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My Dad’s Girlfriend Had Me Arrested
Vertical short drama 2026 34 episodes · ~1–2 min each Short Drama
Emma, a top surgeon and only daughter of crime boss Damian, is robbed and framed by Vivian’s brother, cop Jack. Vivian, Damian’s girlfriend, hides the stolen diamond and plots to seize the Mercer empire with a bio-key pr… — official synopsis, NetShort
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Origin & tropes
Remixes the Chinese tropes 打脸 (Face-Slap) + 总裁文 (CEO Romance).
Chinese tropes it remixes
- 打脸 dǎliǎn — Face-SlapThe hero is mocked, cheated or dumped, then returns with wealth, power or the truth and watches every tormentor eat their words. Chinese audiences call the satisfying moment 爽 (shuǎng, 'release'). Western verticals borrowed the structure wholesale.
- 总裁文 zǒngcái wén — CEO Romance'President fiction': the cold, obscenely rich CEO and the ordinary woman who thaws him. The ur-genre of Chinese romance webnovels since the 2000s and the default setting of English verticals.
Platform tags
Underdog RiseKarma PaybackRevenge
Data: NetShort public catalog.
