Archives: The Nanyang Mystery | Open Thread

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Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Xin Cheng: Zhang Hai Yan/Lou

Ding Yu Xi: Zhang Hai Xia

Jiang Pei Yao: Zhang Hai Qi

Director

Zhou Jing Tao

Screenwriter

Xu Lei (Author)

Chinese Title

南部檔案

Southern Archives

Genres: Era, (Slight Romance, No Romance, BL?) Team, Action

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 33

The Lead | Recap and Review

A mountain shepherd girl becomes queen of qinqiang opera.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Jia Yi: Hu San Yuan

Liu Hao Cun: Lai Di / Yi Qin(g) E

Qin Hai Lu: Hua Cai Xiang

Wang Xiao Chen: Mi Lan

Director

Li Shao Fei

Producer

Zhang Yi Mou

Chinese Title

主角

Protagonist / Main Character

Genres: Era, Slight Romance, Family

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2026
Episodes: 48

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: N/A

The Heir | Open Thread

A businesswoman saves her family's ink business. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Han Dong Jun: Luo Wen Qian

Yang Zi: Li Zhen

Director

Hui Kai Dong

Chinese Title

家業

Family Business

Genres: Era, Romance, Family, Era Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 42

Love Story in the 1970s | Recap and Review

A 1970s marriage-first-love-second romance with the Fang siblings.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Fei Yu: Fang Mu Yang

Sun Qian: Fei Ni

Director

Chen Chang

Screenwriter

Guo Shuang

Chinese Title

純真年代的愛情

The Love of a Pure Era

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2026
Episodes: 29/29

Recap Grade: A/B
First Impression: 3.8/5

Legend of the Magnate | Review

A brilliant merchant navigates power and politics, tea and salt, and tangled (family) relationships.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Xiao: Gu Ping Yuan

Sun Qian: Chang Yu Er

Director

Zhang Ting

Screenwriter

Zhang Ting

Chinese Title

大生意人

Big Business Man

Genres: Era, Romance, Palace

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

Footprints of Change | Review

A sisterhood of the traveling pocket watch.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Tong Yao: Yi Yi

Cheng Lei: Cheng Ao

Liu Yi Jun: Wen Pu

Lin Yun: Lin Si Yun

Chinese Title

足跡
Footprints

Genres: Era, Slight Romance, Suspense

Network: iQIYI (Tencent Video)

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30

Be Not Meant to Be | Review

A woman enlists her cruel stepson's help to avenge her daughter's death.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Dai Gao Zheng: Lu Zhuo

Li Mo Zhi: Ye Nan Zhao

Chinese Title
君非良人

Your Lord Ain't Good

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network:  Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24 (Mini)

Your Sunshine | Review

A girl avenges her dead sister by training with her sister's husband to become an assassin. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wu Xi Ze: Yin Zhuo Feng

Jiang Zhi Nan:  Lu Ye

Wang Ze Xuan: Yin Huan Yuan

Director:

Du Hao

Chinese Title

你的太陽

Your Sun

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 27 (Mini)

Rose Finch | Review

A neurodiverse ML coroner and a stone-faced triad FL boss are forced to work together when her girls turn up dead one after another. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wan Qian: Gao Ying

Qin Jun Jie: Xia Mo

Chinese Title

朱雀堂

Rosefinch Hall

Genres: Era, No Romance, Team, Mystery

Network: iQIYI, Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30 (Mini)

Romance in the Alley | Review

A 1970s family saga that's generally free of angst.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yan Ni: Huang Ling

Li Guang Jie: Lin Wu Feng

Jiang Xin: Song Ying

Fan Cheng Cheng: Zhuang Tu Nan

Guan Xiao Tong: Zhuang Xiao Ting

Wang An Yu: Lin Dong Zhe

Lu Yu Xiao: Li Jia

Director

Zhang Kai Zhou, Wang Guang

Chinese Title

小巷人家

Small Households in the Alley

Genres: Era, Romance, Family, Era Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2024
Episodes: 40

Be Your Knight | Recap and Review

A woman hires her "brother-in-law" to be her husband.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Fan Zhi Xin: Ye Ran / Xiang Ting Dong 

