Taz-mania

Link for web novel
In Chinese - Use Google Translate to read in English (note pronouns and colloquialism may not translate correctly)
https://www.52shuku.vip/yanqing/08_b/bjXe5.html

A second version
https://m.shuhaige.net/shu_349453.html

The Zhang Yun Tao version seems to follow the first half of the novel pretty closely.

I really liked the version with Zhang Yun Tao.

https://m.shuhaige.net/shu_340521.html

https://m.shuhaige.net/340521_1/

In Chinese - will need to use Google Translate

I would love a list of all the versions of this drama with links. If anyone runs across one, please post! Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks! This is awesome!

Just watched the Zhang Yun Tao version - it was great.

Woohoo! I'm in awe of both you and Jwells! Thanks for the help, it is greatly appreciated!

Thanks! Good to know.

FL's mother reminds me of the ML's mother in Healer as he was also abandoned by his mother when she remarried. When Healer's grandmother died he ended up in juvenile. His father's friend took him in when he got out of juvenile but abandoned him when he came of age. Healer however never held his horrible mother accountable for being a horrible mother. The drama even included a scene where Healer's mother brought him a winter coat - of course, she gave it to him at the park cause I guess Healer wasn't welcome at her home. At least the FL in The First Frost is (so far as of Episode 15) holding the mother accountable for her actions of abandoning her child. I thought Healer's mother was horrible and so is the FL's mother in TFF. Neither deserve the title of mother. Both mother's had a child with their new husband's and neither Healer or the TFF FL find out about their half sibling for years.

A few others oldies that I enjoyed:
My Little Happiness
The Love You Give Me
The Day of Becoming You
Forever Love (the 2020 drama with Wang An Yu)
Someday or One Day (Taiwanese)
Eternal Love - Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms (Fantasy/Wuxia)
Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Just Between Lovers
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Kill Me, Heal Me (Ji Sung is awesome with his 7 personalities)
Queen In Hyun's Man (2012 time travel)
Le Coup De Foudre

Also, its a 2014 drama but one of my all time favorites is Healer.

I really enjoyed The Story of Kunning Palace (one of my favorite dramas of 2024). Romance between the leads doesn't kick in until later in the drama but it is worth waiting for...

And she was even worse in the novel!

Some excellent short web dramas
Thousands of Years of Love
Provoke (all by director Zeng Qing Jie are good)
A Familiar Stranger
Night of Love With You
Destined to Meet You
The Killer is Also Romantic

Some excellent historical dramas:
The Story of Kunning Palace ( with Bai Lu)
Blossoms in Adversity
Love Between Fairy and Devil
Alchemy of Souls (Seasons 1 & 2) (Korean)
Fall in Love (Republican Era 2021 drama with Chen Xing Xu)
The Long Ballad
Love Like the Galaxy

Some older contemporary dramas:
You Are My Hero (with Bai Jing Ting)
You Are My Glory (with Yang Yang) (all Gu Man dramas are good)
Love is Sweet (with Bai Lu)
Amidst a Snowstorm of Love (with Leo Wu) (most of Mo Bao Fei Bao dramas are good)
Lovely Runner (Korean)
Twinkling Watermelon
Here We Meet Again
Go Go Squid!
Lighter & Princess
A Business Proposal (Korean)
Fireworks of My Heart (with Yang Yang) (has traumatized heroine)
Skate Into Love

All of Zhu Yi novels that have been turned into dramas, have been outstanding. Hopefully, she has many more novel in the pipeline...

I like the ML's plum colored lipstick and the FL's lipstick is a fun color.

Loved the FL's parents in this drama. You don't always get wonderful parents in dramas but they were pure gold.

A couple of others that have more of the tropes (vibe not similar to The Best Thing) that I think are pretty good are the "Prince of Beijing" and "Prince Too Wild" stories (both feature possessive male leads). While both have numerous versions, my favorite versions are with Zeng Hui as he has great chemistry with his FLs.
In Prince of Beijing he's paired with his real life girlfriend Han Yutong who I have found to be a great comedic actress. He and Han Yutong are paired in several other dramas that are good.
https://kisskh.at/779692-prince-of-beijing-circle

Prince Too Wild also has numerous versions but I enjoyed this one best
https://kisskh.at/783814-tai-zi-ye-ta-guo-fen-ye

I also enjoyed the various vertical versions of "Penny/Ex-Wife Strategy" but probably liked the longer web version with Ryan Ren the best.
https://kisskh.at/770343-ai-zai-li-hun-jin-xing-shi

I have found several dramas with the husband/wife team of Bai Xin Yi & Shu Yi Wei to be good.

The comment section on kisskh relating to each of the above dramas includes the links to the compiled dramas on YT - look for Jwells comment, she does a fabulous job of finding links for all of the Vertical dramas. On a positive note, these dramas don't have a lot of comments and her comment is usually near the bottom and marked spoiler. Some of the dramas may have been removed from YT, so you may have to work through the list to find one that still works. They are filmed "vertically" instead of "horizontally" so smaller screen.