Creative Statement
At its core, this story is very simple: love is meaning. Those words are what I found, in the course of writing, gives me the most strength. Whether in marriage, romance, betrayal or loss, in the vastness of life, love is the one essence beneath all appearances of emotion that connects most truly with our inner selves.
Synopsis
Tian Fei's wife, Zuo Ya, and Wan Qihong's husband, Cao Xiaobei, have both gone missing. Tian Fei and Wan Qihong team up to look for them, following highway surveillance cameras all the way from Beijing to Haixi. They try everything, but still find no trace of their spouses...... In another time, 19-year-old Cao Xiaobei comes to Haixi to see the girl he loves, Zuo Ya, and the two young people leave memories of their love in the small city. As past and present intertwine, the secrets of love and marriage gradually come to light......