Family Short Dramas
Blood and Betrayal: The Wen Family Downfall
"Xie Qinghe, the long-lost true heiress of the wealthy Wen family, grew up happily with her adoptive parents—until tragedy strikes. Her father, Xie Jianguo, is horrifically burned when his Wen-brand electric car malfunctions and catches fire. The Wen family coldly confiscates the evidence and forces Qinghe to sign a false accident report. Determined to expose the truth, Qinghe returns to the Wen family undercover, hiding her identity. There, she faces the fake heiress Wen Qing’s constant provocations and her biological family’s blatant favoritism. But Qinghe isn’t here for love—she’s here for vengeance. Meanwhile, Gu Cheng, heir to the powerful Gu family, is ordered to shut down his PR firm and marry Wen Qing to secure a business merger. Desperate, he strikes a deal with Qinghe: Help me ruin the Wen family in three months, and I’ll help you destroy them from the inside. Together, they orchestrate a meticulous takedown: Qinghe collects evidence of the Wen family’s corporate crimes. Gu Cheng leverages his PR expertise to expose their scandals. The fake heiress’s illegal activities are unveiled. In the end, the Wen family’s empire crumbles, their crimes exposed, and Qinghe’s adoptive father finally gets justice. As for Gu Cheng? He’s free from his forced marriage—and Qinghe walks away, her revenge complete. "
Reborn to Break Free: Escaping the Control of a Toxic Family
"Lin Xia dies in despair—beaten by her abusive husband and betrayed by her mother, Liu Cuifang, who forced her into marriage for her brother’s dowry. But fate gives her a second chance: she wakes up on the day her college application is due. In her past life, her mother changed her Peking University acceptance to a vocational school, forcing her to work for her brother’s benefit before selling her off in marriage. But this time, Lin Xia is no longer the obedient daughter. She pretends to comply while secretly manipulating her mother’s greed to reclaim her original university choice. At her celebration banquet, her mother lies to relatives, painting Lin Xia as ungrateful—until the county mayor arrives with her Peking University acceptance letter, exposing the truth. But her mother’s control doesn’t end there. She follows Lin Xia to university, moves into her dorm, and continues her manipulation. Finally, Lin Xia confronts her mother publicly, cutting the toxic ties for good. This time, she refuses to be a pawn, forging her own path to happiness. "
Nineteen Years Young, the Family Matriarch Returns
In 1910, Bai Su, a renowned physician from a prestigious family of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), was fatally stabbed while saving her grandson, Fu Guangbai, from a deranged patient. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself transported to the year 2025, inhabiting the body of a TCM university freshman who shared her name. Bai Su marveled at the advancements of modern medicine but was disheartened to see how many people looked down on TCM. During the freshman orientation, Fu Guangbai—now a young man in this era—suddenly collapsed from an inherited illness. Bai Su swiftly intervened with her ancestral medical techniques, saving his life. The two recognized each other, but their tearful reunion shocked everyone present. Soon, Bai Su noticed that her great-grandson Fu Mingzhe’s fiancée, Duan Meiying, was a scheming opportunist. Blinded by love, Fu Mingzhe rebelled against the family, determined to start his own business—only to fall into Duan Meiying’s trap, nearly dragging the Fu family into ruin. Meanwhile, her other great-grandson, Fu Yiran—once a high-profile celebrity—was framed by Duan Meiying, losing all his endorsements and facing crushing breach-of-contract penalties. Seizing the opportunity, Bai Su took him under her wing, teaching him discipline and responsibility. But the Duan family, collaborating with foreign interests, sought to steal the Fu family’s secret medical texts to sell to foreign powers. They launched a vicious smear campaign: Accusing the Fu family of competing for the same woman (a scandalous rumor about Bai Su and Fu Guangbai). Spreading lies that they preyed on their underage granddaughter. Fabricating a charity fraud scandal, destroying their reputation. Public outrage erupted, and the Fu family teetered on the edge of collapse. To save her family, Bai Su revealed her hidden skills—she was once a legendary gambler. She confronted the villains in a high-stakes game, outwitting them all and forcing them to pay for their crimes. Yet the final boss remained—a shadowy figure who coveted China’s TCM heritage and the Fu family’s secrets. When Bai Su’s great-granddaughter was kidnapped, she handed over the medical texts, openly admitting her true identity as a time-traveler. But the villain didn’t realize—the pages were laced with white phosphorus. The moment they took possession, the entire text burst into flames. With the Fu family’s united efforts, the mastermind was captured. Through loyalty and courage, they overcame their greatest crisis. In the end, Bai Su’s great-granddaughter vowed to carry on her legacy, ensuring that the Fu family’s ancient wisdom would never be lost again.
