Rising Together with the Tide

Name: Rising Together with the Tide
Genre: Period romance, Flash marriage, Grassroots enterprise, Mobile-internet era, Mutual healing
Released: 2026-08-31
Cast: Tan Yan Yan, Cai Xin Yang

FormatChinese live action Premiere2026-08-31 RegionChina / Hongguo

Hongguo 73 eps

Framed as having an affair with family bodyguard Li Feng, fake heiress Zheng Xunjia is cast out by the Zheng family to save face. Li Feng marries her to take responsibility, and the two penniless newlyweds move into an old shared rental.

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TypeChinese live action

Episodes73 eps

RegionChina / Hongguo

Premiere2026-08-31

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Also Featuring

Also featuring Shu Hanyu, Zhang Danni, Jin Shuo, Wang Jiwei, Li Ziming, Xu Ziyu, Ding Yu, Jin Siqi, Jiang Ruijia, Han Qingman, Feng Yiming, Fang Yuyuan and Sun Yiqi.

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Zheng Xunjia Fake heiress

Character

Cast out by the Zheng family after the setup.

Li Feng Family bodyguard

Character

Marries Zheng Xunjia to take responsibility.

Story arcs

Story arc

From an Old Rental

With nothing left, the couple settle into an old shared rental, where the pampered young woman learns to cook and keep house, working as an online-shop model and food blogger.

Story arc

Building a Business

The rough-edged bodyguard starts out on construction sites and founds a company combining courier, food-delivery and errand services, the pair supporting each other through everyday life.

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Riding the Mobile Wave

Moving forward together in the mobile-internet wave that began in 2010, they rise to buy a villa outright, turning their fortunes around and finding a healing modern love.