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 "markdown": "# My Girlfriend is an Alien (外星女生柴小七)\n\n**My Girlfriend is an Alien** (外星女生柴小七) is a 2019 Chinese fantasy romantic comedy web series in which an alien girl stranded on Earth falls in love with a chief executive who forgets every woman near him whenever it rains. It premiered on [Tencent Video](https://www.edgepedia.org/tencent-video) on August 19, 2019, ran 28 episodes, and was followed by a second season in 2022.<sup>[1](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/series/10125/)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Native title / English title | 外星女生柴小七 / My Girlfriend is an Alien<sup>[1](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)</sup> |\n| Genre and format | Fantasy, romance, comedy; 28 episodes, mainland China, Mandarin<sup>[1](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[3](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/W2FfY28m/actors)</sup> |\n| Premiere | August 19, 2019, Tencent Video (exclusive)<sup>[1](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/201901/t20190107_11836619.htm)</sup> |\n| Main cast | Bie Thassapak Hsu (Fang Leng), Wan Peng (Chai Xiaoqi), Yang Yue, Wang Youjun, Shu Yaxin, Wang Haozhen; special appearances by Zhang Meng and Li Mingshun<sup>[5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niz0Wmig2XQ)</sup> |\n| Directors | Gao Congkai and Liu Hanyang per Baidu Baike and Sogou Baike; Tencent Video's own promotion credits Deng Ke and Gao Congkai as co-directors<sup>[1](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niz0Wmig2XQ)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[6](https://baike.sogou.com/v177327116.htm)</sup> |\n| Production | Shanghai Tencent Penguin Pictures and Wuxi Zhonglian Chuandong; chief producers Li Eryun and Zhang Xinyu; filmed in Shenzhen<sup>[1](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/201901/t20190107_11836619.htm)</sup> |\n| Reception | IMDb 8.1/10 from about 3,200 user ratings; season 2 released in 2022 with 30 episodes<sup>[7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10874298/ratings/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/series/10125/)</sup> |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe story follows Chai Xiaoqi (played by Wan Peng), a girl from a planet called \"Cape Town Planet\" (开普敦星球) whose spacecraft malfunctions and drops her on Earth. She loses the signal device she needs to return home and is forced to stay, taking a job as a delivery girl at a restaurant while searching for the device.<sup>[8](https://linshuhaos.com/tv/waixingnvshengchaixiaoqi/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[9](https://www.sohu.com/a/244350371_99932294)</sup>\n\nShe meets Fang Leng (Bie Thassapak Hsu), a wealthy, cold-faced chief executive of the F Group who suffers from a condition the series calls \"rainy-day amnesia of the opposite sex\": whenever it rains, he forgets every woman around him. Chai Xiaoqi is the exception, and Fang Leng, who holds her signal device, uses her as a pretend girlfriend while trying to cure himself, then falls in love in earnest.<sup>[9](https://www.sohu.com/a/244350371_99932294)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[1](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)</sup>\n\nChai Xiaoqi's alien nature drives the comedy. She is allergic to the hormones given off by Earth men, and inhaling them throws her into a dazed, infatuated state that produces most of the show's farcical situations. She also uses her superpowers to get out of one accidental trouble after another while learning what love is.<sup>[10](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/tfzx5m7vesn1tjv)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[9](https://www.sohu.com/a/244350371_99932294)</sup>\n\n### Cast and characters\n\nThe supporting cast, as described in the production's casting notice and press coverage, includes:<sup>[9](https://www.sohu.com/a/244350371_99932294)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/201901/t20190107_11836619.htm)</sup>\n\n- **Fang Lie** (Wang Youjun), Fang Leng's younger half-brother, a talented painter who falls for Chai Xiaoqi and forms a love triangle with his brother.