The Rules of Love: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Merperson Yang Luo Tian has always gone as a boy for most of his life. That is until he saved Lie Heng Yu from drowning. When a merperson first falls in love, the equivalent of puberty hits and their body begins to take on one gender. Yang Luo Tian finds his body and mind slowly turning female. To avoid scrutiny over her sudden changes, she switches colleges, only to still pose as a man after being recognized by her childhood friend. She soon ends up roommates with Lie Heng Yu. As if it's not hard enough hiding her gender from him, she also has to hide the fact that she cries pearls and her scales flare up when her skin touches the water.

Series details

• Title: The Rules of Love
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2019-03-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-04-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 54563
• IMDb ID: tt11595870
• TVDB ID: 363272

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-03-20; final listed air date 2019-03-20.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-04-12; final listed air date 2019-04-12.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Rules of Love on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.