Lin Shuwan makes her way through the joys and sorrows of three lifetimes. After several loves gone wrong and a life of hardship, she finally finds her happy ending.
In the misty rain of the Republican era, her heartbreak began. Lonely and young, she fell for her childhood sweetheart, Li Yanci, and held on to that love for four years, believing his promise to wed her in a grand procession. She embroidered a handkerchief overnight and poured all her sincerity into it. But the autumn rain fell through the night, and her beloved never came. All her passion came to nothing, leaving her with nothing but a painful, hollow hope.
The next three lifetimes were all filled with regret. As a boy, Shen Zhihe offered her the tenderness of a hidden mountain retreat, then died protecting her amid the chaos of war, becoming her lifelong obsession. In a world torn by war, Li Yanshen gave her seven days of a dreamlike romance. Afraid he would be brought down, she painfully parted from him. The gentle Ji Guili stayed by her side through the turmoil, sacrificing himself to keep her safe and quietly letting her go. Li Zhishen pursued and protected her through three cycles of reincarnation, yielding time and again until his obsession came to nothing.
All those misplaced affections are in the past. Ji Mingli is the one person who saves her through the storms of her life. From their first meeting in a university library, he sees through her vulnerability and stubbornness, embraces her despite all her wounds, heals the desolation of her three lifetimes with his tenderness, and gives her a lifetime of peace with his devotion.
She writes five love letters to honor the regrets of the past; he replies in his own hand, promising to spend the rest of their lives together. Three lifetimes of obsession and half a lifetime of misplaced love finally lead her to one person who brings her peace year after year. Only after weathering countless storms does she realize that the best ending is to have someone who understands the depth of her love and stays by her side for the rest of her long life.
