METEOR GARDEN IS ADAPTED FROM A JAPANESE MANGA ANIMATION *HANA YORI DANGO*. THE STORYLINE GOES ABOUT A GIRL, SHAN CAI (MAKINO TSUKUSHI- [BARBIE HSU] DA S) WHO STOOD UP FOR HER FRIEND, LI ZHEN (WHO LATE BETRAYS HER BY SETTING HER UP AGAINST DAOMING SI) AGAINST THE BIGGEST BULLIES IN THEIR SCHOOL WHEN SHE WAS BULLIED BY THE LEADER OF F4, DAOMING SI (DOUMYOUJI TSUKASA -JERRY). SHAN CAI WAS LAT BEING 'PICKED' BY DAOMING SI BY HAVING A RED 'YOU'LL BE DEAD' CARD BEING PASTED ON HER BACK. F4 HAS THE MOST PRIVILIDGES IN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE FAMILY OF THE FOUR GUYS. SHAN CAI'S STUBBORN AND 'NO-NOE-CAN-BULLY-ME' CHARACTER� MAKES DAOMING SI FALL FOR HER. SHAN CAI LATER FINDS THAT ONE OF THE GUYS HUAZE� LEI (HANAZAWA RUI -VIC) WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST WHEN HE SAVED HER FROM 2 GUYS SENT� BY DAOMING SI, AND SHE DEVELOPES AN AFFECTION FOR HIM. SHE KNOWS THAT HUAZE LEI� LIKES JING (TENG TANG JING), AND HOPES THAT THEY CAN BE TOGETHER. THEY START A *RELATIONSHIP* BY THE BEACH WHEN THEY WERE OUT HOLIDAYING SOMEWHERE OUT OF TAIWAN (OKINAWA BEACH, JAPAN). THIS MAKES DAOMING SI FEEL BETRAYED, AND HE IS BENT ON DRIVING SHAN CAI AND HUAZE LEI OUT OF THE SCHOOL. LATER ON, IN THE DRAMA, SHAN CAI REALIES THAT THE ONE SHE REALLY LOVES, IS ACTUALLY DAOMING SI, AND THEY START A�������������� RELATIONSHIP FULL OF 'THUNDERSTORMS', DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS AHEAD, INCLUDING DAOMING SI'S MOTHER, DAOMING FENG.