Murphy's Law of Love


Murphy's Law of Love is a 2015 Taiwanese romantic comedy television series produced by Sanlih E-Television. Starring Danson Tang, :zh:李佳穎|Ivelyn Lee, Jolin Chien and Jenna Wang as the main cast. The Chinese title literally translates to "Perhaps, This is Called Love". Filming began on February 24, 2015, the drama will be filmed as it airs. First original broadcast begins March 20, 2015 on SETTV channel airing on Fridays from 10:00-11:30 pm.

Synopsis

means anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

Guan Xiao-tong has been cursed with Murphy's Law all her life. Every time her attainable desires are within reach, they somehow escape her grasp at the last moment. After her boyfriend dumps her and breaks her heart, Xiao-tong decides to use her psychiatry expertise to help others with love at an online matchmaking service. Soon a divorce firm opens across the street from her office, threatening the matchmaking service. The divorce firm's owner, Ji Jia-wei, thinks Xiao-tong's theory and love advice is idiotic while she thinks he is a cold hearted person who doesn't believe in love and only started his business so others can be like him. But since Xiao-tong is cursed with Murphy's Law, Jia-wei whom she has no interest in starts falling for her when she unknowingly starts to melt his ice-cold heart.

Plot summary

Guan Xiao-tong has been dealing with Murphy's Law from the moment she was conceived. Just as she was starting to imagine a future with her boyfriend he dumps her, telling her he is set to marry someone he doesn't love but is wealthy. That same night at the same place Ji Jia-wei gets rejected when he proposes marriage to his celebrity girlfriend He Zhi-yu, who cares more about her career than him. Heartbroken, Jia-wei gives the engagement ring to a drunk Xiao-tong. A year later Xiao-tong and Jia-wei meet again in the most unpleasant circumstances and become instant enemies when his umbrella accidentally splashes puddle water on her. She becomes annoyed with his unapologetic behavior while he thinks she should have been more observant of her surroundings. Their hatred for each other grows when they find out that they're in the opposite business of love. She's a Love Doctor that helps people find love at a matchmaking service while he's the boss and owner of a divorce firm that helps couples walk away from their broken marriages amicably.
When one of Jia-wei's employees and friends signs him up as a member of the matchmaking service as a joke, he becomes the most popular bachelor. Soon Xiao-tong is pressured by her boss and has to pretend to be friendly to Jia-wei in order to get him to accept an invitation to her company's matchmaking party so he can meet all the female members of the matchmaking service that is interested in him. During Xiao-tong's persuasion for Jia-wei to accept her company's invitation he slowly develops feelings for her that at first he is uncertain of since he can't stand her. However, every time restaurateur Xiang Zi-yan who possess all the qualities of Xiao-tong's ideal guy, is in her presence he becomes jealous and mad that she isn't paying attention to him. When his secretary, who is a follower of Xiao-tong's love advice blog, tells him to think about his feelings clearly he is unable to denied his feelings for Xiao-tong.
After her company's matchmaking party ends, Xiao-tong thinks she no longer has to deal with Jia-wei anymore, but with his growing feelings for her he proposes to her boss that the divorce firm and the matchmaking service team up and work together to help his divorced clients find love again, in order for him to continue associating with Xiao-tong without anyone finding out his true feelings for her. Jia-wei's entire staff notices him acting weird since his behavior is out of the ordinary while the entire staff at the matchmaking service thinks the divorce firm has ulterior motives to steal their business setup.
Just when Xiao-tong is starting to get to know Zi-yan at a personal level, Jia-wei makes his presences known by showing her his caring side. Soon she finds out Jia-wei actually has a warm side and starts to have growing feelings for him when his thoughtfulness towards her gets her heart beating. With her continued friendship with Zi-yan, Jia-wei sees a love rival in him and actively starts his pursuit for Xiao-tong by grandly professing his love for her. He soon wins her heart and the two begin officially dating to Zi-yan's disappointment who can only step aside and contain his feelings for Xiao-tong.
Xiao-tong's Murphy's Law curse once again catches up with her. Just when she and Jia-wei began their relationship as a couple and all seemed happy and perfect, his ex-girlfriend Zhi-yu, whom he previously could not get over returns to Taiwan and expects to reconcile with him. Jia-wei still holding a grudge against Zhi-yu brushes her off. Zhi-yu is undeterred by his rejections and continues her path to win his love back despite him bluntly telling her he has moved on and is in a happy relationship with Xiao-tong.

Cast

Main cast

Renew Agent of Divorce staff

A list of Murphy's Law mentioned in each episode.
EpisodeLaw #Murphy's Law
11If there is a possibility of things going wrong the one that will hurt the most will mostly happen.
如果事情有兩種可能，你不想要的越會發生。
12It never rains when you have an umbrella, but pours when you don't have one.
帶傘的時候不下雨，沒帶傘的時候下大雨。
23If there is a correct solution, then it will bring new problems.
有效的解決方案，都會帶來新的問題。
24There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but always enough time to redo it again.
事情永遠做不完，但總有多的時間重做。
35The more you don't want to meet someone, the easier you'll meet.
越不想遇到的人，越容易遇到。
36If all seems well, you have obviously overlooked something.
要是一切看來順利，一定有哪裡出錯了。
57The thing you need at the most critical moment, is not in your hand.
關鍵時候最需要的東西，偏偏不在手上。
78The day you wear high heels, the ground has potholes.
穿高跟鞋那天，地上一定坑坑洞洞。
129When trying to find a person, you search the world but still can't find them.
想找到一個人時，翻遍全世界都找不到他。
1510Every thing is not as good as it looks.
事情往往都沒有表面上看起來那麼簡單。
1611Even though we love each other so much, there is still a good reason to separate.
即使相愛，總有一個不能在一起的完美理由。

Soundtrack

Murphy's Law of Love Original TV Soundtrack was released on May 8, 2015 by various artists under HOVE, Ltd. It contains 13 tracks total, in which 6 songs are various instrumental versions of the songs. The opening theme is track 1 "Fly With Me" by Landy Wen 溫嵐, while the closing theme is track 2 "Want To Say 想說" by GJ 蔣卓嘉.

Track listing

Publications

* 4 June 2015 : S-Pop Vol. 28 July 2014 - Barcode 471709558780906 - Author: Sanlih E-Television 三立電視監製

Filming locations

The opening sequence of the drama was filmed on a studio built set at Sanlih's headquarters in the Neihu District of Taipei. The closing sequence and end credits were filmed entirely in Chiayi, Taiwan. Places included Zhuqi Station, Jhuci Waterfront Park and National Chung Cheng University. The offices of where the main characters work at are located on the ground floor of No. 14 and 17 Lane 177, Guangfu N Rd in the Songshan District of Taipei, Taiwan. Both are vacant storefronts that was remodel by the production team. The home of the Guan family are two separate home-stays located in Yilan County, Taiwan. The Guan family living area and building exterior is the "Nature Country Homestay - BnB", while Guan Xiao-tong's bedroom is the "Fish Homestay". The exterior of Ji Jia-wei's residence is an interior design firm named "ART Interior Design 亞圖設計", located at Alley 2, Lane 69, Section 5, Minsheng E Rd in the Songshan District of Taipei Taiwan.

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Episode ratings

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