Song Yusheng, a top architect who pursues freedom × Lin Qichi, an ancient book restorer at a top museum
He is Song Yusheng, whose name is like a prophecy - he has been "transcending" his whole life, trying to use his "voice" to penetrate all barriers. The heir to a defected family, he is a rising star in the architectural world, designing free spaces that "breathe." His love is like a wildfire that starts a prairie fire, an eagle that breaks away from gravity and flies into the wilderness.
She is Lin Qichi, and her name is fate - she has been "inhabiting" all her life, waiting for a harbor where her soul can dock safely. As the only daughter from a scholarly family, she is a top restorer of ancient books, dedicated to reviving broken old objects. Her love is a silent root system, a bird carefully cultivated that longs to return to its nest.
That love under the fireworks of youth was the most passionate resonance in each other's youth. However, the cold intrigues and feuds of the two families were cut down like a giant axe. Every time he cried out and rushed for love, it became the weight of her life that she could not bear; every time she waited silently and compromised, it turned into an alienation and gap that he could not understand.
A few years later, they reunited at the peak. He is a business tycoon who has returned with great success, and she is a cultural guardian who has risen to fame. In front of the broken mirror, familiar and unfamiliar faces reflected each other. His hands have been stained with the dust of the capital world and can no longer be embraced purely; her heart has turned into hard amber in the long loneliness and can no longer respond softly.
All the "voices" he made failed to cross the cliff built by reality; all the "expectations" she inhabited had already missed their only flowering period in time.
It turns out that some love is destined to be like fireworks. After the brilliance, only ashes remain. The broken mirror remains, and there is no hope of reunion. What is separated between them is not mountains and seas, but the most distant sound called "self".
Purpose: This story depicts the tragedy of "unable to love" and "difficult to reconcile a broken mirror" between Song Yusheng and Lin Qichi, aiming to deeply explore: when there is a fundamental conflict between an individual's essential pursuit and emotional needs, even if there are no villains and no misunderstandings, the deepest love cannot reconcile the fate of the soul.
What this story ultimately wants to convey to readers may not be just the regret of falling in love, but a deep comfort: admitting that some loves are destined to be unfulfilled, and moving forward with this mark is another form of bravery and growth.