\n- **Jiang Xue** (Yang Yue), a domineering heiress who has loved Fang Leng since school and returns to win him back.\n- **Han Jinming**, Fang Leng's loyal assistant, who knows his secret and quietly matchmaking.\n- **Fang Shida** (Li Mingshun, special appearance), chairman of the F Group and Fang Leng's father, estranged from his son over the death of Fang Leng's mother.\n- **Sister Chai** (Zhang Meng, special appearance), the sharp-tongued but kind restaurant owner who takes in Chai Xiaoqi.\n- **Dr. Zhang** (Shu Yaxin), Fang Leng's psychologist and friend.\n- **Uncle Kang**, Zhou Siqin's brother and an F Group executive, scheming against Fang Leng.\n\n### Season 2\n\nA second season, 外星女生柴小七2, reunited the original cast and premiered in 2022. Its promotional campaign ran from the wrap posters of January 18, 2022 through a premiere announcement on September 16, 2022, and the season ran 30 episodes.<sup>[11](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%832/58982368?fromModule=lemma_inlink)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/series/10125/)</sup>\n\n## Production and release\n\nFilming took place in Shenzhen and Zhuhai with a planned 80-day schedule beginning in early October 2018; the production announced its cast call in July 2018.<sup>[9](https://www.sohu.com/a/244350371_99932294)</sup> The series wrapped on January 4, 2019, after about two and a half months of shooting, with chief producers Li Eryun and Zhang Xinyu and directors Deng Ke and Gao Congkai leading the closing ceremony alongside the cast.<sup>[4](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/201901/t20190107_11836619.htm)</sup>\n\nTencent Video released the series exclusively on August 19, 2019, and promoted it internationally through its WeTV service in English, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Arabic, and Spanish versions.<sup>[1](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niz0Wmig2XQ)</sup> The official soundtrack album was released on August 27, 2019, with music by Xie Nan, Peng Xiong-yinan, Zhang Bolun, and shigiYK.<sup>[1](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)</sup>\n\n## Reception\n\nOn IMDb the series holds a weighted rating of 8.1/10 from about 3,200 users, with an unweighted mean of 8.8; the most ratings come from India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, and Indonesia.<sup>[7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10874298/ratings/)</sup> On Rakuten Viki, season 1 carries a 9.4 rating from more than 60,000 users.<sup>[12](https://www.viki.com/tv/38703c-my-girlfriend-is-an-alien-series?locale=en)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [外星女生柴小七, Baidu Baike](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%83/23118289)\n2. [My Girlfriend is an Alien (2019–2022), Kinoafisha](https://www.kinoafisha.info/en/series/10125/)\n3. [外星女生柴小七演员表, 电视猫](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/W2FfY28m/actors)\n4. [邓科新作《外星女生柴小七》杀青 甜蜜跨星恋, 中国青年网 (2019-01-07)](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/201901/t20190107_11836619.htm)\n5. [《外星女生柴小七》定档预告, Tencent Video official YouTube (2019-08-19)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niz0Wmig2XQ)\n6. [外星女生柴小七, Sogou Baike](https://baike.sogou.com/v177327116.htm)\n7. [My Girlfriend Is an Alien – Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10874298/ratings/)\n8. [电视剧外星女生柴小七剧情简介, 林书豪剧情网](https://linshuhaos.com/tv/waixingnvshengchaixiaoqi/)\n9. [组讯·更新丨都市奇幻爱情剧《外星女生柴小七》, 搜狐/金牌经纪人 (2018-07-31)](https://www.sohu.com/a/244350371_99932294)\n10. [外星女生柴小七 EP1, WeTV](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/tfzx5m7vesn1tjv)\n11. [外星女生柴小七2, Baidu Baike](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%A4%96%E6%98%9F%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E6%9F%B4%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%832/58982368?fromModule=lemma_inlink)\n12. [My Girlfriend is an Alien, Rakuten Viki](https://www.viki.com/tv/38703c-my-girlfriend-is-an-alien-series?locale=en)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › East Asian web and streaming serials › Titles Iv to My*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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