10 Best Chinese Dramas of 2021 [ Jan - Feb ]

1. My Little Happiness (2021)

Starring: Fair Xing, Daddi Tang, U.Lin Huang, Leon Li, Fu Wei Lun  
Aired: Jan 13, 2021 - Jan 27, 2021
Original Network: Tencent Video
Episodes: 28

Synopsis: Cong Rong has long dreamed of becoming a lawyer, but her mother is absolutely determined to see her daughter study finance abroad. Hoping that her daughter will successfully settle down somewhere overseas, Cong Rong’s mother won’t take “no” for an answer. Unable to convince her mother to let her pursue her dreams, Cong Rong has no choice but to do as her mother wishes. Or does she?
After successfully convincing her mother that she has set off for distant lands, Cong Rong secretly returns home to begin work as a legal intern. Taking on her first case, Cong Rong comes face-to-face with her childhood friend, Wen Shao Qing. Now a surgeon, Shao Qing isn’t just Cong Rong’s client, he’s also her landlord and next-door neighbor. Tied together by the ever-tightening strings of fate, Cong Rong and Shao Qing find themselves drawing closer, despite their best efforts. Engaged in a never-ending battle of wits, the childhood friends may fight against the ties that bind them, but how long will they be able to resist the inevitable?
(Source: Viki)

2. Unrequited Love (2021)

Starring: Hu Yi Tian, Hu Bing Qing, Zhang Yi Jie, Mikan Ryu, Liu Jia

Aired: Jan 20, 2021 - Feb 19, 2021

Original Network: Tencent Video Mango TV

Episodes: 38

Synopsis: As childhood playmates, Luo Zhi and Sheng Huai Nan were nearly inseparable. Growing up, they attended the same schools and participated in the same activities, but as time passed their friendship slowly faded. Through high school, Luo Zhi focused more on her studies than anything else, and Huai Nan became nothing more than a distant acquaintance. Yet secretly, her heart still longed for the boy who made her laugh, all those years ago.

Now in university, it is merely by coincidence that Luo Zhi and Huai Nan attend the same school. Though no longer a part of each other’s lives, Luo Zhi can’t seem to forget her long-lost friend. Every glimpse she catches of Huai Nan makes her heart race, but with their lives heading in such different directions, the connection between them seems to have all but disappeared. Pining for a boy she has loved for fifteen years, Luo Zhi is resigned to her fate, accepting the fact that her feelings for Huai Nan will remain unrequited forever. But Destiny, it would seem, has other plans.

Finding themselves unexpectedly thrown together during an excursion in Red Canyon Valley, Luo Zhi and Huai Nan’s old friendship is rekindled and soon sparks of love begin to fly. But the meddling of others makes things complicated and a series of misunderstandings threatens to ruin everything. Can these reunited friends overcome the challenges before them, or will their new-found love fade before it even has a chance to bloom?

(Source: Viki)

3. The Most Beautiful You in the World (2021)

Starring: Hou Dong, Hou Pei Shan, Zeng Li Yao, He Yi Qian, Martin Wong

Aired: Jan 12, 2021 - Feb 1, 2021

Original Network: Tencent Video

Episodes: 24

Synopsis: When Qiao Yibai ran away from home in junior high, the young teen who came from a wealthy family ended up in the home of Wang Yuhuan who is a little bully in her own right. Because of her, Qiao Yibai is forced to change his rebellious ways. However, a mishap separates them for seven years. The two people who thought they would never see each other again have become active in the voice dubbing circle. Empress Changhuan which is an audio drama adapted from a popular female-centric novel brings them together through the internet.

 In real life, Yuhuan and Qiao Yibai meet coincidentally. She is dragged to be part of the photography team for the military training for freshmen. On the other hand, Qiao Yibai is forced to be the instructor. Given that Yuhuan has a memory of a goldfish, she fails to recognize that Qiao Yibai was the boy she bullied seven years ago. Little does she know that in Qiao Yibai's eyes, she is a heartbreaker who has forgotten their past.

(Source: ChineseDrama.info)

4. Shuke and Peach Blossom (2021)

Starring: Chen Xiao, Ying Er, Alice Chan, Wang Zi Yi, Tao Hui, Chauo Ni

Aired: Jan 1, 2021 - Jan 22, 2021

Original Network: Mango TV

Episodes: 40

Synopsis: Shu Ke  is a salesman who aspires to be a designer. After entering into a contract marriage with Tao Hua, a second-generation rich baifumei, Shu Ke finds himself facing all sorts of troubles. He has to deal with his steely mother-in-law, a childhood sweetheart who has come to find fault, a father-in-law who seems to be neither friend nor foe and Tao Hua's good friend who is crushing on him. Being in too deep in their lies, the two start to develop real feelings for each other.

However, the time will come when their fake marriage is exposed. Tao Hua's mother demands that Shu Ke give up on his dream of becoming a designer to join the family business instead. Shu Ke reluctantly agrees and experiences various ups and downs in the workplace as the chairman's son-in-law. Meanwhile, Ta Hua puts her life on hold to focus all her energy towards Shu Ke. With their relationship reaching an impasse, can they ever have a real marriage?

