[Urban life + marriage + healing + CEO + strong heroine + tragic romance] If Cheng Yuan hadn't insisted, Lin Junyi would never have given up the child in her womb or asked him to break up with her. After eight years together, they ended up as strangers. Lin Junyi didn't know that Cheng Yuan was suffering even more than she was. But then Chu Tiancheng unexpectedly entered their lives, bringing them another possibility. Lin Junyi never imagined that the wedding she'd longed for would take place at her ex-boyfriend's funeral...
This is an ensemble novel about the love and marriage journeys of five college roommates, all highly educated modern women, after graduation. It stays close to real life, so please don't leave harsh comments if it's not to your taste.
Lin Junyi (Fourth): I'm certain that life is a process of making mistakes and correcting them. I long for love, and I also hope for a perfect wedding. But fate had other plans: my wedding took place at my ex-boyfriend's funeral...
Mo Yuntong (Eldest Sister): A failed marriage is like a cocoon you weave around yourself. Now that I've broken free, why shouldn't I live more freely, more independently, and more like myself?
Xie Ziwei (Second Sister): Right now, all my energy goes into my daughter. I just want to protect her and raise her to adulthood. Nothing else matters.
Bian Yunfei (Third Sister): Thinking of love as something too beautiful was the biggest mistake I've made in my life. But I still believe in it. Without love, I couldn't go on.
He Manli (Fifth): You always say I like to dream and that I'm like a child who never grows up. But what's wrong with that? Is a woman's life supposed to be nothing but marriage, children, and carrying on the family line? Shouldn't we be allowed to have a few “unreasonable desires” of our own?
Close to life, strong sense of substitution