General · EdgepediaOctober 3, 20264 min read

Dui Ni Buzhi Shi Xihuan

Dui Ni Buzhi Shi Xihuan (对你不止是喜欢, English title I May Love You) is a 2023 Chinese modern urban romance television series directed by Liu Dong, starring Wei Zheming and Huang Riying, and adapted from the novel of the same name by Mo Yanchuan on the Jinjiang Literature City web-fiction platform. It premiered on 25 November 2023 on Mango TV and Tencent Video and ran for 24 episodes of about 50 minutes each.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Original title	对你不止是喜欢; international English title I May Love You³
Source	Adapted from the same-titled novel by Mo Yanchuan (陌言川), published on Jinjiang Literature City¹
Broadcast	Premiered 25 November 2023 on Mango TV and Tencent Video; 24 episodes, about 50 minutes each¹^•²
Lead cast	Wei Zheming as Tang Yu, Huang Riying as Tang Xin, with Yang Shize, Zhang Muxi, Fan Jinwei, He Yuhong, Han Qiuchi, and Chen Bohao¹
Production	Produced by Blue Harbor Pictures and Mango TV; filmed in Xiamen from 23 February to 9 May 2022¹
Reception	Douban score 6.0 from 8,728 user ratings; Viki user score 9.4; Mango TV cumulative views reached 800 million²^•³^•⁴

Spoilers

Premise

The series is set in the film and television industry and follows a long-running secret crush that turns into a sweet, mistaken-signals courtship. Tang Xin (Huang Riying) is a quirky new screenwriter who is secretly a web novelist with a million followers, best known for her work Zuo Yi Ge Meng Gei Ni (《做一个梦给你》). She has long harbored feelings for Tang Yu (Wei Zheming), the aloof, proud producer who runs her company. Complications begin when Tang Yu asks Tang Xin to help him pursue her best friend; the friend already has someone else in mind, and the alliance fails. When Tang Xin finally confesses and is rejected, she decides to move on and resign, at which point Tang Yu realizes she has long occupied his heart, and the story shifts into his pursuit of her.¹^•⁵

A supporting thread follows the actress Tang Dingding (Zhang Muxi) and the director Lu Zhixing (Yang Shize), who grow close during the production of the film adaptation of Tang Xin's novel; the two share a kiss in the penultimate episode.⁶

Cast and characters

The main cast and their roles are:¹

Wei Zheming as Tang Yu (唐域), the reserved, proud producer
Huang Riying as Tang Xin (唐馨), the new screenwriter and secret web novelist
Yang Shize as Lu Zhixing (陆之行), a director
Zhang Muxi as Tang Dingding (唐叮叮), a young actress
Fan Jinwei as Gao Heng (高恒), Tang Yu's assistant
He Yuhong as You Huan (尤欢), a designer
Han Qiuchi as Feng Cheng (冯程)
Chen Bohao as Huo Chendong (霍辰东), a special appearance

Li Jinrong and Zhang Tong appear as Tang Yu's parents, Tang Haiming and Zeng Wan.¹

Production

The drama was produced by Blue Harbor Pictures (蓝港影业) and Mango TV, with Yan Yusong and Ren Xu as chief producers and Hao Ru, Xin Xiaoyang, and Sun Mengjie as screenwriters. Filming took place in Xiamen between 23 February and 9 May 2022, and the series received distribution permit (琼)网剧审字(2022)第005号.¹ Promotion began with a first trailer on 19 May 2023, followed by a Qixi festival preview in August and a release-date announcement with posters and character trailers in late November 2023.¹

The soundtrack was released on 27 November 2023 with music by Luo Kun. The opening theme is Yong Bu Tingzhi (《永不停止》, "Never Stop") performed by Chen Xueran, and the ending theme is Women Bu Zai Fenli (《我们不再分离》, "We Will Not Part Again") performed by Jin Runji; insert songs include Zai Ni Shenbian Jiangluo by Ye Xuanqing, Huran De Ni by Wang Rui, and Say You by Feng Xiyao.⁷

Reception

Viewership. Within 20 days of its Mango TV release the series' play count surpassed 700 million, it held the weekly top spot on Maoyan's comedy web-drama heat chart for two weeks, and its Tencent Video in-platform heat value exceeded 21,000; Mango TV's cumulative figure later reached 800 million.¹^•⁴ Data from the analytics firm Datawin showed the drama's popularity index rising from 0.825 on its premiere day to 1.332 shortly after launch.⁸

Critical and audience response. Reception split along familiar lines for the sweet-romance genre. Trade and promotional coverage praised the drama's "small but refined" approach, its behind-the-scenes look at television production, and its treatment of themes beyond romance, including women's independence, workplace survival, and personal growth; Datawin sentiment analysis put positive audience emotion at 82 percent.⁹ On Douban, by contrast, the series scored 6.0 from 8,728 ratings, with 50.1 percent of raters giving three stars, and reviewers criticized the plot logic, the female lead's characterization after her confession, and scenes in which she kisses her boss after being rejected, which some viewers called implausible or unwelcome.²^•¹⁰ On the international platform Viki, where the series streams as I May Love You with subtitles in English and more than a dozen other languages, users rated it 9.4.³

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026