A Thousand Reincarnations, Yet We Still Miss Each Other as the Flowers Beyond the Shore Bloom
Shen Manci, a 22-year-old restoration intern specializing in ancient books, is drawn into a destiny spanning a thousand lifetimes by a bookmark bearing a sizzling flower of the other shore. Beneath a flower tree on Manzhu Lane, she accidentally collides with archaeology blogger Ye Yanzhou. In his camera, a shadow with her exact appearance appears. The pain of the flower-shaped mark in her palm tears open the prelude to reincarnation.
From a mysterious love letter in a Republican-era textbook to a jade pendant inscribed with “Manci” unearthed during a livestreamed archaeological dig; from an immersive, VR-like dream of lovers dying together in ancient times to a life-and-death farewell in a Republican-era spy war, where lipstick hides a message, they have missed each other by “just one step” in lifetime after lifetime. The schemes of Cangyuan, the mastermind behind it all, turn their separation into a curse of fate.
The spirit butterfly Lingxi’s quips about internet slang, the reincarnation notes on tomb keeper Xie Changgeng’s phone, the misplaced romance of parallel-world double Lu Yanci, and the support of millions of viewers during their livestreams make this thousand-year vigil less lonely. When the Stone of Blossoms and Leaves Together is activated, energies from three time periods converge, and people everywhere awaken to the power to protect. At last, the two join hands to shatter the curse and unite the Star Vine and Lightfeather star systems, forming an interstellar alliance for their shared cause.
Their tragic romance across a thousand lifetimes finally becomes a sweet love story in the present: the cultural and creative shop on Manzhu Lane is filled with the scent of flowers, a homestay themed around reincarnation holds stories from past lives, and rings of intertwined flowers and leaves sparkle at their interstellar wedding. Meanwhile, a mysterious message at the Ferry to the River of Forgetfulness heralds their next legend of guardianship. This is a story of waiting and devotion: though the cycle turns a thousand times and the flowers beyond the shore bloom, in this life, we will finally find each other.
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