Tear-Jerker Short Dramas
244 short dramas in Tear-Jerker — synopsis, ratings and where to watch.
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He Defended His Dad's KillerXiao Wei protects his assistant after her drunk driving kills his own father. Discovering both their affair and his destruction of evidence, his wife Jiang Yiwei refuses the private settlement he demands. She works with lawyer Lin Hao and Xiao Wei's aunt to bring the truth into the open.
Guarding Her SoulVictoria inherits her family's empire—and faces murder attempts. Retired soldier Sloane is her bodyguard. Attacks turn distance into love. Cousin Diana plots to seize the company. After Sloane rescues Victoria, she exposes Diana's crimes and chooses Sloane as her partner.
Rise of the Penniless FishermanLin Haisheng spends years supporting his lazy in-laws, giving his wife nearly every penny he earns at sea. But when she falls for a wealthy fish tycoon, her family pushes her to divorce him. Heartbroken, Lin walks away with nothing but his fishing skills. Alone at sea, he rises from a self-sacrificing husband to a legendary ship captain.
Betrayed, Imprisoned, Now She's BackBetrayed by her husband and best friend, Lillian loses her standing as a royal merchant and spends five years behind bars. When freedom brings only fresh humiliation, a spirit fox she once saved returns to repay her kindness. Lillian rescues her daughter, Shirley, whose years of hardship have inspired a daring ambition: to establish the nation's first school for girls and defy a world that expects women to leave their futures in someone else's hands.
Served Cold: Maid of VengeanceHeiress Avira had everything until her governess Moira destroyed her family--poisoning her brother, driving her mother mad, and driving her father to his death. Then Moira took the fortune, married a duke, and rose to power. Twenty years later, Avira returns as Moira's maid, seduces the duke, and swears to make her pay for every crime.
My Money, My CallAfter her husband dies in a workplace accident, Lin Wan receives compensation, only to be trapped by her in-laws. They secretly splurge $300,000 on a lavish feast and force her to pay. She refuses, exposing their greed and turning them against each other. When the mastermind, Zhou Liqiang, forges a $200,000 IOU to frame her, Lin Wan’s mother exposes the lie in court, and Lin Wan finally takes back control of her life.
The Price of My Daughter's LifeTruck driver Ethan's daughter Penny dies after security guards block the ambulance over an unpaid "maintenance fee." On the seventh day of her death, property manager Harvey and Quinn host a sham "renewal ceremony" to seize the complex's public funds. They cut utilities, manipulate residents, and trash Ethan's home to force him to sell cheaply and leave. Driven by grief and rage, Ethan awakens—and fights back.
Escape from a Desperate SituationIn Escape from a Desperate Situation, a viral prank show frames timid clerk Kane for murder. Believing he killed, he snaps--finishes the fake corpse, hijacks the building, guns down dozens of cops, and vanishes. When the footage airs, the world learns the "coward" was never weak.
The Manor GameEleanor, a fallen marquess's heir, marries Baron William—who drains her dowry. While away, she falls for Alexander, a castle attendant who's secretly a prince. William returns with a pregnant mistress. Eleanor exposes his debts, demands divorce. Alexander reveals his identity, supports her. She reclaims her title and marries him.
The Snake HunterSnake expert Chen Zhuo loses his father when no antivenom is available and vows to create a 30-minute antivenom rescue system. From venomous snakes in luxury apartments to deadly vipers on trains, every crisis hides greed, superstition, or corporate schemes. Teaming up with his ex-wife Jiang Lan and snake dealer Zhong Yingzhe, Chen stops chasing snakes and starts hunting the people behind them, turning his personal mission into a nationwide rescue network.
The Price of DeceptionStruggling artist Serena accepts a contract marriage from tycoon Damian to save her brother. His fiancée fled; his dying grandfather demands he marry—or he loses the family trust. A cold deal becomes a dangerous emotional war. As betrayal closes in, Serena must decide: a substitute—or the woman he'd risk everything for?
At 50, I Returned as the Stone KingTo help his son get married, Shen Yi gave up his stone-gambling business, sold his shop, spent his savings, and retired early to care for his grandchild. But at fifty, he was scorned by his son, daughter-in-law, and in-laws, eventually kicked out of his own home. Determined to start over, Shen returned to the stone-gambling world, quickly rebuilt his fortune, won the heart of a beautiful billionaire, and became a true winner in life.
