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Where Love Dares

Dargom Bes — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:29:05 +0000

In a quiet village, healer Chen Qing Yan falls for a kind amnesiac man, unaware he's actually Leng Si Nian, a feared young marshal accused of threatening her town. As love blossoms, buried secrets and betrayal surface, drawing them into a turbulent romance torn between passion and vengeance.

(Source: TMDb)

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Accidental Firing

Dargom Bes — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:03:13 +0000

Lu Yan seeks justice for his parents but faces constant interference from Mu Lan. As their paths cross, he discovers she is his childhood love. Forced to work together, they uncover the secrets behind the enigmatic "Lu Chang He", who has been one step ahead of them all along.

(Source: TMDb)

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Blazing Elegance

Dargom Bes — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 04:38:00 +0000

Teacher Zhao Xing Rou falls for warlord Yi Qiu Ting, but family differences and his domineering ways tear them apart. Believing her child is lost, she fakes her death and disappears. Years later, she returns, determined to prove that women can shape their own destiny with strength and independence.

(Source: TMDb)

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Back for You

Dargom Bes — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:27:43 +0000

In the early years of the Republic of China, A Lai, a police officer in the concession, was hunted down by a vicious gang. When his life was hanging by a thread, he was rescued by a mysterious woman, Lu Na, who appeared out of thin air. Lu Na was seriously injured and fell into a coma. A Lai investigated Lu Na’s identity but found no such person.

A Lai used the twelve comic books she carried with her to tell her stories, hoping to awaken her savior. Unexpectedly, every story is related to the cases A Lai has handled and can even guide Alai in finding the key to solving the case. A Lai looked forward to Lu Na waking up more and more. A Lai was promoted and received a salary increase because of his merits in solving the case, but he also secretly made his enemies.

A Lai discovered Luna’s secret through clues. When one of the comics was read, Lu Na woke up. The two are in love with each other, and A Lai’s enemies are also ready to take action. In the end, with the help of Lu Na, A Lai regained his peace and simplicity and his original intention of being a police officer.

(Source: ChineseDramaWorld)

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Deep Lurk

Dargom Bes — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 02:33:19 +0000

Set before the Battle of Changsha, this is a story about unsung heroes during a time of warfare and follows a man who learns to fight for a greater cause in his journey to find his father’s killer.

In order to occupy Changsha, the Japanese resorts to using the ‘black butler’, a strategic agent that has been lurking in China for 15 years to carry out a long-planned deception. Yun Mu Zhi, a member of the underground party of the Communist Party of China, is killed while investigating the "black butler." Without knowing his father’s true identity, his son Yun Hong Shen returns to their hometown of Changsha to track down his father’s murderer.

His father’s friend and comrade reaches out to help him. Yun Hong Shen joins hands with Wen Ye Ming, a young woman impassioned by her sense of patriotism as they fight against innumerable odds. Setting aside his personal vendetta, Yun Hong Shen engages in a deadly game with Japanese agents to earn his countrymen a chance to win the war.

(Source: ChineseDrama.Info)

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Be Your Knight

Dargom Bes — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 15:34:36 +0000

A marital alliance brings together two strangers, their union sealed by a pre-signed agreement for a two-year marriage, after which they are free to part ways. However, when the moment for divorce arises, Wen Yan realizes she has developed feelings for the man who showers her with affection every day.

(Source: Chinese = Weibo || Translation = MyDramaList)

~~ Adapted from the web novel "Ta Si Huo" (他似火) by Chen Yan (臣言).

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Snowfall

Dargom Bes — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:15:42 +0000

During the Republican Era, Shen Zhi Heng, a famous vampire who lived for over a century, was almost assassinated by a group of corrupt soldiers and was saved by a blind girl named Mi Lan and his best friend, doctor Situ Wei Lian. Knowing Mi Lan’s home situation was abusive, the lonely vampire started paying more attention and taking care of her.

After the assassination attempt failed, the cunning Li Ying Liang, the director of the military operations department, was hell-bent on finding out what Shen Zhi Heng’s secret was. He and his equally corrupt superintendent boss were trying to take over different businesses and other operations to continue with their shady activities.

Meanwhile, Shen Zi Heng and Mi Lan’s lives became even more intertwined as he searched for the reason he became what he was while she needed a reason to live. Together, these two lonely souls became each other’s lifelines. But could a century-old vampire and a mortal blind girl ever find true happiness in their dangerous and chaotic world?

(Source: MyDramaList)

~~ Adapted from the novel “Ru Yue” (如月) by Ni Luo (尼罗).

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First Marriage

Mak — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:17:16 +0000

The story follows Feng Yu Ji, a woman living under an assumed name, who returns to the Shen household under the guise of her twin sister, the young mistress of the Shen family, to seek revenge for her sister. She gets close to Shen Tan Qian, the son of a wealthy merchant, and begins investigating the truth behind a long-buried murder case, ultimately revealing the true culprit and ensuring they face justice. Throughout this journey, Feng Yu Ji and Shen Tan Qian move from mutual distrust to open honesty, and eventually, they heal each other. With courage, wisdom, and the power of their sacrificial love, they bring the truth to light. As the truth unfolds, their combined efforts also eradicate the Shen family’s opium trade with the Japanese, gradually ending the city’s opium addiction and establishing a new era of science and civilization.

(Source: iQIYI)

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Hidden Blade (2023)

Liu — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:18:34 +0000

Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S.

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Thin Ice

Mak — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 15:13:03 +0000

In Shanghai in 1943, Chen Qian, a military agent, was ordered to assassinate the Japanese, but fell into the trap of Yujiro Ida, the head of Japan’s plum agency. Born on the day, and accidentally learned of the Japanese conspiracy. In order to stop the sinister plan of the invaders, Chen Qian began to receive special training, disguised as a Japanese envoy to visit Mei’s agency again. Chen Qian, who went deep into the enemy’s camp, walked step by step in the dark, walking on thin ice, and with the help of the Communist Party member Chun Yang, he repeatedly avoided danger.

When several Communists sacrificed, Chen Qian was strongly shocked and gradually strengthened his communist belief. After that, he cooperated with the Communist underground organization and successfully smashed the conspiracy of the Japanese aggressors. After the defeat of the Japanese army, Chen Qian returned to Juntong as a secret Communist Party member, and worked hand in hand with the new Communist Party’s "Flying Sky".

(Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = MyDramaList)

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