The Hidden Billionaire’s Substitute Bride: Escape from a Scheming Family
"Autumn Ji overhears her arranged fiancé, Ethan Zhou, and his mother conspiring to marry her solely to seize her late mother’s inheritance and save their bankrupt company. Meanwhile, her stepsister Luna Ji refuses to honor her own arranged marriage to Zander Jiang, a ""poor"" rural man—so their manipulative family forces Autumn to take Luna’s place. On the wedding day, Autumn is abandoned in a stormy coastal village by Zander’s jealous childhood friend Fiona Zhao. Near death, she’s rescued by Zander—who recognizes her as the woman who anonymously paid his $15K medical bill years ago. But Autumn doesn’t remember, and Zander keeps his secret: he’s the billionaire developer behind the village’s luxury resorts. As Autumn and Zander grow closer, her stepsister Luna learns the truth and regrets discarding the ""peasant"" groom. Together, the couple transforms impoverished villages into thriving destinations, while her scheming birth family watches in helpless envy. "
Fate Reset: Reborn to Save My Family
"In 1998, ten-year-old Mia suddenly realizes she has been reborn—right back at the turning point of her fate. In her previous life, after her grandmother Gina arranged a blind date for her father Jay, she dragged Mia back to their hometown. Not long after Mia left, Jay died under strange circumstances. Gina branded Mia a curse, sold her off as a child bride, and in the end, Mia was forced to take poison and die tragically. Now reborn, Mia has only three goals: stop her grandmother from pushing her father into a new relationship, protect her mysterious mother Sophie—who is due to return home on October 1st—and keep her family together while uncovering the truth behind her father’s bizarre death. She pretends to be clueless to ruin Gina’s matchmaking schemes with a wealthy suitor. She secretly loosens the brakes on the bicycle Gina bought to impress the blind date, making him fall in disgrace and turn resentful, thus ruining the deal. She records evidence of Gina colluding with the village chief to sell her off in order to cover up disaster-relief funds. During a desperate escape at the bus station, she hides in army officer Zack’s car—only to discover that Sophie is actually the “important person” Zack came to pick up! Gina publicly accuses them of having an affair, but Mia cries out about being sold, throwing down the recording as proof and forcing Gina to retreat. Family reunion stirs undercurrents: Mia guards against Zack “stealing her mother’s heart,” spends her dowry money to give her rustic father a makeover, and makes the whole crowd laugh at the talent show with his studded leather jacket and wild afro. Later, when Sophie is slandered with “identity fraud” at work, Zack steps up with her to clear her name—revealing that the three of them were once childhood friends chasing the dream of space exploration. Six years earlier, Sophie had married Jay out of gratitude while secretly working with Zack on the Shenzhou-1 project. Jay’s career in aerospace was cut short by an accident, yet he silently supported his wife. Mia finally learns the truth: in her past life, her mother returned home hiding her kidney failure and passed away, while her father drank himself to death. This time, Mia secretly undergoes testing, discovers she’s a match, and begs to donate her kidney to save her mother. In the end, the family joins hands to fight illness—and under the fireworks of Shenzhou-1’s launch, they reclaim their happiness."
Family Trial: The Sincerity Test
"Luna, an orphan, was recognized and brought home by the Su family. Yearning for familial love, Luna fulfilled every demand of the Su family without question. Mistakenly believing her parents were poor, she worked tirelessly to support the family, only to be falsely accused of theft and sent to prison. To her shock, Luna later discovered that the Su parents were actually a prestigious noble family in J City, and everything—including her imprisonment—had been a test orchestrated by them to see if her devotion to family was genuine. After her release, Luna, heartbroken by their deceit, saw through their hypocrisy. Yet, the family refused to let her go and staged one final test—this time, with the cruel intention of pressuring her to donate her organs. Years earlier, Luna had been diagnosed with uremia and had only one kidney left. Weak and frail, she refused to donate, but her mother Julia fainted at a banquet and was rushed to the hospital. There, she conspired with doctors to fake hair loss and baldness to manipulate Luna. During the confrontation, Luna’s wig fell off, revealing her severe illness and the suffering she had endured during their ""tests."" Seizing the moment, Luna turned the tables and demanded that the family donate a kidney to save her—but they refused. Finally seeing their true colors, Luna decided to expose them. The Su family, fearing backlash, canceled their final test and planned to announce Luna’s true identity at a shareholders' meeting. However, Luna arrived first and publicly unveiled their hypocrisy. In a desperate attempt to win her forgiveness, the family offered compensation, but Luna scorned their wealth. Her brother Leon, however, proposed allowing her to return to school. Luna agreed. Their adopted daughter Stella, jealous that Luna would attend the same elite school, schemed against her. But Luna, excelling academically, earned her place through merit. Enraged, Stella publicly revealed Luna’s prison past, sparking rumors. Luna seized the opportunity to clear her name and ensured Stella faced consequences. However, Luna suddenly collapsed and was hospitalized. Tests revealed she had little time left. Moved by her plight, Leon decided to donate his kidney. After the successful transplant, Luna recovered and embraced a new life."
