After four years at home battling depression, Lei Yanyaner finally emerged from her darkest days. Just as she moved into a new home and prepared to start over, an accident with a broken lock in the middle of the night cracked open the uncertainty beneath her calm exterior. At thirty and single, she finally resolved to leave her small hometown and try her luck in another province. There, she unexpectedly met Shen Che, the mature owner of a company, and experienced her first exhilarating romance. In just one short month, the hopeful first love came to an abrupt end. Bruised and battered, Lei Yanyaner returned to her hometown and picked up the pieces of her own single life. Carrying the heartbreak of her old hometown, City 1, Lei Yanyaner returned to her hometown, City 2, sold her property there, and set off on a new path. Once an unemployed woman with only a high school diploma, she enrolled in college, earned an associate degree, and qualified as a pharmacist before finding a job at a pharmacy. A colleague introduced her to Lan Renhong, the owner of the Mermaid Bar. Their passionate love at first sight soon swept them both up. After dating for a year, Lei Yanyaner’s aunt agreed to their marriage, and so did Lan Renhong’s parents. As the wedding drew near, old shadows began quietly growing beneath their seemingly perfect new life. Beneath the sweet exterior lay an inescapable ache, and all the tenderness they had nurtured would eventually have to face the test of old wounds. Even so, Lei Yanyaner and Lan Renhong’s wedding went ahead as planned, and after the wedding, Lan Renhong cared for her with meticulous tenderness. A year and a few months into their marriage, Lei Yanyaner gave birth to a daughter who looked just like Lan Renhong: Lan Mo'er!
Theme: Starting over with love and life at thirty
