[Reunion after years apart + first love + both leads are each other's only ones] [CEO who's not too domineering + gentle, fiery middle-school teacher] [Workplace + school] [Super sweet, bittersweet ending]
On the avenue lined with plane trees after graduation, Jiang Jichun clutches his burning-hot acceptance letter and looks at the ring that has suddenly appeared on Xia Qizhi's ring finger. Head bowed, she seems afraid to look up at him. “Jiang Jichun, I can't go abroad with you. I'm getting married.”
-
As torrential rain pours down, Jiang Jichun stands at the airport gate, unable to leave. In the end, she never comes. He takes out his SIM card, snaps it in half, throws it into a nearby trash can, and walks away without looking back.
Around the corner, Xia Qizhi crouches down, watching him leave as tears stream down her face. She secretly watches the man she has loved for four years, unable to follow him and unable to let him give up his future.
-
Six years later, on Wall Street in New York, Jiang Jichun turns down a glass of champagne at a celebratory banquet. An invitation to his alma mater's seventieth anniversary celebration suddenly pops up on his phone. Looking out at the neon lights, he remembers Xia Qizhi once saying, ten years earlier, “I hope I get to see you up there at the next school anniversary.”
-
At Lin Nan University's seventieth anniversary celebration, Xia Qizhi brings her ninth-grade students to watch the ceremony. She can't help thinking how wonderful it would be if he were still here. Then a familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounds beside her: “Ms. Xia, long time no see.”
