Fated to Love You

 

Cast:

Joe Chen Qiao En – as Cindy Chen Xin Yi

Ethan Ruan – as Steven Ji Cun Xi

Baron Chen - as Dylan Dai Jian Ren

Bianca Bai - as Anna Shi/Dai Xin Y

 

 

Other Titles:

You're My Destiny, Sticky Note Girl or Destiny Love

 

Number of episodes: 24 Episodes

 

Synopsis:

A hard working girl labeled as a sticky note girl (pushover) named Chen Xin Yi has the desire to tie down her back stabbing boyfriend, to be with her. She gets her boyfriend to go on a love cruise with her and begins to plan on losing her virginity and tying down her boyfriend once and for all. Xin Yi ended up taking cold medicine which made her drowsy and went by mistake into Ji Cun Xi's room.

On his side, Ji Cun Xi is the sole male heir to his family's company and has been in love with his girlfriend, Anna, for a long time. He planned to propose to Anna on the boat but she didn't turn up on the cruise. An islander of Jiang Mu Island added drugs into Cun Xi's drink and Cun Xi became disorientated and returned to his own room. Xin Yi and Cun Xi end up having a one night stand. Xin Yi later finds out that she's pregnant and Cun Xi's grandmother forces them to get married. Will a couple forced to marry for the sake of their unborn child find love with each other?

 

Credits: wikipedia

 

Full Summary: STOP READING HERE. SPOILERS START HERE.

This type of girl is called “sticky note girl”. She is plain, simple, law-abiding, wishes are simple, has never been a Somebody and has never aspired to be a Somebody. Their functions are small but indispensable; like a sticky note which can be torn away easily, inconspicuous and ordinary, but she will be around you! A “luxury cruise” journey let this ordinary girl encounter the most extraordinary events in history.

Since young Chen Xin Yi was afraid that people would not like her, so she tried very hard to be nice to people. As long as someone responded to her a little, she would fall in love with that person easily. Everyone called her a sticky note girl. Because whenever anyone needed her, they just need to tear her down and use her. If they don’t need her, they can just throw her away and it wouldn’t matter. But she was a fool who treasured relationships and her weak-willed character often caused her to soften during the times when she needed to make a firm decision. One day, in order to win back her philandering boyfriend Gucci, she splurged on a love cruise but accidentally entered the wrong room. When she woke up, she was stunned to find that she had a one night stand with a stranger, and subsequently discovered that her boyfriend Gucci had betrayed her and hooked up with a rich widow. Her boyfriend then dumped and left her, causing her to suffer a severe blow.

One month later, when Xin Yi saw her pregnancy test results, she regretted not jumping off the ship. A twenty-five years old staff at a law firm, because of a lousy man, had to bear a debt of two hundred thousand dollars and was carrying the child of an unknown man. This had to be the most ironic joke on earth. She took one month’s leave from her company and prepared to return to her hometown “Jiang Mu Island” to consider what she should do.

The stranger in the bed that day was called Ji Chun Xi. He was every girl’s prince charming, rich and handsome, young and capable. When he met the ordinary office girl Chen Xin Yi, he didn’t know whether this was the start of his troubles or the beginning of his happiness.

Because of the Ji family’s heredity illness, there are few males in each generation. Up to now, there was only one male heir for the past nine generations. This causes the matriarch of the family, Zhen Zhu Granny, to lose sleep with worry as she feared that this tiny family flame would be extinguished! Granny hoped that her grandson would be like the scions of other rich family and had many women. Unfortunately this grandson is decent and self-respecting. One day, granny accidentally discovered that Xin Yi is carrying Chun Xi’s baby. Maybe the Ji family’s ancestors had blessed her and finally gave her a “little golden great grandchild”. Therefore granny insisted that Chun Xi marries Xin Yi so that on the day she dies, she can face the Ji family ancestors. Granny forced Chun Xi to marry Xin Yi by threatening to call and tell his girlfriend of three years, so Chun Xi has no choice but to marry Xin Yi in order to fulfill her wish in life. But Chun Xi discovered that he could not face the fact of his marriage and couldn’t decide whether to run away at the last minute or pluck up the courage to take responsibility. At this time, he discovered that they must date and romance under his granny’s request.

