An Eighties Girl Marries Her Childhood Sweetheart and Becomes Everyone's Darling

In 1987, in the workers’ apartment block of the state-owned Hongxing Machinery Factory, Su Tong and Chen Qiming were childhood sweethearts in everyone’s eyes. She thought their relationship would never be more than that of neighbors and childhood friends, until she stumbled upon the truth: her quiet, taciturn childhood friend was the mysterious pen pal she had been writing to for three years and secretly admired. Just as the truth behind their mutual crush came to light, a recruitment offer from the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone landed in Chen Qiming’s hands. In an era when communications were limited, he told her, “Wait for me for two years.” Two years later, Su Tong didn’t get Chen Qiming back. Instead, she lived through the massive layoffs at the factory. Resolute, Su Tong headed south. Amid the surging crowds at a job fair, she unexpectedly came face-to-face with him, now dressed in a suit. It turned out he had always been waiting somewhere she couldn’t see, and had never gone far.