Find Yourself (2020) [+]
Jan 01 2025
Find Yourself is a Chinese romance drama tv show running 41 40-minute episodes.
At the small interior design company Amazing Decorations He Fanxing (Victoria Song) is a 32-year old administrator/manager who's been patiently waiting for her first love to come back and maybe kindle a relationship but it turns out he's getting married. Now on the wrong side of 30 she doesn't know if she'll ever find love.
At that point He Fanxing comes to the attention of two men. Yuan Song (Song Weilong) is a college intern at Amazing Decorations whose always though of her as cold and distant but a couple of incidents causes him to re-evaluate her and he starts to become attracted. He does eventually convince her to start dating him though she makes the stipulation that it must be secret for three months.
After they start dating comes the second suitor, Ye Luming (Wang Yaoqing), head of a small advertising firm that has business with Amazing Decorations. He's 37, career driven, and after many blind dates hasn't found anyone interesting. Once again a couple of incidents has He Fanxing starting out as someone unappealing but later incidents also make him realize she's quite different privately.
The series follows He Fanxing and Yuan Song as they navigate their secret relationship. Meanwhile Yu Luming becomes He Fanxing's platonic friend because he has a "secret love" that is taken by another man. Ye Luming uses his "I'm a friend" advantage to undermine Fanxing and Song's relationship until they break up and he sweeps in for the second half of the series…
There are a couple of other romantic subplots. The ending is an episode or two too long as He Fanxing inexpertly tries to win back Yuan Song. Everyone in the cast is very attractive.
Once again I'll contrast this story with The Rational Life, another Chinese romance where the older manager woman is pursued by a younger underling. That one I like more because there aren't extra romance subplots and the story concentrates on the two. Find Yourself is still better than average but it seemed to have more filler episodes where nothing advances. Still, I did quite enjoy watching Find Yourself.
At the small interior design company Amazing Decorations He Fanxing (Victoria Song) is a 32-year old administrator/manager who's been patiently waiting for her first love to come back and maybe kindle a relationship but it turns out he's getting married. Now on the wrong side of 30 she doesn't know if she'll ever find love.
At that point He Fanxing comes to the attention of two men. Yuan Song (Song Weilong) is a college intern at Amazing Decorations whose always though of her as cold and distant but a couple of incidents causes him to re-evaluate her and he starts to become attracted. He does eventually convince her to start dating him though she makes the stipulation that it must be secret for three months.
After they start dating comes the second suitor, Ye Luming (Wang Yaoqing), head of a small advertising firm that has business with Amazing Decorations. He's 37, career driven, and after many blind dates hasn't found anyone interesting. Once again a couple of incidents has He Fanxing starting out as someone unappealing but later incidents also make him realize she's quite different privately.
The series follows He Fanxing and Yuan Song as they navigate their secret relationship. Meanwhile Yu Luming becomes He Fanxing's platonic friend because he has a "secret love" that is taken by another man. Ye Luming uses his "I'm a friend" advantage to undermine Fanxing and Song's relationship until they break up and he sweeps in for the second half of the series…
There are a couple of other romantic subplots. The ending is an episode or two too long as He Fanxing inexpertly tries to win back Yuan Song. Everyone in the cast is very attractive.
Once again I'll contrast this story with The Rational Life, another Chinese romance where the older manager woman is pursued by a younger underling. That one I like more because there aren't extra romance subplots and the story concentrates on the two. Find Yourself is still better than average but it seemed to have more filler episodes where nothing advances. Still, I did quite enjoy watching Find Yourself.