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a show about finding love but also one's journey of healing
WAAHHHH why is it over? I kid you not, I stopped watching 2/3s in BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT IT TO END. I have also literally booked an appointment with a TCM clinic too. I already have a husband locked in though so no rich TCM cutie patootie for me.
Shen Xi Fan and He Su Ye were written in the stars, in the flowers, and in the universe. I have soooo many thoughts about this show but I forgot to write them all down ASAP so I don’t know where to start. I just know that this show is a very HAPPY and LIGHT show for the most part DESPITE the premise also being about healing. While Shen Xi Fan has to heal from her emotionally abusive ex, He Su Ye is also having to re-confront his relationship with his semi-estranged father despite the resentment of his father’s lack of care while his mother died of breast cancer. Somehow, the bright & blossoming cinematography as the backdrop of their pure healing chemistry alleviates the heaviness of the show’s topics.
Watching He Su Ye try to “lowkey” win Shen Xi Fan over was perfection. Fake drunk, fake asleep, swooping in to defend her, making her scent sachets – the list goes onnnn.
While the show was more “slice of life” vibes overall, the main climax is when Shen Xi Fan’s mother is sick. This puts pressure on Shen Xi Fan to “choose” between her family and her dream to study abroad. While I wish her mother was never actually sick, it is the reality overall that so many women are affected by breast cancer. Luckily, the show gives her a HFN and she is on the mend. I did love Shen Xi Fan and her mom’s heart to heart about Shen Xi Fan still pursuing her education. It’s nice because Shen Xi Fan can say she did it, tried it, and still chose to come back to her home and family.
Shen Xi Fan and He Su Ye were written in the stars, in the flowers, and in the universe. I have soooo many thoughts about this show but I forgot to write them all down ASAP so I don’t know where to start. I just know that this show is a very HAPPY and LIGHT show for the most part DESPITE the premise also being about healing. While Shen Xi Fan has to heal from her emotionally abusive ex, He Su Ye is also having to re-confront his relationship with his semi-estranged father despite the resentment of his father’s lack of care while his mother died of breast cancer. Somehow, the bright & blossoming cinematography as the backdrop of their pure healing chemistry alleviates the heaviness of the show’s topics.
Watching He Su Ye try to “lowkey” win Shen Xi Fan over was perfection. Fake drunk, fake asleep, swooping in to defend her, making her scent sachets – the list goes onnnn.
While the show was more “slice of life” vibes overall, the main climax is when Shen Xi Fan’s mother is sick. This puts pressure on Shen Xi Fan to “choose” between her family and her dream to study abroad. While I wish her mother was never actually sick, it is the reality overall that so many women are affected by breast cancer. Luckily, the show gives her a HFN and she is on the mend. I did love Shen Xi Fan and her mom’s heart to heart about Shen Xi Fan still pursuing her education. It’s nice because Shen Xi Fan can say she did it, tried it, and still chose to come back to her home and family.
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