He keeps saving her. She keeps dying. The universe has receipts.
Season 1 • Episode 18
LatestAfter the death of his first love, Huang Shijie, in a car accident, Zhang Zeyuan uses a camera left behind by Shijie to travel back in time to her senior year, hoping to change her fate. Despite his repeated efforts, the tragic outcome remains the same. As he continues to time-travel, Zeyuan discovers that he is not the only one altering the past.
Acting
Fang Xiaodong's thousand-yard stare of repeated loss
Writing
Tight 12-min episodes that still wreck you
Cinematography
Camera as time machine, literally and visually
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of China's booming 'mini-drama' format (竖屏短剧), designed for Douyin/Kuaishou vertical viewing—grief optimized for phone scrolling.
Fang Xiaodong and Zhang Xinyi reunited after 'The Birth of the Drama King'; their existing chemistry made the looped meet-cutes hit harder.
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