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The myth of the Chinese matchmaking God, Yue Lao, known as old man under the moon, starts the romantic story in the digital film, “Taiwan That You Love,” starring Barbie Imperial and Paulo Angeles.

Yue Lao carries a Marriage Book. On a clear night, he goes down and hunts couples who are destined to be together forever.

Imperial is Olivia Olivares or “Ivi,” an idealistic, young girl who dauntlessly goes on a three-week trip to Taiwan with her boyfriend of three years, Eric Aligenio (Angeles).

Eric comes from a well-to-do family and is taking his internship at the Philippine Consulate in Taiwan. Eric is “matalino, mabait at sobrang cute,” as Ivi described her boyfriend. He wants to be a diplomat so he can travel around the world and follow in the esteemed lineage of his family, whose members worked with the Philippine government.

Ivi also brings her close friend and classmate, Tammy (Jai Agpangan), along. Ivi made her mom (Mickey Ferriols) believe she has an English teaching job but in truth, she and Tammy are planninh to operate an underground city tour.

The walking tour of Taiwan, which Ivi and Tammy branded as the “Wonder Girl Tours,” fearlessly operates without a permit. Having done significant research about Taiwan prior to their trip, Ivi and Tammy take tourists on an a day tour to important sights in Taiwan, especially the Liberty Square, the site of many rallies that eventually brought Taiwan its democracy. They do not charge anything for the tour, but merely rely on tips to give them enough cash for the day.

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In an accidental run in with a pickpocket being chased by cops, Ivi broke her phone as she thought the cops were also after her and Tammy. An old man also got hurt and was brought by Ivi and her next-door neighbor, Wei-Ting (Stephen Rong), to the hospital.

Wei-Ting is a grouchy guy who lives with his single mom and has a mysterious and questionable past and has a hard time opening up to people.

In her dream, Ivi meets Yue Lao, who introduced himself as the matchmaking God. He brings together people destined to be together. Yet, he only does so upon the will of the Marriage Book.

He christened Ivi as a matchmaking goddess, “The queen of hearts, the patroness of the lonely” and gave her the book. She cannot share her power, neither can she be understood by a mere mortal, Yue Lao warned her.

To return the book, Ivi was tasked her to perform three matches on Chinese Valentine’s Day before the 7th of August or the Qixi Festival. If she fails, she will be forever alone. And she was not allowed to quit.

Eric gets disappointed when he discovers Ivi is not teaching English and they decide to cool off. She goes with Wei-Ting and his mom on an out-of-town trip to Shifen, where they both light a sky lantern and made a wish. It came to a point where Ivy got confused as to whom to choose between Eric and Wei Ting.

“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t love someone,” Wei-Ting’s mom tells Ivi. “It means you love him enough to let him find someone who can make him happy.”

Meanwhile, Tammy gets to meet and falls in love with Steven or “Bentong” (Igi Boy Flores), the driver who gets to be real with her. She later realizes he is really the guy, as she revealed the “real thing,” the crazy and sometimes clueless Tammy, no longer afraid to show how much he means to her.

Ivi tells her friend a relationship does not end with “happy ever after.” Rather, “forever starts with happy ever after.” In the end, Yue-Lao also tells her the most important relationship is the one she has with herself.

Produced by Big Reveal Digital, “Taiwan That You Love” is the first story on iWant shot out of the country. Megged by Theodore Boborol from a script by Andrew Paredes, the six-episode series brings a romantic-comedy story that’s thankfully not in the mold of the usual releases.

Luckily, the young stars do not have limitations for themselves, so the director was able to freely assign them what to do for their roles. In the first episode alone, Imperial and Angeles were assigned to do a kissing scene and they didn’t disappoint.

Though not really a loveteam, Imperial and Angeles, who were previously paired in an episode of “Maalaala Mo Kaya,” surprisingly brought out their chemistry in “Taiwan That You Love.” Three lives are inevitably intertwined in the story and the best pair wins in the end.