After My Husband's Childhood Sweetheart Returned to the City [The 1970s]

On her wedding night, surgeon Wen You is urgently called back to the hospital to perform a reattachment surgery on Company Commander Gu, a hero who has lost an arm.

After the successful surgery, Wen You is so exhausted she passes out and has a nightmare.

In the dream, she's the wicked supporting female character in a novel who gets in the way of the main couple's reconciliation.

The male lead is her new husband, Chen Jin.

The female lead, Wu Ruru, is a sent-down youth returning to the city, and Chen Jin's childhood sweetheart.

They broke up because of unavoidable circumstances of the times,

then grew closer again as policies began to ease.

In the novel,

Wen You refuses to let Wu Ruru and her child move into her marital home.

In a fit of anger, Chen Jin rents a place and moves in with Wu Ruru and her child, claiming that Ruru is delicate and helpless, pregnant with her ex-husband's baby, and that little Xiang is pitiful too, so they need his care.

When Wu Ruru goes into labor and refuses to go to the hospital, Chen Jin forces Wen You to deliver the baby. Wen You refuses, so Chen Jin angrily reports her, and Wen You is suspended pending investigation.

Wu Ruru tearfully says she has no job or income to raise a child, so Chen Jin forces Wen You to give her position to Wu Ruru.

And just like that, Wen You loses her husband, her job, and her home.

Later,

Wu Ruru comes to Wen You with a pregnant belly, crying. "Sister Wen You, my child can't be born without a father. Please, give Brother Chen Jin to me, all right?"

Before Wen You can say a word,

Wu Ruru suddenly falls backward and cries out in pain. "Sister Wen You, why did you hurt me? Brother Chen Jin loves me more, but there's nothing improper between us!" A pool of blood quickly spreads beneath her.

"Wen You, you wicked woman!" Chen Jin angrily shoves Wen You aside, then anxiously picks up Wu Ruru and rushes to the hospital.

Wen You falls to the ground and hits the back of her head on a rock. As she bleeds out, she slowly closes her eyes.

When Wen You wakes from the nightmare, she touches the back of her head and finds it unharmed.

Then, using a headache as an excuse, she asks her superiors and colleagues, as well as her and Chen Jin's parents, siblings, and friends, to escort her home.

So they all witness Chen Jin and Wu Ruru acting like a married couple, cozying up to each other in Wen You's marital home...

Wen You successfully gets a divorce and applies for a transfer.

She sees the work unit take back the marital home and hears Wu Ruru's miserable wails with her own ears. Only then, satisfied, does she sweep away without a backward glance and head to the border.

On her first day at her new post,

Regiment Commander Gu, freshly groomed and dressed in a snow-white new shirt, comes to find Wen You with a huge basket of fresh grapes. "I'm here to thank my savior, Doctor Wen."

The sky is blue, the clouds are white. The grapes are sweet, and the man is handsome.

The next day, while Wen You struggles to clean her house,

Regiment Commander Gu rolls up his sleeves, showing off his strong arms. "It's raining, so there's no training today. I've got all this strength and nowhere to use it. I might as well help Doctor Wen."

Wen You looks up at the cloudless sky.

On the third day, Wen You goes out to buy some things and is worrying about the lack of transportation when

Regiment Commander Gu drives by. "Wow, what a coincidence! Are you heading to town too, Doctor Wen? Want a ride?"

The guard beside him is so worried that tears are about to fall. "Commander, your arm hasn't completely healed yet..."

Later, her superiors insist on setting her up with someone every few days.

But one person is busy, another is sick,

and Wen You never manages to go on a successful blind date.

Until, at the last blind date, the person waiting for her is none other than the blushing Regiment Commander Gu Mo.

Wen You gladly agrees to the match.

Otherwise, she really wouldn't deserve all Gu Mo's careful scheming.

If he hadn't gone to such lengths to get her transferred to his territory, protect her at every turn, and look after her, her life wouldn't have been so comfortable, and her work wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

Gu Mo supports her continuing her studies without complaint.

Gu Mo helps her maintain ties with her family and friends thousands of miles away...

In the third year of their marriage, Wen You returns home with her husband and son for a visit,

and learns that Chen Jin and Wu Ruru have been married for four years.

Wu Ruru's family and her ex-husband's family are all leeching off Chen Jin.

Chen Jin has long since lost the handsome, respectable appearance he once had. Though still young, he stoops, has gone bald, and looks weathered and exhausted.

He gazes at Wen You, whom Gu Mo spoils so much she doesn't even have to lift a finger, and silently tears up.

In the seventh year of their marriage, Wu Ruru comes crying to the border to find Gu Mo.

She says Gu Mo nearly died saving her ten years ago.

Now she wants to repay him. She wants to marry him and spend the rest of her life serving Regiment Commander Gu.

Gu Mo: ???

It took you ten years to remember you wanted to repay me?

Forget it, you're too late!

To repay Doctor Wen for saving my life, I already married her!

Wu Ruru cries even louder. "Then what am I supposed to do? Chen Jin worked himself to death supporting me and the child, my parents, my brother and sister-in-law, my younger brother and sister-in-law, and even my ex-husband's family... I really have no other choice. I'm desperate!"

Gu Mo takes Wen You's hand and holds their son's, then smiles at Wu Ruru and says:

I may not understand why you act this way,

or why Chen Jin acts that way,

and I understand even less why your families act this way and that,

but I wish you the best together. I'll respect your relationship and give you my blessing.

Theme: Be brave, girl