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The Love You Give Me (你给我的喜欢)

The Love You Give Me (你给我的喜欢) is a 2023 Chinese urban romance web series starring Wang Yuwen and Wang Ziqi as former lovers who reunite years after a misunderstanding ended their relationship, while she raises the son he does not know he fathered. It was produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures, directed by Ding Yingzhou, written by Guo Shuang, and adapted from Shi Dingrou's (施定柔) novel of the same title. The 28-episode series premiered on Tencent Video on April 24, 2023 and concluded on May 17, 2023.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Original title	你给我的喜欢 (Ni Gei Wo De Xi Huan)²
Premiere / finale	April 24, 2023 to May 17, 2023, Tencent Video exclusive¹^•³
Format	28 episodes, roughly 45 minutes each²^•⁴
Source	Novel of the same title by Shi Dingrou¹
Leads	Wang Yuwen as Min Hui; Wang Ziqi as Xin Qi²
Platform heat	Broke 22,000 on opening day; peaked at 26,669 on Tencent Video⁵^•⁶
Award	2023 Tencent Video Golden Goose honor, annual audience-favorite series⁴

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Premise

Min Hui (闵慧), a research and development director at a technology company, fell in love with Xin Qi (辛旗), a young chief executive of the Bluebird Group, but the two parted unhappily over a misunderstanding.¹ Afterward Min Hui discovered she was pregnant, chose to have the child, and raised her son Min Quanquan (闵全全) as a single mother; the boy has a heart condition.⁷^•¹ Years later the two meet again at a business reception, where Xin Qi rescues Min Hui from an awkward situation, and their renewed attraction plays out across work and daily life.⁷ A paternity test eventually reveals that Min Hui's son may be Xin Qi's child, and he takes the father role seriously.⁸

The premise follows familiar romance-novel devices, including the reunion of former lovers, a hidden child, and a substitute-love thread in which Min Hui once met Xin Qi under another woman's name.²^•⁹ Reviewers noted these stock elements but credited the execution, and the chemistry between the two leads, for the show's popularity.⁹^•¹⁰

Cast and characters

Wang Yuwen as Min Hui, R&D director at Bai'an Technology and a devoted single mother who confronts workplace harassment directly; commenters nicknamed her assertive persona the "long-mouthed heroine".¹^•⁵
Wang Ziqi as Xin Qi, chief executive of the Bluebird Group, a young entrepreneur who set business records before turning 30.¹
Cui Yixin as Min Quanquan, Min Hui's son.²
Supporting cast includes Li Chuan, Ma Xinrui, Chen Xinhai, Li Xingyao, Jin Zehao, Xu Jie'er, Li Weilong, Mei Baolai, and Aliya, with Cui Yixin also credited as a special guest performer in listings.¹^•⁸

The series was the third on-screen pairing of Wang Yuwen and Wang Ziqi, after Just Married (只是结婚的关系), in which their executive-and-designer pairing had already built a fan following; fans campaigned for further collaborations.⁹

Production and adaptation

The drama was produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures with Tianchong Film as production contractor, supervised by Li Eryun, with Huang Xing as chief producer and Wang Rui and Zhang Chi as producers.¹¹ Ding Yingzhou directed and Guo Shuang wrote the screenplay; Baidu Baike also credits Li Dimin and the novelist Shi Dingrou among the writers.¹^•⁴

A softened adaptation. The source novel is a mutually tormenting love story in which Min Hui's friend Su Tian dies saving her, and the plot would likely have ended tragically without the child. The television version kept only the broad framework and rewrote the details, turning an angsty story into a light sweet romance; reviewers credited this change, and screenwriter Guo Shuang, known for her work on Nothing But Thirty-era realistic projects such as 我在他乡挺好的, with making the show work.¹⁰^•¹² In the drama, Xin Qi loves Min Hui throughout and voluntarily gives up custody, a departure from the novel's dynamic.¹²

Release and reception

The series premiered exclusively on Tencent Video at 6 p.m. on April 24, 2023, with members receiving four days of double-episode updates in the first week and non-members one episode on weekdays.¹¹ Within three hours of launch the platform heat index passed 21,000, it broke 22,000 on the first day, and by May 3, 2023 it had passed 26,000.¹^•⁵ By the finale it had reached a peak heat of 26,669, topped Tencent Video's daily drama chart six times, and ranked second on Maoyan's all-network heat chart.⁶ It was distributed internationally through WeTV and later appeared on platforms including Now TV in Hong Kong.²^•¹³ South Korea's CHANNEL CHINA channel began airing it on August 20, 2023.¹

At the 2023 Tencent Video Golden Goose honors ceremony, held December 16, 2023, the series won the annual audience-favorite series award.⁴ It also placed 30th on the 2023 literature-adaptation heat-and-reputation comprehensive list compiled in the China Writers Association-affiliated blue book on literary adaptations.¹⁴ On The Movie Database it holds a user score of 8.3.⁸

Wang Ziqi, who had gone nearly two years without a broadcast credit before the show, wrote a farewell post at the finale thanking viewers for helping him "complete his KPI" and recalling that he initially doubted being cast as a young father.³

Same-name 2026 micro-drama

A separate Chinese vertical micro-drama also titled 你给我的喜欢, released in English as All My Love For You, premiered in June 2026 on Viu. Adapted from the same Shi Dingrou novel, it stars Shen Haonan and Jin Zixuan and runs about 74 episodes of two to three minutes each; it is distinct from the 2023 series.¹⁵

References

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