Love in Lingnan, Ties to Meizhou

The male lead, Xiao Qiaoyu, is a border defense officer, tall and straight as a pine, with a gaze as resolute as an eagle’s. After a promotion, he takes annual leave and, at a friend’s invitation, returns to a Hakka town in Meizhou. There he meets the female lead, Su Yao, his friend’s wife’s best friend and a teacher at a private kindergarten in Shenzhen. Her sunny, cheerful nature brightens his heart. Xiao Qiaoyu pursues her passionately, and soon the two fall in love. But their happiness doesn’t last long. When Su Yao is hospitalized with pneumonia, she has no one to care for her. Meanwhile, Xiao Qiaoyu excels in one mission after another and steadily rises through the ranks. His family believes Su Yao is just a kindergarten teacher, far beneath him in status, and repeatedly pressures her and her family to force her to break up with him. Unable to endure the pressure and the lonely days, Su Yao tearfully asks Xiao Qiaoyu to end their relationship. In the eight years after their breakup, Su Yao doesn’t dwell on the pain of the past. Instead, she works hard to move forward. Through her own effort and ingenuity, she rises from a humble kindergarten teacher to the director of a kindergarten group. This time, she takes her team on an outing to the water towns of Lingnan, and the wheels of fate begin to turn once more. At the scenic spot, she runs into Xiao Qiaoyu, who is on leave. The love in his eyes has never faded, and he pursues Su Yao again. This time, can they overcome the pain of the past and rekindle their relationship?