Twenty-eight-year-old Gu Xi had worked as a waitress in a hotel for eight years. On the day she was laid off, she stood in the rain holding a cardboard box. She opened her high school classmate book and saw a line: "I will design a house for you from now on. Lu Zhiheng, June 2009."
Ten years ago he was her deskmate and would secretly draw pictures of her sleeping. Then he disappeared without leaving a word.
Ten years later he showed up at the hotel where she worked the night shift, drunk. Three days later, she was laid off.
Unemployed Gu Xi lives in an old house and helps the landlord oversee the construction and renovation. The designer hired by the landlord was none other than Lu Zhiheng—his grandfather designed this old house in 1937. Lies, misunderstandings, old feelings, and new resentments, the two people were forced to get to know each other again under the same roof.
Lu Zhiheng saw the sketch she drew and said, "You are talented in this area, it would be a shame not to learn." Zhou Yan, the owner of the B&B, also admired her and gave her the opportunity to participate in the design competition.
From waiter to designer, from ten years of separation to working together side by side. In the process of renovating the old house, they also slowly repaired each other's lives. A letter was discovered from a crack in the wall in 1958. Grandma wrote in the letter: "This is the home we built together, just like the future we built together."
This is a story about "reconstruction" - rebuilding an old house, rebuilding a relationship, and rebuilding a self.
