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I watched this for the leads, mature but skillful actors and aesthetically pleasing too. Without them, I would have stopped a quarter way through. Much of their dialogue holds hidden meanings despite the seemingly simple words uttered. Saying without saying - that’s the lingo to describe the roundabout way they speak sometimes. It makes one think and some of those scenes are delivered with such intense emotions they fly out of the screen and ram straight into the hearts of the audience. The one they had at the wishing well was particularly memorable for me.

Ji Tan Yin’s skills in craft are also formidable as is how Yuan Zhong stays unfettered when weapons fly within an inch of his face. I like how the drama took time to develop their characters and their relationship - slowly and steadily - to one that I am inclined to believe will run eternal. It’s a wistful end but beautifully done.

I said this in another forum but I’ll say it again in this review - YZ’s belief in JTY is so strong it’s almost a religion.
The strength in her convictions is enough to turn an atheist into a pious believer. That belief is stubbornly held onto by a man whose life changed because of the woman who gave him hope. Love too. She’s his reason to live. And to wait for day they may reunite. I don’t believe she’ll return but she’ll exist in the dragonflies, flowers, the wind and in his heart. Not sure about his lifespan and how long he has to wait or if the wait would bear fruit, but he defied death, and where she is concerned, the gods have strange rules. Hope lives.