November 27, 2025

Second Chance Romance | Review

Second Chance Romance
A ballerina reunites with her vintner ex and rediscover their love enemies.
Notable Actors/Actresses
Wallace ChungFeng Rui
Qin LanTan Si Ting
Director
Chinese Title
亦舞之城
A City That Also Dances
Year: 2025
Episodes: 28

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Cast


Wallace Chung:
Feng Rui
Qin Lan:
Tan Si Ting
Bai Bing:
Wen Pei Yan
Wang Guan Yi:
Wang Ze Yuan
Chen Jin:
Gao Hui
Wang Zhen Er:
Wang Shu Han
Wang Yi Zhou:
Feng Rui
(young)
Zhang Yun Qi:
Tan Si Ting
(young)

Wang Hao Ze:
Feng Le Xuan




Romcom/Romance Checklist


How much of the plot is angst/romance?
0 / 1.5 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
The ML:
Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Tsundere / Falls in Love First / "Reborn" / Noble Idiot / CEO / General
The FL:
Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better than ML / "Reborn" / Noble Idiot / Business-woman
Describe the Relationship (the tropes):
Annoying Love Rivals (e.g. MIL) + / Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / Healing Love / Harem / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Opposites Attract / Pinning Love / Second Chance / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / School to Adulthood / 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
# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 
1 / 2 / 3
Ending:
Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad / Rushed+++


Drama Overview & Review


[Drama Info] This one comes from the director of Lighter and PrincessBecause of Love (2022), My Sunshine, and plenty more of that angsty rom(-com) goodness. But the screenwriting comes from Chen Yan and Chen Shu who wrote The Stage (2020) and The Hope (2023) respectively. Both are very different genres from what Second Chance Romance looks like.

Wallace Chung isn't unfamiliar with this crew. It's his third ML drama with director Liu Jun Jie and second ML drama with the author, Qing Shan Luo Tu. The first was Memories of Love.

Wrapped on August 13, 2023.


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[Main CP] Feng Rui and Tan Si Ting. Reunited after twelve years apart. Angsty, supposedly. [Skip »]
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[Main CP] Feng Rui and Tan Si Ting – younger counterparts. They got a charming boy to be a younger Wallace Chung [Skip »]
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Family and Friends. (!!! Spoilers in the pictures !!!) [Skip »]
Wen Pei Yan – she almost married our ML.
Le Le – he's ML's son. So sensible.
Family reunion scenes? You can count them on one hand.
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Ending CliffsNotes. Happy. (!!! Spoilers for Ep24+ !!!). [Skip »]
The MIL/grandmother gets Alzheimer’s as her “punishment,” so everyone around her pampers her like she's fragile. This woman is the reason our CP were split for twelve years — and at the end she gets to enjoy her leisurely retirement arc without ever fully apologizing.
Unfortunately, Wang Shu Han’s younger boyfriend is actually a sweet man genuinely in love with Wang Shu Han. He's young, and rich and drives Uber for a hobby.
The twist villain: Wang Shu Han – the FL’s bestie who spent years quietly resenting her. She teamed up with the MIL/grandmother (again) and kept the truth about FL’s son hidden. Her punishment: a public apology. Then the show gives her a boutique so she can sell luxury (second-hand?) handbags.
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[Review & Rating] By cynlynn.
Everything except Qin Lan and Wallace Chung's acting sucks.

This isn’t a Second Chance Romance. It’s a second chance to ruin the FL’s life. The villains walk away rewarded while the FL stands there like furniture. The ending focuses more on them finding happiness than on our romance or the family reunion. I’m baffled.
Rating: 1/5


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