Meteor Garden - Season 0 Episode 1 : Mei Zuo's Chapter 2002

Mei Zuo (known as Akira in the Japanese version) got his pocket picked by a Japanese girl, Ai Sha, struggling to survive in Taiwan. Ai Sha fools Mei Zuo several times before she finally reveals the truth. Ai Sha, recently left Japan to find her grandmother. Mei Zuo agrees to help her out and after several events take place, Ai Sha and Mei Zuo start to practice dancing together. The explanation for this is that Ai Sha believes the best way to find her grandmother is to enter/win a televised dance contest. At the end of this Meteor Rain Chapter, a romance is strongly hinted.