Yang Yu Xi: Cheng Che 

Director

Du Hao

Screenwriter

Zhao Lin

Chinese Title
他似火

He Resembles Fire

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance 

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 29 (Mini)

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2.99/5

Nagatan to Ao to: Ichika no Ryourijou | Review

A gourmet (marriage-first) love story set in 1951 where she's 34 and he's 19.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Sakuma Ryuto: Yamaguchi Amane

Kadowaki Mugi: Kuwanoki Ichika

Japanese Title

ながたんと青と -いちかの料理帖-

Kitchen Knife and Green Chilies Pepper: Ichika's Restaurant

Genres: Era, Romcom, OWYM, Era Romcom

Year: 2023
Episodes: 10

Snowfall | Open Thread

A blind girl abused by her family and a vampire abandoned by his family save each other. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Gao Wei Guang: Shen Zhi Heng

Ouyang Na Na: Mi Lan

Director

Li Mu Ge

Screenwriter

Wang Hong (Author Ni Luo)

Chinese Title

冰雪謠

Ice and Snow Ballad

Genres: Era, Romcom, Fantasy, Era Romcom

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 24

Heroes | Review

A treasure sets off a revolutionary hunt involving an ex-convict-guard, pugilists, and monks.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Qin Jun Jie: Men San Dao / Mu Qing

Liu Yu Ning: Zhuo Bu Fan

Pang Han Chen: Wang Jia Luo

Director

Lou Jian, Wei Li Zhou

Screenwriter

Bai Yi Cong

Chinese Title

天行健

Genres: Era, Slight Romance, Mystery, ~Wuxia

Network: Tencent Video, iQIYI

Year: 2024
Episodes: 36

Mr. & Mrs. Chen | Open Thread + Reviews

A forced marriage between ex-lovers spies.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Han Dong Jun: Chen Jia Ping

Guan Xiao Tong: Zuo Shuang Tao

Producer: 

Zhang Meng

Chinese Title

梅花紅桃

Genres: Era, Romance, Suspense, Era Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2023
Episodes: 32

Circle of Love | Open Thread

An amnesiac woman keeps falling in love with the man she hates.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Li Jiu Lin: Xiao Hong Ye

Guan Chang: Gu Meng

Director: 

He Jia Nan

Chinese Title
鎖愛三生

Locked in Love for Three Lives

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2023
Episodes:  24 (Mini)

Provoke | Open Thread and Review

A singer seeks revenge on her husband with the help of his son. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Li Mu Chen: Jiang Ying

Zhao Yi Qin: Du Xun Yu 

Director: 

Zeng Qing Jie, Du Hao

Screenwriter

Zhao Lin

Chinese Title
 招惹

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2023
Episodes: 25 (Mini)

Bride’s Revenge | Open Thread

A bride’s revenge with minimal exposure of Mr. Abs’ abs. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Wei Tian Hao: Mu An Cheng 

Qu Meng Ru: Ye Qing Lan

Dai Gao Zheng: Mu An He / Tang Zi Feng

Chinese Title
步步為陷

Traps at Every Step

Genres: Historical Era, Romance, Republican Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2023
Episodes: 30 (Mini)

Thousand Years for You | Open Thread

A republican girl gangster takes a thousand year old general as her bride – uh groom. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Ren Jia Lun: Lu Yan

Li Qin: Yu Deng Deng / Yun Xi

Lai Yi: Zhu Rong

Cao Xi Yue: Hei Sheng Nv

Director

Zheng Wei Wen, Liu Chong Chong

Screenwriter:

Fang Qiang Qiang

Chinese Title
請君

Genres: Era, Romance, Fantasy, Era Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2022
Episodes: 36

Arsenal Military Academy | Recap and Review

A girl disguises as a male to join the military academy juggles newfound comradery, romance and an impending war, all whilst trying to keep her gender a secret.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Xu Kai: Gu Yan Zhen

Bai Lu: Xie Xiang / Xie Liang Chen

Li Cheng Bin: Shen Jun Shan

Wu Jia Yi: Qu Man Ting

Director

Hui Kai Dong

Screenwriter

Zhao Na
Chinese Title
烈火軍校

Genres: Era, Romcom, School, Era Romcom

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2019
Episodes: 15/48

Recapper: kaylasilver

Recap Grade: A/B
First Impression: 3.75/5