● Mutual pining / amnesia / six-year age gap
① The Li and Shang families have been close friends for generations. The Li family is in the civil service, while the Shang family is in business.
The Shang family has two sons. The eldest, Shang Fuyan, is outstanding in every way. He took over the family business as soon as he graduated. He treats people with warmth and courtesy, yet can be ruthless in business, making him difficult to read. The younger son, Shang Qinian, is also polite and gentlemanly, but far more lively than Shang Fuyan. His smiling eyes and dimples make him seem easy to get along with.
The Li family's only daughter, Li Daiqing, is the same age as Shang Qinian. To outsiders, she naturally seems more at ease with him than with Shang Fuyan, who is six years older. Whether as friends or lovers, the two seem like a better match.
Little do they know, Li Daiqing has been in love with Shang Fuyan for years.
But Shang Fuyan is so serious that Li Daiqing doesn't dare confess her feelings, afraid of making things awkward between their families.
② After a skiing accident, Li Daiqing opened her eyes to find that she had lost her memory. Her recollections stopped at the year she finished the college entrance exams, but she learned that she had now been married to Shang Fuyan for six months.
After a few seconds of stunned silence, Li Daiqing, her head wrapped in bandages, suddenly burst out laughing.
While she was in the hospital, Shang Fuyan cared for her thoughtfully and attentively.
Li Daiqing felt as if she had stepped into a dream, walking on clouds.
Gradually, Li Daiqing realized that Shang Fuyan was acting strangely.
When they slept in the same bed, he was even more tense than she was.
When she kissed him, they were both so clumsy that they seemed nothing like a married couple of two years.
Fortunately, these oddities didn't last long. They grew more and more comfortable together, their nights passionate and their days filled with constant messages.
Then, just as this was happening, Li Daiqing recovered her memory.
She remembered that they were only pretending to be married...
So, in order to keep living as a real married couple, Li Daiqing began pretending to have amnesia.
And Shang Fuyan never mentioned the fake marriage.
The couple were both full of inconsistencies, yet each kept making excuses for them out of guilt.
Synopsis written on February 3, 2025.
Theme: Love that goes both ways, and growing together