Best Choice Ever | Open Thread

A girl needs a new mama and a new boyfriend who's not a mama's boy.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Xu Kai: Yao Zhi Ming

Yang Zi: Mai Cheng Huan

Director

Tian Yu

Scriptwriter:

Li Jing Ling (Author: Yi Shu)

Chinese Title

承歡記

Cheng Huan's Story

(承歡 = Cater to sb (esp parents) to make them happy)

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Family, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 37

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Cast

Xu Kai: Yao Zhi Ming	Yang Zi: Mai Cheng Huan
Niu Jun Feng: Xin Jia Liang	Xue Ling Yue: Mao Yong Xin
Zhang Yao: Mai Cheng Zao	He Sai Fei: Mai Lai Tian
Yan An Qian: Mai Lai Tian	Wu Yan Shu: Grandma Mai

Romcom/Romance Checklist

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How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

The ML: 

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /

The FL: 

Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better than ML / Noble Idiot / 

Describe the Relationship (the tropes):

Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers / 

Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad

Remarks

[Drama Info] 

• Director is Tian Yu. His dramas include: I Don't Want to be Friends With You, Memory of Encaustic Tile, I Don't Want to Be Brothers With You, and Winter Night. From what I know, this director will have a potent family component in its romance story. 
• Writer is Li Jing Ling. She has participated in all sorts of genres: Martial Universe (1), Legend of Awakening, The Rebel Princess, The Blue Whisper, Love the Way You Are (2022), and Unchained Love

[Ending] Happy

Recommendations

Genre List:

CEO Romances / Contemporary Romance Central

FL	Work+Love	Random