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Meet Me in Your Sound (幻乐森林)

Meet Me in Your Sound (幻乐森林, also translated as Echo of Her Voice) is a 2024 Chinese costume romance drama in 24 episodes, produced by iQiyi and first streamed on iQiyi and Youku from September 22, 2024.1 It stars Xu Jiaqi and Wei Zheming as two musicians bound by an unusual premise: a young lord who cannot hear, and the one performer whose drumming reaches him.2

Key factDetail
Format24-episode Chinese costume romance (古装爱情) web drama, Mandarin, TV-PG2
Original runSeptember 22 to October 1, 2024, on iQiyi and Youku1
Directors and writersHe Honghui and Liang Wenyi (directors); Shan Xinkang and Chen Daye (writers)3
Lead castXu Jiaqi as Su Ruofei, Wei Zheming as Yun Mu, Wu Xize as Jin Shangyu, Zhang Yue as Su Ruoshan, Huang Youming as Yun Shang2
Central premiseYun Mu, famed as a music lover, secretly lost his hearing in childhood; only Su Ruofei's jiegu drumming is audible to him4
ProductioniQiyi with Beijing Kaikuai Xinle Culture Media as co-producer; passed censorship with a web-series filing number in January 20223 • 5
Japanese broadcastAs 幻楽森林 on Asiadramatic TV from August 7, 2025, Thursdays and Fridays 17:30–19:006

Spoilers

Premise

The story is set on the fictional Dongsheng continent, where everyone loves music. Yun Mu (Wei Zheming), the young lord famed for his devotion to music, hides a secret: after a childhood attack he lost his hearing, and he maintains the appearance of a normal life with the help of a bodyguard who acts as his ears.4 Traveling to Yunyao to recruit musicians, he hears a jiegu (a traditional drum) played by Su Ruofei (Xu Jiaqi), head of the Lüguang music troupe, and discovers that hers is the only sound that reaches him.2

He then maneuvers her, first with inducements and then with threats, into becoming his private musician, while her troupe faces closure, so their interests initially align.1 The synopsis adds that the two were already bound by a mysterious light, and that the legendary Green Light Forest connects their fates.7 The drama is described as an adaptation of the classic idol drama Green Light Forest (绿光森林), and 绿光森林 appears among its alternate titles.4 • 8

Cast and characters

  • Xu Jiaqi as Su Ruofei, head of the Lüguang music troupe and a skilled performer1
  • Wei Zheming as Yun Mu, the music-loving young lord of Dongsheng who cannot hear1
  • Wu Xize as Jin Shangyu2
  • Zhang Yue as Su Ruoshan2
  • Huang Youming as Yun Shang, Yun Mu's uncle, who was behind the childhood attack2 • 4
  • Lu Zhaohua as Huang Ying, a lively pipa player; Xu Fangzhou as Xiao Qi, with Yang Minna and Cheung Shiu-fai in supporting roles5 • 9

Music as the story's language

The drama's distinguishing device is treating music as a channel of communication rather than decoration. Traditional instruments including the jiegu drum, guqin, jade flute, and konghou appear in the plot, and performances carry the characters' emotions, confessions, and escapes from danger.4 The bond between the leads rests on a unique auditory resonance, the idea that only she can be heard by him, rather than on the more common devices of love at first sight or matched social standing.4 A review in Sohu placed the show against a market crowded with revenge and palace-intrigue plots, describing it as a light, fairy-tale-toned romance built on mutual healing.4

Production and release history

The 24-episode drama passed censorship and received its online series filing number in January 2022, with iQiyi and Beijing Kaikuai Xinle Culture Media as co-producers.5 Despite the early clearance, it was shelved for about three years before release, a delay the entertainment press attributed to the growing backlog of dramas awaiting slots.10 It was listed in a 2023 investor report among iQiyi's upcoming slate in the "Oriental Fantasy" category, with a projected fourth-quarter 2023 release that slipped to September 2024.11

It premiered on September 22, 2024 on iQiyi and Youku, concluding on October 1.1 iQiyi's international site carried the series, and episode runtimes on the platform run roughly 42 to 46 minutes.2 • 12

International distribution

In Japan the series aired as 幻楽森林 (Genraku Shinrin) on the Asiadramatic TV channel from August 7, 2025, in a Thursday and Friday 17:30–19:00 slot, with a late-night rebroadcast; the press release billed it as a romance period drama pairing Wei Zheming of Word of Honor with Xu Jiaqi of The Rebel Princess cast member credits.6 The streaming service Hulu Japan carries it under the title 幻楽森林 ～静寂に響く鈴～ (Echo of Her Voice), and the Filmarks database lists it under the same English name.7 • 13 iQiyi also released a wrap-up feature with Xu Jiaqi and Wei Zheming for international audiences.14

References

  1. 幻樂森林劇情｜最新追劇日曆/播出時間+演員關係圖+角色簡介, HK01
  2. 幻乐森林 (2024) 全集, iQIYI International
  3. 幻乐森林电视剧剧情介绍、演员表, 搜视网
  4. 《幻乐森林》：以乐为契遇微光，幻林深处见真心, Sohu
  5. 《幻乐森林》取得上线备案号, Sohu (2022-01-21)
  6. ラブロマンス時代劇「幻楽森林」本日よりアジアドラマチックTVにて日本初放送, Sony Music Solutions
  7. 幻楽森林 ～静寂に響く鈴～, Hulu Japan
  8. 幻乐森林剧情介绍（1-24全集）大结局, 电视猫
  9. 中国ドラマ「幻楽森林」のあらすじ・キャスト・放送予定, 華ハオ
  10. 《幻乐森林》：魏哲鸣与许佳琪合作，积压三年才上线, Sohu
  11. CMB International investor report, 14 December 2023
  12. 幻乐森林 (2024), FMDb
  13. 幻楽森林 ドラマ情報・レビュー・評価, Filmarks
  14. Wrap-up feature of "Meet me in your Sound", iQIYI International

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026

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