Gu Cheng Ze, the adopted son of the Gu family, is the CEO of Gu Mall Corporation. Mrs. Gu wishes for her biological grandson, Gu Jin Yu to take over the company; and Gu Cheng Ze is tasked to guide the rightful heir towards becoming a respectful businessman. During this time, he meets fashion designer Li Yan Shu and discovers that she is Gu Jin Yu's ex-girlfriend. He decides to hire her aboard to motivate Gu Jin Yu, who still harbors feelings for Li Yan Shu. The plan worked when Gu Jin Yu decides to join the company and pursue her. When Mrs. Gu finds out about Gu Jin Yu's feelings for Li Yan Shu, she was livid and tells Gu Cheng Ze to separate the both of them. This creates an opportunity for Gu Cheng Ze and Li Yan Shu to get closer to each other, and they fell in love. With the help of Li Yan Shu, Gu Cheng Ze overcomes many difficult situations. Gu Jin Yu, after undergoing life-changing experiences, also matures and successfully took over his company.

A story about Shanghai citizens is told from the perspective of Feng Xiaoqin and Gu Qingyu, two sisters-in-law who work through their differences to grow closer in the quagmire of life.

It has been ten years since Feng Xiaoqin (Hai Qing) came to the Gu family while pregnant with child to become their new daughter-in-law. The family's eldest daughter, Gu Qingyu (Tong Yao), has always been wary of her and believes that Feng Xiaoqin has "ambition" written all over her face. Feng Xiaoqin urges her husband Gu Lei to borrow money from his twin sister Gu Qingyu so they can buy a house. Gu Qingyu cleverly evades the request by revealing her plan to buy a luxury house.

After Gu Lei dies unexpectedly, the conflicts between the two sisters-in-law continue to escalate. As a single mom, Feng Xiaoqin is desperate, yet the trials that she faces allows her to realize her true potential. Meanwhile, Gu Qingyu undergoes many changes that reshapes her perception towards life. From relentless confrontation to mutual understanding, the two women will bear the burdens of the family together no matter how hard the future is.

Mesa gets married with Orachun and realizes later that he is in love with Jitta. Orachun and Jitta had an affair and she gave birth to a daughter. Mesa is vengeful and jealous of them, so she switches Jitta's baby with a prostitute's baby. Many years later, Apo, the prostitute's baby, grows up in the noble and rish family while Prapai, Jitta's real baby, grows up in the orphanage. With hatred, Mesagradually poisons Orachun and he dies. When Jitta knows, she sends someone to exchanged his ash bottle and brings his ash to spread under the Orange Jasmine tree near Klin Kaew House on the island that Orachun had built as a symbol for their love. Mesa adopts Prapai and treats her as a servant. No matter how many times Mesa is mean and cruel to Prapai, she still loves Mesa as her mother because at least Mesa supported her to study and to graduate from Nursing school. Later, Mesa befriends Jitta and sends Prapai to be Apo's servant because she wants to see Jitta's real daughter to be treated as a servant in her real mother's house. Jitta's family and Akkee's family are bound by business, so they want Apo, Jitta's daughter and Asanee, Akkee's son to get married. Apo tries to oppose it because she has a boyfriend named Johnny. Same with Asanee, he refuses this marriage and is very angry at his father. They quarrel until Asanee gets into a car accident. Akkee dies and Asanee becomes blind. Panu, Asanee's uncle, wants to possess their property and business, so he plans to make Asanee sign the document to assign authority to him. Panu also forces Asanee to sign the marriage registration with Apo and sends him to Klin Kaew House on the island. Apo resists to go to take care of a blind man like Asanee, so she conspires with Mesa to send Prapai to go there and pretend to be his wife instead, and Apo sneaks away to be with Johnny, her boyfriend.

Mozu vows revenge and infiltrates Japan as a North Korean agent. The suspension of a murder case investigation is announced suddenly without a clear explanation. The incident involves numerous people who were killed at a hospital. Political intrigue seems behind the case. Kuraki (Hidetoshi Nishijima), Osugi (Teruyuki Kagawa) and Miki (Yoko Maki) try to reveal the conspiracy which is about to be hidden. 

Tae Ukishima (Erina Mano) works at the front desk for a company. Her dream is to marry a competent man and live as a housewife. Her boyfriend is Shunpei Shiraishi and he works at the same company. They have dated for the past year. To marry him, Tae Ukishima pretends to act like a naive and shy person in front of him. Her real personality though is to speak frankly and making sharp remarks.

Tae Ukishima wants to relieve her stress and she decides to purchase Jun Setsuna (Ryusei Yokohama) as her boyfriend. To pay off his debt, Jun Setsuna becomes an obedient boyfriend to Tae Ukishima.

Seike Ichiro is a popular, 43 year old politician. He has gained popularity for his impressive smile and liberal speech and behavior. He is expected to be a future prime minster candidate. He has a secretary, Suzuki Toshiya, who carefully works to guide him to the prime minister position. They look like a perfect match as a politician and his secretary, but Reporter Michiura Kanae feels something is off about the relationship of these two. She begins to investigate their past and notices the mysterious deaths that have followed Seike Ichiro during his rise in politics. Her own father's death, who was also a reporter, is somehow connected to the politician's past.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Warau Matryoshka" (笑うマトリョーシカ) by Hayami Kazumasa (早見和真)

Tags: Politician Male Lead, Secretary Male Lead, Reporter Female Lead, Adapted From A Novel, Investigation, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Friday

Aired: Jun 28, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Yusa Kiyoharu from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is a cool-headed detective who is in charge of the investigation frontline and will do whatever it takes to achieve his objectives. One day, when he wakes up in a forest, he finds a gun in his right hand, and a dead female detective lying beside him …

This woman was his superior. Did he kill her or was he set up by someone? There is a gap of several months in his memory. Yusa’s buddies turn enemies overnight and he is pursued as a murder suspect. His only partner is a teenage boy who was the female detective’s only son. Eventually, the case gets linked with the truth of the unsolved 1 billion yen heist.

A cohabitation comedy about a ghost of a high school girl who has been dead for 5 years and an exorcist college boy with the ability to see and hear ghosts. What he’s discovered over the years is that he can touch them and fight them off, so when he’s in need of a part-time job and can’t find one that pays well enough, he starts putting ads online as an exorcist for hire. His ad: “Will face off with your ghosts. Chances of winning: virgin ghosts 80%, bachelor ghosts 40%, child ghosts 97%, the rest 50%.” One night he goes out on the job and faces off with a schoolgirl ghost, and during the fight, they accidentally kiss and sparks fly."