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Trapped in the Summer Heat is a 54-episode English short drama of family ethics & realistic tragedy. Set in extreme summer heat, it tells a heartbreaking story that 5-year-old Lily is locked in a scorching car by her father Ryan for hours, because Ryan chooses to stay with his mistress Sienna and her son Miles. Lily eventually dies of heatstroke. Her mother Marin frantically searches for her daughter, confronts her husband’s coldness and betrayal, and ushers in a broken ending and cruel truth. The drama focuses on three realistic pain points: marriage betrayal, parental neglect, and fatal danger of leaving kids in hot cars, with high emotional tension and dense conflicts, which is a realistic short drama with strong warning significance and payment appeal.

A young woman saved a billionaire's grandfather, and they ended up getting married as arranged by the old man. However, when her bestie discovered the woman was a missing heiress, she plotted to steal her identity...

During the Wanli era, Director of the Shadow Directorate Percival Thorne frames Edmund Stratton for high treason, destroying his clan to seize The Rhodian Queen's Elixir for the regeneration of severed limbs. The Heir of the Stratton Family, Tristan Stratton, flees to The Endless Dunes and is saved by Daisy Sinclair, daughter of The Proprietress Ruby Sinclair at The Wyrmgate Tavern. Daisy is actually The Last Maiden of the Rhodian Tribe, and her heart's blood is the necessary elixir catalyst. Percival takes the tavern hostage, forcing them to guide him into The Queen's Mausoleum. Surviving The Mirage Market, toxic traps, and trials by The Tomb Guardian, Tristan and Daisy discover the treasure's true nature: the Queen's most cherished possessions are simply everyday relics from home. They burn the treasure map, escape the desert, and return to wed at The Wyrmgate Tavern, leaving Percival trapped in the tomb to meet his doom.

"I hope my child stays away from disputes and lives a normal life." Fifteen years ago, as a top agent, I retired from the field and became a low-key barbecue stall owner. But my simple wish as a mother didn't come true. When my daughter was bullied at school, I was furious. How dare anyone bully her under my watch! The harm inflicted on my daughter, I will make each of you pay for it, one by one...

It’s back to school for the cast of Taming My Bullies! Meg Bush, Cameron Porras, and Travis Owens face off in a series of games in this High School Challenge episode to see who really rules the school. Plus, they spill stories about flirting on set, first kisses, and even a few fights!

She and her boyfriend had been in a long-distance relationship for four years. After high school, she went abroad to study and, not wanting him to feel insecure about his own modest background, kept her wealthy family’s status a secret, pretending to come from a regular family and claiming she was studying abroad on student loans. Through four years apart, she always believed in his love for her. However, at a reunion back home, she saw him arm-in-arm with her family’s adopted daughter, and in that moment, her illusions shattered. The adopted daughter had been using the family name to her own advantage, posing as the true heiress. At the reunion, she and a group of classmates mocked and humiliated her, but the real heiress wasn’t hiding anymore—she called in her three brothers, who swiftly put them in their place.

Forced to abandon his martial path for a scholarly life, Sean was betrayed by his fiancée, Luna. Her harsh words, "My husband must be a general, not a weak scholar!" ignite a fire in him. With his dignity shattered, Sean vows revenge. Leaving the scholar's life behind, he rises from the ashes to conquer the land and reclaim his destiny as a legendary general. No one can stop the man who's destined to rule.

Before dying, 40-year-old Lin Chuxue learns that her husband, Lu Mingzhe, never truly loved her and their son, Lu Xuan, favors his father’s former lover, Su Yun. Reborn into the seventh year of her marriage, Lin Chuxue initiates a forced divorce, which must undergo China's mandatory 30-day cooling-off period. During this time, she joins Professor Wang’s team in Shanghai to tackle advanced brain cancer.

When high school swim team captain Aidan Crew loses his essential after-school job due to his rich bully Will Harrison standing up for him to his boss, he has no idea how he's going to pay his mother's substantial medical bills and rebuild his college fund. Then Will offers Aidan a humiliating, but lucrative job as his pool boy. Aidan reluctantly takes the gig and the two start to fall for one another. But they must navigate the hatred between their families and vicious school bullies, while protecting the secret of Aidan's pool boy gig and the feelings building between them.

Charli Kaplan, the new transfer at Maple Elite Academy, quickly becomes the school's most controversial figure. But appearances can be deceiving. Rowan Hawkins may seem like a tyrant, but is he truly a heartless bully? Meanwhile, Noah Tucker frequently comes to her aid—what's his motive? Now Charlie must decide: Will she choose her enemy or the golden boy?

A young man and son of a wealthy family runs away with his thirty-ish high school art teacher for a weekend together. He discovers with horror that he has fallen into a trap as the teen must fight to save his life.