Let’s take a look at Bai Lu’s Chinese drama list from 2020 – 2024. This includes all of her dramas that premiered in the last four years. Which one of the dramas mentioned below did you watch?
Love is Sweet (2020)
Jiang Jun is allergic to tears, and has a double degree in economics and psychology. She is unrestrained and idealistic due to her family’s liberal ways of raising her. After graduation, she worked in a philanthropy organization where she pursues her dreams of helping others. However, her father’s sudden death leaves her in a dilemma.
Eventually, she decides to work in the top investment company MH to fulfill her father’s dying wish. In MH, Jiang Jun meets her childhood playmate, Yuan Shuai. However, the current Yuan Shuai is no longer the gentle and caring protector she remembered him to be, but her rival at work.
In MH, where the “culture of wolf instinct” is rampant, someone is plotting against Jiang Jun while another sees her as an eyesore. However with her kind nature and attention to details, along with her high EQ and sense of judgment, Jiang Jun eventually overcomes these obstacles to attain success in both her career and love life.
Jiu Liu Overlord (2020)
During the late Tang Dynasty, wealthy tycoon Li Qingliu showcases garments made from the finest golden silk inside a bustling tavern. Outside the tavern is Long Aoyi, the leader of the Longzhu Clan who engages in a game of life and death against the Snake Clan. Despite having no connections, the two are forced to work together because of a case revolving around the missing gold thread.
As he gets to know Long Ao Yi, Li Qingliu realizes that he had many misconceptions about the ordinary folk. In turn, Long Aoyi learns the ways of trading from him. When the machinations of an unscrupulous merchant causes many people to lose their homes, Li Qingliu steps up to protect them. His identity as prince is revealed and a new fight takes place in the palace with Long Aoyi by his side.
Song of Youth (2021)
Set in the Ming dynasty during Longqing’s Era, Lin Shaochun’s family was destroyed after her father was maligned for corruption. She then joins the troupe, learning all sorts of different skills. During a performance, she meets a rich young master named Sun Yulou, who falls in love with her.
With Sun Yulou’s help, Lin Shaochun disguises as man and joined the national entrance examinations. In under a year, Lin Shaochun becomes a successful businesswoman and got married to Sun Yulou, helping to mediate the relationships within the family and also solving all kinds of crisis; winning praise from everyone. However, she also finds out that the one who caused her family’s demise is his father-in-law Sun Xun. In the name of justice, Lin Shaochun eventually decides to to place righteousness before family.
One and Only (2021)
Zhousheng Chen, nephew of Prince Nan Chen, is an accomplished general who is loyal to the country. Cui Shiyi, daughter of an esteemed family, is the appointed Crown Princess since birth. As both their families are acquainted, Cui Shiyi was sent to the Zhou Manor to learn some skills.
There, Zhousheng Chen and Cui Shiyi got to befriend each other. Cui Shiyi grew to admire Zhousheng Chen’s lofty ambitions and gentlemanly character, and slowly fell for him. She becomes his greatest support and companion, helping him wait for intelligence in the manor, and going to war with him. However, their relationship could not take a step forward due to their respective responsibilities.
When the borders is once again endangered, Zhousheng Chen has to lead the army to battle enemies, while Cui Shiyi has to complete her wedding with the Crown Prince. However at this time, Zhousheng Chen became seriously injured.
Forever and Ever (2021)
Shi Yi, a gentle and low profile voice actress, meets Zhousheng Chen, a refined chemistry professor at the airport. Despite the brief encounter, both have a deep impression on each other. To save his family’s declining clay teapot factory, Zhousheng Chen agrees to his mother’s request to get married and take over the family business.
He rejected his family’s arrangements, and proposed to Shi Yi, whom he has good feelings for. After marriage, Shi Yi assists him in managing the business, and also serves as a bridge of communication between him and the elders. Facing the pressure of family and work, Shi Yi’s utmost support and relentless encouragement helped Zhousheng Chen tide through the toughest of times.
The couple eventually managed to salvage the business and preserve the traditional arts. However just when they are about to reap the fruits of their labor, Shi Yi gets seriously injured while saving Zhousheng Chen from being harmed. Zhousheng Chen puts aside his career, and dedicates all his time to taking care of Shi Yi. After Shi Yi recovered, they promise never to leave each other’s side.
