Asian Drama

Son Ha Young is the type of person who doesn't want to lose money under any circumstance. While growing up, she had to share her mother's love with others. She often found her partners in relationships below her break even point. Now, Ha Young faces the possibility of missing out on a job promotion at her workplace. To avoid such a loss, she makes a plan for a fake wedding. She recruits Kim Ji Wook to be her fiance.

Ji Wook works part-time as a cashier at a convenience store. He is the type of person who can't ignore people in need and tries to do the right thing. He is smooth with every customer at the convenience store, except for one person. That person is Ha Young. When she suddenly asks him to become the fake groom at her wedding, he somehow accepts her offer.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 12

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Another year, another Lunar New Year, but Qiu Fei Fei isn’t looking forward to it at all due to the constant pressure to get married. To have a peaceful holiday, she spends a lot of money to rent a boyfriend for three days.

Her rented boyfriend, Ji Xuan, who is a drama student, does an excellent job, and Qiu’s mother becomes increasingly satisfied with him as a prospective son-in-law. Just as Ji Xuan is about to complete his mission and leave, an unexpected situation arises, causing him to stay at the Qiu household.

To keep the act going, the two sign a strict extension of their agreement. With the arrival of their friend Jin Ming Ming and her boyfriend joining the chaos, the four of them engage in a battle of wits and strategies, constantly shifting control, leading to one hilarious farce after another.

(Source: Chinese = IQIYI)

Episodes: 24

Duration: 10 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Aired On: Thursday

Ratings: 6.7

Three years after the war between humans and demons, the Xuanyuan family and the Mo family, two demon-hunter households, formed an alliance. Shi Si, the daughter of the Demon King, lost her memory and became a cute, naive woman who didn’t understand the world. In order to save the Xuanyuan family, she impersonated the oldest daughter of the family, Xuanyuan Yu, and married into the Mo family, falling in love with the eldest son of the Mo family, Mo Yan.

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Adapted from the manhua “Mejaz Regulus in The World” (摩耶人间玉) by Sasa Dongman.

Episodes: 24

The legendary thief marries into the Xu family, thus starting a battle of wits and will with a stone-faced inspector. Caught in a cat and mouse game, the two natural enemies learn to become husband and wife.

The real identity of the "willow thief" is Liu Rong . Thirteen years ago, she was rescued by Lord Su from the great floods in the South. In order to repay him, Liu Rong pretends to be his daughter Su Jin Zhen and marries Xu Mu Chen. Under Lord Su's instructions, she must infiltrate the Xu manor in order to find a jade pendant. From the start, neither spouse gave any thought for their sham of a marriage. On the surface, Liu Rong is a gentle and considerate wife. By night, she is a notorious bandit.

The inspector Xu Mu Chen and the thief have been caught in repeated confrontations. Without knowing that the thief he's been trying to catch is his wife, Xu Mu Chen returns from his troublesome run ins with the thief only to find more trouble waiting for him at home. Thereafter, the day-to-day interactions between an official and a thief leads to a sweet romance.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

Adapted from the novel "Zei Niang Zi" (贼娘子) by Yan Nong (烟秾).

Episodes: 24

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In the 19th century, on the night of her wedding day, Park Yeon Woo's husband died after revealing that he had suffered from a heart condition for a long time. She is devastated, but before she can even mourn her husband, she gets kidnapped by a man and is thrown into a well. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw her husband before her. Transcending time, space and death, she is now in present-day Seoul, South Korea, and the man who saves her from the swimming pool is Kang Tae Ha, who looks a lot like her dead husband from the 19th century.

Kang Tae Ha is the successor of SH Seoul Corporation. He does not like opening himself up to others due to his heart disease and the trauma that he endured in his childhood. He prioritizes logic over emotions and is uninterested in having a romantic relationship, but his ill grandfather tells him that he wishes to see his wedding before he dies. In the hopes of making his grandfather's wish come true, Kang Tae Ha asks Park Yeon Woo to enter into a contract marriage with him.

