The urban female intellectual Chu Nian Yao travels back to the age of 18, carrying a bundle as she heads to the countryside to find Xie Huai Qing, a man with whom she has no connection yet and who comes from a family with a bad reputation. In a previous life, they were in love for five years, but after Xie passed away, Chu lived the rest of her days in loneliness. Now, determined to melt the cold and fierce Xie’s heart and rewrite their love story, Chu embarks on a difficult path to pursue him, vowing never to give up! (Source: Chinese = Tencent || Translation = kisskh) Edit Translation
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Sun Qian Xun's most dramatic performance and Kong Qi Li impressed me with his facial expressions
After a staple of Sun Qian Xun's romcoms, I decided to watch this more dramatic drama to see if she got the chops. While I struggled with the pacing at times, overall I enjoyed the drama.What I liked:
1. Acting - This is the first time I watched Kong Qi Li's performance and wow I was blown away. His facial expressions when his character was moved by FL's words almost made me cry. SQX gave a good dramatic performance as well.
2. FL characterisation - She was compassionate especially when it came to matters related to ML & Xiao Hui. I also liked that she stood up to bullies.
3. ML characterisation - He was mysterious but kind and soft-hearted. I liked that he had a personal battle to overcome because it showed character growth & maturity.
4. Supporting characters - Xiao Hui was a sweetheart. I also liked ML's close friend and FL's two friends / neighbours who always had FL's back.
5. Rural life - I enjoyed scenes of rural life from the agriculture / farming to community helping out each other.
6. Romance - Slow burn with more emphasis on growing feelings & acts of service. I likes that FL was bold enough to kiss ML.
What I disliked:
1. Antagonists - ML's relatives were atrocious. Always thinking about money. The girl from same town as FL was horrible too as she was envious of FL's “good fortune”. Zhang Fan was another character I disliked.
2. Duration - This slice of life drama is 3 hours 10 minutes long. The middle section was too slow for me but the last 30 minutes was thrilling.
3. Ending - I don't mind dramas with bleak ending but this drama's ending was rather haphazard. I doubt there will be part 2.
Favourite scene
When ML was moved by FL’s words
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