A decisive breakup and a belated suicide note caused Shen Zhi's life to completely collapse. He never thought that the perfunctory sentence of "incompatibility" would be the last straw that broke the crushing force for his lover Qi. When Qi's figure dissipated into the cold despair, all that was left in Shen Zhi's world was endless regret and the lingering cedar breath - Qi's soul was bound within three meters of him, becoming his untouchable shadow and his companion across life and death.
Regret gnawed at Shen Zhi's bones and blood, and he searched for traces of Qi in the ruins of memories. The weeping words in the diary and the tender past in the relics all became Ling Chi's knife. He held a belated painting exhibition for Qi, fulfilled his unfulfilled wish, and atone for his sins in the endless pain, but he didn't know that this bond between yin and yang had already crossed the boundary between life and death.
When the gears of reincarnation slowly turn, a startling glimpse under the camphor tree on campus, life and death in the war of the Republic of China, passing by Chang'an in the prosperous Tang Dynasty... The figures of Shen Zhi and Qi meet again and again in different time and space. They are an upstart in the business world and a gentle painter, a passionate student and a patriot, an ignorant boy and an innocent boy chasing dreams. They go around in circles, always being pulled by the bonds engraved in their souls, and their fate of falling in love with each other has never changed.
The distance of three meters is an untouchable gap and the tightest bond; the passing of reincarnation is the search for life after life and the never-ending stay together. From the regret between yin and yang, to the reunion across time and space, from the persistence of the war in troubled times, to the eternity of unbounded time and space, this is a long journey about love, atonement and bondage - the stars fall back to the sea, the love will never be separated, life after life, only for one person.
Intention: There is no meaning without him