Ordinary Greatness (2022)
The story of grassroots public security police fighting crime and protecting the safety of one party. The play describes four young policemen who have just joined the police force. In the beginning, they had various imaginations about the profession of the police.
When faced with huge work pressures, sharp social conflicts, and new challenges brought by the media age to police station work they have experienced confusion and frustration, and they have also had the idea of being confused, doubting themselves, and even giving up.
However, under the influence of the glorious tradition of the people’s police, and the teachings of the old police, the young people have withstood the test and gained rapid growth. The police’s mission and honor have also gained a new understanding and become a qualified people’s police.
Till the End of the Moon (2023)
In an era when the demons are in power, they are the masters of the despicable cultivators and mortals. The cultivator elders deem it necessary to send someone back in time, to determine the origin of the demon lord and to prevent his awakening.
Li Su Su accepts the mission, becoming the mortal Ye Xi Wu, General Ye’s third daughter who is married to Tantai Jin, the hostage prince and future demon lord. She is determined to destroy Tantai Jin, who in the future will massacre many. But as a witness to Tantai Jin’s past life and rise to power, an unexpected tale emerges, one complicating her quest.
Only For Love (2023)
Zheng Shuyi, a reporter who excels at her job and is determined to land a front page story, has tried very hard to earn an exclusive interview with top financial executive Shi Yan. Their love story then blossoms due to a mistake.
Zheng Shuyi has written numerous reports through her in-depth research of various industries while Shiyan is constantly looking for socially responsible start-ups to invest in as he hopes to give back to society as much as he can. Shi Yan finds that Zheng Shuyi’s opinions conveyed through her reports coincide with his own, so he agrees to let her write a series of reports on their company. The two eventually open up new opportunities in their career and also find love.
Story of Kunning Palace (2023)
Jiang Xuening had gone to great lengths to become empress, but was forced to commit suicide during a palace mutiny. Now, Jiang Xuening’s dream is to get away from power and have control over her own life. However, by mistake, she has joined the palace as a tutor and becomes a student of the imperial master Xie Wei.
While receiving Xie Wei’s teachings, Jiang Xuening secretly plans to stop Yan Lin’s upcoming “Blood Crown Ceremony.” With Jiang Xuening and Xie Wei’s plan, the Yan family’s lives were saved. After the “Blood Crown Ceremony,” Jiang Xuening is inadvertently involved in the imperial court’s plan to eliminate those rebels against Prince Pingnan, and infiltrates into the enemy camp with Zhang Zhe.
When the enemy kingdom Yue comes to invade, the Princess Shen Zhiyi resolutely embarks on the road to peace. In order to save her friend Shen Zhiyi, Jiang Xuening heads north with Xie Wei to invade Yue Kingdom. In the midst of many crises, Xie Wei protects Jiang Xuening even at the risk of hurting himself, and the two of them grow to love each other.
However, a bigger conspiracy gradually surfaced, which pointed to the truth of the Prince Pingnan incident twenty years ago. In the end, Jiang Xuening and Xie Wei teamed up to uncover the truth of that year.
Northward (2024)
The story revolves around several boys and girls who grew up together along the canal, after leaving to make their own growth, reunite after many years. After experiencing competition and the pressures of life, they rediscover the hope for a new life.
Through the perspective of these Jiangnan youths, the audience not only witnesses their growth trajectory but also feels the vicissitudes of the Grand Canal’s history, from its dry period to rejuvenation over more than a century. It conveys the profound and enduring cultural heritage of the Chinese Grand Canal in the river of history.
Moonlight Mystique (2024)
Bai Shuo, the youngest daughter of the General’s Mansion, made a vow to cultivate immortality as a way to repay a favor. While on her journey to seek immortality, she unexpectedly saved the powerful demon god, Fan Yue. Initially strangers, they gradually went from mutual manipulation to mutual affection, and eventually, both fell in love. Despite facing many obstacles, their love was strong enough to overcome any limitations, allowing them to embrace each other truly.
