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The Musclebound Military Adviser

136 episodes · Li Hao expects a strategist's system to give him brilliant plans, but receives overwhelming strength instead. Recruited as a military adviser in war-torn Da Yu, he carries an iron fan and keeps solving problems through physical force rather than elegant schemes.

The Bridal Chair and the Gun short-drama poster

The Bridal Chair and the Gun

74 episodes · Gao Yue'e's wedding is interrupted when outlaw Xie Zhangchuan abducts her to his mountain stronghold. She learns that the proposed marriage would give the Lin family access to land records needed for a deal with a Japanese trading company. Her captor's intervention forces her to reconsider both families' intentions.

The Matriarch Breaks the Engagement short-drama poster

The Matriarch Breaks the Engagement

73 episodes · Eighty-year-old Pei Shenyu is reborn three days before her grandson's refusal of an imperial marriage will condemn the family to exile. She takes back the household's assets, backs another grandson, and petitions to disown the heir. An account book then reveals payments to the woman behind his rebellion.

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Spring Stirs on the Branch

79 episodes · To escape a predatory official, Song Zhi arrives in the capital claiming that marriage to the sickly Duke Pei Xiuyan will save his life. Her invented intimacy offers protection until the duke hears the rumors himself and demands an explanation.

Eighties Brocade: Qinghe and Gubei short-drama poster

Eighties Brocade: Qinghe and Gubei

208 episodes · Shen Qinghe begins a new life in Huaihua Village, where she meets furniture maker Gu Bei. She grows from selling clothes at a stall into design and workwear partnerships. Their separate businesses and growing affection face the everyday tests of honesty, trust and making a home.

Don't Provoke Her: She Can Rewrite the Plot short-drama poster

Don't Provoke Her: She Can Rewrite the Plot

115 episodes · Shen Nanyi enters cruel romance novels with a system that permits only tiny word changes. The heroine of each story can escape humiliation when one verb sends a powerful man into an absurd new action. Shen Nanyi pursues the promised reward while using that narrow permission to disrupt the endings already written for them.

The Little Heir Calls Me Mom, and His Father Means It short-drama poster

The Little Heir Calls Me Mom, and His Father Means It

128 episodes · Shen Wan enters a novel as the capital's notorious villainess and unexpectedly takes home a little heir. His father Fu Yan is the feared chief minister, leaving her little choice but to join his household. Her talent for childcare and medicine transforms its atmosphere while father and son grow increasingly attached.

Seven Villainous Children Call Me Mom, Season 3 short-drama poster

Seven Villainous Children Call Me Mom, Season 3

137 episodes · Mu Xiaonuan enters a novel as the cruel stepmother of seven future villains. Farming, fruit preserves and careful teaching gradually give the children a different home. Taking in Tianlang and moving to the prefectural city opens a new business chapter while drawing the family into questions about the boy's origins.

A Greater Khingan Hunter's Second Chance short-drama poster

A Greater Khingan Hunter's Second Chance

617 episodes · Old hunter Ma Hu dies on a desperate hunt and wakes in 1986, when his family is still together. A beast-companion system turns his dog Dahuang and other forest animals into valuable partners. He returns to the mountains determined to replace his family's old regrets with enough food and money to live well.

Ruirui Comes Down the Mountain and Wins the Prince's Household short-drama poster

Ruirui Comes Down the Mountain and Wins the Prince's Household

308 episodes · Tang Rui leaves the Divine Physician Valley to find her family and discovers that her father is Prince Li. His injury and the household's troubles leave plenty of use for her medical training. Tang Rui traces a hidden poison while making allies who can help restore the family's fortunes.

Embers of the Nine Provinces, Season 33 short-drama poster

Embers of the Nine Provinces, Season 33

161 episodes · Xiao Chen commands his armies through a snowbound border war, with strategist Guo Huaiyuan devising new tactics. Assaults on Heyang and Guangping test both troops and secret weapons. Pressure from the south and Bingzhou turns each battlefield decision into a struggle over the wider balance of power.

Reborn in the Eighties: My Fishing Boat Reaches the Dragon Palace short-drama poster

Reborn in the Eighties: My Fishing Boat Reaches the Dragon Palace

72 episodes · Jiang Hai returns to the moment his wife and daughter are in danger and finally saves them. A Dragon God's legacy lets him communicate with sea creatures. He begins with fishing and debt repayment, using that power to build the secure family life he failed to provide before.

The Courtyard Troublemaker Marries in the Countryside short-drama poster

The Courtyard Troublemaker Marries in the Countryside

1000 episodes · Zheng Minglan's encounter with sent-down youth Ma Lifeng leads to a hurried rural marriage in the late 1960s. His unruly appearance conceals a willingness to support her education. Their daughter's unusual perceptions and the family's eventual move to Beijing add new demands to the life they are building together.

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The Village Bully Becomes the Family's Doctor

1000 episodes · Medical scholar Lu Qingqing wakes in the body of a village bully whose debts have ruined her family. Ning Xiuwen, the fraudulent scholar who exploited her, remains a threat. She begins changing her reputation by treating illness, helping relatives and using her training where the village needs it most.

Against the Jianghu: A Game of All Lives, Season 8 short-drama poster

Against the Jianghu: A Game of All Lives, Season 8

109 episodes · Gu Cangsheng returns as the young master of the underworld and rises through court and martial conflicts. Nienie's divine blood lets her glimpse the future, but she disappears into the Six Artifacts. His search takes him alone into hostile territory, where a grand ceremony and fourteen battle gods stand in his way.

A Villain Who Wants a Hug?, Season 11 short-drama poster

A Villain Who Wants a Hug?, Season 11

158 episodes · Jiang Luyi expected a gentle romance beside a young general, but a system error drops her into the doomed supporting character Su Ruan. On arrival she accidentally injures the powerful Prince Yan Chen, drawing an investigation.

The Family Head Is a Cultivator in the Seventies, Season 2 short-drama poster

The Family Head Is a Cultivator in the Seventies, Season 2

346 episodes · Cheng Junyi arrives in the 1970s with a private space and takes responsibility for the Cheng clan. She helps the He and Deng families restore their place in its genealogy. Discovering that her space contains a small world leads her through Kunlun and a time tunnel into a much older age.

Ten Years Later, My First Love Is a Powerful Minister, Season 2 short-drama poster

Ten Years Later, My First Love Is a Powerful Minister, Season 2

124 episodes · Song Xiaoman leaves a hidden paradise after fourteen days and discovers that fourteen years have passed outside. Her childhood fiancé Shen Yubai is now a white-haired chief minister who recognizes her but conceals their past. Living in his household and attending the imperial academy makes her increasingly determined to recover what she has forgotten.

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Spot the Difference in an Eighties Nightmare

50 episodes · In the near future, a global crisis of rule-bound supernatural tales transports contestants from many nations into eerie spaces, where wins and losses are tied to national resources. Lin Bei of Daqian enters rounds six through eight, staged as a nostalgic 1980s Chinese village.

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Deeper with Every Step, Season 5

184 episodes · Shen Weici enters a ducal household carrying the patience and principles she learned in the countryside. Song Zhang gradually sets aside his arrogance and learns to support her. Their marriage grows through difficult household decisions, where kindness must coexist with firm boundaries.