Meet at Forty

In 2021, the tide of the times has suddenly turned cold. Layoffs, salary cuts, and involution have become keywords that adults cannot escape. As prosperity fades away, the dignity of ordinary people becomes vulnerable, and so does marriage. Some people are separated in the ordinary consumption, some are injured in the blurred boundaries, and some are struggling in the mud and triviality. There is no vigorous and bloody entanglement, only the helplessness of reality. This is a realistic chronicle of ordinary people. There is no cheating on life, no wealthy family filter, it only talks about the three marriages of middle-aged men in the economic winter. A story about a sincere pursuit, which resulted in scars all over the body, and a story of sticking to kindness amidst the brokenness and waiting for redemption. It is not only to redeem others, but also to redeem oneself. Loved, given, disappointed, broken. Seeing human nature clearly in the first two sloppy yet real marriages, smoothing the edges in the worldly rumors and trivial life, and finally meeting the same person in the devastated life. The world says that second marriage is about weighing the pros and cons, but there are always people who stubbornly long for sincerity in a devastated life, looking forward to a belated two-way mutual love. All living beings suffer. If someone helps you, it is you who helps others.