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A wife discovers her husband is trash, and teams up with a lawyer (who knew the husband was trash before she knew).

Notable Actors/Actresses

Li Yi Tong: Yu Meng

Wang Jia Jia: Lu Hui

Chang Hua Sen: Jiao Xu

Director

Wang Ying, Wu Hui Hui

Chinese Title

美人余

The Vanishing Beauty

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2026
Episodes: 28

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Cast


Li Yi Tong: Yu Meng	Chang Hua Sen: Jiao Xu

Wang Jia Jia: Lu Hui	Zeng Meng Xue: Liu Zi

Peter Ho: Han Guang	Cheng Hong Xin: Harry

Zhou Da Wei: Kang Le	Yi Meng Ling: Wen Xiao Xiao

Qiao Zhen Yu: Di Li Ren

Huo Qing: Yu Jian Guo	Wu Yu Fang: Lu Li Zhen

Ma Wen Yuan: Liu Bai	Zheng Ya Wen: Weng Yue

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 / 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 (F/M) Rivals +++ / 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 / Pining 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+++

Remarks

[Drama Info]

ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ / sᴄʀᴇᴇɴᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ / ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ's ᴅʀᴀᴍᴀs
🎬	Wang Ying: Wu Hui Hui:	The Epoch of Miyu Stand or Fall Les Interprètes (Yang Mi) The Epoch of Miyu [#2] Where Colours Dream
✍️	Zhang Jia:	Women in Beijing (Qi Wei)
📕	Yi Bei:	A Little Mood for Love Six Sisters (Mei Ting) Simple Days (Chen Xiao) Xiao Fang

美人余 (Měi Rén Yú) is from the directing duo behind The Epoch of Miyu, which scored a big win with this little hit. Now they're back with another drama about women navigating marriage ~~fails~~ curveballs. Wu Hui Hui: also did well on his own with the small series: Where Colours Dream. Again, it's about the ladies.

Adapted from Yi Bei's 伊北 novel of the same title, 美人余. His specialty seems to be big family stories with romance on the side. The Vanishing Beauty appears to stray from his norm, though.

美人余 sounds exactly like mermaid (美人魚), except the last character changes from 魚 (yú), meaning fish, to 余 (yú), the FL's surname Yu. The meaning is Beauty, and what's left of it (typically after aging). Hence "The Vanishing Beauty."

Filming wrapped on this year (2026) on January 12th.

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