Nanke, a high-ranking official in the capital's political circles, and Wu Yanqing, the heir to the Wu family's wealthy family, are well matched, truly in love, and promise to spend their lives together. A car accident occurred before the marriage. The two were seriously injured at the same time and lost their memory at the same time - precisely erasing everything about each other. The elders of the two families broke off contact in fear, completely erasing each other from their lives.
After five years of amnesia, Nanke married Shen Lingyi from a diplomatic family and had a smooth career; Wu Yanqing married Zhou Yanzhi from a business family and established a family. They live a decent and correct life, but there is always an indescribable hole in their hearts. In the late autumn of the fifth year, a passing glance at the political and business summit brought all the memories back into place. They remembered each other and saw the wedding ring on each other's ring finger.
How cruel fate is - letting them get married without knowing it, and then letting them all remember when there is no hope of recovery. They are extremely responsible people: they don't elope, they don't cheat, and they don't destroy their families. In the decades that followed, all the circles met, with turbulent eyes and a water-tight face. They used their whole life to repay the stolen five years. After their partners passed away, they finally became single again, but chose never to meet each other - because they were ashamed of the deceased.
Nan Ke died of illness at the age of 88, followed by Wu Yanqing. The two never saw each other again until their deaths. But the gears of fate did not stop turning - many years later, Nanke's grandson and Wu Yanqing's granddaughter met and fell in love. At the wedding in which the elderly of both parties were absent, two empty seats stood side by side. The bride's bouquet contained a ginkgo leaf, no one knew where it came from.
They miss each other for life, but let fate reconnect with the next generation.
