We love reserved characters in Chinese dramas, as these characters are shy but still prove to be bashful and utterly irresistible. These shy and sweet male leads steal our hearts with their cute but hesitant smiles. They have the authenticity that we all crave. These Chinese male leads are gentle, friendly, caring, and someone you can always count on. Here is a list of Chinese dramas starring sweet and shy male leads.
1. Go Into Your Heart
It is a comedy sports drama released in 2021, starring Landy Li, Niu Jun Feng, and Han Jiu Nuo. The story is about a prodigy and a reporter in Go, a Chinese traditional game. Sheng Jing Chu is a talented Go player, who after winning a match gains fame which turns him into an overnight sensation. Cheng Liao is a reporter under training, who helps him escape a situation. She is, however, mistaken as his girlfriend. What begins as a lie turns into reality.
2. Moonlight
Moonlight is a business romance drama released in 2021, starring Ma Yin Yin, Yang Shi Ze, Ding Yu Xi, and Yu Shu. Chu Li after graduating from university with a major in financing, enters Yuan Yue Publishing House, her dream company. She has a challenging path ahead of her, and the publishing industry during that time has undergone some vast changes. There, she meets Zhou Chuan, an author, who is considered quite gentle when he is not.
3. Shining For One Thing
It is a mystery fantasy drama released in 2022, starring Karlina Zhang and Qu Chu Xiao. Lin Bei Xing is a woman about to enter her 30s who finds her life going awry when Zhan Yu, her fiance, cancels their engagement to be with her best friend. Hoping to rekindle their love, she invites him to their school premise in their school uniform. Waiting for him in the rain, while activating her old phone, she travels back in time. She returns to being 18 and wants to forget him.
4. I Cannot Hug You
It is a supernatural romance drama released in 2018, starring Xing Zhao Lin and Zhang Yu Xi. The story revolves around an inexplicable pull between two people and how romance ensues. Li Shi Ya, the female protagonist is a modern vampire, who is apathetic towards everything in her life until Jiang Zhi Hao, the male protagonist becomes her next-door neighbor. He is also a germaphobe. Her life will change when she starts feeling the desperate need to get close to him.
5. Ping Pong Life
It is a sports drama released in 2021, starring Bai Jing Ting and Timmy Xu. At the ping pong table, endless competition takes place with two young men. Yu Ke Nan is unruly but very talented and Xu Tan, although physically weak but very passionate. Despite having opposite personalities, they have the same journey with their sports career. Xu Tan undergoes a significant transformation. Under the influence of his grandmother, he starts playing sports to improve his health. Yu Ke is a player who comes from a famous family.
6. Forever And Ever
Forever and Ever is a romance drama released in 2021, starring Ren Jia Lun and Bai Lu. The story is about a pleasant industry’s top voice actor, Shi Yi, who runs into a chemistry professor, Zhou Sheng Chen, at the airport. Gradually developing a mutual understanding, they get along with each other and come together to preserve traditional craftsmanship. They overcome storms as they accompany each other.
7. When I Fly Towards You
It is a youth rom-com drama released in 2023, starring Zhou Yi Ran and Zhang Miao Yi. In early 2012, a middle school welcomed Su Zai Zai, a cheerful transfer student. On her first day, she meets Zhang Lu Rang, a calm and aloof guy, and falls in love with him. He appears confident but constantly doubts himself because of Zhang Lu Li, his younger brother, to whom he is constantly compared. His life changes when he meets her, who makes him understand self-love.
8. Meeting You
Nan Xi was born smart and has never struggled with academics, but didn’t have an easy time in school. He had social anxiety and struggled to find a place in the world. Xia Rui is a talkative and exuberant girl who is a social butterfly. She is always surrounded by friends, being the center of attention. Once strangers, they become best friends, and their friendship blooms into love.
9. Sweet Teeth
Sweet Teeth is a medical romance drama released in 2021, starring Wu Xuan Yi, Bi Wen Jun, Zhai Xiao Wen, Baby Zhang, Liu Te, and Wan Zi Lin. Ai Jing Chu is a dentist who teaches at Donghu University. Zeng Li, the university’s librarian, is prejudiced against him due to a misunderstanding. When her mother forces her to get braces, she tries to avoid him at all costs but becomes his patient. The more they interact, the more she realizes that he is very caring and professional.
10. Stop! Miss Hua
Hua Ming Ye, being born with a silver spoon, with everyone bending at her will, doesn't know the concept of working for anything. Qin Dong Hai once was the leader of a firefighter team. After he retired, he went to the UK, and after returning, he applied to work at Hua Group. They meet and get off to a bad start. He inadvertently becomes her counsel, hoping that he can help change her and be able to get her on the right track,
