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Title: 惡魔在身邊
Cantonese/Mandarin title: Ngok Mor Joi Sun Bin / Er Mo Zai Shen Bian
Also known as: Devil Beside You, Devils do exist
Genre: Romance, Human drama, Comedy
Episodes: 20 (DVD Version)/14 (TV Broadcast)
Broadcast network: CTV
Broadcast year: 2005
Theme song: 臭男人 (Chou Nan Ren) Jerk by Huang Yida
Closing theme song: 暧昧 (Ai Mei) Ambigious by Rainie Yang
Other songs:

理想情人 (Li Xiang Qing Ren) Ideal Lover by Rainie Yang

Set Me Free by Huang Yida

一秒的安慰 (Yi Miao De An Wei) A Moment's Consolation by Huang Yida

Synopsis

Qi Yue (Rainie Yang) is a carefree and kind college girl who has developed a crush on the captain of the basketball team, Yuan Yi (Kingone Wang). With the encouragement of her best friend Qing Zi (Tsai Pei Lin), Qi Yue decides to confess her feelings. However, when she is about to hand her love letter to Yuan Yi, he walks right by her! When Qi Yue looks up, she finds herself face to face with Jiang Meng (Mike He). Frightened, she drops her letter and runs off.

Hearing from Qing Zi, Jiang Meng has a reputation for being a bad boy, and also the son of the school's president. He was also nicknamed the "Prince of Seduction". Jiang Meng orders Qi Yue to be his personal slave or else her letter would be revealed to the entire college. However, again, with the help of her best friend, Qi Yue finally confesses her feelings for Yuan Yi face to face. Yuan Yi reveals that he likes her too! Happy ending? Not really.

Qi Yue finds out that her mother Xue Wei (Ge Wei Ru) is remarrying to Jiang Meng's father Yoo Hui (He Du Lin). Meng was becoming her step brother! However, to make things worse, Qi Yue finds that she is falling in love with him. She manages to melt his icy exterior, and fights eagerly for his love. But as love rivals begin to appear and as the strings of doubt keep tugging at their hearts, Qi Yue and Jiang Meng aren't sure what to do.

Should they become siblings just to ensure their parents' happiness? Or pursue their own and ruin their families' lives?

Cast

Correlation Chart

Mike He as Jiang Meng 江猛
Rainie Yang as Qi Yue 齊悅
Kingone Wang as Sang Yuan Yi 尚源伊
Ivy Fan Xiao Fan as Xin Li Xiang 辛莉香
He Du Lin as Jiang You Hui 江友暉
Ge Wei Ru as Huang Xue Wei 黃雪薇
Masuyama Yuki as Yu Yang Ping 于陽平
Tsai Pei Lin as Qing Zi 晴紫
Fu Xiao Yun as Xiao Cai 小彩
Yuan Jun Hao as Guo Kai 郭凱
Katherine Wang Kai Di as Liu Mei Di 劉美蒂
Figaro Ceng as Yuan Chuan Rang 袁川讓
Wu Zhong Tian as Tian Si Shen 田思慎
Wang Jian Min as Chui Ming 椎名
Tang Qi as Grandma Jiang
Meng Ting Li as Yuan Mei Jin 袁美津
Janel Tsai as Chuang Ya Li 莊雅莉
Huang Xing Lun (黃星倫) as Cai Yi Lang

Production Credits

Original novel (manga): Takanashi Mitsuba
Screenwriter: Mao Xun Rong (毛訓容) / Cao Xiao Ru (曹筱如)
Producer: Chai Zhi Ping
Director: Lin He Long (林合隆)
Music: SONY BMG

Trivia

The series was based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Akuma de Souro" (Devil Does Exist) by Takanashi Mitsuba licensed by CMX. Other Takanashi works include the popular shoujo manga Crimson Hero, featured in Viz's monthly magazine Shojobeat.

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 ==Synopsis==
-Qi Yue ([[Rainie Yang]]) is a cheerful college girl who harbors a massive crush on the captain of the basketball team, Yuan Yi ([[Kingone Wang]]). With the encouragement of her friends, she decides to confess her feelings. However, the next day, with her love letter in her outstretched hands and her head bent, Yuan Yi walks right by her. Qi Yue looks up to find Jiang Meng ([[Mike He]]), the school director's son, who has a devilish reputation and a penchant to bully girls. Terrified, she drops the letter and scoots away.
+Qi Yue ([[Rainie Yang]]) is a carefree and kind college girl who has developed a crush on the captain of the basketball team, Yuan Yi ([[Kingone Wang]]). With the encouragement of her best friend Qing Zi ([[Tsai Pei Lin]]), Qi Yue decides to confess her feelings. However, when she is about to hand her love letter to Yuan Yi, he walks right by her! When Qi Yue looks up, she finds herself face to face with Jiang Meng ([[Mike He]]). Frightened, she drops her letter and runs off.
-True to his nickname, the devil orders Qi Yue to be his personal servant, else her letter will be revealed to the entire college. Embarrassed and angry, Qi Yue has no choice but to follow in his shadow. A bizarre twist later, she discovers she has feelings for Meng, who, beneath the cool exterior, possesses a soft and loyal heart. Meng returns her affections as well, and at last the dreamy Qi Yue, whose head is made up of romantic fluff, thinks she has found love.
+Hearing from Qing Zi, Jiang Meng has a reputation for being a bad boy, and also the son of the school's president. He was also nicknamed the "Prince of Seduction". Jiang Meng orders Qi Yue to be his personal slave or else her letter would be revealed to the entire college. However, again, with the help of her best friend, Qi Yue finally confesses her feelings for Yuan Yi face to face. Yuan Yi reveals that he likes her too! Happy ending? Not really.
-One thing stands in the way, however... How can they be together, when they're about to become brother and sister? And what happens when an arranged marriage and an old love enters both of their already complicated lives?
+Qi Yue finds out that her mother Xue Wei ([[Ge Wei Ru]]) is remarrying to Jiang Meng's father Yoo Hui ([[He Du Lin]]). Meng was becoming her step brother! However, to make things worse, Qi Yue finds that she is falling in love with him. She manages to melt his icy exterior, and fights eagerly for his love. But as love rivals begin to appear and as the strings of doubt keep tugging at their hearts, Qi Yue and Jiang Meng aren't sure what to do.
-were going to be brothers and sisters?how complicated can their lives be?
+Should they become siblings just to ensure their parents' happiness? Or pursue their own and ruin their families' lives?
 ==Cast==