My Amazing Boyfriend (我的奇妙男友)

Plot

The story begins when Tian Jingzhi, an unlucky B-list actress, has a car accident that accidentally awakens Xue Lingqiao, a "gene mutant" who has slept for a hundred years.⁵ Xue Lingqiao is impervious to pain, injury, aging, and death, and he has walked the human world for centuries; Apple TV's synopsis describes him as a 500-year-old mutant with supernatural powers.⁶ Because Jingzhi inadvertently saved his life, he heals her injuries in return and promises to protect her.⁷

Xue Lingqiao then moves into Tian Jingzhi's apartment, by turns pressuring and persuading his way in, while she pretends indifference and secretly schemes to drive out the "monster" sharing her home.⁵ Their bickering gradually warms into romance, and as their feelings become clear, a conspiracy spanning more than a century slowly comes to light, connected to the cause of Xue Lingqiao's death long ago.¹ The investigation thread runs through the series: the forensic researcher Li Yanzhi probes abnormal blood loss and a missing body, and the drama's climax turns on Xue Lingqiao's discovered weakness, that at thirty degrees below zero his regenerative abilities go dormant and his body enters suspended animation.⁸

Cast and characters

• Janice Wu Qian as Tian Jingzhi, an unfiltered, money-conscious actress whose car accident starts the story¹
• Kim Tae Hwan as Xue Lingqiao, the long-lived mutant¹
• Shen Mengchen as Zhang Xuanxuan, Tian Jingzhi's actress friend^{1 • 7}
• Fu Jia as Li Yanzhi¹
• Xu Ke as Ye Chen, and Li Xinliang, Yang Yifei, Lily Tien, Dai Chao, and Song Yixing in supporting roles¹

The series is adapted from the novel Wo De Qi Miao Nan You by Shui Qian Mo, who also served as a screenwriter alongside Wang Xiongcheng.^{3 • 1}

Sequel

My Amazing Boyfriend 2: Unforgettable Impressions premiered on February 14, 2019, with Mike D.Angelo taking over the role of Xue Lingqiao and Esther Yu as Tian Jingzhi.^{4 • 11} The second season continued the story after Xue Lingqiao's departure: Tian Jingzhi is pregnant, and Xue Lingqiao returns out of concern for her safety.⁴ TVmaze lists the season at 38 episodes, with the final two airing on March 28, 2019, and credits the combined run to Zhejiang TV from 2016 to 2019.¹¹ Counting both seasons, IMDb records 66 episodes broadcast between 2016 and 2019.¹²