The year Shen Nian turned thirty-two, she discovered a secret hidden on her husband Chen Yu's phone.
A woman saved as “Wan” had been with him for eight years. Every day for eight years, they'd said good morning and good night, told each other they missed and loved one another, and planned to settle down in a seaside town when they got old. For eight years, Chen Yu had said everything to Lin Wan that he'd never once said to Shen Nian.
Shen Nian, meanwhile, had met Chen Yu on a blind date. During their three years of marriage, he was quiet and distant. He never went with her to prenatal checkups or celebrated their marriage registration with her. She'd always thought he was just reserved.
It turned out he wasn't reserved. He simply didn't love her.
Shen Nian sent Lin Wan a private message: “Hello, I'm Chen Yu's wife.”
The two women learned the truth on the same day. One decided to divorce him; the other decided to leave. No screaming matches, no melodrama. Just two women deceived by the same man for eight years, each picking up the pieces of her life.
Chen Yu tried to win them back. But it was too late.
Later, Shen Nian met a man who had waited six years for her. Lin Wan took her cat and books and moved to a small seaside town.
This isn't a story about betrayal. It's about how happiness only truly comes when you stop placing it in someone else's hands.