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Who is The Murderer (谁是凶手)
Who is The Murderer (谁是凶手) is a 2021 iQIYI Light on Theater suspense web series directed by Sun Hao, starring Zhao Liying, Xiao Yang, and Dong Zijian; 16 episodes about a Hai Zhou serial murder cold case reopened after seventeen years.
Why Is He Still Single? (他为什么依然单身)
Why Is He Still Single? (他为什么依然单身), also known as 不能结婚的男人, is a 2025 Tencent Video Chinese romantic light comedy remake of the Japanese drama Kekkon Dekinai Otoko, starring Wallace Huo as anti-marriage designer Yu Yu and Zhu Zhu as doctor Gu Yejia, 16 episodes.
Why Women Love (不会恋爱的我们)
Why Women Love (不会恋爱的我们) is a 2022 Chinese 24-episode urban romance series on Youku, directed by Gao Congkai, starring Jin Chen and Wang Ziyi, about a tech executive's three-month dating-app pledge.
Winner Is King (烽火流金)
Winner Is King (烽火流金), formerly Sha Po Lang (杀破狼), is an unaired 40-episode Chinese steampunk historical drama adapted from Priest's novel, starring Tan Jianci and Chen Zheyuan, licensed in 2021 but shelved by China's danmei-drama restrictions.
Winter Begonia (鬓边不是海棠红)
Winter Begonia (鬓边不是海棠红) is a 2020 iQiyi Chinese drama adapted from Shui Ru Tian Er's novel, starring Huang Xiaoming, Yin Zheng, and Charmaine Sheh as a businessman and Peking opera master in 1930s Beiping.
With You (最好的我们)
With You (最好的我们) is a 2016 iQIYI Chinese youth web drama, 24 episodes, adapted from Bayue Chang'an's Zhenhua-trilogy novel, starring Tan Songyun and Liu Haoran as deskmates Geng Geng and Yu Huai; Douban 8.9, 3.34 billion views, 2019 film remake.
Women in Beijing (北京女子图鉴)
Women in Beijing (北京女子图鉴) is a 2018 Youku web drama, an authorized adaptation of Tokyo Women's Journal, starring Qi Wei as Chen Ke, a Sichuan woman building a career in Beijing over 2008-2018; 20 episodes, screenwriter Zhang Jia, Douban 6.2, distinct from Wang Xin's same-title novel and its four seasonal web films.
Women in Shang Hai (上海女子图鉴)
Women in Shang Hai (上海女子图鉴, Women in Shanghai) is a 2018 Youku web drama, 20 episodes, adapted from Tokyo Girl, starring Wang Zhen'er as Luo Haiyan, an Anhui graduate climbing Shanghai's workplace, directed by Cheng Liang.
Wrapped the Playboy Around My Finger (夫人她专治不服)
Wrapped the Playboy Around My Finger (夫人她专治不服) is a 2025 Chinese 69-episode vertical short drama on Hongguo, starring Li Keyi and Wang Peiyan, about an assassin's flash marriage; it passed a billion plays and spawned three sequels.
Wu Xin the Monster Killer (无心法师)
Wu Xin the Monster Killer (无心法师) is a 2015 Chinese fantasy web drama adapted from Ni Luo's novel, produced by Tangren Media and Sohu Video, starring Han Dongjun and Jin Chen; 20 episodes, 1.35 billion views, Wenrong Award winner, with sequels in 2017 and 2020.
XX (엑스엑스)
XX (엑스엑스, Blue Moon) is a 2020 South Korean web drama co-produced by MBC and Playlist, starring EXID's Hani as bartender Yoon Na-na; 10 episodes, 10 million views, first Playlist-MBC co-production.
Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures (金枝玉叶)
Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures (金枝玉叶) is a 2019 six-episode Netflix spin-off of The Story of Yanxi Palace, produced by Huanyu Film, following Princess Zhaohua through palace intrigue, a family vendetta, and romance.
You Are Desire (白日梦我)
You Are Desire (白日梦我, Bai Ri Meng Wo), also called You Are My Desire, is a 2023 Chinese youth romance drama adapted from Qi Jian's novel, directed by Deng Ke, starring Zhuang Dafei and Zhou Yiran, 30 episodes on Mango TV and Hunan TV.
You Are My Glory (你是我的荣耀)
You Are My Glory (你是我的荣耀) is a 2021 Tencent Video Chinese romance drama adapted from Gu Man's novel, starring Yang Yang and Dilraba Dilmurat; the first licensed Honor of Kings drama, exceeding 3.3 billion views.
Yu Zhao Ling (玉昭令)
Yu Zhao Ling (玉昭令, No Boundary) is a 2021 iQIYI Chinese xianxia romance drama adapted from Wei Yu's novel Kaifeng Zhiguai, directed by The Untamed's Zheng Weiwen, starring Zhang Yishang and Guan Hong, released in two seasons (32+20 episodes) with a 220-million-yuan S-level budget and a 4.5 Douban score.
Yu Zui (余罪)
Yu Zui (余罪) is a 2016 Chinese iQiyi crime web drama adapted from Chang Shuxin's novel, directed by Zhang Rui, starring Zhang Yishan as an undercover cop; 24 episodes, over 3 billion views, removed in 2016, relisted 2024.
Yun Miao 1 (我，修仙多年强亿点怎么了)
Yun Miao 1 (云渺1：我修仙多年强亿点怎么了), alias 摆渡人, is a 2025 Chinese micro short drama adapted from Baicai's Tomato Novel, starring Wang Xiaoyi as cultivator Yun Miao; 77 episodes on Hongguo, 2 billion views, first of five seasons.
Zhao Jiadi (我叫赵甲第)
Zhao Jiadi (我叫赵甲第) is a 2022 Youku Chinese web drama adapted from Fenghuo Xi Zhuhou's novel 《老子是癞蛤蟆》, starring He Peng as a rich heir who refuses his father's money; it earned a record 70.75 million yuan split and a 2025 second season.
Zhaoge (朝歌)
Zhaoge (朝歌), renamed Menghui Zhaoge (梦回朝歌), is an unaired Yu Zheng Chinese costume mythological drama on Ji Fa and Daji, filmed 2016-2017 in Xinjiang, delayed by 2018 costume-drama policy and the 2021 lead-actor ban.
Zhen Guo Zhu Zai (镇国主宰)
Zhen Guo Zhu Zai (镇国主宰) is a 2024 Chinese vertical micro-drama by Judian Duanju: 90 episodes, war-god revenge plot of Zhan Tiandi, starring Wang Ziming, with over 10 million RMB in recharges.