The Road of Grassroots

Life's Spring Is Everywhere

Su Xiaotang, a 30-year-old advertising creative director, loses her job after her project is canceled and she takes the fall for a subordinate. She retreats to her Jiangnan hometown to help her mother run a breakfast shop, where she reunites with Lin Shen—her high school crush, once a top science student, now a vet treating stray cats by the roadside. When the town asks her to plan an intangible cultural heritage project, Su intends to half-heart it. But as she and Lin visit old carpenters and embroiderers, she rediscovers the warmth of ordinary life she'd forgotten—and that Lin never let go of his feelings for her. When she themes the project around "old memories wrapped in spring rolls," she not only brings tourists to the town but also reclaims her creative初心 (original intention). Turns out, life's spring isn't in office PPTs—it's in returning to the hustle of home, and meeting someone who's been waiting to watch the flowers bloom with you.

2 months ago

Mountains and Seas Hidden in the Marketplace

Lin Xiaoman, a sugar painting artist in an old alley, lives in the house left by her grandfather. She is abandoned by her scumbag ex-boyfriend Chen Mo for "not being good enough for a wealthy family," and her cousin Lin Yue steals her house and frames her for "killing her grandfather." Until she finds her grandfather's old wooden box and discovers she is the heir to the "Shan Hai Lu"—able to use sugar paintings to awaken the memories of ordinary life in old objects. When she restores the century-old vitality of the old alley with sugar paintings, she not only exposes Lin Yue's lies but also makes Chen Mo regret deeply and beg for reconciliation. And Gu Huai, the antique shop owner who has been silently helping her, finally confesses his feelings hidden for three years: "You guard the warmth of ordinary life, I guard you."

4 months ago

Just in Time for Spring

In the cherry blossom-filled spring, amnesiac pianist Su Xiao accidentally returns to her hometown, reuniting with Lin Shen, her long-lost first love who now runs a traditional bookstore. As fragments of her memory slowly return, their rekindled feelings clash with the realities of the past and present. An unexpected concert unveils a five-year-old secret, forcing them to confront the choices they once made. Can they reclaim the time they lost before the spring ends?

8 months ago

Moonlight Embraced by the Night Breeze

When aloof perfumer Su Wan meets unruly genius photographer Feng Yi, a game of light and scent begins. He breaks into her world at midnight, capturing her most vulnerable moments with his lens; she intoxicates him with unique fragrances. Their mutual试探 and tension unravel hidden pasts and secrets under the moonlight and night breeze. Is it fate's favored coincidence or a carefully laid trap? A dangerous yet enchanting game of love unfolds in the night...

8 months ago

No Way Home

Rebellious Su Xiao flees from her gambling-addicted father, only to fall prey to scams in a strange city. When loan sharks corner her, the man she fears most appears - battered but determined. Trapped in an abandoned factory by gangsters, she screams 'Dad' for the first time in 20 years, just as he reveals a yellowed organ donor contract clutched in his trembling hands.

1 year ago