My EX-SystemAn AI called "Life Cheat Engine" forcibly binds itself to an ordinary woman facing dismissal and orders her to complete outrageous villain missions. She discovers that the worse she behaves, the greater its financial rewards become and ultimately decides to buy the entire company that has spent years ordering her around.
Trapped in a Vent, Fighting for His LifeFive-year-old Zhao Zihao is locked home by his gambling and drinking parents. Chasing a bird, he gets trapped in an old house’s ventilation shaft, fighting for his life. Neighbor Zhang Yang leads a rescue, then risks his reputation to raise money for the boy’s surgery. Twenty years later, Zihao faces his childhood trauma with Zhang Yang by his side and finally begins a new life.
No Share for Me, Now You're DoneAt year-end, Lin Xingye gives his eldest son-in-law 1% of the company, his second a 1.1 million villa, and his third a luxury car—yet gives Zhou Zhiyuan, his hardest-working fourth son-in-law, nothing. Zhou quits and starts his own business. Without him, Lin’s partners walk away one after another, pushing the company toward bankruptcy. Only then does Lin realize the devastating cost of taking Zhou for granted.
Raise My Rent? I’ll Clear Your MarketLi Jun, the seafood king of Shengtai Market, drives 90% of its traffic but is bullied by the market chief, Zhang Biao. After secretly gathering evidence, Li negotiates a rent-free deal at a new market and leads his core vendors to move overnight. Soon, abused vendors follow, leaving Shengtai deserted. Zhang retaliates with smear campaigns, but Li exposes his crimes. Zhang is arrested, his assets seized, and vendors recover their losses. Li then builds a fair, thriving market for everyone.
Homecoming: The Beggar Is a BillionaireAfter years away, Lin Tian returns home to reunite with his parents and sister. When the Lin family falls on hard times, the wealthy Zhao family callously breaks their engagement. But Lin Tian, now a successful tech executive, refuses to back down. Determined to give back, he launches a high-tech park in his hometown. When Zhao Hai and others illegally sabotage the project for personal gain, Lin Tian fights back, protects his family, and helps transform his hometown.
The Mafia Queen and Her Lethal WeaponVictoria Kane, sole heir to a criminal empire, is forced to accept the protection of former special-forces soldier Maya Stone after an assassination attempt. Their mutual hostility becomes a partnership as they overthrow the corrupt rules of the underworld and emerge as its untouchable "Twin Queens."
They Hated Him Until the Bears AttackedPregnant Su Qing mistakes a savage bear for a cuddly pet and rallies villagers to feed it, ignoring ranger Lin Yuan's warnings. When the bears turn the village into a hunting ground, the man they condemned stands alone against them with his ancestral beast-marked bow.
At 50, I Walked Away and WonA 50-year-old single mom raised her son alone, only to be treated like a free maid and humiliated by her daughter-in-law while caring for her grandson. She walks out with nothing and takes a cleaning job—only to accidentally cure a reclusive billionaire with severe OCD and insomnia. With her gift of turning houses into homes, she builds her own cleaning empire—and gives the family who threw her away the karma they deserve.
They Ignored My Warning—Then the Crabs DiedAhead of a deadly heatwave, Shen Zhixia arrives in Crab Village and urges the villagers to sell their live crabs fast at a lower price. Instead, they trust an outsider's empty promises and hold onto their stock. Overnight, the heatwave strikes, oxygen levels crash, and every crab dies. Now, Shen leads the villagers in rebuilding their business and earning back the trust they lost. They finally learn the hard way: raising crabs depends on nature, but selling them depends on trust.
They Didn't Trust Me, Until I Saved ThemAfter being driven out for urging a pre-typhoon harvest, oyster buyer Shen Chaosheng watches 2,000 cages of oysters destroyed. When a profiteer offers only pennies per pound, desperate fishermen beg her to buy. She repays betrayal with grace, creates strict grading and traceability rules, and turns Oyster Bay into a trusted brand—proving that oysters depend on the sea, but sales depend on trust.
They Picked the Wrong WidowFor three years, a war hero’s widow runs a free daycare, even using her benefits to help neighbors. After cruel neighbors frame and publicly shame her, she proves her innocence in court, exposing a shocking truth. As the ungrateful fall from grace, she stops being endlessly kind, starts a legitimate business, and fights her way to success. Because kindness deserves respect—and sometimes, it needs a little edge.
