Sigh...
I absolutely adore how beautifully this drama is made, the editing and production too. ( and the music!)
The scenery and the locations where it was recorded are so out of this world and so gorgeous you will find yourself googling trying to see how much the flights to Kunming are.
A series thats extremely emotional, raw and heartbreaking pulling your heartstrings and making you thinking A LOT about the meaning of life and what's important. A journey of the female lead trying to overcome her feelings when her best friend dies but also the beautiful stories of everyone she meets during that journey.
When you finish you will feel elated, filled with hope and renovated. The message is very lifting and hopefully you change your perspective about life and start doing things that makes you happy and not what society expect from you.
The acting is just natural, it looks like they are just living their life and someone left a camera and recorded everything by accident.
Crystal Liu has a very unique, sweet and subtle way of acting and I have been a fan since I watched the amazing A dream of splendor.
But my surprise was to see Li Xian in this role, I have only watched him on Go Go Squid and woow what a change. His previous role was the super typical cliché bad cold guy that they love in cdramas (he literally frowns during the whole series). But in this one??? He will make you melt. Naturally charming, goofy and tender, he won't stop smiling. I genuinely enjoyed his role and how he played this character. I also need to mention this has to be the LEAST toxic male lead ever he was just empowering and confident the whole time.
The chemistry between the leads is great although is a very real life kind of relationship, so don't expect typical romance cliches you are used to in dramaland you won't find them here. But that's a good thing.
I would have maybe given less rating because the drama is the literal definition of slow burn, very slooooow and if you are impatient like me, you will struggle at times. But you have to stop, focus on what's happening and the conversations going ( all of them very relevant) and enjoy the journey.
Watch it, you won't regret it and I hope they will make more dramas like this!