# My Lethal Man (对我而言危险的他)
**My Lethal Man** (对我而言危险的他) is a 2023 Chinese urban suspense-romance web drama in 24 episodes, directed by Chu Dejian (初的见) and starring Li Mozhi (李墨之) and Fan Zhixin (樊治欣), which premiered on iQIYI on January 13, 2023.[1](https://thetvdb.com/series/my-lethal-man) • [2](https://www.tvmao.com/kanju/YV5nayVk/playingtime) The story follows an ordinary young woman, Shen Manning, who is forced by the powerful and mysterious Yan Xingcheng to assume the identity of her look-alike, Zhuang Xinyan, and enter the wealthy Zhuang family, where the two gradually move from adversaries to partners while uncovering the truth of a cold case from 17 years earlier.[3](https://www.iq.com/play/%E5%AF%B9%E6%88%91%E8%80%8C%E8%A8%80%E5%8D%B1%E9%99%A9%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%96-1ov92y34osk?lang=zh_cn)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title / English title | 对我而言危险的他 / My Lethal Man |
| Format | 24-episode mainland Chinese web drama, Mandarin, modern urban romance-suspense[2](https://www.tvmao.com/kanju/YV5nayVk/playingtime) |
| Premiere | January 13, 2023, iQIYI (all 24 episodes available to VIP members)[1](https://thetvdb.com/series/my-lethal-man) • [4](https://yule.360.com/detail/3310690) |
| Lead cast | Li Mozhi as Shen Manning / Zhuang Xinyan; Fan Zhixin as Yan Xingcheng / Yan Yi[5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-lethal-man) |
| Early performance | Heat value passed 5500 on day 4, the first iQIYI 2023 revenue-sharing drama to do so; 5786 within a week[6](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_21649053) |
| Ratings | Douban 6.4/10 (24,465 raters) and iQIYI 7.8/10 (113,064 raters) as of March 25, 2024[7](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E5%B0%8D%E6%88%91%E8%80%8C%E8%A8%80%E5%8D%B1%E9%9A%AA%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%96) |
| International release | Streaming on Rakuten Viki with subtitles in English, Chinese, German, Portuguese, and 12 more languages[8](https://www.viki.com/tv/39499c-my-lethal-man-series) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
A kidnapping brings Shen Manning, an art student studying abroad, face to face with Zhuang Xinyan, a woman who looks exactly like her. Xinyan dies protecting Manning in a deliberately staged car accident, and Yan Xingcheng, Xinyan's brother who has been living under a hidden identity, forces Manning to take her place as his fiancée and enter the Zhuang household.[3](https://www.iq.com/play/%E5%AF%B9%E6%88%91%E8%80%8C%E8%A8%80%E5%8D%B1%E9%99%A9%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%96-1ov92y34osk?lang=zh_cn) • [6](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_21649053) Together the two seek the truth behind the deaths of Zhuang Xinyan's parents and Xinyan's inheritance rights in the family's Lanhai Yixing group.[6](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_21649053)
The finale resolves the 17-year-old case: Yan Xingcheng names his aunt Zhuang Caixuan as the mastermind behind his parents' deaths, the late family patriarch's video evidence exposes her scheme to seize the family fortune, and the supposedly dead elder sister Zhuang Meixuan reappears alive after years of amnesia following a car accident. The culprits face legal punishment, Yan Xingcheng reunites with his mother, and he and Shen Manning begin a new life together.[11](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_tau3589859.html?list=dk2ikuiv16)
## Production
The drama was written by Cheng Fangyuan (程方媛) and directed by Chu Dejian, with Li Mozhi and Fan Zhixin leading a cast that also includes Li Yizhen ([Tang Lin](https://www.edgepedia.org/tang-lin)), Chang Zhekuan (Lin Mufan), Li Xinran (Rao Meina), Wang Xudong (Fang Xiang), Qiu Dingjie, and Li Zhifan.[2](https://www.tvmao.com/kanju/YV5nayVk/playingtime) • [5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-lethal-man) Production companies included Shenzhen Lexiang Pictures Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Junyun Culture Communication Co., Ltd., with Century UUI (世纪优优) also credited as a co-producer.[9](https://file.finance.sina.com.cn/211.154.219.97%3A9494/MRGG/SBGG/2023/2023-8/2023-08-30/9486226.PDF) • [10](https://www.ctdsb.net/c1742_202311/1945707.html) Filming wrapped in Xiamen in January 2022, about a year before broadcast.[10](https://www.ctdsb.net/c1742_202311/1945707.html)
