# Moonlit Reunion (Zi ye gui)
**Moonlit Reunion** (子夜归) is a 2025 Chinese costume fantasy romance television series adapted from Fu Hua's (扶华) novel *Mei Fu Ren Chong Fu Ri Chang* (梅夫人宠夫日常), directed by Lü Haojiji (侣皓吉吉) and starring [Xu Kai](https://www.edgepedia.org/xu-kai) and [Tian Xiwei](https://www.edgepedia.org/tian-xiwei) as Chang'an residents who live double lives as lovers by day and supernatural adversaries by night.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [2](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-6e54bf9d-9743-4ca9-b441-28dcd4c217c4?msockid=3734cc2c6d3764810317da746caf65ca) It premiered on 18 August 2025 on [Tencent Video](https://www.edgepedia.org/tencent-video) and ran for 38 episodes.[3](https://www.cpophome.com/moonlit-reunion-xu-kai-tian-xiwei/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 子夜归 (Zi Ye Gui); also known by the novel's title 梅夫人宠夫日常[4](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Moonlit_Reunion) • [5](https://bangumi.tv/subject/479952) |
| Source | Fu Hua's completed web novel *Mei Fu Ren Chong Fu Ri Chang*, 337,026 characters, published on Jinjiang Literature City[6](https://m.jjwxc.net/book2/2805480) |
| Production | Director Lü Haojiji; screenwriters Liu Yue (柳樾) and Sun Lin (孙临); produced by Linmon Media with Tencent Video[2](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-6e54bf9d-9743-4ca9-b441-28dcd4c217c4?msockid=3734cc2c6d3764810317da746caf65ca) • [1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Run | 38 episodes of about 45 minutes; premiered 18 August 2025 on Tencent Video[3](https://www.cpophome.com/moonlit-reunion-xu-kai-tian-xiwei/) |
| Leads | Xu Kai as Mei Zhuyu (梅逐雨), a demon-slaying celestial master; Tian Xiwei as Wu Zhen (武祯), the half-demon "Cat Master" of Chang'an's demon market[4](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Moonlit_Reunion) |
| Ratings | Douban 6.6/10 (35,428 raters, as of 11 September 2025); Tencent Video 9.4/10 (1.026 million raters)[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Commercial record | Pre-broadcast reservations above 5.22 million, a Tencent Video 2025 record; certified a Douyin 2025 hit drama[7](https://newsfile.futunn.com/public/NN-PersistNoticeAttachment/7781/20260325/12066989-0.PDF) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and setting
The drama is set in a fantastical version of Chang'an during the flourishing [Tang dynasty](https://www.edgepedia.org/tang-dynasty), built on a world in which humans and demons coexist under a day-night division: by day the city shows its ordinary markets and streets, and after nightfall an underground demon market opens.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink) The production designed costumes and props around this double life; [Wu Zhen](https://www.edgepedia.org/wu-zhen)'s Hu-style clothing hides cat-claw embroidery in gold thread, and Mei Zhuyu's Daoist robes carry faint talisman patterns, while the art team drew on [Dunhuang murals](https://www.edgepedia.org/dunhuang-murals) and contrasted light and dark palettes to distinguish the day and night worlds.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
**The two leads.** Mei Zhuyu, a young man from a cadet branch of the Mei family, arrives in Chang'an and takes a post as an official of the Xuanjian Si (玄鑒司), the bureau that handles supernatural affairs. He is by nature quiet and reserved, and hides a second identity: a gifted demon-slaying celestial master of the Changxi Palace (常羲宮). Wu Zhen, the County Princess Qing He and sister to the empress, is known in the city as an uninhibited noblewoman; by night she rules the demon market as its "Cat Master" (貓公), a half-demon who carries the Cat Master's power in a mortal body.