Cheating

At 26, Su Wan married Jiang Chen, her sweetheart of five years from their school days. The mortgage on their home in a first-tier city weighed heavily on them. Jiang Chen stayed up late wining and dining clients for a promotion. His phone lay face down, and his shirt carried the scent of an unfamiliar perfume, making his promise to “take care of her” ring increasingly hollow. When a flirtatious notification from the intern Lin Weiwei shattered the illusion, Su Wan didn't make a scene. She moved in with a close friend and devoted herself to design, rising from a mistreated assistant to a director. Jiang Chen was demoted after the scandal and began delivering food. Only when he was soaked by the rain while making a delivery did he understand what she had suffered. He turned over a new leaf, and eventually earned another promotion. This affair wasn't a melodramatic farce, but a misstep in a young marriage. We once lost our way in the real world, but fortunately, we had the courage to cut our losses, and the courage to embrace each other again after we'd grown.