The Rose


薔薇之戀 / 蔷薇之恋 / Chiang Wei Chih Lien / Qiang Wei Zhi Lian

Cast:

  • Ella Chen (Zheng Bai He)
  • Jerry Huang (Han Jin)
  • Joe Cheng (Han Kui)
  • Joelle Lu (Han Fu Rong)
  • Selina Ren (Zhuang Zhe Qin / Da Ya Man)
  • Hebe Tian (Xiao Feng)

Year: 2003

Episodes: 26 (60 minutes)

Opening: “Hua Dou Kai Hao Le” (Flowers have blossomed) by S.H.E

Ending: “Ye Zi” (Leaf) by Ah Sang

Story/Synopsis:

Zheng Bai He is an extremely ordinary young girl who has a kind and generous heart, even if she’s often refused by people because of being short and chubby. She’s treated as the ugly duckling everywhere she goes. After her grandmother died, Bai He discovers that her mother is an actress living with her three children (excluding her) from different fathers. She moves in the house, and gradually, she falls in love with her older brother Han Jin, while Han Kui starts developing feelings for her. Living in the same family, although they are from different fathers, how will they ever get out of this web of tangled relationship?

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