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Adapted from the web novel "The Story of Park's Marriage Contract" (열녀박씨 계약결혼뎐) written by Kim Neo Ul (김너울) and illustrated by B.

Episodes: 12

Meika is the heiress to a massive estate, called the Sanjou Empire. With her high school graduation, she is to marry her bodyguard Akira, and she is starting to think her actual budding romantic feelings are pointing elsewhere, but can that really be true?!

(Source: BakaUpdates)

Adapted from the manga series "18-sai, Niizuma, Furin Shimasu." (18歳、新妻、不倫します。) by Watanabe Shiho (わたなべ志穂).

Episodes: 10

Miyo Saimori was the unfortunate child of a loveless, arranged marriage. After her mother died, her father brought in his lover and her own daughter, Kaya. From then on, Miyo's life was reduced to that of a mere servant. Even worse, while Kaya inherited the family's psychic abilities, Miyo had none—she was truly the daughter with no merit.

After years of being treated like dirt, Miyo has learned to keep her head down, hide her pain, and obey every order. So, it comes as no surprise that she is arranged to be married to Kiyoka Kudou, a military captain rumored to be so cruel that he has driven away every one of his potential wives so far.

From a painful upbringing to a painful marriage, that's the future that awaits Miyo—or so she thinks. Contrary to her expectations, her new husband is actually kind-hearted. What really awaits Miyo is a blissful, everlasting marriage full of happiness!

Adapted from the light novel series "Watashi no Shiawasena Kekkon" (わたしの幸せな結婚) by Akumi Agitogi (顎木あくみ).

Lin Yan suffered the betrayal of her fiancé Ma Cheng Jun and her best friend Wen Li Li, and accidentally fell into a vegetative state soon after. When she wokes up from it, Lin Yan, who has no real power, pretends to have amnesia in order to take revenge. She signs a contract with Xiao Mo, a bodyguard who has been silently guarding her, agreeing to jointly complete the plan to retake the company, she was stolen from by her ex-lover, but a series of emotional entanglements unexpectedly occur, and Lin Yan's frozen heart is gradually melted by Xiao Mo.

(Source: Chinese = Douban)

Episodes: 22

During the Tang Dynasty, two beautiful girls in Yangzhou got married on the same day. The third son of Qi Mansion, Qi Tianlei, whom the medicine hall maid Du Bingyan is about to marry, is a well-known prodigal son and is seriously ill. The martial artist's daughter Li Yuhu is going to marry the bandit King Yuan. King Yuan kidnapped Li Yuhu's father Li Biaotou and forced Li Yuhu to marry him. As everyone knows, Yuan Buwang was pretended to be the Yangzhou Yamen trainee arrester Yuan Buyue. In order to solve the case, Yuan Buyue It happens to be a bad idea. Li Yuhu didn't know the truth and wanted to take the opportunity to kill the bandits. Both marriages involve risks and it is really helpless. If you don't do it well, the former's red joy will turn into a white joy, and the latter's recklessness will be a disaster. The two young ladies were crying secretly for their hardships. On the day of their marriage, the two bridesmaids went out of the city at the same time and stopped in the mountain temple together on the way. Suddenly, there was a fire in the temple. In a panic, the bride got on the wrong sedan chair.

Li Yuhu entered the Qi Mansion and Qi Tianlei, who was pretending to be ill, fought wits and courageously. Du Bingyan and Yuan Buyue made a mistake. The team worked together not only to get rid of Qi Tianlei's guilt, but also to help Yuan Buqu eradicate corrupt officials and other evil forces, and at the same time revitalizing the family business of the Qi family.

The inconsistency leads to two bizarre, crisscrossing love stories, which completes several loving couples.

Adapted from the novel "Wrong Carriage, Right Groom " (上錯花轎嫁對郎) by Xi Juan (席絹).

