes danger, and that specific jiejie vibe we all love. The acting, cinematography, and locations are all top-notch.
And for those wondering... yes, we get both the kisses and the shower scenes! 😉
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Chinese title: 退婚强嫁九千岁
After transmigrating into a doomed supporting character, Yu Nian finds her life tied to the feared Nine-Thousand-Year Lord, Chunyu Han. To save herself and keep her villain-coded family from falling apart, she does the most unreasonable thing possible - she forces her way into marriage with the most dangerous man in court.
* transmigration / forced marriage / villain family / fate-bound romance