Arranged or transactional marriages that grow into real attachment. Traits are drafted from published web sources with AI assistance and may be wrong.
How this list is chosen: Tagged contract marriage. Traits are drafted from published web sources with AI assistance; dramas without an assessment for it are not included.
梦花廷
Upcoming2026
After a violent palace coup, Princess Ti Lan awakens a mystical ability to foresee the future. She forms an unlikely bond with General Tang Qianzi as they navigate a web of political conspiracies and a relentless prince's obsession. Together, the star-crossed lovers fight to reclaim their kingdom and defy a seemingly inescapable destiny in a world of courtly intrigue.
Chen Zheyuan · Liang Yongqi · Lu Qi
谋爱上瘾
Completed2019· 12 episodes
Seeking justice for her parents' suspicious deaths, Xu Shubei intentionally enters the life of corporate successor Sheng Yun to orchestrate her revenge. However, she discovers that Sheng Yun is far more calculating than he appears, leading to a complex game of mutual manipulation. As they clash and bond, they must navigate a web of corporate intrigue and hidden memories.
Chen Ya'an · Meng En
长风渡
Completed2023· 40 episodes
After a misunderstanding leads her into a marriage with the notorious playboy Gu Jiusi, the cautious Liu Yuru resolves to take control of her destiny. While she masterfully learns the art of business from her mother-in-law, she also manages to inspire her idle husband to pursue a righteous path. Together, they navigate personal growth and severe political upheavals to protect their family and restore peace to the realm.
Bai Jingting · Liu Xueyi · Song Yi
最食人间烟火色
Completed2023· 23 episodes
Si Qing is a driven bank loan manager focused on securing a stable future through financial success and property. After a chance encounter with Jing Chen, a stoic traditional craftsman who lives a simple rural life, she impulsively proposes marriage to him on a particularly lonely birthday. Despite their vastly different values and social backgrounds, they enter a contract marriage that begins to transform their outlooks on life and love.
Chen Xin Hai · Lu Yang Yang · Nan Sheng
雀骨
Completed2026· 28 episodes
Amidst political rebellion, the ruthless General Xiao Wuyi and the resourceful, machine-obsessed Xie Jiayu are bound by a forced contract marriage. Initially viewing each other with suspicion, the pair navigates deadly court conspiracies and power struggles to uncover their hidden pasts. As they face life-and-death stakes, their relationship evolves from a calculated alliance into a profound bond while they work together to protect the realm from internal and external threats.
Ai Mi · Neo Hou
无法抗拒的谎言
Completed2024· 24 episodes
Jiang Lai, a specialist in exposing deceptive men, assumes the identity of a missing fiancée to infiltrate the Zhou Group and reclaim her family's farm. She crosses paths with Zhou Yu, a returning heir trapped in his own web of corporate secrets and inheritance battles. While both attempt to manipulate the other for their personal agendas, their mutual deceptions eventually give way to a complicated and unexpected romance.
Cui Yuxin · Li Jiaqi
良辰好景知几何
Completed2022· 43 episodes
Set during the Republican era, the story follows the headstrong Xiao Beichen, who falls for the orphaned Lin Hangjing after she seeks refuge with his family. Following years of military training, Beichen returns as a disciplined soldier and marries Hangjing under complex circumstances. Amidst the outbreak of war, the two must navigate personal misunderstandings and national duty while their relationship evolves from friction into profound love.
Chen Duling · Shawn Dou
对我而言危险的他
Completed2023· 24 episodes
After an ordinary art student's doppelganger dies in a tragic kidnapping accident, she is coerced by the enigmatic Yan Xingcheng to assume the victim's identity. She enters a perilous world of corporate power struggles to uncover a long-buried family secret while navigating a tense relationship with her mysterious handler. Together, they solve a cold case from seventeen years ago and find unexpected love amidst the danger.
Fan Zhixin · Li Mozhi
千金莫嚣张
Completed2022· 24 episodes
After a car accident, office worker Ye Wange wakes up inside the world of a novel as an arrogant socialite destined for tragedy. To return to reality, she attempts to set up the story's main couple but repeatedly fails. As she completes various system tasks to navigate the plot, she develops an unexpected connection with the domineering male lead, Feng Muchen, who disrupts her plans to escape the fictional world.
Ji Meihan · Wang Runze
我当寻龙魁首的那些年
Completed2026· 26 episodes
A descendant of a legendary tomb-raiding family infiltrates four powerful clans to uncover the truth behind his heritage. He leads a specialized team back to a mysterious tomb from twenty years ago, braving lethal traps and supernatural horrors. As they delve deeper, the group must navigate betrayal and ancient puzzles to reveal a long-hidden conspiracy that connects their families' pasts.
Ashin Shu · Gao Xuanming · Liu Xinyu
卿卿日常
Completed2022· 40 episodes
Li Wei hopes to return home after a marriage selection in Xinchuan, but an unexpected meeting with the sixth young master, Yin Zheng, changes her plans. Their growing relationship unfolds alongside the lives of an extended family.