Episodes: 24

When the top chef Ling Yang who shouldered the responsibility of "Pickled Mustard Greens Family" met a biological professor Xie Yu Fei who had been single since born on a blind date, he thought it was not merely a farce, but they were bound by fate, becoming a beloved "contract couple" who were entangled with each other by "money".

Adapted from the web novel "Wo De Da Zhu Ti Zi Nv You" (我的大猪蹄子女友) by Qi Jin (七斤).

Ayaka, who works at the bridal department at a hotel, has a beauty that everyone recognizes, yet her personality is the worst. Everyone calls her a "wicked woman" after the way she wraps numerous men around her finger. The one who sets his eyes on her is the hotel's new executive Togo, who is the son of a very powerful person of the town. What are the orders that this King-like man requests of her!?

Adapted from the manga series "Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi" (王様に捧ぐ薬指) by Watanabe Shiho (わたなべ志穂).

25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri graduated but had no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. So while she is taking a break right now, Mikuri feels unwanted and displaced. She starts work as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance. One day, he proposes a contract marriage to her. The two of them get married in secret, but will their married life work out?

Single female lawyer Qin Shi is focused on her career, but was rushed into marriage by her parents. The top lawyer firm, Cheng and Hui is recruiting lawyers specializing in family affairs, and one of the requirements is to be married. Qin Wei, Qin Shi's second brother who is also a headhunter, secretly changed Qin Shi's marriage status to "married" without her permission, thus creating a fictional husband for her out of nowhere. Not knowing anything, Qin Shi was employed. Her outstanding performance earned the approval of the founder, Lao Jin. During a gathering with partners, Lao Jin recommended Qin Shi to be a legal counsel for the Association of Women Entrepreneurs. It is only then Qin Shi realizes that she is "married". Qin Shi decides to clarify the situation to Lao Jin, but at this moment her "husband" Yang Hua appears. He was forced by his mother to come for a matchmaking session with Qin Shi's competitor. Feeling angry about his mother's forceful actions, he has no choice but to seek the help of Qin Shi. Thus, the two people who are unwilling to be forced into marriage, hit it off immediately, and impulsively decide to register their marriage. However both their parents sense something wrong with the situation. At this moment, Qin Shi's ex-boyfriend suddenly joined the law firm. Facing the numerous crisis, Qin Shi and Hua Yang begin to slowly feelings for each other, and accidentally acquire true love.

Office worker Ye Wan Ge got involved in a car accident and wakes up to find herself transformed into a character. Ye Wan Ge thinks she can return to reality if she sets up the male lead Feng Mu Chen and the virtuous female lead Lu Wan Qing together. After failing time and again, Ye Wan Ge realizes that she can only truly leave after completing the life quests in the story.

Adapted from the web novel "Qian Jin Tai Xiao Zhang" (千金太嚣张) by Qian Chen Yuan Ge (前尘远歌).

Sang You You rode her bike to a school recruitment event, but when she was on the phone, she accidentally bumped into Gao Leng's chairman, Huang Fu Hao. They met by chance and started a "Contract Marriage". The appearance of rivals in love and the challenges of their careers have caused both gradually to develop feelings for each other. But faced with numerous difficulties, can their love last to the end?

This is a story about the love and career of the Luoyang daughters.

The head of a wealthy family in Luoyang, Mr. Gu, and his wife, go missing suddenly and leave their four daughters behind. The younger brother of Mr. Gu starts to fight with the four daughters for their assets. Uncle Gu joins the Gu family's competitor, the Li family, and they force the eldest daughter, Gu Ruo Ruo, to marry Li Cong, the second son of the Li family, causing her to lose the right of inheritance.

(Source: Tencent Video - Mini Drama Youtube account)

Episodes: 40

Duration: 5 min.

