Love Me Or Leave Me (Chinese: 我租了一個情人; pinyin: Wo Zu Le Yi Ge Qing Ren) is a 2012–2013 Taiwanese television series created and developed by SETTV. It stars Ann Hsu, Chris Wang as the main leads with Albee Huang, Lee Kang-i and Alan Kuo as the supporting cast. Filming began on September 16, 2012, and finished on February 17, 2013. It began airing on SETTV ETTV on November 8, 2012. The last episode aired on February 21, 2013, with 16 episodes total for the original Taiwan broadcast and 29 episodes for the mainland China and Hong Kong version.[1]
Synopsis
Ji Qing (Ann Hsu) has commitment issues due to her parents' failed marriage and her father's infidelity. Even though she is in a stable and loving relationship with her longtime boyfriend Fang Hao Ming (Chris Wang), she hesitates when he talks about marriage. To test if Hao Ming will remain faithful to her, she hires Zhao Shan Shan (Albee Huang) to test if he will cheat on her. Ji Qing's plan seems to backfire when Shan Shan seemingly has falls for Hao Ming for real.[2]
Produced from the same team that produced SETTV 2011 to 2012 hit Taiwan romance drama "Inborn Pair". Hoping to strike double rating success with their "Inborn Pair" leads, Annie Chen and Chris Wang was then split up to film two different new romance dramas to be aired back to back.[3] Chris Wang was paired up with Ann Hsu to film "Love Me Or Leave Me". While Annie Chen was paired up with George Hu to film "Love, Now". Both dramas started filming at the same time. "Love Me Or Leave Me" is Ann Hsu's first drama as the lead actress after many years of playing supporting roles in Taiwanese dramas.
^"自由電子報 - 宥勝轉愛許瑋甯 陳庭妮別抱胡宇威" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2013-09-03. Annie Chen Chris Wang libertytimes news Retrieved 2016-02-16
^(in Chinese)[1] Love Me Or Leave Me dramafever.com page Retrieved 2016-02-16
^"自由電子報 - 宥勝轉愛許瑋甯 陳庭妮別抱胡宇威" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2013-09-03. Annie Chen Chris Wang libertytimes news Retrieved 2016-02-16