When holding a kitten, he is seen talking to himself and becoming more expressive. In this story, cats play a crucial role in helping mother and son reconnect and rediscover lost forms of communication.
Xie, who also co-directed this episode, explains that each member of the production team is a cat owner. Throughout the filming process, they found themselves reflecting on their relationships with their own cats, inspired by the interactions they observed between the subjects and their pets.
As the director of the series, Lu Qingyi, 52, who has owned many cats, says that the filming process and the shared love for cats helped the team evolve from strangers into a close-knit group.
