Due to an opportunity, ancient book restorer Shen Shuyan returned to his hometown of Suzhou after ten years to restore a damaged Kunqu opera masterpiece "The Palace of Eternal Life". In this ancient city soaked by the plum rain, she is used to using the serenity of work to resist the intrusion of past love injuries.
One rainy night, she took shelter in the Pingtan Teahouse and shared a table with a man who had a cold and distant temperament. I thought it was just a chance encounter, but I didn't expect that he was the owner of the score and the heir of the Kunqu opera family - Chen Bozhou.
One is a young Kun Opera actor who performs all the joys and sorrows on stage, but is gentle and restrained off the stage; the other is a restorer who repairs the damage caused by time in the book, but his heart has been dusty for a long time. Because of an ancient book, two unrelated parallel lines began to intertwine. In the name of asking for advice, he took her through the gardens and rainy alleys of Suzhou, testing her dusty heart with half-truths and half-false words. She retreated step by step in the ambiguous atmosphere he created, but in his occasional vulnerability, she glimpsed the reality behind his perfect mask.
When past misunderstandings and family ties stand between the two, where will this unspoken love go? In this long Suzhou summer night rain, can they repair the incompleteness in each other's hearts and listen to the final chapter of a heart-to-heart song together?
Purpose: To explore how mature men and women can overcome past trauma and constraints of reality, and find the soul-like love of a confidant through restraint and temptation. Love is not a grand performance, but listening to the rain on a summer night and having someone resonate with it.