Both have a protective relationship between the leads that begins as adoptive siblings and then evolves into a romantic relationship with the ML falling first. Both have a SML who has a one-sided love for the FL but respects her choice and helps the couple.
Both are Republican Era mini dramas in which the leads grew up in a (fake) sibling relationship. Both FLs are a bit naïve, younger, and willful, MLs are in some powerful but outside the law job (assassin vs. warlord). Both have a third wheel SML who the FL becomes close to.
Romance
Revenge
Angst
Chinese Republican era
Hidden identity
Slow burn
Push and pull
Intense
Enemies to lovers
Both are Republican Era mini dramas in which the leads are assassins who are hiding their job from each other.
Both are mini dramas with a Republican Era setting in which the FL is out for revenge/to uncover the truth behind her family's death. She and the ML are both spies, something neither of them knows about the other.
Chinese republican era
Enemies to lovers
Slow burn
Romance
Tragic past
Melodrama
Historical
Period piece
- same Era (Chinese Republican Era)
- Female lead is living a double life
- Female lead seeks answers and revenge
Both are mini dramas in which the leads are assassins who are initially hiding their job from each other, believing the other is innocent. Both are historical settings, although different time periods.