When Shan Ci lived alone, she saved up delivery boxes until her balcony was piled high with them, planning to sell them for New Year's and use the money to buy a pig's trotter to stew.
Then, on New Year's Eve, the balcony caught fire.
In the glow of the flames, she watched quietly as the fire grew. Once she decided it was getting beyond her control, she calmly picked up her foot-washing basin and put it out.
In the end, she paid the neighbors downstairs a few hundred yuan in compensation.
That incident reminded her once again that she was not someone fate favored. So when Gu Qingyi came along, someone who was unconditionally kind to her, Shan Ci always assumed she wanted something from her.
In fact, Gu Qingyi did want something from her. But her desire was simple: she simply wanted Shan Ci herself.
Shan Ci said, "What could I possibly have that you'd want?"
Gu Qingyi said nothing, and simply went on showing off her charms.
Many years later...
Everyone said, "No one can be your best friend, wife, and mother all at once!"
Shan Ci said nothing, and simply went on showing off Gu Qingyi.
Theme: How much must one love someone to catch a life as it falls?
