Romance in the Rain: Yiping Doesn’t Jump into the River

At the engagement party, He Shuhuan told Ruping, “I do.”

Yiping didn't cry. She set down her wineglass and walked out into the rain.

The wind on Waibaidu Bridge cut to the bone. She thought about jumping and ending it all. But Fang Yu called out to her. Her mother was still waiting for her to come home.

From that moment on, she decided she would never live for anyone else again.

She would sing. Not to please anyone, and not to spite anyone. She would sing for herself.

Later, she became Shanghai's most celebrated songstress. Later, Qin Zhixing took her hand and said, “I'll stand by you for the rest of your life.” Later, He Shuhuan watched her wedding from afar, leaning on his crutches, and finally understood: he had lost someone he had pushed away with his own hands.

And Keyun, whom he had left behind in the past, finally found her redemption too.

This isn't a story about forgiveness.

It's a story about knowing, “I deserve better.”