Fleeing to the Grassland

Mi Niang was swept along with the flood of refugees in a daze, fleeing to a place beyond the borders. She thought she would be a lonely soul, destined to die as a stranger in a foreign land. No one to care, no one to love. When she fell ill, her death would be marked by a simple straw mat thrown to feed the wild wolves. Until the day a taciturn shepherd boy appeared. He helped heal a sick lamb for her and chased a major flood that swept away her hometown, causing her family’s ruin and the loss of lives. As the sun set, she suddenly noticed the unusually tall figure of this silent and reserved young man. The bruise on his face stirred her once lifeless heart. From the perspective of the ...