short series

Joy as a Mask

share time: 2025-11-05 00:33:49

Lin Xiaoman, a TV director, sets her sights on Gu Yan—a bar owner with a cynical grin—for her feature on "the truth of urban happiness." He goes out of his way to make customers laugh every day but never stays open past midnight. When Lin persistently tails him, she catches Gu crying over an old photo: his ex-girlfriend died saving him from a fire, and he’s been using "joy" as a shell to hide from guilt and grief. Lin wants to help him break free from his disguise, but she falls for this "fake-happy" man. Yet Gu pushes her away again and again, believing he "doesn’t deserve happiness." To make things more shocking, Lin’s bone marrow is a perfect match for Gu’s ex—and a familiar figure appears in the surveillance footage of the fire...

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