[2](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-6e54bf9d-9743-4ca9-b441-28dcd4c217c4?msockid=3734cc2c6d3764810317da746caf65ca) • [4](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Moonlit_Reunion)
A fire in Chang'an eighteen years before the story links their pasts. Mei Zhuyu's parents died in it, and he comes down from his temple years later to investigate the truth, blaming the city's demons and vowing to eliminate them. After the same fire, Wu Zhen became a half-demon and has since worked to keep peace between the human and demon realms. The two meet at a banquet, where Wu Zhen singles out Mei Zhuyu, apparently out of attraction, in fact to deal with a demon that has slipped in; each conceals their true identity from the other as they repeatedly cross paths while hunting demons, and the truth of the old fire quietly entangles their fates.[2](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-6e54bf9d-9743-4ca9-b441-28dcd4c217c4?msockid=3734cc2c6d3764810317da746caf65ca)
### Story structure
The series runs a case-driven plot alongside its romance. According to Baidu Baike's account, it uses a "case hook plus emotional throughline" structure in which twelve supernatural cases, including the bat-demon case and the shadow-demon case, are strung along the main storyline, with folk elements such as faded paper lanterns and talisman insects woven in and social issues such as examination fraud reflected in the plots.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink) Early episodes include the case of a pair of bat demons whose resentment turns them into a monster, a revenge case in which an abandoned woman becomes a lamp-shadow demon, and a case in which a farmer embraces what he believes is his long-lost mother, only to find a demon's illusion.[8](https://www.tatlerasia.com/lifestyle/entertainment/moonlit-reunion-review-zh-hant)
## Cast
Xu Kai plays Mei Zhuyu and Tian Xiwei plays Wu Zhen.[3](https://www.cpophome.com/moonlit-reunion-xu-kai-tian-xiwei/) The supporting cast includes Wang Jiayi (王佳怡) as Liu Taizhen, Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷) as Pei Jiya, Wu Junting (吴俊霆) as Wu Zishu, Yi Daqian (易大千) as Mei Si, Fan Shiran (范诗然) as Hu Zhu, Lai Weiming (赖伟明) as Ling Xiao, Xu Haiqiao (徐海乔) as the former Cat Master, and [Huang Yi](https://www.edgepedia.org/huang-yi) (黄奕) as the Empress, with Bao Jianfeng, Qiu Xinzhi, and [Zhang Shi](https://www.edgepedia.org/zhang-shi) also appearing.[3](https://www.cpophome.com/moonlit-reunion-xu-kai-tian-xiwei/) • [1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
## Release and distribution
The drama premiered on Tencent Video on 18 August 2025 at 18:00, with members receiving two new episodes daily (four on the first day), and from 2 September one episode daily with an early-access episode for SVIP members.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink) It was released internationally on Disney+ in Taiwan and Hong Kong on the same date, and is also available on Viki and WeTV with subtitles in English and more than a dozen other languages.[8](https://www.tatlerasia.com/lifestyle/entertainment/moonlit-reunion-review-zh-hant) • [9](https://www.viki.com/tv/41179c-moonlit-reunion?locale=en) • [10](https://wetv.vip/zh-tw/play/mwh8azgoj12a9ps-%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E6%AD%B8) A Japanese broadcast on Japan Satellite Theater 15 was scheduled from 5 February 2026.[11](https://baike.sogou.com/m/fullLemma?g_ut=3&lid=216175360) In September 2025 it was placed on China's tenth batch of the 2025 key works copyright protection warning list for television dramas.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
## Commercial performance
**Pre-release records.** Before broadcast, reservations exceeded 5.22 million, setting a Tencent Video record for 2025 premiere reservations.[7](https://newsfile.futunn.com/public/NN-PersistNoticeAttachment/7781/20260325/12066989-0.PDF) On its first night it became the fastest 2025 Tencent Video drama to break a heat index of 24000, peaking at 24567 and setting the platform's annual premiere record.[12](https://www.jiemian.com/article/13202882.html) Within six episodes it topped the trending chart with a heat index above 26000.[13](https://ent.ifeng.com/c/8mBk3HLFJUr)
**During the run.** Linmon Media's interim report states that Enlightent (云合数据) rated the drama an S+ tier summer hit in 2025, that main-topic clip views on Douyin exceeded 8 billion, ranking first among same-period dramas, and that as of the report date the drama was still broadcasting on Tencent Video.