A mortician and a disabled career woman walk into a love story—death meets determination in this healing romance.
56 minSeason 1 • Episode 21
LatestWith Zhuang Jie back in Shanghai, Chen Maidong isn't speaking to her. Eventually, she returns to Nanping to make a business proposal.
Chen Maidong, once a rebellious youth, chooses to become a mortician after experiencing a life-changing event. Zhuang Jie, who becomes disabled due to a car accident, strives for a better life and becomes a successful professional in a big city. This drama portrays the journey of them who, despite their contrasting personalities and circumstances, learn to understand and accept one another. Their love heals their hearts, allowing them to embrace and appreciate their "imperfect" selves.
Acting
Zhou Yutong's wheelchair work is devastatingly precise.
Direction
She Musi makes death preparation weirdly romantic.
Writing
Web novel adaptation that keeps the messy humanity.
Creator
She Musi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The drama quietly challenges China's stigma around death work and disability employment, rare topics for mainstream romance.
Li Xian shadowed real morticians for weeks; that cold storage scene in episode 7? Actually filmed in a working facility at 2AM.
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