A Quiety Beautiful Drama.

It's such a rare gem that might be overlooked because of how low key the drama is. The conflicts are realistic if not understated, but it made us connect with it easier. A story about healing, opening yourself to new people and surroundings, heightened with such beautiful landscape.

Story:
the premise is quite straightforward and simple, and you can even find it in your typical Hallmark holiday and romance movies, but with much more heart and brilliant execution. A city girl come to the sleepy little town to heal herself from the hustle and bustle, even resigned her well paid job, planning to stay for 3 months. There she finds new connections, and even a potential romance, but most of all, she found herself, and what she wanted to do in life. The strength of this drama comes from its mundane story telling, where every characters have their time to shine. Everyone has their own story to tell, and it interwoven beautifully.

Cast & Characters:
Like I said above, there's a story for each characters, even the side characters have their own, well, character arcs. I never really follow Liu Yifei before, and I had thought that her acting was rather stiff in earlier episodes, but as it progresses, I think it was something intentional to show how she hide her broken heart by putting on a facade. The scene where she cried in Xie Zhiyao's arm in his car when she was drunk was a masterpiece, and no one can tell me otherwise. Li Xian on the other hand really embodies Xie Zhiyao from the get go. His sunshiny smile was so captivating, and he can be commanding when needed to show his charisma. I can't mention every supporting characters because it will make this review very long, but I need to mention the child actors. They are soooo good. The best ones I see so far in my not really short (K, C, J) drama watching.

Music:
10/10. I have the soundtrack on my youtube playlist right away, especially 去有风的地方 (Go Somewhere Windy) - 郁可唯 (Yisa Yu), 日日 (Days) - 陈粒 (Chen Li), and 摇篮谣 (The Cradling Ballad) - 斯斯与帆 (Sisi Yufan). The songs can transport you back to the village and make you feel like lounging around to feel the wind caress you.

The things I wish was better was the pace. There were times where they linger too long on a scene. Just because I love the serenity doesn't mean that I want to meander, especially when the scene was not that interesting. That was why I can't give the drama a perfect 10. But overall, I'll watch it again for sure.

PS: this is my first review here, and "Meet Yourself" made me do it.

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