Uncle: Meeting You Helped Me Become Myself

[Slightly morally forbidden romance + age gap + older man + sweet and angsty]

At 43, Li Jing is forced to take over his father-in-law's family business in a crisis, only to find himself trapped by a domineering mother-in-law and an indifferent wife. A chance encounter at dusk brings him face-to-face with Su Wan, a 23-year-old medical student: poor but resilient, a girl struggling to survive like a wild weed.

These two lonely souls keep meeting in hidden corners of the city, and the forbidden flames of love burn with both guilt and longing. Li Jing gives up his wealth, breaks free from his marriage, and starts over from scratch. But for various reasons, Su Wan leaves the country.

“Nothing compares to meeting that girl.”

“Though it hurt, I think it was a blessing.”

“It was meeting you that made me become myself.”

Five years later, he is outwardly a bookstore owner but secretly the “decision-maker” behind a business giant. She returns home as an accomplished surgeon, but stays by Cheng Xu's side out of guilt.

When they meet again, she sees him walking with his ex-wife, while he sees her with someone else and a child. All the words they have to say dissolve into silence. Professor Gu, a refined and gracious man at the hospital, falls for her, yet she can never escape her deep longing for Li Jing.

Until...