Smiling Pasta: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Xiao Shi is a girl who has gone through 17 relationships, but always broke up by the third month. After being dumped by her 17th boyfriend, she gave up on hope to love another guy. At that time, a famous idol, He Qun runs past, bumps into Xiao Shi, and they end up "kissing" on the street. Paparazzi swarmed by and titled the kiss as secret affair behind He Qun's girlfriend Rita, to not make He Qun look bad, his manager declared Xiao Shi as He Qun's girlfriend of one year and fiancée. Thus, a love contract was made. This story is about how the "Fake" couple learns to like each other after having disagreements in the beginning, as well as fighting the injustices the media throw at them. Even Ah Zhe and Rita come back into the love triangle! Everyone want to find love, will He Qun and Xiao Shi be together, or will the be parted by Ah Zhe and Rita and will Xiao Shi finally break her 3 month curse?

Series details

• Title: Smiling Pasta
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2006-07-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2006-11-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TTV
• Network country: Taiwan, Province of China
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16364
• TVDB ID: 188801

Cast and credited roles

• Cyndi Wang — Cheng Xiao Shi
• Nicholas Teo — He Qun
• Gino — He Rui Zhe / Ah Zhe
• Joyce Zhao — Rita

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-07-16; final listed air date 2006-11-05; episode order: 17.

Source and licence

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