Actually Chun Xi has a girlfriend of three years Anna. He had proposed to her many times before but was gently turned down each time. But Chun Xi continued to quietly wait for Anna to promise to marry him and leave everything behind. Anna did not want to marry because of her career and now he accidentally caused Xin Yi to become pregnant. But fortunately Anna was away on an overseas performance tour, giving him time to settle this mixed-up affair. Chun Xi, without his granny’s knowledge, secretly signed a pre-marriage contract with Xin Yi which states that they would divorce after the baby is born. Chun Xi promised to give Xin Yi a sum of money and after that they would have nothing to do with each other. Xin Yi agreed after careful consideration for the sake of her baby. Chun Xi’s plan was that, after the baby is born and Anna returns back after her tour completed, he and Xin Yi’s contract would be due and he can resume his relationship with Anna.

The unknowing Xin Yi moved into Chun Xi’s house and began to learn to get along with Chun Xi. The two strangers, from being unable to adapt initially, learned to get used to each other. This is a very subtle change, of the two people who lived under the same roof but has nothing to do with each other, slowly started interacting due to the trivia matters that happened in their lives. Xin Yi moved into Chun Xi’s bedroom under granny’s request and Chun Xi then went to the guest room to sleep under a pretext. But he slowly discovered that he doesn’t like the loneliness of sleeping alone and would often go back to his original room in the middle of the night. After some time, sleeping with someone by his side became a habit. The Chun Xi who doesn’t like to return home for dinner started to return home regularly and the Chun Xi who vowed not to help in anything also started to shop for baby’s wallpapers and children toys.

When they thought that they are happy, the ticking time bomb Anna who had been kept in the dark returned. Chun Xi never thought that his unresolved relationship with Anna would hurt Xin Yi, who disappeared after leaving behind a divorce agreement. He had thought that this would be the best ending, but Xin Yi had unknowingly captured his heart. He vowed that if he can find Xin Yi again, he would start over and pursue her; and this time it would not be the way a father treats the mother of his child, but as a man treats a woman…

SPOILERS END HERE

 

 

 

What I Think:

After a hundred years (just exaggerating!) of silence I am back to post some really nice series I have grown to love. Good enough to bring me back from my non-posting status quo. ^_^ Let us start the review on Fated to Love You rolling!

 

Chen Qiao En – She has come a long way since her 5566 series days…she is such a talented actress! She may not look as downright pretty as Zhang Ziyi or as frail as Barbie Xu or as regal as Gong Li but yup she is awesome! I have long since resigned to the fact that yes I really like Joe Chen Qiao En. She has this different kind of acting she looks so angelic and so innocent…she moves me!

 

Ethan Ruan – now I know why some fans have gone bonkers over Ethan Ruan! Between that distinguished tilted chin, his charisma and undeniably good looks you would go loco over this guy!! He is so handsome! I will pick him over Dylan in a heartbeat anytime!

 

I love episode 9 where Cindy said her birthday wish that Anna and Steven would reconcile so he would not be lonely for the rest of his birthdays…I so cried! I am so hopeless. And cried some more when Steven said why would you waste your precious birthday wish on someone?! I like the fact that Cindy is very unselfish. Darn it I was bawling like a baby in this birthday wish scene!

 

I love everything about episode 17.

 

The thing with Taiwanese drama and the main reason why I have almost lost interest in them is they seem to stretch to 30+ episodes where it gets to dragging and the sort. When the producers think their drama is a hit with viewers they start stretching the episodes more and more. That is what happened here in Fated to Love You. There are some scenes where you can skip and still feel you are on track and did not miss a thing. Weird! I do not know if it was the chemistry of the lead actors or Ethan Ruan’s handsome face that made me last until the last episode.

 

 

Rating: 9 Taiwanese Taicha out of 10

 

Other Stuff:

 

*Opening Theme – 99 Times I Love him by Shorty Yuen

 Ending Theme – Sticky Note with Wishes by Quack Wu and Shorty Yuen

 

* 2008 highest rating Taiwanese drama – broke official records set by The Prince who turned into Frog

 

* FATED TO LOVE YOU OST TRACKLIST

01. I Love Him 99 Times - Yuan Ruo Lan
02. Sticky Note Wish - Yuan Ruo Lan / Quack Wu
03. Ban Qing Ge - Yuan Ruo Lan
04. Qi Bu Zou - Quack Wu
05. My Happiness - Duet
06. I'm OK - Yuan Ruo Lan
07. Wind - ²Ü¸ñ
08. Diu Zhe - Yuan Ruo Lan
09. Sticky Note Wish - KALA (Instrumental)
10. Ban Qing Ge - KALA (Instrumental)
11. I Love Him 99 Times - KALA (Instrumental)
12. Qi Bu Zou - KALA (Instrumental)
13. Ban Qing Ge (Instrumental Version 2)
14. Sticky Note Wish (Instrumental Version 2)
15. I Love Him 99 Times (Instrumental Version 2)

 

 

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