Aired On: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Ratings: 7.4

Su Yan Xi is forced to take the place of her twin sister and gets into a contract relationship with wealthy president Gu Xi Cheng to make his sick grandmother happy because she wants him to find love. Su Yan Xi's sunny and optimistic personality melts Gu Xi Cheng's icy outer shell, revealing a warm and soft heart. The joys of love are battered by the pain of her lies keeping her real identity from him, but what can Su Yan Xi do when she's unable to reveal the truth?

Adapted from the web novel "Zong Cai Wu Chong Ti Shen Tian Qi" (总裁误宠替身甜妻) by Ming Yue Xi (明月西 ).

Tells the story of the sudden disappearance of Gu Man Man, the fiancé ,of Max's chairman Su Yu, who is the daughter of the Gu family. Su Yu accidentally meets Qiao Mai, who looks exactly like Gu Man Man. Su Yu asked Qiao Mai to play his fiancé temporarily, appease his grandfather's condition.

Pang is in urgent needs money to pay for a heart operation for her father. She's ok with any work, including a singer in a nightclub. Non, a rich guy whose mom will organize a marriage for him with a girl, whom he doesn't want to marry. Pang needs the money and Non needs freedom. How will they help each other?

Jiang Bao Ning, the princess of Jianan County, grows up in the palace since childhood. She remains carefree despite knowing that there is no freedom within the palace walls and does not want to be used as a puppet.

Thus, relying on her own ingenuity, she resists the fate of becoming a tool in the inner palace fighting.

Li Qian, a guard of the Imperial Army, wants to understand the truth behind some events many years ago. He works hard to seek a higher position in the palace, just to get relevant clues.

They are two people with vastly different personalities who meet by chance and love each other. In order to reverse their own destiny, they work together, look forward to breaking through the barriers of identity and stay with their loved ones for a lifetime.

Adapted from the novel "Mu Nan Zhi" (慕南枝) by Zhi Zhi (吱吱).

Fakfah is the owner of Baan Mook Lom Rak, a homestay resort, and she’s at the verge of losing her nephew, Jakgrawan / Plawan, to his bad father, Koltheep, and also Baan Mook Lom Rak because Ayakupt’s company, Sirivaree Group, wants the Mook Lom island for their VIP project.

Due to Ayakut’s bachelor ways, his mother forced him to get engaged to Darun, who have a crush on Ayakut’s older brother, Anawin. Ayakut ran away and got mugged by bandits, but got saved by Takom, Fakfah’s people. He though Takom was a bad guy and pushed him into the sea.

This made Fakfah angry and she was going to take him to the police station, but Koltheep came to threaten her again for the custody of Plawan. Her lawyer therefore, advised her to get marry to increase her credibility. So she made a bargain with Ayakut to marry her for not sending him to the police, which he agrees to. His mother was not please; however, he said he’ll use this chance to get information about her island for their benefit; however, they end up falling in love, but Fahfak still have fight for her nephew and resort.

Fashion buyer Gu Xixi bought Alex's couture wedding dresses for her clients. During a private reception, she got acquainted with Yin Sichen, the black-bellied president who came to discuss business cooperation with Alex. An incident occured leading to the two people to temporarily maintain a contract cooperative relationship for a win-win situation pertaining to Alex. The two with opposite personalities gradually found love in this contract marriage.

Adapted from novel "Flash Marriage CEO's Contract Wife" by Xiang Wang.

After falling in love with genius programmer Jiang Yicheng, Lu Li gets into the school he once studied at, and also took up the same calculus major. Setting Jiang Yicheng as her role model in her heart, she achieves good grades in school. However after graduation, she did not expect that Jiang Yicheng's company does not recruit female employees. Lu Li decides to disguise as a man and enter the company. However, she met difficulty both in work, as well as hiding her identity. Finally with her perseverance, she grabbed hold of an opportunity and managed to come to an agreement with Jiang Yicheng. The two would become a "contract couple" and stay together for one year. Slowly, Jiang Yicheng finds himself falling for Lu Li.

Adapted from popular comic 《程序媛哪有这么可爱》"Why Is The Program So Cute".