Betrayed by My Wife, I Became a LegendEli inherited the Windsor Enamel Technique, a body of knowledge that had come down through his family, and he spent his marriage putting it at his wife's disposal. Seraphina got the credit and the standing in the field; he stayed out of sight and did the work. She came to believe the skill was hers. When a royal vase was broken it was Seraphina who broke it, and when the question of blame came up she took the word of her apprentice over Eli's. He filed for divorce and stopped explaining himself. The end of it came at a gala where Eli's identity as the heir to the technique was put on the record in front of the guests who had spent years assuming Seraphina was the source. His own pieces were there to be compared with hers, and the comparison did the rest of the damage to her name. The technique had been held as a monopoly, its secret kept and its price fixed. Eli broke that by performing the lost Windsor method live in front of everyone, working it through step by step where anyone could watch and learn.
Where Hearts MeetThrough four heartwarming stories set in Xizang, a vibrant Xizang grandmother, an ambitious Xizang food team, a determined highland marathon runner, and a brave blind woman cross paths on the plateau. As they face life’s challenges and chase their dreams, their unexpected encounters bring warmth, courage, and hope. Sometimes, the scenery we pass holds someone else’s story—and every distant encounter may be a reunion long overdue.
Blossoms of a New EraSet against the changing landscape of Gala Village in Nyingchi, Xizang, the series follows the descendants of workers who return to Xizang to trace their roots. Along the way, young people from different ethnic groups support one another and work together, witnessing Nyingchi’s growth in tourism and culture while forging deeper bonds. Through their stories, the series highlights ethnic unity, shared progress, and the transformative changes taking place across the plateau.
Laugh at My Shack, Kneel for My CropLawrence, a broke delivery driver, inherits his grandmother's crumbling house and barren mountain, only to be mocked by his relatives. Hidden inside are a mystical spring and the Koi Jade, transforming wasteland into a paradise of premium crops, fish, and herbs. Starting from scratch, Lawrence revives a failing cannery, rescues the village, protects workers' livelihoods, and builds Everwell Group, leading everyone to fortune.
Nursing Home? That's My Immortal Academy!Lawrence, a young man bound to a cultivation recruitment system, is forced to work as a nursing home caregiver and find mortals worthy of becoming immortals. Mocked as a fraud, he reveals a forbidden immortal art and wins over Theo, an abandoned old man. Together, they recruit Gavin, Winnie, Jason, and Sam to build the first-ever senior immortal academy and unlock a new path to cultivation.
My House Talks BackMatthias, the last heir in the old neighborhood, fights to protect his family's rundown ancestral home from ruthless developers. One night, he discovers the old house has awakened and can speak! Together, they try to prove its historical value to heritage officer Selena and secure preservation status. But as they uncover the house's hidden secrets, they realize the threat they face is far more dangerous than a demolition order.
You Took My Car, I Took Your CareerSophia, the CEO of billion Crestwell Group, lets her driver Jeffrey's girlfriend Jessica ride along in her luxury car every day. But Jessica mistakes Sophia for a low-level employee trying to steal her boyfriend and humiliates her. Sophia ignores it until Jessica goes too far, posting "No Freeloading Bitches Allowed" inside the car. Realizing Jeffrey lied about owning the car, Sophia is left stranded—and calmly calls the police.
The Racing King Drives a Taxi NowJamie is an ordinary taxi driver with a hidden past. In his previous life, he was a legendary racer who died in a mysterious crash caused by brake failure. Reborn with his memories, Jamie hides his identity and drives a modified blue car through the city. With a system that rewards him with upgrade points, he races toward one goal: earning enough points to reunite with his wife Ivy.
What They Did to HerDonna takes over the identity of the Morgan family's daughter and has the real one committed to a psychiatric hospital. Monica Morgan is kept there three years. She comes back with scars, and her family will not take her in, her grandmother excepted. Sirius Corleone, who runs a criminal organisation, saves her life. The two of them work together to bring out what Donna has done.
Reel It In! My Pond Made MillionsStephanie returns home after leaving her dream career, investing everything to revive her family farm—only to be betrayed by her own family. With just a little money and a forgotten dead pond, she uses her genius technology to build an agricultural empire, expose greedy relatives, and become a farming legend.
