A marriage that starts before love, with both of them unable to stand each other.
Lu Ling: He’s too old for me. Our ten-year age gap is as wide as the Mariana Trench.
Shen Mingwen: She’s too young. She’s immature and always making a fuss.
After their engagement
Lu Ling: Can we call it off?
Shen Mingwen: I was about to ask you the same thing.
After their wedding
Lu Ling: We’ll live our own lives and stay out of each other’s business.
Shen Mingwen: Agreed.
Three months later
Her business partner runs off, and Lu Ling goes bankrupt.
Shen Mingwen: I’ll handle it.
A junior colleague appears, and Lu Ling gets jealous.
Shen Mingwen: She and I have nothing going on.
Lu Ling’s art show gets rejected, and she’s crushed.
Shen Mingwen: I’ve already taken care of it.
Lu Ling snaps, “Can you stop arranging everything for me?”
Shen Mingwen takes off his glasses and rubs his brow. “Then tell me, if I’m not supposed to arrange things for you, what am I supposed to do?”
Lu Ling stands there, stunned.
Only later does she understand
He steps in because he cares;
he arranges everything because he doesn’t want her to suffer;
he never says he loves her because he’s used to showing it through what he does.
An older man’s love is giving you wings to fly, catching you when you fall, and valuing your dreams more than his own pride.
Lu Ling, go chase whatever you want.
Leave the rest to him.
