cyn lynn : The Epoch of Miyu | Recap and Review

A rich housewife goes from serving a cheating husband to serving hotel guests – finally getting something in return plus a man worth her time.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wallace Chung: Ji Feng

Zhu Zhu: Xu Mi Yu

Director

Wang Ying

Screenwriter

(Author: Hong Jiu)

Chinese Title

蜜語紀

The Epoch of Miyu

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, "CEO," Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video & iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 14/38

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2.8/5

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Cast


Wallace Chung: Ji Feng	Zhu Zhu: Xu Mi Yu

Li Meng: Lu Zhen Zhen	Jing Chao: Nie Yu Cheng

Ren Bin: Tan Ji Zhou	Xu Hai Qiao: Duan Ao Xiang

Guo Xiao Ting: Li Qiao Qi	Nine Kornchid: Marx

Hai Lu: Jiang Zhi Chun

Mini Recaps

[Ep1] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Xu Mi Yu (Zhu Zhu) finds red, lacy underwear in her hotel bed.

Husband insists: This hot thing is yours.

ML: It’s mine –

and the hotel's fault

It's hers.

And they're all covering her

[Ep2] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Except the mistress, Lu Zhen Zhen (Li Meng), has no interest in being hidden.

The husband cheats, yet no one in her family asks Xu Mi Yu what she’s been put through. They only tell her to forgive – whatever it is. Because he’s the breadwinner.

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If the mistress won’t stay hidden, Xu Mi Yu makes sure she’s seen. She calls Lu Zhen Zhen back to the work gathering.

Mistress: Mrs. Nie, I’m leaving to give you face.
Mrs. Nie: Funny. Almost like I’m the mistress here.

The affair explodes in the worst possible way.
Exactly as it should.

[Ep4] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Divorced. Rich. Free.

…SIKE.

Divorced – and suddenly bankrupt. Because her cheating husband is “deep in debt,” and oh so generously keeps it all to himself.

[Ep5] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

From Mrs. Nie to hotel cleaner. And of course, Xu Mi Yu cleans her way straight into VIP territory – aka Ji Feng (Wallace Chung). Let's the maid seduce CEO plot commence!

Compared to this impression of his back in Ep1:

[Ep6] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Xu Mi Yu ends up serving her ex-husband and his pregnant mistress at her ex-mother-in-law’s birthday banquet. Embarrassing! And Ji Feng is everywhere, even under the table.

Xu Mi Yu quits on the spot. But Ji Feng – mid-run – calls her out: running away from the job… or her life? Nuh uh! Not our Mi Yu.

[Ep7] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

A legit CEO fuerdai, Duan Ao Xiang (Xu Hai Qiao), sweeps in, and of course, he’s into the rebel, motorbike-riding, tomboyish, cute chef, Li Qiao Qi (Guo Xiao Ting).

Xu Hai Qiao is just missing the red lipstick to chabnel Joker

[Ep8] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

We have a dying grandpa in the hotel – Xu Mi Yu to the rescue! Only for Yin Xiang to take all the credit.

Then Ji Feng sends Mi Yu on a top-secret mission – steal two shampoo bottles. Yes. Shampoo.

[Ep9] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Now Xu Mi Yu is sexually assaulted like this world is only targeting her and ends up being questioned by her manager why she of all people was assaulted. What did she do to the assaulter. Although Mi Yu is weak, she is starting to defend and fight back even if she doesn't quite win yet. (I liked her plan of asking Yin Xiang to come with the tech team).

[Ep10] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Breaking news: Xu Mi Yu is fired.

Reason: shampoo.
This is very serious shampoo.

But wait! She gets reinstated on the same day and she's promoted to manager?! Sounds like a win, except no one respects her because she hasn’t earned the authority.

Him: Call the manager over.

Her: I am here.

[Ep11] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Code Towel! A towel allergy turns into a PR crisis, and the higher-ups decide Xu Mi Yu is the perfect scapegoat. Do they think the public is that dumb? Okay, sometimes – but not this dumb. Ji Feng steps in, shuts down the press, and takes control – making it clear she’s not getting sacrificed.

[Ep12] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Highlight of the episode: Ji Feng makes the bed! Scream with me! LOL. (I'm not being serious). The intensity… the focus… Xu Mi Yu would love to be the bed Ji Feng is staring at. Hahaha.

Her: It's just a bed. Calm down.

Heart: I am NOT calm

[Ep13] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Love rival enters! With taste. Tan Ji Zhou, an art curator, ~~is impressed Xu Mi Yu gave him directions and~~ offers Xu Mi Yu a reference into fine arts – her speciality. And she turns it down?! Because quality room service matters to her! Σ(°□°˶) !! Ji Feng overhears this at the exact moment he’s struggling to secure his position as the new manager, surrounded by people waiting for him to fail – so her choice to stay hits harder than expected.

While ML is still fighting for control, our Xu Mi Yu is earning hers. In a toilet gutter. You have to give this to her.

[Ep14] [Jump to: Top | Cast | Comments]

Ji Feng’s most trusted ally returns. Having Xue Rui and Xi Mi Yu at Ji Feng's side turns his uphill battle to save (and take control of) the hotel into something far more possible.

Xue Rui: You have to take care of me. I'm homeless now.

Remarks

[First Impression (Ep1-7)]

Drama has a good momentum. A fairly fast-paced, lighter take on classic dog-blood drama: a divorced housewife takes a hotel housekeeping job ~~to seduce the “CEO,”~~ only to find her manager is the mistress.

Zhu Zhu is both a perfect and slightly offbeat choice. She’s incredibly easy to watch and brings a lightness to the role, but she does not fit a pushover (housewife) at all, haha.

[Cast&Crew]

Directed by Wang Ying (Stand or Fall).

Original IP written by Hong Jiu 紅九, the same author for Love Has Fireworks that has yet to air (starring Tan Jian Ci and Wang Chu Ran).

ML Wallace Chung and FL Zhu Zhu have crossed paths: when she was a VJ for MTV China and he was a singer on the show.

2ML Xu Hai Qiao and 2FL Guo Xiao Ting are reunited from Love Between Fairy and Devil as a CP – with a happy ending, yes?

Wrapped on April 17, 2025.

[Ending]

[A Highlight]

[Review & Rating]

Rating: /5