During her college days, Gu Taolin was deeply in love with Li Zhencheng. This relationship eventually failed and became a scar in her heart that would never heal. In the long period after graduation, she was always trapped in the shadow of the past, unable to completely let go, and allowed this failed relationship to constrain her life and mood.
After many years, a mutual friend of the two brought news about Li Zhencheng's current situation. In this episode about the reunion of old friends, Gu Taolin unexpectedly met Hao Yusen, who was also deeply emotionally frustrated. At that time, Hao Yusen had been obsessed with Lu Xiaowen for many years, and he was very similar to Gu Taolin, who was trapped in the past. The fate of the two people trapped in love had an intersection.
Not long after they met, Hao Yusen took the initiative to invite Gu Taolin, hoping that she would attend Lu Xiaowen's wedding as his female companion. This wedding became an important turning point in the relationship between the two people, and also revealed a layer of intricate past interpersonal entanglements: Zhan Hongze, the husband of the bride Lu Xiaowen, was not only Gu Taolin's college classmate and Li Zhencheng's roommate, but also the person who had passionately pursued Gu Taolin back then.
Reuniting with an old acquaintance after a long separation made Gu Taolin's heart surge, but he always looked indifferent and showed no emotion. It was difficult for others to pry into the past events in her heart, but this cold and distant look became a different kind of misunderstanding in Hao Yusen's eyes.
Later, Gu Taolin joined Hao Yusen's company and stepped forward several times at work, helping Hao Yusen resolve problems and stabilize the situation. As they get along day and night, Hao Yusen is gradually moved by the gentle, transparent, calm and reliable Gu Taolin, and is quietly attracted to him. But he always remembered Gu Taolin's indifferent silence when facing Zhan Hongze at the wedding, and he preconceptionally concluded that Gu Taolin could not let go of Zhan Hongze in his heart and was only deliberately hiding his deep affection.
Facing Hao Yusen's approach and subtle temptation, Gu Taolin always closed his heart and kept silent about his emotional wounds in college. The pain of the past made her timid and inferior, and she did not dare to reveal her embarrassing past, nor did she dare to accept new love. Until one time, his emotions completely went out of control, and all the grievances and breakdowns that had been accumulated for many years broke out, and all pretense was removed.
But what surprised her was that after she woke up, she found that Hao Yusen never explored or cared about her miserable past, but only accepted all her vulnerabilities with gentleness and tolerance.
This unbiased preference slowly melted the ice in Gu Taolin's heart. She gradually saw Hao Yusen's gentleness, reliability and sincerity, and she fell in love with him little by little. But new worries trapped her again: she always clearly remembered that Hao Yusen had loved Lu Xiaowen for many years. This unforgettable old love made her feel secretly disappointed and withdrawn. She never dared to face her feelings for Hao Yusen and carefully hid her love in her heart.
In this way, the two people looked at each other from a distance and pulled each other with their own worries and two-way misunderstandings. Until I learned that Li Zhencheng was about to return to China, the old knot was completely untied. Gu Taolin finally let go of years of obsession, broke free from the shackles of past relationships, made up his mind, bravely pursued the love in front of him, and took the initiative to reveal his feelings to Hao Yusen.
Intention: Make peace with yourself