Dream of Late Autumn is a romantic novel steeped in nostalgia, taking you back in time to the 1980s.
The story follows Lin Wanqiu, who has endured life's hardships in the modern world: an unhappy marriage and distant family ties. Fate plays a cruel trick on her. On the brink of death, she unexpectedly transmigrates back to 1987, returning to the springtime of her youth at seventeen, a turning point in her life.
Back in the 1980s, Lin Wanqiu is determined to rewrite her fate. She refuses to give up her studies because of her family's hardships and resolutely chooses to attend the county's top high school, working hard to get into college. Along the way, she reunites with the sunny and handsome Gu Nanke, her classmate, who has secretly loved her since high school. In this life, their relationship gradually grows warmer. They pursue their dreams together, keeping each other company and cheering each other on through their youth.
But the bonds of fate are not easily broken. Financial pressure, her family's lack of understanding, and all kinds of outside interference continually test Lin Wanqiu and Nanke. Lin Wanqiu's older brother gets into college, but her family still expects her to drop out and earn money to support him. Zhang Laosan, a nouveau riche from the neighboring village, was the man she had reluctantly married in her previous life, and in this life he continues to pester her. But with her unwavering resolve and Nanke's support, Lin Wanqiu fights back time and again, doing her best to protect her dreams and love. And yet...
