Fated to Love You (T Drama review)

- Fated to Love You 24 episodes total / around an hour and 10 mins each. Chen Xin Yi (Joe Chen) is a lowly office girl nicknamed "sticky note girl" - someone who is helpful but unnecessary and easy to throw away. She goes on a cruise with her low life boyfriend who takes the time to meet an older richer woman. On the same cruise is Ji Cun Xi (Ethan Ruan), a wealthy heir to a soap and cleaning product company. He plans to use the cruise to propose to his long term ballerina dancer girlfriend Anna (Bianca Bai). Unfortunately, she is heading to NY for an opportunity of a lifetime, unknown to Ji Cun Xi. In a silly mix-up involving drugs and carelessness, Xin Yi and Cun Xi end up sleeping together and only realize their mistake the next morning. They agree to dismiss the whole incident and move on with their respected lives, until a few weeks later Xin Yi discovers she is is pregnant. Cun Xi learns of this and insist on an abortion only to change his mind and raise the baby as his own. In the process, they reluctantly get married and try living and dealing with each other. Ultimately it is unsuccessful and during one of their misunderstandings Xin Yi is hit by a car and loses the baby. Devasted Xin Yi takes this chance to move to Shanghai with her art dealer friend Dylan, who is attracted to her and Cun Xi patches things up with Anna but continues to search for the whereabouts of Xin Yi. Two years later, through a random occurrence the two run into each other in Shanghai and all the unresolved pains and issues come flooding back for the two of them. Cun Xi has realized he has always loved Xin Yi and wants her back and Xin Yi is dealing with moving on from her love for Cun Xi. In the end, the two reconcile and get married again and have a baby together.

I was on the fence about watching this since it was from 2008 and felt and looked super dated, however I'm glad I watched. Although silly at times, it was a strong drama with two amazing leads. The chemistry and connection between Joe Chen and Ethan Ruan was so spot on. When Xin Yi loses the baby, her cries and grief were so heartbreaking and Cun Xi's devastation of not being able to protect Xin Yi and the baby was tragic. The storyline with Anna and Dylan being long lost brother and sister was a bit dull and flat, mainly because I didn't care much for Anna. Dylan was alright and a good friend to Xin Yi. I appreciated how he helped her to gain the confidence she needed within her life. I really enjoyed the interaction of Xin Yi and her mother and sisters, even when they were over the top and silly they watched out and cared for each other. Same could be said for Anson, Cun Xi's loyal and trusted assistant as well as Cun Xi's grandmother, who was so welcoming and loving.