Shen Yubai runs an antique restoration studio in an old city alley. Her deft hands can mend cracks, but she cannot see through the regrets people hide in their hearts. Born with the ability to sense the intense emotions clinging to old objects, she has never pried into anyone else's life.
Until a broken jade-inlaid bookmark brings Xie Yanci, a seeker of rare ancient books, to her door.
Steady and reserved, he travels far and wide in search of rare books and forgotten editions. Meticulous in every detail, he first came to the old alley again and again simply to recover a keepsake lost by his ancestors. He sees her concentrating as she restores objects by lamplight, quiet yet determined; he sees her lie awake alone after being burdened by the negative emotions clinging to old objects, and silently stays by her side.
While others chase love with sweet words, Xie Yanci expresses all his care through a hot drink in the morning, stepping in to help the moment danger arises, and quietly keeping her company late at night.
Later, they happen to discover that the two keepsakes they each hold are a matched pair, bound to a love that two generations of their ancestors were unable to fulfill amid the chaos of war.
The path their ancestors could not finish falls, after all the twists and turns, to them to bring to a happy end.
They need not fall in love at first sight; all they want is the peace that comes with time. They seek no whirlwind romance, only a steady life together with old objects and with each other.
A cool, reserved restorer x a steady seeker of ancient books, a slow-burn, mutual journey toward healing. Her deft hands mend the scars of the world, while fate reunites two generations of lovers.
