Deep Love

This is a story about love and responsibility, fulfillment and restraint. Lu Mingyuan and Shen Qinghe were childhood sweethearts in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. They walked through the summer of cicadas together and chased the sunset together on the stone bridge, thinking that their days would go on like this forever. But fate plays a trick. The Lu family suffered sudden changes. In order to pay off his father's debt and revive the family business, Lu Mingyuan had to marry Su Nian, a wealthy girl. Shen Qinghe fell behind in her family and worked alone, marrying Gu Lei, a colleague who had a crush on her for many years. Two people in love have embarked on different life trajectories. In the next twenty years, they each fulfilled their responsibilities in marriage, and each suffered the pain and joy brought by their fate. Lu Mingyuan is all-powerful in the real estate industry, and Shen Qinghe is emerging in the field of foreign trade. They met occasionally at industry summits, and the moment their eyes met, a thousand words turned into restraint and silence. It's not that they didn't have the chance to get close - it's that they chose not to get close. Because they all understand that some love will be hurt if spoken out; some people can just keep it in their hearts. Gu Lei fell into alcoholism due to the failure of his business and eventually went to ruin. Shen Qinghe said a belated farewell in grief. The marriage between Lu Mingyuan and Su Nian has also been polished by time, moving from responsibility to true understanding. In the end, Shen Qinghe left Dali and started a new life. Lu Mingyuan continued his career and family. They used their lifelong restraint to interpret what it means to "love deeply without entanglement, and love to the extreme without disturbing others." This is not a story about "being together", but a story about "how to not be together but still love deeply".