## Reception and performance
**Commercial performance.** The drama entered the top ten of the Guduo web drama heat chart on its first day, and its iQIYI heat value passed 5500 on the fourth day of release, making it the first iQIYI revenue-sharing (分账) drama of 2023 to cross that threshold; within a week the value had reached 5786.[6](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_21649053) On Douyin it recorded a heat value of 8.246 million on the platform's hot-search chart, and on Weibo it ranked fifth in drama chatter, just behind *Full River Red*.[6](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_21649053) Its historical peak heat on Maoyan was 8199.32, recorded on January 18, 2023.[12](https://piaofang.maoyan.com/tv/1456270) By April 21, 2023, its revenue share on iQIYI had exceeded 30 million yuan.[13](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7233406530762342411)
**Audience and critical response.** As of March 25, 2024, the drama held a Douban score of 6.4/10 from 24,465 raters and an iQIYI score of 7.8/10 from 113,064 raters.[7](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E5%B0%8D%E6%88%91%E8%80%8C%E8%A8%80%E5%8D%B1%E9%9A%AA%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%96) On Rakuten Viki it holds a 9.3 user rating.[8](https://www.viki.com/tv/39499c-my-lethal-man-series) Chinese media commentary highlighted its blend of romance and suspense: a China Youth Daily review described it as departing from the single "case-solving" style of domestic suspense dramas, with every character carrying hidden secrets and constant plot reversals pushing "emotional suspense" to an extreme.[7](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E5%B0%8D%E6%88%91%E8%80%8C%E8%A8%80%E5%8D%B1%E9%9A%AA%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%96) A GuDuo industry analysis credited the appeal to the on-screen chemistry between the leads and Fan Zhixin's portrayal of a calculating, ruthless "domineering CEO" variant, a character viewers nicknamed the "crazy male lead" (疯批男主), while noting that the plot's reversals, including the true culprit behind the parents' deaths and the survival of Yan Xingcheng's mother, gave the familiar sweet-revenge formula more substance than usual.[6](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_21649053)
## Screenwriter payment dispute
On November 3, 2023, screenwriter Cheng Fangyuan published a public accusation that the producer Shanghai Junyun Culture Communication Co., Ltd. had withheld more than 50% of her final payment nearly ten months after broadcast, that she had received no fee at all, and that her screenwriter credit had been removed at the premiere.[10](https://www.ctdsb.net/c1742_202311/1945707.html) She stated that she had authorized the project as a copyright partner rather than a hired screenwriter, and announced her intention to reclaim the television filming rights from iQIYI and the co-producers.[10](https://www.ctdsb.net/c1742_202311/1945707.html) The dispute went to court: a first-instance judgment by the Shanghai Jing'an District People's Court on January 16, 2025 ordered the defendant to pay the revenue distribution and interest losses, and a final judgment by the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court on March 31, 2025 upheld the verdict in Cheng's favor.[14](https://m.yzwb.net/wap/news/4430330.html)
## International distribution
The series streams internationally under the English title *My Lethal Man* on Rakuten Viki, with subtitles in English, Chinese, German, Portuguese, and twelve additional languages, and is rated PG-13 on that platform.[8](https://www.viki.com/tv/39499c-my-lethal-man-series) It is also listed on [JustWatch](https://www.edgepedia.org/justwatch) as a 39-minute-per-episode drama available free with ads on Viki in the United States.[5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-lethal-man)
## References
1. [My Lethal Man, TheTVDB.com](https://thetvdb.com/series/my-lethal-man)
2. [对我而言危险的他 播出时间及幕后, 电视猫](https://www.tvmao.com/kanju/YV5nayVk/playingtime)
3. [对我而言危险的他 (2023) 全集, 爱奇艺国际站](https://www.iq.com/play/%E5%AF%B9%E6%88%91%E8%80%8C%E8%A8%80%E5%8D%B1%E9%99%A9%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%96-1ov92y34osk?lang=zh_cn)
4. [李欣燃《对我而言危险的他》今日开播, 360娱乐](https://yule.360.com/detail/3310690)
5. [My Lethal Man - streaming tv show online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-lethal-man)
6. [2023年被"自来水"安利的第一部剧是谁？, 澎湃新闻·湃客 (GuDuo骨朵)](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_21649053)
7. [對我而言危險的他, 中文百科全書](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E5%B0%8D%E6%88%91%E8%80%8C%E8%A8%80%E5%8D%B1%E9%9A%AA%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%96)
8. [My Lethal Man, Rakuten Viki](https://www.viki.com/tv/39499c-my-lethal-man-series)
9. [世纪优优 (CENTURY UUI) 公告文件, 新浪财经](https://file.finance.sina.com.cn/211.154.219.97%3A9494/MRGG/SBGG/2023/2023-8/2023-08-30/9486226.PDF)
10. [剧播了十个月一分钱稿费都没收到，网剧《对我而言危险的他》编剧控诉, 极目新闻/扬子晚报](https://www.ctdsb.net/c1742_202311/1945707.html)
11. [对我而言危险的他 分集剧情, 爱奇艺](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_tau3589859.html?list=dk2ikuiv16)
12. [对我而言危险的他, 猫眼专业版](https://piaofang.maoyan.com/tv/1456270)
13. [对我而言危险的他, 快懂百科](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7233406530762342411)
14. [时隔近两年网剧《对我而言危险的他》编剧维权胜诉了, 扬子晚报](https://m.yzwb.net/wap/news/4430330.html)
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