(Source : cdramainfo) 

5. Meet by Window (2021)

Starring: Gao Jia Nan, Yang Shi Qian, Du Yu Ming

Aired: Jan 8, 2021 - Feb 13, 2021

Original Network: Youku

Episodes: 36

Synopsis: During a chance occurrence, Xiao Jiu discovers Zhang Bo Yu's novel draft, and manages to enter a parallel world with super powers. With the help of a mysterious energy, Xiao Jiu and Lian Jie repeatedly experience time travel encounters, and befriend Lin Bo Yu and Lin Yi Tong in another parallel world. The youths gain friendship, love, and encounter various comedic and thrilling adventures. 

(Source: DramaWiki)

6. Beauty From Heart (2021)

Starring: Edward Zhang, Janice Wu, Gai Cass, Alina Zhang, Victor Wang

Aired: Jan 11, 2021 - Feb 4, 2021

Original Network: JSTV Tencent Video iQiyi

Episodes: 45

Synopsis: An inside look into plastic surgery in the entertainment industry depicts a story of youth, courage and fearlessly moving forward.

Tao Xiao Ting and Tao Xiao Di are twin sisters who have come to the big city to strive hard for a better living. Xiao Ting has always been persistent and hardworking, but her older sister Xiao Di wishes to take shortcut using her beauty. From then on, they lead two different lives. Business prodigy Lian Sheng has been commissioned to return home to China to solve the crisis involving Ounuo department store's impending acquisition. It leads to a meeting with Tao Xiao Ting although they immediately get on the wrong foot.

Meanwhile, Xiao Di has set her sights on Ounuo's young boss Chou Ying Shu. Liang Sheng witnesses Xiao Ting's resilient spirit in overcoming adversities and his attitude towards her evolves from distrust, contempt and teasing to a sincere appreciation, attraction and love. Under the influence of Xiao Ting,  Xiao Di grew to understand that the world does not revolve around superficial appearances.

(Source: cdramainfo)

7. I Love You (2021)

Starring: Zhou Lu La, Xue Hui Wei, He Yi Qian, Sun Jia Qi

Aired: Jan 14, 2021 - Feb 18, 2021

Original Network: Sohu TV

Episodes: 12

Synopsis: A story spanning ten years follows three couples and their struggles of love from university to adulthood.

Wang Yi and Du Xiao Ju, Peng Feng and Lang Ting, Liang An Qing, and Zhang Chun Lan met each other when they were in university. Six years after graduation, their relationships have undergone many changes.

When the three pairs meet again - can the love that remains still continue? can the person who no longer has any feelings muster up the courage to be free? can the one who left have a chance at a reunion? It's about loving someone that you can never be with, having feelings of resentment, loving, parting, and experiencing sorrow and joy.

(Source: cdramainfo)

8. Really Meet Love That Day (2021)

Starring: Shawn Wei, Wu Shi Le, Zhong Dan Ni, Zhu Jia Qi, Zhao Da

Aired: Jan 18, 2021 - Mar 9, 2021

Original Network: Hunan TV

Episodes: 40

Synopsis: Li Tian Zhen, a newcomer in the workplace with the dream of an architect, and the talented designer Meng Yan grows together and realizes the dreams of their career and life.  

9. First Love It's You (2021)

Starring: Min Liang, Wang Mo Han, Alex Le

Aired: Jan 18, 2021 - Jan 24, 2021

Original Network: Youku

Episodes: 24

Synopsis: At the birthday party of her best friend, Ye Tao Tao, Ruan Zhi, a famous voiceover actress, accidentally encountered her university crush, Qi Zhan. Her first love is remembered, but the person in front of her is quite different. Under the quirk of fate, the two spent an awkward night together. But even more surprisingly, when they returned to the office, Qi Zhan, who knew nothing about voiceover, became her immediate superior. The two made a bet that as long as Ruan Zhi gains 100w fans in a month, she could set up her own studio, escaping Qi Zhan.

With the help of her friends, Ye Tao Tao, Mo Ru Yu, Shan Zhi, Li Lan Gong Zi, a live online concert was quietly brewing. However, in her day-to-day relationship with Qi Zhan, past feelings bloom once again. Ruan Zhi and Qi Zhan have also solved misunderstandings in the past, and the two hearts have come together again. But a bigger plot is slowly emerging, lies and truth, truth and deceit. At the road where love parts, what do they do?

(Source: baidu)

10. Loving the Earth (2021)

Starring: Kiton Jiang, Edward Zhang, Allen Deng, Jeremy Jones Xu, Hao Shuang

Aired: Jan 5, 2021 - Jan 12, 2021 

Episodes: 43

Synopsis: After the Mukden Incident of September 18, 1931, Ma Zhong Qiu and his family's peaceful life erupts in chaos. Ma Zhong Qiu grows from a low-level swordsman to a righteous police officer, and finally becomes a soldier for the Communist Party of China. Fate forces him to suffer many hardships and life-death situations.

At first, he fights for the day that his family can reunite again in peace, and then he fights for love. Eventually, he fights as a protector of his country and people. Over the course of his journey, he meets and falls for dancer Nan Yan. Their love suffers ups and downs against the backdrop of war, but eventually, their genuine and unselfish love gives them strength as they fight for their country together.