Nothing really l ooks what it r eally is wh en you look from a distance and so is Jinwoo’s quiet life, far from the hectic, stress ful city life, tucked away in the beau ty of the Korean countryside, welcomed with open arms b y a loving new “fam ily” that has ac cepted, on thei r she ep ranch, him and Seol, his wonderful niece who he loves as if s he were his own daughter. But when Park Kun-youn g's careful and precise direction begins to focus on t he details of Jinwoo's existence, slowly revealing hi s restle ss soul, we gra dually discover the compl exity of the reasons that led to J inwoo' s extrem e choice to retir e in the countryside to live like a shepherd . The arriv al at th e ranch of Jinwoo’s lo ngtime male frien d from univ ersity, Hyun min, upsets all balance. Moonkyeon g, the ranch owner’s daughter, who has a crush on Jinwoo, accidentally discover the two men in bed and shortly after ward s Jin woo’s twin sister, and Se ol’s birth mother, shows up at the ranch after years o f absence a nd s ilence and wants t o take her d aughter back to Seoul. The community of that small country place, which seemed kind an d nice, slowly reveals t heir true colours and deep disapproval of the two me n's relationship. The fragile sandcastle of happiness that Jinwoo has struggled to build is crumb ling and the cold, har sh winter is upo n him. Giovanna Fulvi
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“各位同学，老师，我是温静，我知道最近关于 我考试作弊的事情闹得沸沸扬扬，但是我在这里澄清，不管是以前还是现在， 我都没有违反过任何 的纪律，我是靠自己的实力考进来临海大学 的！至于为什么会出现 我和另一位同学的考试答案雷同，既然现在没有任何证据证明究竟是谁在作弊，我愿意和另一位考生在操场接受所 有人的监督再考一次！”
“戚家是省城望族 ，多年前因为一些特 殊原因，整个家族受到牵连，听说家里几个孩子都被下放到 全国各个地方，连那 老爷子都被发配去了边远的农场接受改造 ，而那戚善文因 为曾经的一篇科技论文，惊才绝艳，受到上级极大 赏识，这才被召回，至 于去向，我们是不得而知的 。”
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“不如你？我四个孩子 ，就拿我 两个儿子来说，哪个输你了？也就是我家娇娇单纯，哪里比得上你家晓楠 心思活络，跟你一样样精明的性子， 你敢说我当初遭难，分明定好的职称，偏偏落到了你手里，难道不是你在背后一手撺掇的