Bai Jingting · Tian Xiwei
逐玉
Completed2026· 40 episodes
Fan Changyu, a resilient butcher's daughter, and Xie Zheng, a fallen marquis seeking revenge, meet during a snowstorm and enter a marriage of convenience. Their initial arrangement of mutual exploitation gradually transforms into a profound love as they navigate family feuds and political strife. When war erupts and threatens to separate them, Fan Changyu ventures onto the battlefield to fight alongside her husband and reclaim their future.
Kong Xue'er · Ren Hao · Tian Xiwei
雨爱千金
Completed2025· 30 episodes
Six years after a passionate encounter with boxer He Yuchen, wealthy heiress Bu Yan returns to find him to save their sick son. Desperate for a compatible donor for the child's treatment, she proposes a contract marriage to the now-disgraced fighter. As they navigate corporate betrayals and personal secrets, their professional arrangement evolves into genuine romance while they uncover the truth behind the match-fixing scandal that ruined his career.
Chen Fangtong · Dai Gaozheng · Fan Xiaodong
盲少爷的小女仆
Completed2023· 15 episodes
After losing his sight in an accident, wealthy businessman Ren Hao Ming enters a forced marriage with the Ruan family. Ruan Qing Tian is coerced by her stepmother to take her twin sister's place, serving as Hao Ming's personal assistant and enduring his difficult temperament. As the two navigate their deceptive living arrangement, they overcome initial hostility and develop deep feelings for one another amidst family schemes.
Charles Lin · Wu Jun Chao · Yan Zhi Chao
爱的二八定律
Completed2022· 40 episodes
Ambitious lawyer Qin Shi discovers her brother faked her marital status to secure her a position at a firm that only promotes married employees. She eventually meets Yang Hua, a brilliant homebody facing extreme pressure from his parents to marry. The two decide to enter a marriage of convenience to solve their respective problems, only for their pragmatic arrangement to evolve into real romance.
Li Zefeng · Tang Jingmei · Xu Kai
钢铁森林
Completed2026· 28 episodes
After a mysterious corpse surfaces by the Tong River, criminal psychology professor Jiang Hansheng and detective Zhou Jin reopen a cold case involving her brother's death. They soon cross paths with Zhou Jin's former lover, Jiang Cheng, who has been working undercover within a dangerous criminal organization. The three childhood friends must confront their complicated pasts while working to dismantle a powerful crime syndicate and uncover the truth behind the 8/17 Case.
Elvira Cai · Jing Boran · Qin Junjie
你好，我的对面男友
Completed2023· 24 episodes
Lu Fenfen is a talented sommelier working as a supermarket wine promoter when she accidentally saves Xu Mingchen, the eccentric president of Anda Group. A chance kiss reveals that she is the unique antidote to his rare and mysterious illness. Consequently, the CEO employs various schemes to stay near her, transforming their initial friction into a romantic journey as they navigate status differences and career challenges together.
Jia Yi · Jin Zixuan
云秀行
Completed2026· 36 episodes
In the Nine Cities, impoverished noblewoman Fan Yun enters the imperial palace to reform the seemingly aimless city lord Qi Zheng. Amidst dangerous political intrigue and shifting loyalties, she must guide the ruler while pursuing her own ambitions. Their evolving partnership from suspicion to mutual trust helps them face ancient family rivalries and work toward a more prosperous nation for their people.
Deng Wei · Joseph Zeng · Li Yitong
度华年
Completed2024· 40 episodes
After a long marriage of political convenience ends in mutual suspicion and death, Princess Li Rong and Prime Minister Pei Wenxuan are reborn as their eighteen-year-old selves. Retaining memories of their previous lives, the two former enemies must navigate treacherous palace intrigues and court politics. While initially seeking to avoid their past mistakes, they eventually choose to work together to uncover conspiracies, leading to a complex journey of rediscovery and genuine romance.
Chen Heyi · Zhang Linghe · Zhao Jinmai
桃花映江山
Completed2025· 36 episodes
Princess Jiang Taohua of Beiyuan is forced into a high-stakes political marriage with the ruthless Chancellor Shen Zaiye of the Qi Kingdom. Amidst lethal court conspiracies and shifting power struggles, the two master schemers initially manipulate each other to survive. However, as they navigate dangerous imperial secrets and mutual enemies together, their cold alliance gradually transforms into a complex and genuine romance.
Liu Xueyi · Meng Ziyi
终于轮到我恋爱了
Completed2022· 24 episodes
Beauty blogger Su Yanxi is forced to replace her twin sister in a contractual relationship with the cold-hearted CEO Gu Xicheng to satisfy his grandmother's wishes. As they live together, her optimistic personality begins to melt his icy exterior, leading to genuine romantic feelings between them. However, she faces the constant pressure of maintaining her hidden identity while navigating their blossoming romance.
Lin Xin Yi · Luo Zheng