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　　Hottest TV shows

　　DECEMBER must be a busy month. Lots of schoolwork, papers and exams to do, but it doesn't mean you can't have fun. Teens picks two of the hottest TV dramas to watch at the moment. Let's take a look.

　　Romantic Princess (《公主小妹》) of Taiwan

　　It is a light-hearted (轻松的), modern-day version of the Cinderella (灰姑娘) story. Mai Qiusui (Angela Chang) is a girl next door. Like many girls her age, she dreams about becoming a princess. But she never imagined that she is actually the long-lost granddaughter of the richest man in Taiwan. ?

　　Suddenly Mai Qiusui finds herself living a life of luxury (奢华), but she realizes that being an heiress (继承人) is not what it's cut out to be. Forced to leave her adopted parents, she feels lonely and out of place in her grandfather's vast mansion (别墅).

　　To make thing worse, another heir Nan Fengjin (Wu Chun) believes Mai Qiusui is simply a gold digger. Nan's cold and mean behavior irritates Mai Qiusui but she feels drawn to him.

　　The First Shop of Coffee Prince

　　(《咖啡王子一号店》) of South Korea

　　Go Eun Chan believes her life is like a cup of espresso (浓咖啡): bitter but enjoyable. After her father passes away, Go has to take up any job possible to support her family.

　　But Go never loses her passion for life. As her father loved coffee, she has developed the ability to tell different coffee apart just from their aroma (香气).

　　Go has short hair and wears baggy clothing. People always mistake Go for a guy. Her rich knowledge of coffee helps her find a job in a coffee shop named Coffee Prince. Its owner is Choi Han Kyul.

　　Choi has a bad-temper. He mistakes Go for being a guy. As Go works at Coffee Prince, she falls in love with Choi.

　　Choi also begins to fall for Go, but he doesn't know that Go is actually a girl. It confuses him and he tries to distance himself from her.