Lin Wanning is a rare carbonized texture designer for ancient wooden beams in China, specializing in the restoration of intangible cultural heritage buildings. Ten years ago, she was a timid high school student. Because her father was seriously ill and in debt, she was forced to accept money from Gu Shen's stepmother, wrote a heartless letter and left without saying goodbye. Ten years later, she was worrying about the golden nanmu beams from the Ming Dynasty in the ancient town workshop. When she looked up, she bumped into the young man from that time, Gu Shen, who was now an investor in the ancient building restoration project.
He looked at her like a stranger, and said coldly: "Lin Gong, why should I trust you?"
To repair an ancient wooden beam that has been excessively carbonized, the burnt texture must be restored bit by bit. To repair a relationship that has been broken for ten years, we need to dig out the truth from the ashes. Excessive carbonization will destroy the texture of the logs, and excessive emotional force will burn through the last bit of dignity. Wan Ning searched for the precise critical point between the flames and the wood grain, as if he was looking for the explanation he owed him back then.
Deep in the wood grain is time. Deep in the heart, there is courage that is ten years late.
