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A non-mute military man reunites with his first love after a decade.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Jing Bo Ran: Lu Yan Chen

Tan Song Yun: Gui Xiao

Director

Yu Cui Hua

Scriptwriter:

Mo Bao Fei Bao

Chinese Title
歸路 (Gui Lu)

The Way Back

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Network: iQIYI, MangoTV

Year: 2023
Episodes: 30

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Cast


Jing Bo Ran: Lu Yan Chen	Tan Song Yun: Gui Xiao

Lin Ming Cheng: Qin Ming Yu	Zhang Bo Jia: Meng Xiao Shan

Wang Hao: Hai Dong	Zhang Qiao Er: Duan Rou

Liang Tian: Lu Zheng	Wu Yu Fang: Gon Lin

Xu Rong Zhen: Shen Jin	Song Ning Feng: Qin Feng

Guo Xiao Tian: Hai Jian Feng	Liu Lu: Lu Tong Tong

Romcom/Romance Checklist

How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0.25 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

The ML:

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /

The FL:

Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better Than ML / Noble Idiot /

Describe the Relationship (the tropes):

Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers /

Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad

Screen Caps

[Ep1]

Gui Xiao says they're fated. His Chen (晨曉) Chen and her Xiao (曉) both mean dawn. Omo, look at our mechanic rolling with that wrench-move. (I call all tools a wrench).

More than the way she dresses, he cares about her warmth.

"Address"
"Get in"
This author's MLs don't like speaking.

Her jealousy needed to take a pee, ha. I love how when the misunderstandings are all resolved, he still remembers she needed to pee. No more. The urge to was already relieved.

Smiling at her. (Finally!)

[Ep2]

Gui Xiao is angry, but her heart melts a little when she learns that Lu Yan Chen's mentor died in the line of duty right in front of him. Then he runs up to her (without a jacket on). Definitely melting. He has something to say! "Gui Xiao." I love him saying her name already. There's a kid who wants to study in Beijing. OK. Whatever, I didn't expect anything more from you anyway. I do, however, love the way his eyes are always on her.

His "Sorry."

(´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

[Ep3]

So Show says Qin Ming Yu is poor and can't afford a spacier room. Excuses! You needed our leads in a cramped space like this.

(✿˶’◡˘)♡

Kakoi~
NO. LOL. Because I love Jing Bo Ran, I need to share this. That's the real reason he let her break the shot, hehehe

He stopped her bike because she almost slowmo wheeled into him. Her bike knew where it needed to go. ( Also in the BTS, Tan Song Yun fell off her bike here as she rode off. Jing Bo Ran was like "day off!" xD)

When she looked up (to compliment his food), he was already watching her.
(⺣◡⺣)♡*

[Ep4]

"My girlfriend is here!"

In his notes: 人生昧履砥砺而行
Life is a dark road to tread / Firmly move forward with mutual encouragement.
Life may be "dark" at night, but dawn (Chen Xiao) will always arrive to illuminate the day.

Gui Xiaos' bike at it again, knowing precisely when to fall over. It's got the FL spirit! Falling anywhere and anytime.

Are you retaking third year?

Do you want me to retake?

She nods.

He's retaking.

And how did he know where she lived?

He heard her cheering for him ~

Throwing chalk at the girl he likes.

WHAT IS THAT POSE! HAHAHA xD.

My poor Gui Xiao whimpering! Lu Yan Chen laughs at her too, lol.
It doesn't matter if your face is permanently scarred.
Who says it's not important!
I said so.
Because he likes her either way.