Touch My Baby? Say Goodbye to EverythingThe daughter of the Su family, Su Qing, hid her family background and spent all her resources to support the Phoenix man Zhou Qiang. However, she did not expect that her mother-in-law disliked her for having a daughter and asked Zhou Qiang to trick her back to Zhoujia Village during her confinement. After Su Qing discovered the truth, her husband and mother-in-law took away the child and threw her on the highway after having a caesarean section. She didn't even expect that what her husband's family was waiting for her would be a more cruel "rule-setting". Thanks to the timely arrival of the brothers, Su Qing and the child who was almost given away were saved. At this time, the Zhou family still didn’t know who this “poor daughter-in-law” they trampled under their feet was.
My Fake Marriage With the CEODeep in debt, Eliana works multiple jobs and becomes an accidental surrogate of fate when a late-night ride brings her to CEO Shattock. After one unforgettable night, they sign a secret marriage contract and begin living together. As love grows, Selena, Shattock’s obsessed admirer, schemes against Eliana. When her hidden identity as the long-lost daughter of the Qu family is revealed, Eliana survives every storm, gives birth to triplets, and finally finds true love and family.
Somewhere Love Went Up In FlamesAt his lowest, she married him without hesitation. Five years later, pregnant with twins, she discovers his infidelity. During a plane crash, his fatal misjudgment causes her miscarriage. Heartbroken, she uses his own drug to alter her appearance and vanishes forever—while he spends his life in regret and futile searching.
This Time, I Fight for My PeopleMartial arts prodigy Jane seeks the “World’s Best” title, causing her father’s death, and renounces her skills in exile. Influenced by Sven, she protects civilians and defeats the River Gang, uncovering warlord Cameron’s conspiracy with the Outland Raiders. After Cole’s sacrifice, she awakens to patriotism, leads troops, and joins Sven to resist the invasion.
After Erasing His Identity, The CEO Wife Goes CrazyA devoted husband accepts humiliation and loneliness to preserve the marriage he loves, reheating dinners while his wife stays out late and ignores him. Evidence of her affair finally shows him the unguarded happiness she reserves for another man. He responds by erasing himself from her life and leaving for good, forcing his CEO wife to understand his value only after he is beyond her reach.
Mistaken Love: Regret Comes Too LateBefore their wedding, the female protagonist realized that her fiance was actually in love with her younger sister, and that her fiance had already planned to embezzle her property after their marriage. So the female protagonist took advantage of the situation, swapped marriages with her sister, supported them, and began her revenge
My Fake Girlfriend Is My CEOPressured by his parents to settle down, office worker Evan makes a deal with Iris—a stranger who accidentally gets into his car—to fake a relationship. To his shock, she turns out to be his company's new CEO. Instead of punishing him, she promotes him to sales manager and hands him a daunting mission.
My Mom Is the Hidden BossTen years ago, Gu Yun's eldest son was harmed. She was so angry that she punished the villain and voluntarily went to jail for ten years. After she was released from prison, she wanted to make amends with her youngest son Gu Chen, but found that the child was being treated harshly and immediately came to seek justice. Gu Yun regained her former power, but was opposed by her old subordinates. She used thunderous means to eliminate the obstacles. The younger son hated his mother because of a misunderstanding, and even teamed up with outsiders to attack her. Gu Yun used his plan to reveal the truth of the past, and the mother and son finally solved the knot they had suffered for many years and got back together.
Their Coldness Killed Their OwnReborn on the day of Frank's birthday banquet, Helena is determined to protect her mother and change her fate. When danger strikes, no one believes her warnings. Even after trying to save her cruel mother-in-law, the Fu family's selfishness leads to tragedy, while Helena finally begins a new life.
The "Infertile" CEO Got Me PregnantAs heir to Sea City’s richest family, Percival suffers from the Shen family’s fertility disorder. Pressured by his grandfather to produce an heir, he accidentally gets Liliana pregnant after a one-night stand. Unable to afford an abortion, she asks him to split the cost—only for the Shen family to insist on keeping the baby. But adopted heiress Tessa will do anything to destroy her, while love slowly grows between them.
He Gave Our Daughter's Heart AwayZhou Jinyan is a cardiologist. His daughter Nina has been waiting three years for a donor heart. When one becomes available, Zhou Jinyan reassigns it, without telling his wife, to Lacey, the daughter of Vivian, a woman he was in love with before his marriage. Nina misses her window for treatment.
Su Wan finds out what he has done, and that the lying about it goes back years. She starts working against everyone who had a part in it.
