At Forty, Women Have the Stars and the Sea Ahead

By middle age, men and women alike face the same question: “Are you still married?”

People say marriage is the foundation of happiness, but others say it’s the graveyard of love. The seven-year itch, cheating, falling out of love, incompatible personalities: we all come and go, searching and yearning within marriage.

After divorcing, Ye Su raised her daughter alone. She hated marriage and didn’t want to marry again, yet still longed to find the right person and walk down the aisle once more.

Huang Linger was stunningly beautiful. After graduating from university, she set off with her boyfriend to make a life for themselves, but they eventually broke up, and she became the other woman. Then she found a man who loved her deeply and thought her happiness would last forever…