A quirky jianghu heroine meets a lonesome lord who has no emotions and no senses. Through a mixup, a "sweet" destiny begins when he finds the woman with the ability to make him feel.

After getting lost again due to her poor sense of direction while on a run from the people after her, Lin Chi mistakenly gets on the carriage owned by Mo Qing Chen. Through an accidental touch, Mo Qing Chen, a man who was born without any feelings, is given a "key" to perceive the world. The unexpected turn of events marks the start of a relationship that begins from a contract and deepens as they gradually grow to become lovers.

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Wei He Zong Zi (维和粽子).

Fakfah is the owner of Baan Mook Lom Rak, a homestay resort, and she’s at the verge of losing her nephew, Jakgrawan / Plawan, to his bad father, Koltheep, and also Baan Mook Lom Rak because Ayakupt’s company, Sirivaree Group, wants the Mook Lom island for their VIP project.

Due to Ayakut’s bachelor ways, his mother forced him to get engaged to Darun, who have a crush on Ayakut’s older brother, Anawin. Ayakut ran away and got mugged by bandits, but got saved by Takom, Fakfah’s people. He though Takom was a bad guy and pushed him into the sea.

This made Fakfah angry and she was going to take him to the police station, but Koltheep came to threaten her again for the custody of Plawan. Her lawyer therefore, advised her to get marry to increase her credibility. So she made a bargain with Ayakut to marry her for not sending him to the police, which he agrees to. His mother was not please; however, he said he’ll use this chance to get information about her island for their benefit; however, they end up falling in love, but Fahfak still have fight for her nephew and resort.

Out of commercial interests, the two leaders in the real estate industry, Gu Ling Se, the head of the Dingzhuang Group, and Ye Cheng Shu, the puppet president of the Future Group, decided to get engaged for 99 days. With the help of Gu Ling Se's pursuer Quan Zi Mo, Ye Cheng Shu and Gu Ling Se kissed each other, and their relationship quickly warmed. However, because of repeated frame-ups and accidents, the two became separated, and the discouraged Gu Ling Se chose to leave. After learning the truth, Ye Cheng Shu began to look for his wife, and the battle for his wife was officially launched.

Internet novelist Xia You You time-travelled into her own new novel “Lin Manor Crisis” and became the vicious supporting actress in it, named Situ Cha Cha.

The drama revolves around He Qiao Yan, CEO of Heshi Group, and Qin Yi Yue, a child psychologist. It tells the story of a rational and indifferent man and a soft, optimistic, considerate, and meticulous psychologist, whose relationship develops from acquaintance to love.

Adapted from the web novel "Mr He's Love is Not Forgotten" by Qin Ye.

The story is about a beautiful young woman named Nak, who lived on the banks of the Phra Khanong Canal, and her undying love for her husband, Mak.

With Nak was pregnant, Mak is conscripted and sent to war, where he is seriously wounded. While he is being nursed back to health, Nak and their child both die during a difficult childbirth. When Mak returns home, however, he finds his loving wife and child waiting for him, but he doesn't know they're ghosts.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Based on the Thai legend of "Mae Nak Phra Khanong" (แม่นากพระโขนง) or Nang Nak (นางนาก).

Episodes: 14

Duration: 45 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Aired On: Saturday, Sunday

Ratings: 7.3

Seo Eun Young and Kang Jung Woo are happy, engaged-to-be-married couple. Suddenly, when Eun Young was pregnant, Jung Woo abandoned her to marry Na Kyung, a rich woman. The new couple then went to study abroad for 5 years. Meanwhile, Eun Young works as a nurse in a hospital. Kang Hyung Woo, who is one of her patients, becomes obsessed with her. Hyung Woo's mother, Madam Shin, a department store owner, then wants Eun Young to marry her son.

The series follows the life of Xie Jiang Er, a daughter of a very big family. She will come across Zhao Xiao Qian, where they both will go through adventures together and find love for one another.