How did Joe Cheng fell in love with Ariel Lin in "They Kiss Again"?

Usually, in a series or a movie with love stories, they'll start not likng each other or a one-sided love and as the story goes on they'll both fell in love with each other. In "They Kiss Again", Zhi Shu (Joe Cheng), having an IQ of 200, attractive and popular...what he could possibly saw in Xiang Chin (Ariel Lin)? What does Xiang Chin have that Zhi Shu couldn't resist her and fell in love with her? This question of mine was answered...it's in episode 17 if I'm not mistaken. :)

Zhi Shu and his brother Yu Shu was in a room when Yu Shu asked Zhi Su why did he chose a dumb girl like Xiang Chin to be his wife...what does he saw in her? Zhi Su then explained: "It was like she had cast a magic spell. Like a broken record, she kept telling me that she loved me...it was so annoying. But when this became a regular part of my life and I took it for granted, she suddenly told me she didn't love me anymore. I can still clearly remember the nauseating feeling I had when she said that. I should have been relieved, but that didn’t seem to be the case. In this world I can do 90% of the things she cannot do. The remaining 10%, she can do that I cannot do, she can do it in a way that no one else can. It is mostly because of that she touched me."

Aww...I melted right away after watching that scene. So, he isn't perfect as what everybody seems to think of him. He needs someone like Xiang Chin to complete his life...he needs that 10% and it could only be given by Xiang Chin.

So, how about you? How many percent do you have and do you need in your partner in able to complete the 100%? ;)

Opposites Attract

Opposites really do attract...It Started With A Kiss conveyed that phrase. I once saw one episode of this drama when it was aired in the Philippines and it didn't caught my attention. I was like..."What the...???" Is she really that dumb? Does a person like her really exist? I was really annoyed with Ariel Lin's character here...even her clothes in this drama. And for Joe Cheng's character for having an IQ of 200. Whoa?! He must be in Guiness...hahaha! :D

So, in short I didn't watch it. Not after I've seen the sequel...They Kiss Again. Yes! I did watch the sequel before the first one. :D After watching They Kiss Again I became curious of what happened to them in It Started With A Kiss. While watching They Kiss Again there are episodes with flashbacks scenes of It Started With A Kiss and I told myself I have to see that scene...that "kilig" scene. ;) This drama has a lot of funny scenes to the point of being hilarious. Love watching it...it amused me so much.

Througout the time I'm watching this drama I suddenly thought that opposites really attract. Xiang Chin being dumb but optimistic and expressive of her emotions, Zhi Shu is her exact opposite...a genius with a 200 IQ and have a hard time expressing himself. There's a lot of annoying scenes between them because of Zhi Shu's coldness and harshness towards Xiang Chin specially when he gets jealous but in the end...Gee! He's the man! :D After watching this drama and the sequel I can't help myself but think...what if? What if I have a man like Jiang Zhi Shu? Life would be perfect...but then I have to be dumb like Xiang Chin. Never mind! I'm ok right now. :D

Title: It Started With A Kiss (2005)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 30
Casts: Ariel Lin as Yuan Xiang Chin
          Joe Cheng as Jiang Zhi Shu
          Jiro Wang as Jin Yuan Feng
Synopsis: It Started With A Kiss is a Taiwanese drama based on the Japanese manga Itazaru Na Kiss (Prank Kiss). Yuan Xiang Chin is an unintilligent and naive but optismictic high school girl who fell in love with Jiang Zhi Shu who has an IQ of 200. Yuan Xiang Chin musters her courage to confess her love to Jiang Zhi Shu at school with a love letter after two years of having a crush on him. She was left humiliated publicly when Jiang Zhi Shu rejected her.

She and her father just moved in to their new house when it collapsed due to a minor earthquake and left them homeless. Fortunately, her father's old friend offered help and invites them to live in his house. Little does Yuan Xiang Chin know that his father's old friend is actually Jiang Zhi Shu's father.

Because of this unexpected events, Zhi Shu ang Xiang Chin begin their lives living in the same house. Although Zhi Shu's mother is very welcoming and like Xiang Chin for her son, Zhi Shu remained cold and harsh towards her...thinking that she's the dumbest people he has ever met. As the story goes, with Xiang Chin's perseverance Zhi Shu slowly warms to Xiang Chin and gradually fell in love with her too.

Ariel Lin as Yuan Xiang Chin

Joe Cheng as Jiang Zhi Shu

 



This is it...



This is really it..."The First Kiss"

The "Second Kiss" was in the hospital when Yu Shu, Zhi Shu's brother got an operation.

Finally, Zhi Shu admitting his real feelings towards Xiang Chin.