Xu Zhiyao is a documentary director who has spent her career capturing other people's happiness, yet has decided to end her own marriage. On the day she submits her divorce application, she suddenly gains the ability to hear the thoughts her husband, He Linchuan, suppresses behind every insincere remark. He says, "I agree," but what she hears is, "Don't sign. I'll change."
In their three years of marriage, he shielded her from hardship, but also made far too many decisions for her. The last time, he removed her name from her award-winning documentary without permission to quell a dispute involving his family's company. Everyone said he was protecting his wife. Only Xu Zhiyao knew that being loved until you have no name of your own is a kind of loss, too.
During the thirty-day cooling-off period, she moves out of their marital home, reclaims her credit, and reorganizes her filming plans. Whenever He Linchuan calmly says, "Let's keep business and personal matters separate," or "I don't care," his thoughts grow so loud that she can't sleep all night. But mind reading can only tell her that he can't bear to let her go. It can't teach him to respect her, and it can't decide for her whether to turn back.
Thirty days later, she goes ahead and collects her divorce certificate. For the first time, He Linchuan doesn't stop her. He only places a project contract bearing her name on the table. "Director Xu, can I get back in line?"
