Can a Man and a Woman Be Just Friends? Dear You Gives Us a Beautiful Answer. One of the biggest questions people ask after watching Dear You movie is: Did Nanzhi remain unmarried because she loved Mu Sheng? For nearly twenty years, she wrote letters and sent money to Mu Sheng's wife in China, Shurou. Was it romantic love? Was she simply transferring her feelings onto another woman? I see it differently. The brilliance of Dear You is that it does not portray Nanzhi as a woman hopelessly in love. If her actions were driven only by romantic love, it would have been almost impossible for her to devote eighteen years of her life to caring for the family of her so-called "love rival" without resentment. Nanzhi was not protecting her own love. She was protecting Mu Sheng's promise. She was not loyal to a man. She was loyal to Qing Yi (情义) . Perhaps she admired Mu Sheng. Perhaps she respected him deeply. But the movie never allows her to cross the line into romance. Beca...
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