Scumbag Dooms His Whole Family
Luis’ whole family got poisoned by pufferfish and was rushed to the hospital. Since only the special medicine from Luis’ company could save them, Summer called him for help. But Luis was busy celebrating Yancy’s birthday and, to avoid being disturbed, turned off his phone. When he found out that Yancy’s parents also got poisoned, he gave them the medicine, which ended up causing his own family’s death. Summer found out that Yancy’s parents were selling pufferfish, which led to the deaths of Luis’ family. So, she filed a lawsuit. Luis thought Summer’s parents were the ones who died, so he stepped in to defend Yancy. He pressured Summer into signing a forgiveness agreement, insulted the deceased, and even forced Summer to send the bodies to his company for dissection. Summer complied, and only then did Luis realize that it was his own family who had died. He blamed Summer and demanded she pay him ten million for the loss. Instead of paying, Summer used Luis' need to give Yancy and their unborn child a family name to her advantage and successfully divorced him. At Yancy and Luis’ wedding, Summer showed up uninvited. After enduring humiliation, she finally got proof that Yancy intentionally caused the deaths of Luis’ family. Luis saw Yancy’s true nature and, in revenge, personally poisoned Yancy. After the divorce, Luis’ company went bankrupt. He begged Summer to remarry him, but she refused. Luis then tried to threaten her with a USB drive, but Summer stood firm, reported him for attempted murder, and he was arrested. Summer finally escaped from Luis, the "phoenix man," once and for all.
The Battle for Family Property
Lin Yuxuan, the daughtee has concealed her true identity and has been secretly dating Li Junyi for many years. Lin Yuxuan’s father and her future mother-in-law are both planning weddings at the same time, so she returns to her home country with her boyfriend, Li Junyi. On the day of their return, the media captures intimate photos of Lin Yuxuan and her father, Lin Zhengguo. Her stepmother, who is also her future mother-in-law, Li Huixin, sees the media reports suggesting that Lin Yuxuan is Lin Zhengguo's mistress. Fearing that her position as the wife of the richest man might be threatened, Li Huixin conspires with her son, Li Junyi, to teach Lin Yuxuan a lesson. Lin Yuxuan is unaware that the man she loves, Li Junyi, is her stepmother's son. She fears that if he learns of her identity as the daughter of the richest man, he might feel inferior. So, she uses her identity as Moon, the stock market genius, to start a company for him called Junyi Group. On the other hand, Li Junyi, unaware of Lin Yuxuan's true identity, mistakes his girlfriend for a mistress and, together with his mother, humiliates and bullies her. Lin Yuxuan endures inhuman treatment and nearly dies at the hands of Li Huixin and her son. After discovering their true nature, Lin Yuxuan fights back with all her strength. She prevents her father from marrying the malicious stepmother and breaks up with her opportunistic boyfriend. Li Huixin and her son, believing they have climbed to the top by associating with Moon, the stock market genius, flaunt their supposed rise to the position of global billionaires in front of Lin Yuxuan’s family. Li Huixin boasts that she will make the Lin family go bankrupt. At the opening of Junyi Group, Lin Yuxuan and Lin Zhengguo attend in high spirits, publicly humiliating the evil mother and son. She hands the company over to someone else, and expels everyone who had wronged her from Nan City.
Abandoned by Family, Loved by a Tycoon
Born into hardship, Jenna Sanders is taken back by the Sanders family but treated coldly. While working as a driver to pay tuition, she has a fateful encounter with tycoon Leonard Brooks. Framed for a hit-and-run by her foster sister, she is imprisoned and crippled, gives birth to twins, is later accepted by the Brooks family, finds love, exposes her enemies, and finally breaks free to start anew.
Married Into Her Family, Divorced With Nothing
At home, Shawn Archer waited nervously for his wife, Claire Caldwell. When she arrived, she pulled out a divorce agreement. Shawn tried to stop her, but Claire answered coldly. For her, he had given up everything. After three years of marriage, he still could not warm her icy heart, so he chose to leave with nothing.
Homecoming: The Triumph of Family
Josh Hill grew up separated from his mother due to his grandfather's selfishness. Raised by his father in hardship, he eventually succeeded, got into a top university, and returned home to seek justice for his father. He reunited with his mother, bringing the family back together again.
I'm Here to Tear This Family Apart
After being murdered and reborn, Imani Clay vows revenge against her unfaithful husband Toby Irwin, disrespectful mother-in-law Alina Oliver, and scheming rival Laci White. Using human weaknesses, she strikes back, leading the Irwin family to their downfall.