With Love with You

Plot Synopsis

"With Love with You": The Chinese Drama That Turns Sibling Rivalry Into a Masterclass in Healing

Hey drama addicts! Buckle upforWith Love with You(有你的时光里), the 2025 urban gem that’s about to make you text your siblings a cringey "ILY" after binge-watching. Directed by Zhang Shengfu and starring Tong Yao (Nothing But Thirty) and Zhou Yiran, this series swaps overused clichés for raw, relatable family drama. ThinkGilmore GirlsmeetsThis Is Us—but with a Shenzhen skyline and way more dumpling-related tension.

The Wang Sisters: Chaos vs. Control

Meet the ultimate sibling mismatch:

• Wang Yan(Tong Yao): Aperfectionist CEO with a spreadsheet for her feelings and a ticking time bomb called congenital anemia. Her superpower? Turning vulnerability intoPowerPointpresentations.
• Wang Lingjun(Zhou Yiran): A neon-haired free spirit who crashes on her sister’s couch after getting fired. Her resume?Professional boundary-pusher andpart-time emotional grenade.

When these two collide, it’s less "sisterly bonding" and more "who can slam doors louder." Lingjun scoffs at Yan’s "helicopterparenting 2.0," while Yan battles guilt over hiding her worsening health. But here’s the twist: When Yan collapses mid-argument, Lingjun morphs into a fiercelyprotective nurse—proving Chinese families roast you hardest because they love you deepest.

Why This Isn’t Your Auntie’s SoapOpera

1️⃣No Villains, Just Vibes

Forget mistresses and inheritance wars. This drama weaponizesreality:

• Lingjun scraping by as a nursing aide while arguing that "success ≠ Gucci bags."
• Yan’s slow-mo meltdown as she realizes being a "strong woman" might literally kill her.
• Their dad (Wang Jinsong, servingquiet generational trauma realness) watching quietly as his daughters reenact his ownparenting fails.

2️⃣Love Stories That Don’t Suck

Romance exists, but it’s not the main course:

• Yan’s spark with businesspartnerGao Qian(Li Zefeng, finally ditching his "toxic ex" typecast) is all lingering glances and shared Excel sheets.
• Lingjun’s flirty banter with delivery guyLiao Fanmu? Adorkable AF, but secondary to herreallove story: learning to sister without suffocating.

3️⃣Shenzhen: The Unseen Co-Star

The city’s glitzy towers and cramped apartments mirror their journeys—a neon jungle where you can feel loneliest in a crowd. When Lingjun yells, "Yourperfect life is a filter!" at Yan’s skyline view, every millennial in a studio apartment felt that.

Cast Crush Alert

• Tong YaoswapsNothing But Thirty’s designer handbags for IV drips, serving "boss lady in a hospital gown" realness.
• Zhou Yiran—imagine FlorencePugh’s chaotic energy inMidsommarbut with more TikTok dances and fewer cults.
• Liu Dan(special appearance) as the aunt who says the quietparts loud. Bless.

The Takeaway

With Love with Youis that rare drama that hugs you instead of emotionally mugging you. It’s for anyone who’s ever:

✓Pretended to hate their sibling’splaylist (but secretly Shazamed it)

✓ Cried in a work bathroom while Googling "adulting survival kit"

✓ Wondered if "having it all" means losing yourself

Premiering March 29, 2025.Prepyour tissues and groupchat—this one’s gonna hurt (in the best way).

P.S. Mandatory disclaimer: Watching may cause sudden urges to apologize to your sister for that time you "borrowed" her favorite sweater…in 2012.