In 2024, Qin Yuan looked back on his life, filled with both regret and remorse. If he could start over, would he have avoided making so many choices that left him and his parents heartbroken? His life should have been comfortable and modest, but he had made a mess of it.
Back in the 1990s, he is obedient and hardworking, earning money to support his family. He doesn't marry that woman again, and at last he sees a long-missed smile on his parents' faces. He thinks this may be the meaning of being reborn.