PLEASE Help me look for a drama its stuck in my head for ages... 🥹
I’m trying to identify a Chinese drama I watched (or saw clips from) a while ago, and I remember a lot of plot details but not the title.
The drama had full-length episodes (around 45 minutes to an hour each), not a vertical mini-drama. It was a romance/melodrama with reincarnation themes and a story spanning three lifetimes.
The main setup in the present day involved a female lead who may have worked as a food critic, writer, or someone connected to food/business. She was trying to open or run a business in honor of her grandmother. There was also a love triangle in the modern timeline involving:
- the female lead,
- a businessman/CEO-type male lead,
- and a police officer or detective who also liked her.
The biggest part of the drama took place in the past, during the Republican era (or an older historical-modern period). In that timeline, the heroine/the grandmother was an adopted opera singer. I specifically remember that the male lead suffered from severe insomnia and could only fall asleep while listening to her sing opera.
As the story progressed, it was revealed that the modern-day characters were actually reincarnations of the past lovers. Their relationship stretched across three separate lifetimes:
- First lifetime: They fell in love but were tragically murdered or died violently before they could be together.
- Second lifetime (the grandmother’s era): This was the main storyline for most of the drama. The heroine was an opera performer, and the male lead again became deeply connected to her. Their love story was tragic and ended with both of them dying once more.
- Third lifetime (modern day): The story returned to the present timeline, where the reincarnated couple finally reunited and got a happy ending together.
I also remember seeing a scene on YouTube where characters fought over or argued about a bag of dumplings. The drama had emotional/melodramatic vibes, with themes of fate, reincarnation, and destined love across lifetimes.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
(im so sorry this is all i can remember)