Ai De Er Ba Ding Lu

Due to employment rules of top law firm Cheng and Hui favoring married lawyers, Qin Shi (Yan Mi) was persuaded by her mentor to pose as a married woman to land a job there. She found an online photo of a handsome traveler with a quote that appealed to her sentiments and presented her "perfect" husband to the firm as an international investment consultant who was mostly overseas on business.

The photo actually belongs to an unemployed finance graduate Yang Hua (Xu Kai) whose mom is desperate for him to get married. While going to a blind date his mom set up for him, he meets Qin Shi and they strike up an arrangement to live together with no strings attached except for the pretense of being married. Noting her excellent virtues, Yang Hua falls in love not long after, but Qin Shi, who had her heart broken by a former boyfriend, was hesitant about being in another relationship.

There is more to Yang Hua's unemployment than meets the eye. He is a business genius who clings to his principles. As Qin Shi gets to know him better, she starts falling for him. However, their path to togetherness is paved with challenges like their lie about their status, her ambition to be a partner at Cheng and Hui, her former boyfriend who comes to work at the firm, and Yan Hua's past. Is their love strong enough?

I liked this drama, though it felt choppy at times. There was a lot of time spent on legal and finance talk that I wished was spent on building the romance angle instead. There didn't seem enough romantic moments between the leads so it took a while for the chemistry to build up, but they did have it. You could feel the electricity when they were together. It's a pity that the drama featured two other couples. I wouldn't have minded if they were allotted less screen time and the leads more.