Pay Back My Dad's Blood MoneyCollege student Dominic’s life shatters when his father, a migrant worker, dies and his hard earned 200,000 wages are withheld. Seeking justice, he is humiliated by ruthless security chief Silas, who is secretly colluding with Felix from Sea Group. But Dominic soon discovers his father left behind a contingency plan. Teaming up with lawyer Delilah, he fights to preserve crucial evidence. On the day of a major property launch, Dominic rallies fellow underpaid workers and carries a coffin straight into the ceremony, confronting the corrupt developers head-on and demanding justice for everything that was stolen. A gripping story of grief, courage, and resistance against corporate exploitation.
Kiss Me HarderShen Qingwan finally sees her marriage for what it is when her husband and mother-in-law humiliate her mother and throw away the eggs she brought. She decides to fight back, quickly sells her fully paid marital home, and files for divorce. After exposing her husband's affair and hidden assets in court, she wins the case and leaves with her rightful share. Starting over, she builds her career, supports her mother, and finds new love.
What, He's My Husband?!Rachel Sullivan's mother is seriously ill, and the only way Rachel can see to save her is a marriage alliance with the Grant family. She agrees to marry their son Charles. On the wedding day Charles does not appear. Rachel goes through the ceremony by herself, and by the next morning she is a joke to the whole city.
Two years later she has built Mason & Co. from nothing and it is starting to be noticed. Charles comes back from abroad to run the Stellar Group, and the two of them run into each other. He has no idea who she is. They work together on business and begin to fall for each other. Charles has hated the arranged marriage from the start and means to divorce the wife he has never met, and he does not connect that wife with the woman he sees every day.
Their families get in the way. Schemers set them up, and misunderstandings pile up. The two of them go to the registry office to file the divorce, and it is there that the identities come out.
The Missing PieceAngela Willick believes she accidentally killed businessman Charles Godly, but video of the dead man's wife shocks her with a woman who has Angela's exact face. She and boyfriend Edward Branson conclude that another killer may have staged the death and investigate before police can arrest Angela. Charles's secret affair with a business partner's wife opens a trail of marital deception while the couple's own fears complicate their search.
ATM Wife? Not AnymoreYvette, the daughter of the richest family, hides her identity for love. She follows her poor boyfriend, Zachary, and marries into his family in a remote mountain village. On their wedding day, the Ye family appoints Zachary as the general manager of Ye Group to make sure Yvette will have a secure life. But once Zachary gains power, he becomes arrogant and turns against Yvette. He looks down on her and puts her through unimaginable torment.
Ready to Pay, Daughters-in-Law?The youngest of Zhong Suxin's three sons asked her to come to his wedding, and she agreed to go back to the city for it. She had been away five years by then. Zhong Suxin founded Sino-Ocean Group. Her husband died, her hair went white in the course of a night, she signed the RMB 100 billion company over to her three sons and moved out to the countryside on her own.
She met the three daughters-in-law at the wedding, the first time any of them had seen her. What they saw was a worn out country woman, and none of them connected her with the mother-in-law they had been working to get on the right side of. They swore at her and made a joke of her in front of the other guests. Zhong Suxin let it run and did not correct them. The three of them found out who she was later.
Poor? I'm the Billionaire's DaughterSelena was abandoned at five. Samuel, the richest man in the city, took her in and raised her as his daughter, and she became a painter.
Twenty years later she ran a search of a DNA database, matched with her birth parents, and went to the dinner they arranged to acknowledge her. She came in plain clothes. Her father, her mother and her older brother took her for someone off the street and told her a beggar like that could not be their daughter. They insulted her in front of the other guests and hit her. Over the course of the evening she worked out that the family had gone looking for her because of the money. She told them who she was.
Samuel arrived at the banquet before it was over and saw what was going on. He went at them in front of the room.
At 60, I Had Another HeirAfter her husband’s death, 60-year-old Claudia is left grieving—but her nightmare has just begun. Her son-in-law Hayes breaks his promise that their grandson will carry the family name and reveals his true plan: to take the Shen family fortune. Her daughter Selene is completely blinded by love, siding with her husband and turning against her own mother, even scheming for Claudia’s inheritance. Betrayed by her own family, Claudia refuses to back down. To protect her husband’s legacy, she makes a shocking decision—at 60, she uses frozen embryos from her late husband to have another child.