[Modern romance and heartbreak + groveling pursuit + women's growth]
For three years of marriage, Shen Qingwan has been the perfect stand-in for the woman Lu Siheng loves.
As the candlelight on their anniversary dies away, the headlines about him accompanying his first love to the hospital burn bright. On the night she has a high fever and stomach pains, he tells her over the phone that he's "busy" playing piano for someone else.
Then a pregnancy test and a glaring photo of him with his first love, captioned "Ten-Year Promise," appear at the same time. Shen Qingwan finally tears up her illusions, leaves behind divorce papers, and disappears into the rainy night.
She keeps a low profile in Jiangnan and takes up her paintbrush. Amid morning sickness and the torment of threatened miscarriage, she transforms withered lotus leaves and their fading shadows into "Flowers Blooming from the Ruins."
Her painting Nirvana shakes the art world, and her brand, Qingwan Pavilion, makes its way from a courtyard in an ancient town to international runways.
By then, she has risen from the ashes. With close friends, a mentor who recognizes her talent, and an adorable daughter by her side, there is no place in her life for Lu Siheng anymore.
Only after losing everything does Lu Siheng suddenly come to his senses.
He searches for her like a madman, but can only catch glimpses of her smiling with composure under the spotlight, treating him like a stranger.
Humble pleas, risking his life to save her, doing everything he can to help... He burns through every last shred of pride as he enters the "groveling pursuit" stage, yet can only watch her drift farther away and ascend to heights he can never reach.
When she dazzles at an auction, he hides in the crowd and finally learns the true meaning of love: it isn't possession, but letting go. But can Lu Siheng, stripped of all his pride, still wait for her to look back? And does Shen Qingwan, reborn from the ashes, still need that old dream that buried her youth?
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