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Yvette, orphaned daughter of a fallen general, once married Crown Prince Jeremy and suffered endless humiliation. Reborn on the day of the imperial marriage decree, she refuses to repeat her fate. This time, she chooses the Emperor's injured brother, Prince Yale. Miraculously awakened, Yale gives her respect and protection, and love grows between them, while Jeremy, recalling the past, realizes too late he has lost her forever.

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.

Winnie, the beautiful heiress of the Shaw family, finds the boy she once helped, now a beggar. In a shocking twist, she kneels and proposes to Timothy on the street. Impressed by her loyalty, he agrees to marry her and returns to the Shaw family with her. But her family is furious, demanding she either leave him or leave the family. Timothy warns that if they force them out, they will regret it.

Desperate to survive, our failing sect pretended to be legendary masters to trick one guy into joining. Turns out, he’s a transmigrator who literally wrote the book on cultivation. He just created spirit roots—a concept that never existed here. Now the whole world wants him. And we have to keep lying to keep him.

Transported 500 years into the future, Rafael Vega is in a bizarre era of horror resurgence, where nations are compelled to summon horrors for arena battles. Xialand, on the brink of collapse due to a gap in its horror cultural legacy, faces relentless provocations and invasions from other countries. Rafael decides to step in. Time to let them feel the true horror!

Lucas Harrington has two problems: too much money, and too many women chasing it. Desperate to dodge yet another arranged marriage, he drops a bombshell: $100,000 a day to rent a girlfriend for New Year's. Enter Joanna Collins—ice queen, self-made millionaire, and the last person who needs the cash. She signs the contract anyway. Over drinks and family dinners, something shifts. Lucas, spoiled heir who's never washed a dish in his life, finds himself in an apron, chopping vegetables. By the time the fireworks fade, he's not just in love—he's trained. Loyal dog, willing slave, whatever she wants.

Sofía is short on money and desperate to pay her mother's expensive medical bills. Her relatives agree to help her on the condition that she marries the billionaire Samuel, who is in a coma after a near-fatal car accident. However, it won't be long before the infamous Samuel wakes up from his coma and discovers he's engaged to a complete stranger.

Three years ago, Hades Cross was dispatched on a mission abroad and became a legend among the mercenaries. Now, returning home, his new mission is to investigate the Styx Syndicate. Hired as Diana Chase's personal bodyguard, Hades finds that the danger escalates with every step he takes.

Jocelyn gave up her tech career for marriage, only to be betrayed and forced to serve her husband's mistress. She divorces him, takes back her patents, and tanks his company overnight. After a flash marriage with her former rival Steven, she returns to the tech world and rises higher than ever, leaving her ex with nothing.

On the day my IVF succeeded, I caught my husband with his pregnant mistress — but then I heard a sound from my unborn child, a past life where forgiveness destroyed me. So I gathered evidence, froze his assets, and served divorce papers before he got home. I walked away with his money and zero regrets. Then the vision revealed the truth: the real father is a global tycoon. I smiled. I still don't need him.

When poor student Lincoln Cross is hit by campus queen Audrey Sterling, he suddenly gains powerful X-ray vision. His astonishing talent leaves gang heiress Vera Blackwood, stunning sisters Blair Leighton & Amber Collins, and the elegant Audrey Sterling utterly captivated. After all—who wouldn’t want a walking god of wealth? Adapted from a hit web novel.