River Flows in You

LOVELY SYNERGY

ALTERNATE TITLE:
"Leave It to Chance" (Kalos)

FYI: Excellent subtitles, but the translation service uses English names for all the characters instead of their Chinese names.

SYNOPSIS (Just the first 20 min ONLY. A few ⚠️ SPOILERS):
Quirky, Romantic Comedy. The ML, Charles Chance (a renowned lawyer and extremely wealthy heir), dislikes women and is a stingy miser. The FL, Shanice Brown (a high school PE teacher), is a responsible, independent, self-sustaining and generous provider for her exploitative family. She accidentally gets in ML's car, mistaking him for a private taxi driver, and tells him to take her to her friend's wedding. He happens to be going to the same wedding. At the wedding, they help the bride escape getting married, and their camraderie puts them in a hotel room together, where they have a one-night-stand. The next day, they part ways casually, thinking they'll never meet again. However, they cross paths in the hotel restaurant, where they are both being forced by their elders to go on blind dates. They are unsatisfied with their dates, and decide to get married to each other instead. They immediately go to get their certificates in a flash marriage. ML hides his wealthy identity from the FL and becomes her loverboy, house-husband.

REVIEW:
I agreed with the FL at first, ...the ML definitely seems shameless for being so miserly. But, I'm so glad I kept watching this cute drama. Even though the production is mediocre and there's some cheesiness, I didn't even need to fast-forward, because its such a fun story and script 🩷. Both leads are smart (the ML is particulary clever), and they destroy SO many tropes in a creative, humorous way. I just love their teamwork, synergy, and mutual support. Their chemistry is also great, even though it doesn't really show intimacy (they hardly kiss, and when they do, its just a still lip-touch). The ML is SO lovey-dovey, though, and always looks at the FL with doe-eyes 😍🦋. Its a happy ending, of course.

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