At twenty-two, Fu Sinian defied her family's arranged marriage and eloped to Jiangcheng with the poor young man she'd fallen in love with at first sight.
Over the years, her husband built a successful business and joined the ranks of the newly wealthy. He was handsome and devoted, and willing to share all his wealth and prestige with her.
With money, free time, and love, her life was like a miracle from a novel.
She loved her husband deeply and never regretted choosing him.
But as she sat in the audience at a fashion show, watching models walk toward her in the latest designs, she still felt a pang of regret.
She had once dreamed of becoming a fashion designer.
Sometimes she wondered: if she hadn't met Han Wangdong when she was young, she would still have fallen out with her family, but she would have gone after her dream instead.
Would that version of her have been happier than she was now?
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When Fu Sinian woke up from a nap, she had really returned to the year 2000.
Without hesitation, she turned down the engagement her parents had arranged for her and went alone to pursue further studies at a renowned art college in Yunshi.
Yunshi in the year 2000 was full of possibilities, with everything flourishing and on the rise.
And she was only twenty-two: young, passionate, and with nothing to her name.
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Han Wangdong could tell his wife was in a bad mood. He cleared his schedule for a week, planning to take her out to unwind.
But when he woke up, he had returned to that impoverished summer in 2000.
He was going to meet Fu Sinian at a street-side bar, just after she had fallen out with her family.
Guided by his memories, he pushed open the wooden door of that bar. Rock music thundered in his ears, but the twenty-two-year-old Fu Sinian was nowhere to be seen.
He searched every place in Jiangcheng where they had once shared their love, but couldn't find the familiar figure.
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Fu Sinian's studies went smoothly. But on nights when she stayed up late drawing designs in Yunshi, looking out at the solitary moon, she still thought of Han Wangdong.
She remembered his warm embrace, his sly grin, and his broad, reassuring shoulders.
It felt as if she had lost someone very important.
But another miracle came her way.
On graduation day, as the outstanding student representative, she spotted Han Wangdong in the front row of the auditorium.
In this timeline, he had still founded Dongnian Tech and had also become a sponsor of the graduation project exhibition.
He watched her without taking his eyes off her, smiling as he applauded.
He said to her, "This time, let me be your support."
*Both timelines feature a devoted couple, with no cheating, and a one-on-one romance.
Theme: Chase your dreams bravely and leave no regrets
