Half a Lifetime of Broken Love

Tan Wenxi is about to graduate from Hanzhou University. She can't bear to part from Shen Shi'an, the mentor she has quietly loved for ten years, but she has no choice but to head to Honghai City to work for Shuangmu Pharmaceuticals. Shen Shi'an is only a few years older than Tan Wenxi, yet exceptionally accomplished. He teaches at Hanzhou University and also owns a top-tier private hospital. Young and promising, with a handsome appearance, he is pursued by Liang Jun, who has returned from studying abroad and also teaches at Hanzhou University. They marry when Tan Wenxi is nearing the end of her third year. While at university, Tan Wenxi is pursued by her classmate Lin Huayuan. Only after she starts working does she learn that the President of Shuangmu Pharmaceuticals, Lin Huatuan, is Lin Huayuan's twin brother. The brothers have long been at odds. To pursue Tan Wenxi, Lin Huatuan sends his younger brother to work at a branch office, but Tan Wenxi has eyes only for her mentor, Shen Shi'an, and never accepts Lin Huatuan's advances. During the New Year in her first year at work, Shen Shi'an tells Tan Wenxi that he loved her before marrying Liang Jun, and that he had compelling reasons for asking Liang Jun to marry him. This love being returned fills Tan Wenxi with joy, but Liang Jun discovers clues and constantly humiliates her, both in public and in private. Afraid Wenxi will be hurt, Shen Shi'an deliberately distances himself from her. Then Shen Shi'an faces bankruptcy, and Tan Wenxi saves him by agreeing to marry Lin Huatuan. Tan Wenxi soon becomes pregnant, but Lin's father makes Lin Huatuan marry someone else. Even the child she gives birth to is forcibly taken away by Lin Huatuan's infertile legal wife. Heartbroken, Wenxi checks into Shi'an Hospital. Lin Huatuan mistakenly believes she and Shen Shi'an have rekindled their old romance and hits Wenxi. After fleeing and being struck again, a despairing Wenxi turns to Lin Huayuan for help. Can she still rekindle her relationship with Shen Shi'an…