Zhao Shen Shen (portrayed by Park Eun-hye)

23 years old, Chinese-Korean, in an accident she loses her ability to speak. But this didn't bring complete misery, but instead it helped her to better understand how to use her heart to listen to and understand others. She didn't give up because of her mishaps and you can't see the inferiorities of disabled people in her. She substituted it with honesty and optimism. Though she can't speak, but the "love" in her heart is more intense than anyone else.

Zuo Jun (portrayed by Andy Hui)

27 years old. When he was young he was rebellious and playful, harming Shen Shen to become mute in an accident. Although on the surface it seems that Zuo Jun refuses to admit he's wrong, inside he holds himself responsible. To make up for his wrongdoing, he decides to protect Shen Shen from any kind of harm and unconsciously falls in love with Shen Shen. He's convinced that he's the only one who can give her happiness. In the name of love, he blocks Shen Shen and Wei Yi from development and doesn't hesitate to do sinful things. This is all because he wants to keep the girl at his side.

Mi Xiao Guang (portrayed by Megan Lai)

26 years old, Wei Yi's fiancee, serious, competent, independent, wants to use her abilities to have a breakthrough achievement in her career and prove her strength. Although there aren't many feelings between her and Wei Yi but they have a steady tacit understanding of each other. When Wei Yi suffers from cancer and dismisses their engagement, she couldn't help but reconsider what "love" is.

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Other Titles: Shen Qing Ma Ma

Synopsis:

The story starts when Wei Yi is 15 years old.

Because of an accident Wei Yi was sent to the only hospital in the village. Getting bored while recuperating, Wei Yi accidentally discovers an old air-raid shelter hospital room. Through a secret in the room he unexpectedly meets a Korean girl, Shen Shen, 2 years younger than him who became mute from an accident. Furthermore, a simple and pure love aroused. However, they end up losing contact with each other.

Nine years later, Wei Yi is occupied with many business affairs. He bears his parents' expectations of him succeeding them. He doesn't have a life full of perils, making him confident as well as dazzling. One day Wei Yi mercilessly fired a worker. To his surprise, the next day a mute girl and a hoodlum guy came to ask for justice. Wei Yi never thought that the mute girl was the Zhao Shen Shen from 9 years ago.

Because of Shen Shen's righteousness, this mute girl left Wei Yi a deep and favorable impression. Because of fate, the two keep on bumping into each other. Even though they get mad over little things every time, but seeing the way Shen Shen does sign language Wei Yi felt like he was brimming with magnificent vitality. Argue for the sake of arguing with Wei Yi has become apart of Shen Shen's silent life.

At this time, a” misfortune" suddenly befallen him. His doctor verified that he had liver cancer and only had 1 more year to live. All of a sudden Wei Yi recalled a promise. The time capsule he and Shen Shen buried 9 years ago that said childhood memories would unlock 10 years later...

Wei Yi dismisses his engagement with his fiancée and goes to the place the2 agreed to meet at. As death drew near, fate arranges for Wei Yi and Zhao Shen Shen to meet again! Zhao Shen Shen was actually that mute girl.

With his life about to end, Wei Yi decides to hide his identity and slowly changes because of Shen Shen, living the last 365days of his life nicely. But Wei Yi's father Zhen Yang is furious that his son has changed because of an out-of-the-blue mute girl and decides to resolve this impediment personally. To protect Shen Shen, Wei Yi agrees to return to Taiwan to get treated. The day Wei Yi leaves Dalian Shen Shen accidentally finds out that Wei Yi was her love many years ago. She also finds out that Wei Yi only had 1 more year to live! The love deeply suppressed within her heart was completely dispersed at this moment. Shen Shen chases after Wei Yi's car, crying all the way and trying to call out to Wei Yi...Shen Shen's voice is finally back after 9 years!....

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Translated by Amy of Faithful 4ever - http://f4ever.azn.nu

What I Think:

I have already written a really awesome review for this series way way back, was that 2005, when it was first aired in ctv, everything in Chinese. My pc bugged down and I lost y Silence files, so I had to rewrite this all over again and remember the stuff I said way back.

Compared to Jerry Yan’s The Hospital (which aired almost in the same year, channel and timeslot), this one has a better storyline, the scenes were nicely written and constructed but I have to say that it really dragged on in the ending part. Some scenes were even cinematic.

Vic Zhou in Silence – there is another side of Vic’s acting that is revealed here. In Meteor Garden, he was relying in his manga-bishonen-good looks, in Mars he was strong and brooding, in Silence he was cool, unfazed and in control. There is just something about Vic that I just cannot point my fingers on but he has a great commanding presence and aura about him tat when it’s his scene, you just notice him..maybe it’s the distinguished handsome looks, or his sleek, suave suits. He still lacks depth in some of the crying scenes though and he has great chemistry with Park Eun Hye.

Park Eun Hye – She made mute seem so beautiful. Her sign language seems effortless, very natural. She was sweet, sincere and mild-mannered. Producers tailor-made this role for Eun Hye because she cannot speak mandarin, so they made her mute. I think this is the first time that I was so enamored by an actress whose role is a mute girl, and I am actually rooting for her to end up with Wei Yi.

Andy Hui – I respect him as a senior actor and all but there is just something about his face that bugs me…tsk aish…he does everything to break up the couple, I just want to freakin slash him of the screen, I guess that shows how good an actor he is. I mean come on seriously between him and Zaizai who would we choose? ^_^ And if you guys, like me have seen this series in its original ctv Chinese run, holy Buddha, it makes me go crazy the way he switches from Mandarin to Cantonese – because I can only understand Mandarin, and I sort of panic when he says lines in Cantonese.

Fast notes on supporting cast, Yellow is played by Kingone Wang Chuan Yi. He is the hottie whom Ranie Yang had a crush in Devil Beside You. He is just so cute isn’t he? I have a hard time getting over his cuteness factor.

Nice scenes:

@ Wei Yi first finds out about Shen Shen's true identity

@ Shen Shen asking Wei Yi to choose between the 2 postcards in the church, oh I love this scene

@ Wei Yi and Shen Shen are living together
@ Wei Yi reading the message that Shen Shen sent him, where she confessed that she liked him

@ Wei Yi hugging Shen Shen in the rain

Rating: 8 Taiwanese Taicha out of 10

My fave rain scene:

They look so cute at the premiere of the series...

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