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Checked: 2026-10-05

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Aliases

Returning Pearl (literal); international Mango pages retain Chinese title

Year

2025

Episodes

30

Minutes per episode

≈15 min

Genres / setting

Costume / romance / fantasy / transmigration into a script world

Main leads

Luo Yizhou (罗一舟) / Hu Lianxin (胡连馨); ensemble: Yan Xujia, Jin Zixuan, Xu Yuanyina, Yuan Ziming

Platform / format

MangoTV · Mainland Chinese horizontal short drama

Ending

Happy Ending with dual-ending / modern-reunion caveat

Together at the end

Yes — official alternate ending reunites them in the modern world

Relationship

Mutual lovers; emotionally committed; official extra shows a wedding/bridal scene, but modern-world legal status is not explicit

Breakups

0 formal breakup verified; finale is driven by an impending cross-world farewell

Separation

Temporary cross-world separation in primary ending; official alternate ending reunites them in modern world

Death / revival / reset / dream

Transmigration/script-world mechanics; Jing Yuan is threatened with disappearance if she leaves, but the official alternate ending gives a modern reunion

Finder

HE with cross-world / alternate-ending caveat; 0 formal breakup

U.S. access

PASS — official MangoTV International English playback is U.S.-accessible; official MangoTV Short Play MULTISUB playlist also verified

English subtitles

PASS — official English-sub / MULTISUB distribution verified

Original audio

Mandarin

Popularity evidence

#1 in Batch 1 — 990M official plays (9.9亿)

Popularity checked

2026-10-05

Mango labels it 大芒短剧 / 短剧. Public Mango web does not expose a complete numbered Top-100 chart; this batch is sorted only by observed play counts among these 10. Retro-audit 2026-10-06: U.S. playback + English-sub gate PASSED via official MangoTV International/Short Play evidence.

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Aliases

Zai Ni Mei Shao Zhong Hong Dou

Year

2026

Episodes

24

Minutes per episode

≈17 min (13–21; total 6h48)

Genres / setting

Costume / romance / fantasy / supernatural

Main leads

Zheng Yecheng (郑业成) / Zhao Qing (赵晴); Deng Xiaoci / Fu Dongnuan

Platform / format

MangoTV · Mainland Chinese horizontal short drama

Ending

Happy Ending

Together at the end

Yes

Relationship

Committed lovers; Shen Miao stays with her in Baihuanjing. She refuses marriage/Yan Princess title to preserve her freedom.

Breakups

0 formal breakups; temporary amnesia/forced separation is not a breakup

Separation

No finale separation; earlier amnesia/forced separation

Death / revival / reset / dream

No main-couple death; FL becomes an ordinary human after the gu is removed

Finder

Caution — HE; 0 formal breakup, but temporary amnesia/forced separation

U.S. access

PASS — official MangoTV English U.S.-accessible YouTube playback

English subtitles

PASS — official upload labeled ENG SUB

Original audio

Mandarin

Popularity evidence

#2 in Batch 1 — 870M official plays (8.7亿)

Popularity checked

2026-10-05

Finale explicitly keeps them together while rejecting the royal-title cage. Strong romance, but amnesia/separation occurs before the finale. Retro-audit 2026-10-06: U.S. playback + English-sub gate PASSED via official MangoTV English.

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Aliases

Ju Xiang Ru Yi

Year

2025

Episodes

24

Minutes per episode

≈31 min (total 12h19)

Genres / setting

Republican era / romance / family business / melodrama

Main leads

Huang Weide / Wang Ruichang / Guan Chang / Chen Zihan / Hu Wei / Wu Siyu

Platform / format

MangoTV · Mainland Chinese horizontal short drama

Ending

Happy Ending for main couple; major death caveat

Together at the end

Yes

Relationship

Shen Yanzhou + Xiuju are husband and wife by the finale and have a child

Breakups

0 formal breakups between the endgame pair; forced marriage/apparent-death arc causes separation

Separation

Yes — major forced separation / false-death stretch; reunited before the end

Death / revival / reset / dream

Yes — Shen Yanqing (older brother) dies; main couple survives

Finder

Caution — HE main couple, but brother-triangle/forced marriage + major separation

U.S. access

PASS — official MangoTV International English playback is U.S.-accessible

English subtitles

PASS — official MangoTV page is labeled with English subtitles

Original audio

Mandarin

Popularity evidence

#3 in Batch 1 — 840M official plays (8.4亿)

Popularity checked

2026-10-05

Strong taboo warning: FL is forced to marry ML's elder brother before ultimately ending with ML. Finale shows main couple with their baby; older brother dies. Retro-audit 2026-10-06: U.S. playback + English-sub gate PASSED via official MangoTV International English page.

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