[Discussion/Search] Find that Drama! (by desc. or plot)

It was a Chinese costume drama, but for some reason, I can't remember the main leads or the title. The scene that comes to mind is one where the female lead gives a bird to the male lead, and he takes care of this bird. It wasn’t a particularly significant moment in the overall plot, but I just can’t seem to recall which drama it was from.

Hi! I'm looking for a Kdrama, post 2015 definitely, prob closer to 2020.

FL is living in an old house with tiled roof, I think in that historical district in Seoul. The house could be hers, but not sure. I think she's a writer? ML also has some claim to the house (could be renting), they have to live together or at least interact and they are not happy about it. It also has to be a secret. I remember either her having to hide him at some point or vice versa. Other people have to think they are living alone.
I don't think it was a particularly popular drama, I haven't finished it, but would like to. I know it's not a lot to go on. FL has long hair if it helps, lol.

Thanks!

It's Okay to Not Be Okay has forced living together, the FL is a writer, and it was produced in 2020. It takes place in a fictional city in Gangwon-Do. The city name is made up, but the locations are I think intended to be recognizably located in Gangwon-Do. 

Love that drama. It's one of the best depictions of mental illness and neurodiversity I've seen so far in a kdrama, rivalling the classic It's Okay, That's Love.

 kabocha:

It's Okay to Not Be Okay has forced living together, the FL is a writer, and it was produced in 2020. It takes place in a fictional city in Gangwon-Do. The city name is made up, but the locations are I think intended to be recognizably located in Gangwon-Do. 

Love that drama. It's one of the best depictions of mental illness and neurodiversity I've seen so far in a kdrama, rivalling the classic It's Okay, That's Love.

Unfortunately, that's not it. It was lighthearted, if a little boring, and the FL had curly long hair as far as I remember. I don't know why but Han Ye-Seul comes to mind, it wasn't her, I'm pretty sure. Maybe I just subconsciously want to rewatch Fantasy  Couple, idk. 😔

I tried with AI, no luck. Maybe my mind is scrambled, cause another drama I only remember one scene from I couldn't find either.  The website I watched them on was shut down, previously I could just run through the list of that year's dramas according to the genre, but here we are.

 heyzon:

Maybe personal taste, but i am not sure.

Love that drama, not it, though. Oh, how I miss that time in dramas. 

Thank you everyone regardless! 😊 💗

 NoirRoseHeart:

I almost want to say Scripting Your Destiny, but notnsure about the hiding him part or making people think they live alone since they don't live together.

Nah, not it.  Actors in that one were older and the vibe was less modern.  Maybe I'm messing up the release year. It looked more recent than what I usually watch, but that's like anything after 2012. 

 Molten:

I'm looking for a drama that I just remember a few vague details about. I'm pretty confident it was a korean drama, set in modern times, released probably in 2018 or later. It features rich conglomerates and the house that the main rich family lives in has a basement that connects the houses of different family members. Scenes I remember are from that basement, where they would eat together and I think the daughter-in-law (FL i think) would argue with the parents and the siblings-in-law. There was also an elevator from the basement and it had a secret button that would open up a vault room.

This sounds like Queen of Tears

Hello All! I'm trying to find a tv series similar in plot structure to 100 Days My Prince. I'm reposting here; I hope I haven't committed a faux pas. Please see my original post below. Thank you for reading & I look forward to hearing from you! 

Hello All, 

This is my first time posting to MDL, so I hope you will be kind to any mistakes or errors on my part. I need help! Can anyone help me identify a 1-season Historical K-drama (Joseon era?)  It's possibly a C-drama, given the pachinko played later in the series, but more on that later. First, let me state that there are many similarities to 100 Days My Prince. However, it is not! The ML is the youngest prince in the royal family. He's sickly due to the result of a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting he received on his nose as a young child in the royal court. However, an enhanced sense of smell offset this & which makes him an excellent cook as well. His mother, a coutesan, was the favorite of the king, and she played a gayageum, a plucked zither. One day, the string broke & the king lost interest in her. She might have died as a result of poisoning by the queen or a rival concubine; I'm not certain.

Soon after, the ML was challenged, along with his 2 or 3 brothers, to show their martial prowess to their father. One son picked up a large metal cauldron, and the other smashed some bricks with his fists. Another brother might have leaped around in a Wuxia flying display. The ML instead engaged in a weird chicken-martial-arts dance, and his father dismissed him after being insulted by the display. Palace intrigue ensues, and the ML prince is forced to flee with his personal retainer. An assassination plot brews, and the ML is eventually chased down and cornered on a small boat by the FL. The FL is everything the ML is not. Strong, confident, a fighter, and a martial artist. The FL is also a royal princess of a royal house that blames the ML's family for the death of some of her family. (Her parents?) In any event, the grandmother dowager of the FL tasks her with killing the ML crown prince. The ML and FL struggle on the boat in a big lake, and both fall overboard and get amnesia. They are rescued by the local townspeople, who have no idea who they are. The ML slowly regains his memory to comic effect, hilariously fearing that the FL will regain hers and kill him. The ML tells a whopper of a lie when he tells the FL that they were getting married before the boat accident and that she was mad about him. Eventually, the ML gets a job as a courier for the nominal town leader after smelling a banned powder in some delivery packages. The powder causes zombie-like convulsions to those exposed, but no one is killed & they all recover.

The township lies at the nexus of the neighboring kingdoms' boundaries, making it a hub of trade and commerce. Nominally, the township is headed by a man who has a courier service that eventually employs the ML. The other prominent townspeople are a pimp with a whorehouse, a restaurant/inn owner, and a gambling hall owner. The FL sometimes serves as a bodyguard or mercenary-for-hire while trying to regain her memory. She goes to a female apothecary, who gives her herbal medicine to improve her memory, whereas the apothecary's husband wants to perform trepanation on the ML to restore his memory. She has a bad temper and is a crazy, ill-tempered gambler. She flips panchinko tables more than once in the gambling hall. The other two main characters are the courier's sons. One mysteriously appears first dressed up in Buddhist Nun garb, having been kicked out of a Buddhist convent. He can't seem to commit to a particular martial arts style fully, & his younger brother is overeager to take over the courier business but lacks the serious intelligence & wisdom to run it. The younger brother eventually has a pinky finger cut off by a rival town official's gang member. The assailant wears a pig mask, but the younger brother still recognizes him to humorous effect.

Eventually, we learn that the assassination attempt on the ML was orchestrated by one of his brothers & not his father, the king. The ML eventually reconciles the two houses, creating peace, and the king reconciles with his son, recognizing his worth. Oh, and lastly, there is a pug named Chicken Wing. He belongs to a morbidly obese female assassin in the series.

Well, that's about all I can think of for now on the series. 90% sure it's a Joseon-era K-drama rom-com I saw last year streaming. Where? Haha, I don't remember, of course! In conclusion, I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me out! Gamsahaeyo!

Thank You, Matthew H.