[14](https://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0929/2025092900935_c.pdf) A later Linmon filing adds that it was certified a Douyin 2025 hit drama and became Tencent Video's best-performing costume drama for new-user acquisition in the second half of 2025.[7](https://newsfile.futunn.com/public/NN-PersistNoticeAttachment/7781/20260325/12066989-0.PDF) Linmon's 2025 annual results describe the series as a work of "Chinese aesthetics breaking out of its circle" and report the company's full-year revenue at 860 million yuan, up 31.3 percent, with a net profit of 33.799 million yuan.[15](https://www.sina.cn/news/detail/5280699117734612.html)
## Reception
Audience scores diverged by platform: 6.6/10 on Douban from 35,428 raters against 9.4/10 on Tencent Video from 1.026 million raters, both as of 11 September 2025.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink) Commentary noted the Tang-style costume design as a strength while judging the script comparatively flat, with fewer high-tension reversals; a comparison piece on adaptations of Fu Hua's novels scored it above the same-season *Xian Yu* (献鱼), which drew 5.5 on Douban.[16](https://yule.360.com/detail/4966957) Reviewers cited by Baidu Baike praised the "day-night twin Chang'an" premise as a fresh take on costume drama conventions, while criticizing the slow pacing of the first episodes, needed to establish the demon-hunting system, and finding the bat-demon case flat but the lamp-shadow case engaging.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink) A Tatler Asia review highlighted the case-based suspense, the leads' dual-role performances, and the demon-market art direction, while noting viewer complaints about transitions between cases and the director's frequent extreme close-ups.[8](https://www.tatlerasia.com/lifestyle/entertainment/moonlit-reunion-review-zh-hant)
**Awards.** At the 2025 Tencent Video Golden Goose honors in December 2025, Ding Zheng won Annual Best Visual Effects for the series, and *Moonlit Reunion* won Annual Member Favorite Drama; Wang Jiayi was nominated for the "Golden Lotus" Best Supporting Actress award at the 16th Macau International TV Festival in November 2025.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
## References
1. [《子夜归》（2025年许凯、田曦薇主演的古装奇幻爱情剧）, Baidu Baike](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E3%80%8A%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E5%BD%92%E3%80%8B/63204273?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
2. [子夜歸, Disney+ (Taiwan)](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-6e54bf9d-9743-4ca9-b441-28dcd4c217c4?msockid=3734cc2c6d3764810317da746caf65ca)
3. [Moonlit Reunion – Chinese Drama 2025, CPOP HOME](https://www.cpophome.com/moonlit-reunion-xu-kai-tian-xiwei/)
4. [Moonlit Reunion, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Moonlit_Reunion)
5. [子夜归, Bangumi 番组计划](https://bangumi.tv/subject/479952)
6. [《梅夫人宠夫日常》扶华, 晋江文学城](https://m.jjwxc.net/book2/2805480)
7. [Linmon Media announcement, HKEXnews (25 March 2026 filing)](https://newsfile.futunn.com/public/NN-PersistNoticeAttachment/7781/20260325/12066989-0.PDF)
8. [Disney+《子夜歸》劇情角色8亮點, Tatler Asia](https://www.tatlerasia.com/lifestyle/entertainment/moonlit-reunion-review-zh-hant)
9. [Moonlit Reunion, Rakuten Viki](https://www.viki.com/tv/41179c-moonlit-reunion?locale=en)
10. [子夜歸, WeTV](https://wetv.vip/zh-tw/play/mwh8azgoj12a9ps-%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%9C%E6%AD%B8)
11. [子夜归, 搜狗百科](https://baike.sogou.com/m/fullLemma?g_ut=3&lid=216175360)
12. [《献鱼》《子夜归》"同源"对打, 界面新闻 JMedia](https://www.jiemian.com/article/13202882.html)
13. [舆情，反而捧红了这剧？, 凤凰网娱乐](https://ent.ifeng.com/c/8mBk3HLFJUr)
14. [Linmon Media Limited Interim Report 2025, HKEXnews](https://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/0929/2025092900935_c.pdf)
15. [柠萌影视发布2025财报, 新浪新闻](https://www.sina.cn/news/detail/5280699117734612.html)
16. [同作者"评价却天差地远"的小说改编剧9：《子夜归》vs.《献鱼》, 360娱乐](https://yule.360.com/detail/4966957)
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