I Look Back in Silence, and You Are Among the Clouds

Life is a journey to an unknown destination. More often than not, we have no idea what kind of future lies ahead. Sometimes, though, we charge blindly forward and forget what the journey is really about.

Gu Xiaomo has always played the part of an onlooker in life: a spectator to events, a supporting character in tales of blood and thunder, and just another passerby in the spotlight. She is low-key by nature, yet enthusiastic about getting involved in melodramatic tales. Always standing beside the protagonists, she longs to join them but lacks the confidence to take the plunge. So she ends up as little more than a backdrop to their stories, and perhaps that is why she can face whatever happens with such calm acceptance…